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  • Sens. Barbara Mikulski, Mark Warner Visit Huntington Ingalls Shipyard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sens. Barbara Mikulski, Mark Warner Visit Huntington Ingalls Shipyard

    Huntington Ingalls Industries hosted Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Mark Warner at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding facility this week in Virginia to showcase the company’s manufacturing and defense supply work. The company said Wednesday the visit also included a tour of HII’s submarine construction plant, where the PCU John Warner submarine is currently under construction. “We always welcome the opportunity to host our […] More

  • API Wins Satcom Systems Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    API Wins Satcom Systems Production Contract

    API Technologies Corp. has been awarded a $1 million contract to manufacture and deliver satellite communications technology products to an unnamed customer. The company said Friday it received the satcom systems order from a provider of wireless network equipment. Orlando, Florida-based API designs and produces radio frequency, microwave, electromagnetic, security and power systems and components. […] More

  • BP Executive Jeanne Johns Joins Parsons' Board of Directors; Chuck Harrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BP Executive Jeanne Johns Joins Parsons’ Board of Directors; Chuck Harrington Comments

    Jeanne Johns, head of safety and operational risk at BP‘s refining and marketing businesses, has been appointed to the board of directors at Parsons Corp. The 25-year BP veteran also has chaired a joint venture between BP and two China-based energy companies and holds a background in international business development, Parsons said Tuesday. “As we continue […] More

  • General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls to Help With Navy Shipbuilding Tech R&D Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls to Help With Navy Shipbuilding Tech R&D Projects

    An SCRA-managed naval center of excellence has partnered with General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries to explore new technologies to help improve manufacturing processes at U.S. shipyards. The Center for Naval Shipbuilding Technology in South Carolina and General Dynamics’s Electric Boat subsidiary are studying the potential of new measurement tools to aid submarine construction, SCRA said […] More

  • Miguel Santos: Boeing Eyes South Africa for A&D Business Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Miguel Santos: Boeing Eyes South Africa for A&D Business Expansion

    Boeing plans to bolster its footprint in the South African market by investing in areas such as flight training, aircraft parts manufacturing and biofuel production, defenceWeb reported Wednesday. “We want to further our presence in South Africa in a variety of ways: manufacturing, pilot training, defense, commercial,” said Miguel Santos, vice president for Boeing’s African […] More

  • Siemens, TCS Unveil Solution to Automate Manufacturers' Engineering Processes; ARC's Ralph Rio Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, TCS Unveil Solution to Automate Manufacturers’ Engineering Processes; ARC’s Ralph Rio Comments

    Siemens and Tata Consultancy Services have combined the former’s Rulestream software and the latter’s engineering solutions to develop ETO2Win for automating engineer-to-order manufacturing processes, the ARC Advisory Group posted Wednesday on its website. Dick Slansky writes the solution is designed to streamline business processes, from inquiry to quote and from order to release; manage manufacturing costs, margins and delivery; and […] More

  • Eric Spiegel: Siemens Pledges $1B to Help Prep Virginia's Tech Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Spiegel: Siemens Pledges $1B to Help Prep Virginia’s Tech Workforce

    Siemens will invest $1 billion in software grants for manufacturing programs in seven community colleges, universities and education centers in Virginia, giving students access to the same tools used in real-world factories around the world. “Manufacturing is the most sophisticated, forward-looking and innovative business function in the world today, and we need to let students, parents […] More

  • Ray Proctor to Manage Eaton Aerospace's SC Manufacturing Facility; Mike Gallant Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ray Proctor to Manage Eaton Aerospace’s SC Manufacturing Facility; Mike Gallant Comments

    Ray Proctor, formerly manager of operational excellence for Eaton‘s industrial sector, has been appointed manager of the company’s manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina under the aerospace group’s fuel and motion control systems division. He will report to Mike Gallant, vice president of Eaton Aerospace’s manufacturing operations, the power management firm said Friday. “Ray’s experience in the manufacturing environment […] More

  • Siemens to Use Teradata Analytics Tech on Industrial Data; Hermann Wimmer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens to Use Teradata Analytics Tech on Industrial Data; Hermann Wimmer Comments

    Siemens is set to deploy Teradata technology to leverage data from sensors, machines and other traditionally structured and unstructured sources to optimize its manufacturing services and product quality. The companies said Wednesday that the deployment of Teradata’s Unified Data Architecture, as part of Siemens’ enterprise-wide efforts, includes Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance, Teradata Aster Discovery Platform and Teradata Appliance for Hadoop. “The Teradata UDA makes […] More

  • Siemens Grants $660M in PLM Tools to Massachusetts Universities; Chuck Grindstaff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Grants $660M in PLM Tools to Massachusetts Universities; Chuck Grindstaff Comments

    Siemens has donated nearly $660 million in software products to several Massachusetts-based technical colleges and universities to train students on product design and manufacturing. The in-kind software grant provides university students access to Siemens’ software applications that work to help users produce aerospace systems, medical devices, ships and consumer products, Siemens said Wednesday. Chuck Grindstaff, […] More

  • Cobham, Addvalue Technologies to Build Inmarsat Satcom Terminals; Frank Coles Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham, Addvalue Technologies to Build Inmarsat Satcom Terminals; Frank Coles Comments

    Inmarsat has tapped Cobham SATCOM and Addvalue Technologies to manufacture terminals for an Inmarsat satellite communications service targeted toward maritime leisure and fishing enthusiasts. The Fleet One service offering is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2014 and is built to provide data and voice connectivity among daytime boaters, fishermen and leisure mariners, […] More