BlackBerry‘s Secusmart subsidiary has worked with IBM and Samsung to develop a tablet that supports SecuSUITE for BlackBerry 10 to enable secure mobile communications for government and enterprise users. BlackBerry said Saturday the SecuTABLET is based on Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and is awaiting security certification for classified data from the German Federal Office for Information Security. “Working alongside […] More

At least five companies have submitted bids to NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station through a second round of commercial resupply services competition, the Washington Post reported Monday. Christian Davenport writes NASA’s decision to partner with industry for ISS cargo resupply missions has drawn interest from bigger contractors and encouraged investor-backed startup […] More

Robin Portman oversees business development function at Booz Allen Hamilton in her role as an executive vice president for the consulting and contracting firm. She supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial sectors through leadership of a BD organization that seeks to understand and analyze market shifts for proposal development. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Portman […] More

The widely-reported cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that compromised emails written by the movie and television company’s leaders and personal information of employees took another turn Friday when the FBI publicly held North Korea’s government responsible for the hack. As covered on our sister site ExecutiveGov, the bureau said it traced the malware, lines […] More

Lasers could become one of the most sought-after technologies in defense as manufacturers work to improve their accuracy, power and versatility in ever-smaller form factors, the Washington Post reported Friday. Christian Davenport writes lasers could soon join the U.S. arsenal alongside see-through head-up displays and electricity-conducting military uniforms and exoskeleton suits. Ray Johnson, chief technology officer at […] More

Lockheed Martin and its industry partners has launched the latest littoral combat ship for the U.S. Navy at the Marinette Marine shipyard along the Menominee River in Wisconsin. Lockheed said Saturday Barbara Levin, wife of Sen. Carl Levin, led the christening ceremony for LCS 7 or the future USS Detroit as the ship’s sponsor. Dale Bennett, executive vice president […] More

Leidos is building an Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel for long-term monitoring of submarines as part of an anti-submarine warfare program by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. ACTUV will be equipped with sensors, electro-optics and radars, as well as sensor control, navigation and status reporting features to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Leidos said Monday. “It would […] More

Lockheed Martin and the University of Maryland have signed a memorandum of understanding to build an integrated quantum computer in an effort to further develop drug discovery, communications and logistics technologies. The company and university will form a quantum engineering center in College Park to exhibit a quantum computing platform for users to operate, Lockheed said […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has won an award for a Novartis facility that it provided design, engineering, procurement and construction management services for. The  U.S. Flu Cell Culture Facility at the Novartis Campus in Holly Springs, N.C. won the 2013 Facility of the Year Award from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, INTERPHEX and Pharmaceutical Processing […] More