The New New Internet unveiled a number of timely and important news items this week geared toward the government contracting executive.
The GovCon technology website unveiled two stories this week with important industry news concerning an F-35 test and an a large acquisition in the cloud computing space.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Air Force variant fired a missile during flight at a test range in California on Wednesday.
This is the first time this variant of the aircraft has fired a missile, according to the Air Force.
“It’s a testament to the entire military-industry test team,” said Lt. Col. George Schwartz, F-35 integrated test force director.
“They’ve worked thousands and thousands of hours to get to the point where we are today,” he said.
The F-35B is designed to carry a payload of up to 18,000 pounds using 10 weapon stations.
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Another important story the website covered was the acquisition of ExactTarget by cloud computing firm SalesForce for $2.5 billion.
The deal is expected to close in late in SalesForce’s second fiscal quarter and the transactions aims to create a marketing platform across various applications.
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SalesForce predicts that marketing will start to become much more about mobile devices and web applications in the coming years.
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