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    Cubic Gets MS&T Magazine Red ‘Best Programs’ Ribbon Award for Game-Based Training Tool; Dave Buss Comments

    A Cubic division has received the Military Simulation & Training magazine’s Red ‘Best Programs’ Ribbon award for the third consecutive year in recognition of the company’s platform that seeks to transform the military training community. The magazine awarded the ribbon to Cubic Global Defense for the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment the company designed for the […] More

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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Dwight Hunsicker, SVP/GM, GlobeComm

    “I am a firm believer that capitalism is the most efficient means of expanding technology and leveraging its capabilities to solve problems.” EM: Can you tell our readers about your background and how your experiences prepared you for your current role as Executive Vice President/General Manager? In short, I have spent my adult years solving […] More

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    Former NAVSEA Senior Exec Jerome Punderson Named Gryphon COO

    Jerome Punderson, former director of contracts at the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Sea Systems Command, has joined Gryphon Technologies as chief operating officer at the Washington, D.C.-based professional and engineering services contractor. Gryphon said Tuesday Punderson will be responsible for managing and executing the company’s government contracts. “The defense sector is a heavily regulated industry and having […] More

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    C4 Planning Solutions Awarded Marine Systems Engineering Support IDIQ

    C4 Planning Solutions has won a potential five-year, $48.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering support for command, control, communications and computer systems at U.S. Marine Corps bases and installations. The Defense Department said Friday work also covers technical support; installation assistance for fielded C4 systems; troubleshooting; network analysis; diagnostics; maintenance; configuration management […] More

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    Navy Vet Jeff Fowler Named AOC President

    Jeff Fowler, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been named president of Chantilly, Virginia-based government services contractor American Operations Corp. AOC said the 32-year Navy veteran will oversee the company’s business development and operations in his new role. “Fowler’s promotion to this new leadership position of President is an important step for the future of […] More

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    Navy, DoD Vet Alan Haggerty Named Senior Adviser for Beacon Group’s A&D, Govt Practice

    Alan Haggerty, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, has joined The Beacon Group as senior adviser at the company’s aerospace and defense and government practice. Beacon said Wednesday that Haggerty has leadership experience in the naval technology development, system acquisition and innovation areas. “His knowledge in defense […] More

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    Retired Navy Capt. Charles Litz Joins ARServices as R&D Operations Director

    Charles Litz, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former program manager at Advanced Technology Systems Company, has joined management and technology consulting firm ARServices as director of research and development operations. ARServices said Tuesday Litz will lead the company’s efforts to grow its federal market footprint and oversee business relationships with government customers such as the Defense Threat […] More

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    McChrystal Group Announces Release of ‘One Mission’ Book With Foreword From Army Vet Stan McChrystal

    Alexandria, Virginia-based consulting services firm McChrystal Group is set to release on June 13 the book “One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams,” by Chris Fussell featuring a foreword by Stan McChrystal, a retired U.S. Army general. One Mission is part of the “Team of Teams” book series and seeks to guide leaders […] More

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    Leidos VP Nevin Carr Joins AUVSI Board; Roger Krone Comments

    Nevin Carr, a vice president and U.S. Navy strategic account executive at Leidos, has been named to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s board of directors. AUVSI is a nonprofit organization consists of 7,500 members from over 60 countries and works to promote the development of unmanned platforms and robotics systems, Leidos said Thursday. “Nevin’s proven […] More

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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

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    Leidos Eyes Work to Update Navy’s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems; Tim Reardon Comments

    Leidos will work to provide research, development, sustainment and other services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems through a potential $198 million multi-award contract the U.S. Navy awarded in March. The company said Thursday the contract also covers instrumentation delivery and updates as well as hardware and software engineering services for CEIS in use […] More

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    CACI Exec Chair Jack London Gets Naval Historical Foundation Award; Ken Asbury Comments

    Jack London, executive chairman of CACI International and a retired U.S. Navy captain, has received recognition from the Naval Historical Foundation for his leadership in efforts to preserve naval history. The company said Wednesday NHF Chairman William Fallon presented the 2017 Distinguished Service Award to London during the National Maritime Awards Dinner held Tuesday. “I congratulate Dr. London on his recognition as a patriotic […] More