Jennifer Felix serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Sotera Defense Solutions, where she oversees the company’s financial operations in strategic planning, accounting and financial processes and procedures. The 20-year GovCon and technology sector veteran joined the Herndon, Virginia-based data fusion and analytics, cyber networks and ISR contractor in September 2012 after she led Deltek through an initial public […] More

Mutualink recently demonstrated Enhanced System on Wheels using FirstNet technology to test the communication system in a simulated terrorist-related emergency. ESOW seeks to promote multiagency collaboration, planning and decision-making in the event of an emergency by providing first responders with a secure LTE connection with which to share multimedia data on their mobile devices, Mutualink said […] More

The National Cyber Security Awareness Month has entered its fourth week with a focus on help for small- and medium-sized businesses to protect their assets from cyber threats. The Department of Homeland Security, Capital Factory, the University of Texas and the Austin Chamber of Commerce hosted an event Oct. 21 in Austin to highlight cyber risks, best practices and […] More

Boeing has wrapped up a design review on a U.S. Air Force communication and information sharing system following the technology’s demonstration on various platforms. Boeing developed the Talon HATE system to consolidate data from fighter networks, national sources and joint command and control infrastructure for data-link transmission to joint aircraft, ship and ground stations, Boeing said Tuesday. “The Boeing team demonstrated communications […] More

General Dynamics‘ C4 systems business unit and technology startup Raellic Systems have entered into a licensing agreement covering a software product designed to protect computers against malicious threats. Raellic licensed the General Dynamics C4 Systems-made Pitbull trusted operating system and intends to pair the product with a Raellic communications security platform, Raellic said Wednesday. Pitbull […] More

A Cubic Transportation Systems subsidiary will work with Transport for London to maintain and upgrade 1,000 traffic signals, crossings, road signs and overhead gantries in southeast London. Cubic said Thursday that the Cubic (ITMS) subsidiary will maintain “intelligent” traffic signals and manage traffic control systems beginning Oct. 1 under the six-year, $85 million contract. TfL and London officials aim to boost investment in […] More

Iridium Communications has unveiled a global satellite-based Wi-Fi hotspot service to provide mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with voice and data connectivity beyond the coverage of terrestrial networks. The company said Monday the Iridium GO! offering includes free applications for voice calls and texting and access to email, Web, weather and social media. Bryan Hartin, executive vice president for […] More

Bill Downer is a manager at Seagate handling the federal business development line. The sales and management veteran has over two decades of experience working for data storage technology companies, including sales manager at Sun Microsystems and federal business vice president at DataDirect Networks. Previous roles also include regional director of sales and channel relations at Quantum. More

Jessica Nielsen serves as vice president of communications and marketing at Lockheed Martin where she is responsible for all facets of communications at the company’s Information Systems and Global Solutions division. She previously was executive director of global communications at Dell and was chief of staff to the BAE Systems group communications director from 2009-2011. Nielsen […] More

Bill Downer serves as manager of federal business development at Seagate Technology where he is helping to build a federal subsidiary that will focus on storage offerings for U.S. government customers. Downer worked in BD for Xyratex before it was acquired by Seagate and was vice president of federal sales at DataDirect Networks beginning in 2012. He […] More

DataDirect Networks is providing storage services to the Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory for energy research projects that are intended to help the Energy Department minimize the country’s foreign oil dependence. Atipa Technologies led the technology upgrade at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and modernized to DDNTM SFA 12K block storage platform and EXAScaler file storage appliance, […] More

Esri and cybersecurity firm RedSeal Networks have partnered to develop a geospatial cyber framework with the goal of helping defense, civilian and intelligence customers avoid network threats. The alliance seeks to combine Esri’s geospatial technology with RedSeal’s network architecture to help organizations analyze the potential impact of cyber and physical events on their operations, Esri […] More