Joseph Peters, formerly the White House Drug Policy Office’s acting deputy director for state and local affairs, has joined Vantage Health as president and member of the board of directors. He will succeed board member Will Rees and help lead efforts to bring the company’s technology to law enforcement operations for narcotics detection, Vantage Health said Wednesday. The 25-year law […] More

Emergent BioSolutions has landed a five-year, $29 million contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to make a dry formulation of the NuThrax anthrax vaccine candidate in an effort to facilitate shipping and storage at normal temperatures. The company said Monday the contract covers manufacturing, non-clinical processes and application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Investigational New Drug status. “We […] More

Matt McQueen serves as sector director of strategic and external communications at Northrop Grumman‘s information systems sector, where he acts as the primary spokesperson and communications liaison to the sector’s external stakeholders. He is also responsible for the sector’s integrated strategic communications campaigns, executive communications and media relations functions. Prior to this role, McQueen held […] More

Unisys Corp. has selected the recipients of its inaugural diverse supplier of the year and small business supplier of the year awards. Pinnacle Technical Resources won the diverse supplier award and Base 2 Technologies won the small business supplier award, Unisys announced Tuesday. The awards recognize suppliers that contribute to Unisys’ supply chain. “Unisys is […] More

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council has included URS Corp. in its annual list of top 45 corporations for women’s business. URS received the honor at the council’s recent 15th WBENC Summit & Salute to Women’s Business Enterprise in New Orleans, the company announced Tuesday. “It is noteworthy to be included on this list; our recognition […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

General Electric Co. has moved to grow its smart grid services customer base by adding new municipal and rural utilities clients for the subscription-based offering, Greentech Media reported Thursday. Jeff St. John writes at least six more customers have subscribed to GE’s Grid IQ solutions-as-a-service unit in addition to existing clients such as the municipal […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More