Posts from GovCon Daily for 12/10/2015

Orbital ATK Obtains Patent for Helicopter Protection System; Cary Ralston Comments

Orbital ATK has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a helicopter protection system the company designed to help protect helicopters from airborne threats. The Helicopter Active Protection System works to detect and identify threats, launch a kill vehicle to a set location and detonate a warhead, Orbital ATK said Thursday…

Booz Allen Expands Data Analytics Biz in Boston; Fred Blackburn Comments

Booz Allen Hamilton has bared the company’s plan to expand its big data analytics operations in Boston, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday. Jon Chesto writes the McLean, Virginia-based company will transfer its Boston office at Batterymarch Street to a new 13,000-square-foot office at Milk St…

Denise Turner Roth: GSA Adjusts Strategies to Address Federal Agency Purchases

Denise Turner Roth, head of the General Services Administration, told Federal Times in an interview published Tuesday that GSA has made technology and program changes to further help customer agencies manage their purchases…

Gen. Petr Pavel: NATO Eyes Intell, Resource Sharing to Combat Islamic State Group

Gen. Petr Pavel, chairman of NATO’s military committee, has said greater information sharing between international agencies will help the global effort to combat the Islamic State militant group and other adversaries in an interview with Defense News published Tuesday…