This week, Lockheed and Harris signed DoD deals, while General Dynamics won a deal from HHS.  Raytheon and NGC were awarded deals from Defense. L-3 is set to provide IT support to USAFCENT while Accenture signed a deal to preform work in Singapore. GD also claimed a deal to continue support of Marine artillery, and […] More

In January of 2010, Google went public with information that Chinese hackers had attacked Gmail accounts of human rights activists in December of 2009. As a result, Google announced that it would no longer comply with Chinese government regulations that required the censoring of search results that are related to sensitive political and social issues. […] More

This week, Northrop Grumman won a contract from the Navy and Lockheed Martin won three, BAE, L-3 and General Dynamics penned contracts with the Navy as well. Cobham inked a contract with the Department of Justice, while Northrop, Booz Allen and Boeing secured deals with the Air Force. SAIC won a deal to support the […] More

Obama has nominated a CMS Administrator, Dr. Donald Berwick. NASA continues to track the volcano eruption in Iceland that has snarled international air travel. Wind turbines are a threat to national security, says a NORAD General. A computer virus shut down border crossings. USAF CENTCOM is looking to L-3 to secure its networks. Fake antivirus […] More

The House of Representative’s top defense appropriator Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) said on Wednesday that he would rather not see U.S. companies partner with European defense conglomerate EADS to compete for the Air Force’s new refueling tanker.  “If they ask me, I am surely going to tell them what I think about it. I would […] More

Skip Foote is vice president and strategic business area leader of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at AMERICAN SYSTEMS. In this position, Foote spearheads the company’s C4ISR business development activities and oversee the company's work in support of the intelligence and defense community's tactical and strategic C4ISR requirements. Foote joined AMERICAN SYSTEMS […] More

This week, Ted Leonsis, in promotion of his new book The Business of Happiness, and offered this tidbit of wisdom: “First and foremost, if you're happy and on a path to self-actualization, you leave yourself open to great success in many of your personal and professional endeavors. The second thing is companies focused on building […] More

Adm. (Ret) William Fallon was named CEO at NeuralIQ Government Services. L-3 won an F-16 mission training center support deal. Jeff Zients wants to change the government’s hiring and appraisal systems. Aneesh Chopra delivered Michelle Obama’s anti-childhood obesity message to the 10th Annual Game Developer’s Choice Awards. Microsoft’s e-health research is tapping the Xbox 360 […] More

The Air Force wants $104 million for a cyber command. The DoD issued new social media guidelines. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra wants to consolidate data centers. Microsoft’s Curt Kolcun talks about the new federal cloud computing offerings. Neustar’s Jeff Ganek on the company’s quarter-billion-dollar stock repurchase. Alion won a $44 million Navy MCS contract. More

Leaders from major defense contracting firms met with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to discuss the importance of fulfilling contracts on time and on budget, while being assured the relationship between the federal government and defense contractors will continue to benefit both parties down the road. Attendees included executives from contracting powerhouses Northrup Grumman, Lockheed […] More

Getting your company's message out there isn't just the job of your corporate communications team. It's your job, too, says Rick Kiernan, vice president of strategic communications for L-3 Communications (right). That mission-critical task matters now more than ever, he adds. “The lifeblood of any organization is its people, their ability to communicate internally and […] More

On Friday, American Systems’ Jason Frye was named the new vice president and executive director of the company’s Human Capital and Managed Services (HC&MS) offerings. Frye, who has been with American Systems since 2007, will now head the company’s effort to provide a wide range of critical staffing and managed services solutions for its customers […] More