Joe Stein, the retired U.S. Air Force Major General who most recently helped lead the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense’s policy posture with NATO and Europe, has joined SkyLink Aviation as the firm’s senior executive for operational strategy. The company pointed to Stein’s leadership experience as a commander of large aviation organizations, and at […] More

Unisys Corp. will apply its new facial recognition system to the passport application process in the UK. Her Majesty’s Passport Office awarded a five-year contract for Unisys to automate passport applications and examine biometric data using its open standards LEIDA platform, the company said Thursday. Nick Fraser, managing director of Unisys UK, said the company […] More

AT&T is planning to extend the range of its fiber-optic network to 21 large metropolitan areas across the U.S. in a move to help address growing customer demand for broadband services. The U-verse with GigaPower service will be deployed in up to 100 cities and municipalities in order to provide 1-gigabit-per-second Internet access and television services to residents, […] More

Siemens Canada as one of the most environmental friendly employers in the country for the third consecutive year by job-hunting guide publisher Mediacorp Canada, Canada Newswire reported Tuesday. Mediacorp cited Siemens’ in-house recycling and telecommuter programs, as well as the launch of its Sustainability Council as attributes of being a green company. The company has elected to […] More

CACI International has been awarded a position on a potential five-year contract vehicle to sustain electronic surveillance systems for the U.S. Navy‘s anti-terrorism and force protection programs. The company is one of three contractors that will compete for work over three base years and potentially two option years under the Naval Electronic Surveillance Systems program, […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Tina Kuhn, a top cybersecurity executive with Northrop Grumman Information Systems, on Northrop’s international expansion, opportunities for transformation within the government budget environment, how to “build-in” cyber defenses, and more in the cyber space. Kuhn joined Northrop in 2012 after holding a series of GovCon leadership roles focusing on intelligence and […] More

IBM Corp. has launched a new software-defined big data storage platform offering in a move to meet demand for enterprise storage, The VAR Guy reported Monday. Christopher Tozzi writes the SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center platform is built to store and manage data with administrative tools. IBM intends for the technology to help medium-size businesses migrate […] More

John Thomas joined Leidos as the Reston, Va.-based national security, health and engineering contractor’s chief strategic officer after Leidos’ 2013 separation from the legacy SAIC organization, where he most recently led close-to-13,000 analysts, scientists, engineers, and business professionals as acting president of SAIC’s National Security Sector. Thomas joined SAIC as an executive focused on military […] More

Anna Griffin is joining CA Technologies to serve as the new senior vice president for corporate marketing, effective April 21. Griffin is a public and private sector marketing veteran and has served at companies that include Juniper Networks and Nortel, CA Technologies announced Tuesday. According to Griffin, she joined the company due to the role of […] More

Rob Zitz joined Leidos in August 2011 – when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. – as senior vice president and chief ISR systems architect after a three-decade government career that culminated in a deputy director role at the National Reconnaissance Office. The Wash100 inductee and former senior Secret Service deputy associate director leads Leidos’ work to help intelligence […] More

BAE Systems has helped to launch Transport for London’s new website as part of the agency’s project to offer more public services through digitized systems and platforms, BAE UK Services Managing Director Julian Cracknell says. Cracknell said Tuesday that the company and TfL aim to help up to millions of people each month plan their journeys through London. […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sponsoring a marathon-style event designed to help NASA develop mobile applications and other technology for space program use. APL and interactive platform developer Bolster Labs will co-host NASA’s platform coding and design contest in the Baltimore-Washington region on April 12 and 13, APL said Thursday. NASA seeks […] More