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  • CEO Bradley Feldmann on Cubic's Int'l Market Strategy, Transportation Push and Founder's Legacy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CEO Bradley Feldmann on Cubic’s Int’l Market Strategy, Transportation Push and Founder’s Legacy

    Bradley Feldmann elevated to the chief executive post at San Diego-based defense and transportation contractor at Cubic Corp. during the summer after a two-month transition period that saw him succeed William “Bill” Boyle. Feldmann first worked at the company between 1989 and 1999, then returned to Cubic in 2008 and has since led the defense systems segment and […] More

  • Mark Aslett: Mercury Systems to Seek Radar Tech-Related Acquisitions in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Aslett: Mercury Systems to Seek Radar Tech-Related Acquisitions in 2015

    Mark Aslett, CEO of Mercury Systems, predicts the company will be open to acquisitions in the digital signal processing modules market during the next year, the Boston Business Journal reported Tuesday. David Harris writes Aslett said the firm could expand its portfolio by purchasing companies with radio frequency or microwave offerings for electronic warfare. The […] More

  • Ryan Hartman: Boeing's Insitu to Explore Commercial Markets for ScanEagle UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ryan Hartman: Boeing’s Insitu to Explore Commercial Markets for ScanEagle UAV

    Ryan Hartman, CEO of Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary, said the business is looking to make its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle commercially available for agricultural and environmental uses, Avionics Magazine reported Wednesday. Woodrow Bellamy III writes that Hartman wants to adopt a UAV commercialization strategy similar to the one Insitu used when it entered the defense market. […] More

  • New CEO Ted Davies on His Goals for Altamira, Roles of Data Analytics and Open Source - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New CEO Ted Davies on His Goals for Altamira, Roles of Data Analytics and Open Source

    Ted Davies joined McLean, Virginia-based national security and technology services contractor Altamira in July as CEO after nearly six years as president of Unisys‘ federal government arm — Unisys Federal Systems. Davies took the reins at Altamira nearly a year after the company formed out of a merger between Invertix and Near Infinity, a transaction that was […] More

  • Kevin Craven to Lead Serco's UK Central Gov't Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Craven to Lead Serco’s UK Central Gov’t Division

    Kevin Craven, former CEO of Balfour Beatty Services, will join Britain-based government services contractor Serco as chief executive of the company’s U.K. central government division on Sept. 1. Craven led Balfour Beatty Services for four years prior to his appointment at Serco, where he will also serve on that company’s executive committee, Serco said Friday. “He is […] More

  • xG Technology to Team With SAIC On $497M Army Comm Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    xG Technology to Team With SAIC On $497M Army Comm Vehicle

    xG Technology has been selected as subcontractor to provide communications and network services to the U.S. Army under a potential $497 million contract vehicle. The company will team with SAIC, one of the prime contractors, under the five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded by the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, xG announced Tuesday. xG Technology will strive to provide […] More

  • Dave Helmreich Leads Audience Partners as New CEO; Jeff Dittus Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Helmreich Leads Audience Partners as New CEO; Jeff Dittus Comments

    Dave Helmreich, formerly senior vice president for the media and advertising business of Neustar, has joined digital media technology provider Audience Partners as CEO. He holds experience in leading technology-enabled organizations and helping enterprise clients implement data-based advertising platforms, Audience Partners said Wednesday. Audience Partners chairman Jeff Dittus said Helmreich will leverage his leadership skills to help […] More

  • Oracle Nears Deal to Acquire Micros Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Nears Deal to Acquire Micros Systems

    Oracle Corp. is close to making a deal with Micros Systems, Inc. to buy the company for $5 billion, Bloomberg reported Monday. Alex Sherman and Dina Bass write that Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, is in talks with restaurant and hotel software provider, Micros systems about acquiring them in hopes of spurring growth into the cloud software […] More

  • Boeing-Lockheed JV Seeks Rocket Engine Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Lockheed JV Seeks Rocket Engine Partners

    The United Launch Alliance has signed contracts with several U.S. companies to move towards creating a next-generation rocket engine, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin will choose one company to investigate next-generation liquid oxygen/ hydrocarbon first stage propulsion concepts to build the rocket engine as an alternative […] More

  • Siemens Joins Forces With SMC to Train Saudi Medical Professionals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Joins Forces With SMC to Train Saudi Medical Professionals

    Siemens will collaborate with a medical facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to train and educate healthcare professionals on how to use technology in their work to diagnose, detect and treat illnesses. The company and the Specialized Medical Center aim to extend the skills and capabilities of healthcare workers and to extend SMC’s reputation with citizens […] More