Lockheed Martin and partners have activated the bus and network communications payload of a second satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS system. The team worked to turn on the power of the GPS III Space Vehicle 2 on Dec. 19 at Lockheed’s Denver-based facility in order to exhibit the satellite’s mechanical integration and interfaces, Lockheed […] More

Autonomic Resources has become an official supporter of a non-profit coalition of technology companies and industry groups that provide information on cloud computing to lawmakers and the public. As a silver supporter of the Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group, Autonomic Resources will help fund the Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group to promote understanding of the […] More

Leo Burnett Worldwide is using IBM technology to manage its workforce talent through surveys analysis to drive revenue, increase retention and strengthen its global workforce. The company is using IBM’s data analytics and worked with IBM’s Smarter Workforce consultants to create valuable insights from its annual global people survey of about 8,500 people, IBM announced Monday. […] More

Randy Hayes serves as the director of federal sciences and healthcare at DataDirect Networks, where he acts as a strategic technical and business consultant to government organizations. Hayes has led lighthouse bioinformatics and healthcare projects at laboratories run by the Department of Health and Human Services and by other federal agencies. He also focuses on projects […] More

Sotera Defense Solutions will develop tools and provide services for the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under a potential $900 million contract. SPAWARSYSCEN intends for that equipment and work to help build, test and deploy C5ISR (command, control, communications, computers, combat Systems, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), information operations, enterprise information services and space technologies, […] More

Northrop Grumman and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs have partnered to implement courses and internship activities focused on science, technology, engineering and math, The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Tuesday. Debbie Kelley writes UCCS students will have access to research and development, scholarship programs, seminars and job fairs sponsored by Northrop. The STEM program’s […] More

The MITRE Corp. and Harvard University are collaborating to develop a nanocomputer system. A team of scientists and engineers worked to design and assemble an ultra-small control processor called nanoFSM (nanoelectronic finite-state machine), which uses very little power to function, MITRE said Monday. The nanoFSM is comprised of hundreds of nanowire transistors within circuits on […] More

Northrop Grumman has completed the delivery of 100 airborne electronic attack kits to Boeing, the prime contractor of the U.S. Navy’s Growler aircraft program. The AEA kit is built for troops to target the enemy’s communication and air defense systems, Northrop said Tuesday. Doug Shaffer, director of information operations and electronic attack at Northrop Grumman Aerospace […] More

At ODNI, I was asked to become the program executive for security clearance reform in 2009, and then I became the deputy assistant director for special security and had pretty frequent interactions with Director Clapper, the director of National Intelligence. Those posts gave me real learning experience for the impact of security across the government. […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding has awarded $108,000 in total grants to 25 different science, technology, engineering and math projects from schools in three Gulf Coast states. This is the sixth year of Ingalls’ STEM program and more than $500,000 has been awarded since its launch, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Friday. “Developing the workforce across the Gulf Coast is […] More

Philip Rizzi, formerly a vice president at SRA International, has joined CALIBRE Systems as vice president of energy, environment and infrastructure. He will be responsible for the company’s business development and service delivery work in areas such as energy management, environmental compliance and cleanup, federal property disposal and infrastructure condition assessment, CALIBRE announced Monday. The 25-year […] More

Lynne Chamberlain serves as vice president of business development for Red Hat‘s public sector. The more than 20-year industry veteran has been at Red Hat since 2004 and has previously held leadership roles at Unisys, HP and NetApp. In her Q&A with ExecutiveBiz, Chamberlain discussed her work with systems integrators, some of the newest cloud offerings […] More