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  • Booz Allen's New South Carolina Facility to Support Digital Services Work for Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen’s New South Carolina Facility to Support Digital Services Work for Govt Clients

    Booz Allen Hamilton has unveiled a new 75,000-square-foot office in Charleston, South Carolina, in a push to support the work of the company’s digital solutions business with federal agencies, facilitate collaboration and bring technology platforms to government clients. The Charleston Digital Hub is part of Booz Allen’s Vision 2020 strategy that seeks to develop tech […] More

  • Airbus Establishes Aerial Imagery Business for Commercial, Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Establishes Aerial Imagery Business for Commercial, Govt Customers

    Airbus has formed a new subsidiary that aims to offer aerial imagery services across the energy, agriculture, insurance and state and local government sectors. Airbus Aerial has main offices in the U.S. and Europe and seeks to use aerospace and software platforms in efforts to help customers obtain and analyze data from unmanned aerial vehicles, high-altitude aircraft and satellites, the company […] More

  • ISC(2) Study: 87% of Federal Data Security Pros Cite Employee Retention as Key to Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISC(2) Study: 87% of Federal Data Security Pros Cite Employee Retention as Key to Cybersecurity

    A new study conducted by the Center for Cyber Safety and Education and nonprofit organization (ISC)2 says 87 percent of federal agency personnel believe that recruitment and retention of data security professionals should be prioritized in order to protect an organization’s information infrastructure from cyber threats. The Global Information Security Workforce Study cosponsored by (ISC)2 with […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Tarun Loomba Joins Polycom as Solutions Mgmt EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Tarun Loomba Joins Polycom as Solutions Mgmt EVP

    Tarun Loomba, formerly vice president and general manager of SanDisk‘s computing storage solutions business, has joined communications technology provider Polycom as executive vice president for solutions management. Polycom said Tuesday the more than 20-year technology industry veteran will oversee the company’s worldwide product and services management teams from its headquarters in San Jose, California. “His in-depth experience in hardware, software […] More

  • Booz Allen, Kaggle Name Winners of 2017 'Data Science Bowl' Contest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen, Kaggle Name Winners of 2017 ‘Data Science Bowl’ Contest

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle have unveiled the winners of a global crowdsourcing competition that sought data science methods to develop lung cancer detection formulas and technologies. The third annual Data Science Bowl drew nearly 10,000 participants who submitted  algorithms designed to help clinicians detect lung cancer, Booz Allen said Tuesday. The National Cancer Institute provided access to a publicly-available data set of […] More

  • ACT I Secures F-35 Program Office Logistics Support Subcontract; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Secures F-35 Program Office Logistics Support Subcontract; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a five-year subcontract from Booz Allen Hamilton to provide lifecycle logistics and sustainment services to the Naval Air Systems Command on behalf of the Defense Department‘s F-35 Program Office. The subcontract falls under a task order Booz Allen won through the U.S. Navy‘s Seaport-E contract vehicle, according to an ACT I release. “We look forward to continuing […] More

  • Booz Allen EVP Karen Dahut Nominated to Tech Data Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen EVP Karen Dahut Nominated to Tech Data Board

    Karen Dahut, an executive vice president and civil commercial group lead at Booz Allen Hamilton, has been nominated to serve on the board of directors of information technology company Tech Data. Tech Data said Wednesday it will include Dahut’s nomination for the role of independent director in a proxy statement to shareholders. “Her global leadership experience in next-generation technologies, […] More

  • DARPA to Brief Proposers on Hardware Security Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Brief Proposers on Hardware Security Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks industry expertise to address security vulnerabilities in electronic hardware and plans to hold an event in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the project with interested companies. DARPA said Monday its System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware program aims to mitigate seven classes of hardware vulnerabilities listed on the Mitre-administered Common Weakness Enumeration website. Those classes are permissions […] More

  • NTIS Names Booz Allen a Partner in Federal Data Analysis JV Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTIS Names Booz Allen a Partner in Federal Data Analysis JV Program

    The Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service has named Booz Allen Hamilton one of the 35 primary partners for a joint venture initiative that seeks to help federal agencies access, collect, use and analyze federal data and information services. Booz Allen said Monday it will compete with other private firms, research groups, nonprofit organizations and […] More

  • CSBA Adds Barbara Humpton, Randy Forbes, Adam Frankel to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSBA Adds Barbara Humpton, Randy Forbes, Adam Frankel to Board of Directors

    The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has appointed Barbara Humpton, Randy Forbes and Adam Frankel to its board of directors. CSBA President and CEO Thomas Mahnken, said in a statement that the convergence of military and economic instruments is crucial to the national security debate and the new board members’ experiences reflect this intersection. Humpton is the […] More

  • Brian Harper Takes Senior Executive Director Role at Sabre Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Harper Takes Senior Executive Director Role at Sabre Systems

    Brian Harper, formerly managing director of Deloitte‘s consulting business, has joined technology and mission support services contractor Sabre Systems as senior executive director of operations. Sabre Systems said Harper will manage U.S. Navy and federal civilian programs for the Warrington, Pennsylvania-based company in his new position. During his industry career, Harper has managed accounts for customer agencies such as  the Naval Sea […] More