Leidos has donated $100,000 to The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health to assist in the upkeep of the inn’s park and playground. The company also gave 25 gift cards to families staying at the inn during the December holiday season, Leidos announced Monday. Since 2011, Leidos and its employees has donated nearly […] More

Stephen Kupcha, a former Navy SEAL and 16-year Defense Department veteran, has joined SAP‘s independent national security subsidiary SAP NS2 as executive director of its nonprofit organization and as a business development senior specialist. He is the first person to hold the executive director title for NS2 Serves and most recently as senior manager of public […] More

Tim Dowd, formerly a director at rapid drug-testing company eScreen, has joined Irvine, Calif.-based Accurate Background’s board of directors. Prior to his appointment, Dowd served on the eScreen board from 2008 to 2012, a period that saw the business record a twofold revenue and threefold EBITDA increase, Accurate Background said Tuesday. Dowd currently serves as president […] More

Harris Corp. has received a $21 million order from a NATO country for the delivery of Falcon multiband tactical radios. The unnamed country will use the Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack and AN/PRC-152A handheld radios for its Army and special forces, Harris announced Monday. “Falcon III enables high-bandwidth applications such as streaming video, simultaneous voice and data […] More

Northrop Grumman‘s Hunter unmanned aircraft system has surpassed 100,000 combat flight hours in service for the U.S. Army since the drone’s initial deployment in 1996. The Army has used the RQ-5A Hunter and the MQ-5B Hunter variant to support global contingency operations, Northrop Grumman announced Monday. MQ-5B Hunters are built with a fuel-carrying extended center […] More

The Archbald, Pa.-based facility of Lockheed Martin was chosen as one of the Best Plants of 2013 from IndustryWeek magazine. The Missiles and Fire Control’s Archbald facility has 420 employees that design and build precision-guided weapon systems and nuclear systems for military and civil customers, the company announced Monday. “In military and nuclear energy environments, […] More

A consortium composed of Unisys Brazil, Agora Telecom, Comtex and Modulo has been chosen to serve as the information technology provider for the 12 cities in Brazil that will host the 2014 World Cup. The Brazil Seguro Consortium was awarded the $110 million contract by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice’s Extraordinary Security Department for Large […] More

DataDirect Networks-built storage infrastructures work to power more than 60 percent of TOP500.org’s list of the world’s largest computing systems by performance. The performance of computers listed in the top 10 increased by 14 times in less than five years and nine of those systems currently use DDN technology, the company said Monday. “Commercial and […] More

Ellyn Shook has been promoted to chief human resources officer at Accenture and will succeed Jill Smart, who is set to retire in the summer. Shook, currently senior managing director of the HR division, will start in her new position on March 31 and will also serve on the firm’s global management committee, Accenture said Tuesday. […] More

The Patrick Henry Community College is now certified as a Siemens partner school, giving its students access to the company’s standards in electrical, mechanical and computer engineering. PHCC received the Mechatronics Certification which allows its PHCC Science, Technology and Mathematics program instructors to teach the course, the school announced Friday. Course students must complete five […] More

Jim Haughwout has joined Savi Technology as the new chief architect, where he will direct the company’s software technology strategies and work to build up its machine learning and artificial intelligence portfolio. Haughwout most recently served as senior vice president of engineering and operations at CustomMade Ventures, the company announced Thursday. He is also a former vice […] More

John Schumacher serves as the vice president for business relations of GenCorp, the parent of Aerojet General Corp., where he handles the growth plans of the company’s government-related aerospace and defense business. Schumacher also supports Warren Boley, Aerojet president, and the subsidiary’s operations in Washington. He has previously served as Aerojet vice president of Washington […] More