Raytheon has pledged up to $5 million for a 10-year agreement with the University of Massachusetts Lowell to launch a joint research institute to enable collaboration between students and Raytheon employees. The Raytheon-UMass Lowell Research Institute is expected to facilitate securing federal funding for research as well as research and employment opportunities, the company said Tuesday. “The creation of […] More

Northrop Grumman and Cyber Security Challenge U.K. have partnered to hold a competition meant to foster cyber talent and inspire students to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The U.K.’s CyberCenturion contest will be based on the Northrop-sponsored CyberPatriot challenge for U.S. secondary students, Northrop said Monday. “CyberPatriot has grown at […] More

IBM researchers have produced a computer chip that is designed to simulate human brain function without needing to consume large amounts of energy under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s SyNAPSE program. The computing architecture is built with 5.4 billion transistors and 256 million programmable logic points that are modeled after the brain’s neuronal structure, DARPA said Thursday. […] More

Ken Mahler, Newport News Shipbuilding vice president of Navy programs, said the Huntington Ingalls Industries division continues to build ties with the USS Abraham Lincoln crew as they moved closer to completing the refueling and overhaul of the aircraft carrier. “Since we began the (project)… we’ve been working side by side (with the sailors) to […] More

Tarik Reyes oversees program delivery, strategy and execution in his role as operating unit director for civil information solutions at Northrop Grumman‘s information systems sector. Prior to this role, Reyes held a business development leadership role for Northrop’s civil federal and select defense markets and his career also includes stops at Microsoft, Visalign and Bechtel. In this […] More

Jonna Ward is the founder and CEO of Visionary Integration Professionals, a government contracting firm with more than 700 staff members. She most recently served as a partner at Accenture before starting VIP in 1996 and previously worked for Andersen Consulting. In her conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Ward discussed the beginnings of the firm, the importance of STEM education and […] More

Discovery Laboratories announced Tuesday that it has received $1.9 million of a $2.4 million fast-track small business innovation research grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The award supports continuing research into the ongoing phase 2a clinical trials for Aerosurf, Discovery Labs’ answer to treating infantile respiratory distress syndrome. […] More

Matt Warren serves as president of Agilex‘s Justice and Homeland Security Sector, where the long-time federal government marketplace leader manages that business and is responsible for its growth. A close-to-six-year Agilex veteran, Warren joined Agilex in 2008 after spending more than 10 years with Oracle, where he helped start the homeland security sales team and […] More

Louisa Long Jaffe, CEO of Technical and Project Engineering and 28-year veteran of the U.S. Army Reserve, has received the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s Woman Vetrepreneur of the Year award. With at least 30 years of business ownership, management, public relations, marketing and IT experience, Jaffe is the inaugural recipient of the award, an extension of the annual Vetrepreneur of […] More

  ATK is showcasing its various science, technology, engineering and math offerings at the 3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival from April 25-27 in Washington DC. ATK scientists and engineers will attend the event to feature five displays related to space exploration and science, the company announced Monday. Specifically, these displays will allow participants to […] More

Lockheed Martin and the Alliance to Save Energy have selected five schools from Maryland county school districts that have each won $1,000 from a competition intended to inspire students to advocate energy efficiency to friends and family. The winners of the PowerSavers Challenge were chosen from 21 schools and more than 100 students, Lockheed Martin […] More

Lockheed Martin will establish an investment fund in Korea to help local universities research and develop aviation and spaceflight technologies, Korea Times reported Thursday. Park Ji-won writes that Lockheed has launched an open science and technology competition and is accepting R&D proposals in nanotechnology and renewable energy generation for aerospace applications. “Through direct investment and […] More