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  • AAR Elects Air Force Vet Duncan McNabb to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR Elects Air Force Vet Duncan McNabb to Board of Directors

    Duncan McNabb, co-founder and managing partner of Ares Mobility Solutions and a retired U.S. Air Force general, has been elected to serve on AAR‘s board of directors. AAR said Tuesday McNabb commanded the Air Mobility Command and the U.S. Tranpsortation Command before he retired from the military in 2011. “We look forward to benefiting from Duncan’s insights gained over his […] More

  • Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments

    Parsons has collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s civil and environmental engineering department to conduct a day-long workshop on research projects related to infrastructure, smart cities and transportation. The company said Thursday its leadership representatives and the university’s alumni, faculty and postdoctoral scholars examined the parallels between current industry needs and ongoing research efforts during the workshop. “The unique nature of […] More

  • Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project

    AM General and the U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center have teamed up to develop an autonomous driving vehicle that would transport equipment, soldiers and supplies inside military bases. The project is part of the Applied Robotics for Installations and Base Operations program that explores the potential of robotic technology to address transportation challenges at U.S. military facilities, AM General said Wednesday. […] More

  • Sofia Berger Named Transportation Sector SVP at Louis Berger - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sofia Berger Named Transportation Sector SVP at Louis Berger

    Sofia Berger, formerly senior vice president and managing director of Louis Berger‘s business operations in Latin America and the Caribbean region, has taken a new role as senior VP of U.S. transportation market at the Morristown, New Jersey-based professional services contractor. She will report to Nick Ivanoff, president of Louis Berger’s U.S. transportation market segment, and oversee client development initiatives in the public and […] More

  • ORBCOMM to Provide VA Satcom, Asset Tracking Services via Kevadiya Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ORBCOMM to Provide VA Satcom, Asset Tracking Services via Kevadiya Partnership

    Kevadiya has chosen ORBCOMM to deliver asset tracking and monitoring devices and satellite and cellular communications services for a Department of Veterans Affairs-run program that offers transportation services to veterans with disabilities or those who live in rural areas. Both companies will also provide an integrated telematics system that will support driver management, navigation, routing, patient pick-up and drop-off scheduling functions […] More

  • John Borghard on CA Technologies' Rally Software Buy & Cloud Priorities at Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Borghard on CA Technologies’ Rally Software Buy & Cloud Priorities at Agencies

    John Borghard leads all public sector activities for global software company CA Technologies in the U.S. federal, state and local government markets along with those in Canada. Borghard has held the role of senior vice president for public sector sales since April 2013 and is responsible for CA’s push into technology areas such as cloud computing and virtualization. He recently […] More

  • Cornell University Gets USDOT Funds for Transportation Research; Oliver Gao Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cornell University Gets USDOT Funds for Transportation Research; Oliver Gao Comments

    The Transportation Department has awarded Cornell University up to $7 million in funds to lead a research initiative meant to explore technologies that could help reduce potential adverse effects of transportation on public health and the environment, Cornell Chronicle reported Thursday. Tom Fleischman writes Cornell will lead a consortium of universities as part of the Center […] More

  • Straightline Aviation to Utilize Lockheed Hybrid Airships for Rare Mineral Cargo Transportation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Straightline Aviation to Utilize Lockheed Hybrid Airships for Rare Mineral Cargo Transportation

    Straightline Aviation has signed a memorandum of agreement with Quest Rare Minerals for the delivery of dedicated air services to transport ore concentrate, supplies and personnel via Lockheed Martin‘s hybrid airships. Quest Rare Minerals said Wednesday SLA will operate seven LMH-1 hybrid airships that will serve as a shuttle transportation service for personnel, supplies and mine operations between […] More

  • ICF to Support New York Transportation Corridor Mgmt Project; Anne Choate Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Support New York Transportation Corridor Mgmt Project; Anne Choate Comments

    ICF has received nearly $7 million in additional funds to assist the New York Department of Transportation in efforts to manage the state’s corridors in a multimodal manner. The company said Monday it will provide program development, operational, marketing, outreach and customer services to downstate programs and extend these programs across the upstate area. ICF and NYSDOT will also […] More

  • CH2M to Help Nevada Establish New Autonomous Vehicle Policy Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Help Nevada Establish New Autonomous Vehicle Policy Framework

    CH2M has been selected to help Nevada’s Transportation Department develop a vision and policy framework for autonomous vehicle and connected vehicle programs in the state. CH2M said Tuesday the new framework will work to establish policy, standards and legislation to be integrated with the state’s political environment in a push to establish the state of Nevada’s capacity […] More

  • DoD Assigns F-35 Component MRO, Upgrade Workloads to Partner Nations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Assigns F-35 Component MRO, Upgrade Workloads to Partner Nations

    The Defense Department has granted regional F-35 maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade capacity to partner nations that will support 65 out of 774 repairables outside the continental U.S. Lockheed Martin, the F-35 prime contractor, said Monday the U.K. will oversee 48 of the 65 F-35 components while Netherlands will handle 14 and Australia will manage three of the components for global […] More

  • Thales Alenia Space to Supply Satellite Navigation System to South Korea; Jean Loic Galle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Alenia Space to Supply Satellite Navigation System to South Korea; Jean Loic Galle Comments

    Thales Alenia Space will supply a satellite navigation system to the South Korea’s national space agency in an effort to help enhance the country’s positioning system. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute will use the KASS system built based on Thales Alenia Space’s European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System to provide aeronautical applications and extend its use to maritime, […] More