Israel Aerospace Industries launched a new drone detection, identification and disruption system at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition in October in efforts to address the potential threat of drones. The company said Oct. 19 that Drone Guard features three-dimensional radars, electro-optical sensors and electronic attack jamming systems made by IAI subsidiary ELTA Systems to identify and disrupt enemy drones. “We believe that […] More

Erin Hawley serves as regional director of national security programs at Cloudera and is responsible for business development and marketing initiatives across the company’s intelligence market area. As part of her role, Hawley also acts as liaison for the company’s data management and open source briefings with members of Congress and their staff. She joined Cloudera in […] More

Dave Dzaran leads engineering and software services contractor Integrity Applications Inc. as the company’s president and CEO. Dzaran works with IAI’s board of directors and senior executive team to craft and implement corporate strategies, assess financial performance and oversee the firm’s operations. He is a two-decade veteran of systems acquisition and integration and program management related to space-based intelligence, […] More

Lockheed Martin has commenced the production of lasers with commercial fiber components for the U.S. Army based on a modular design that supports varied laser power as per mission requirement. The company said Monday the first laser will have a power of 60 kilowatts, which the Army can extend to 120 kilowatts due to its modularity. “With modular lasers, […] More

Kim Rupert is the senior vice president for contracts and pricing at Science Applications International Corp., where she is in charge of enterprise compliance to relevant federal regulations and business systems. As part of her role, she also serves as the company’s liaison with acquisition and contracting leaders in the industry and government. She has […] More

Tom Richey serves as a vice president and partner for federal growth and sales at IBM‘s global business services organization and works from the company’s Washington office. He has held the position since March 2012 and is in charge of GBS Federal’s sales and growth activities and workforce for capture management, marketing research, proposal development […] More

Thales and Israel Aerospace Industries have completed a flight test of an IAI-built unmanned aerial vehicle following the installation of a data link component and Elisra’s antennas and radio frequency-based modules on board the UAV. Thales said Tuesday the TMA 6000 data link aboard the Heron Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance UAV is designed to transmit daylight and […] More

Iridium Communications has integrated an Aireon-built air traffic surveillance payload system into a NEXT satellite that is scheduled to go into space between 2015 and 2017. Aireon will utilize the hosted Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast receiver payload to help the aviation industry access information about aircraft position and status, Iridium said Monday. The payload integration effort […] More

Roseanne Cinnamond is the vice president for industry relations at ViON, serving as the company’s primary liaison to trade groups and governmental advisory organizations. She works to ensure that the company maintains open communication with the public and private sectors as well as high-level contacts with business partners and prospective clients. The 30-year company veteran […] More

BAE Systems and Booz Allen Hamilton will work with Eastern Foundry to pilot a classroom-based certification program for government contracting professionals to drive efforts to build a professional standard for the industry. Eastern Foundry said Wednesday the program works to educate small businesses on the foundations of the government contracting process and certify them to provide assurance to prime contractors interested […] More

Kurt Tripp serves as vice president and manager of Parsons‘ defense and security sector within the government services segment and holds responsibility over the sector’s growth strategies. Tripp previously served as program executive for the air and missile defense programs within Parsons‘ defense and security sector and, prior to that, as program executive for Parsons’ security and mission-support training business. He joined Parsons in […] More

Jonathan Moneymaker oversees areas such as corporate strategy, business development, capture and legislative affairs in his role as chief strategy officer at Altamira Corp., the company that formed out of the Invertix–Near Infinity merger last year. A former business unit general manager from Boeing, Moneymaker’s GovCon career includes leadership roles in mergers and acquisitions such as Anonymizer‘s combination […] More