Michael Niggel on ACT I’s Role in the F-35 Program and His Foreign Military Sales Outlook Michael Niggel and his partners started Advanced Concepts and Technologies International — or ACT I — in 1998 with an initial division dedicated to foreign military sales. The Arlington, Virginia-based government services contractor now has five divisions that provide acquisition and program management support services to U…

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IBM Adds 5 New Federal Cloud Ecosystem Partners; Anne Altman Comments Five companies have joined IBM’s cloud ecosystem to deliver hybrid cloud services to the U.S. federal government. IBM said Tuesday that Arrow, Avnet Government Solutions, Ingram Micro, Tech Data and ViON will incorporate the IBM cloud system into their respective offerings as part of the partnership…

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Robert Cardillo: NGA Must Advance Commercial GEOINT Platforms Amid Paris Attacks National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo has said NGA should look to market commercial GEOINT platforms amid the Islamic State group-staged attacks in Paris Friday, FCW reported Monday…

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Mitre Unveils $100K Contest to Seek Detection Systems for Unauthorized Drones Mitre has launched a contest that aims to encourage students and entrepreneurs to develop new systems and techniques designed to detect and intercept unmanned aerial systems that pose security or safety risks in urban areas…

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Dennis Crall: Marines to Focus on IT Network Centralization Before JIE U.S. Marine Corps CIO Brig. Gen. Dennis Crall said the service branch will focus on efforts to centralize its IT network before it takes up the Defense Department‘s Joint Information Environment, Fedscoop reported Friday…

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John Richardson: Navy Boosts Ship Maintenance, Training in Aircraft Carrier Push Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson has reiterated the U.S. Navy’s push to expand aircraft carrier deployment worldwide through increased ship maintenance and crew training, National Defense Magazine reported Saturday…

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DoD IG: Marine Corps Systems Command Needs Small Business Subcontracting Guidelines The Defense Department’s inspector general has called on contracting officials at the Marine Corps Systems Command to determine whether prime contractors comply with subcontracting objectives for small businesses…

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