Technical and Project Engineering has received a four-year, $28.7 million contract to provide live, virtual and simulation training platforms to the U.S. Marine Corps. TAPE will perform systems engineering, acquisition and financial management, modeling, test planning, logistics and instrumentation development under the contract, the company said Friday. “Supporting [Marine Corps Systems Command’s program manager training systems] […] More

Philip Luna, corporate vice president and president of UniversalPegasus International, has joined the senior executive team at UPI parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries in a move that takes effect immediately. HII said Friday it also appointed Michael Smith, corporate VP for development and nuclear and environment sciences, to serve as corporate VP for strategy and development beginning […] More

A new Grant Thornton report estimates the total cost of cyber attacks to businesses worldwide in the past 12 months has reached $315 billion. One in six businesses have experienced cyber attacks during that period with companies in Europe and North America as among the top targets, Grant Thornton said Sept. 22. Grant Thornton surveyed 2,500 business leaders […] More

Marjorie Bailey is an executive vice president and the chief human resources officer at CACI International and brings more than 20 years of HR management experience to her position. She oversees all aspects of the company’s employee and leadership development and talent management programs. Bailey also held a similar role at the health and engineering […] More

Deborah “Deb” Dunie and Thomas O’Toole, formerly executives at CACI International and United Continental Holdings respectively, have joined the board and directors at Alliant Energy as directors. Alliant said July 27 Dunie will serve on the compensation and personnel committee and the safety, environmental, policy and operations committee. O’Toole will be part of the audit committee and the […] More

QTS Realty Trust‘s Information Security and Compliance Forum on Tuesday gathered at least 100 enterprise information technology professionals to discuss current issues and strategies in the field of cybersecurity. The company said Thursday this year’s forum featured keynote speakers Stephen Coty, chief security evangelist at Alert Logic, and Justin Somaini, vice president and chief trust officer of Box. “We’re […] More

The U.S. data center construction industry is poised to enjoy a 4.18 percent compound annual growth rate from 2014 to 2019, according to a Sandler Research report. Sandler Research said Monday that U.S. organizations are increasingly seeking data repository facilities that use systems designed to cut power consumption and reduce environmental impact. The research firm […] More

Deborah “Deb” Dunie, formerly executive vice president and chief technology officer at CACI International, for eight years, has been appointed to the board of directors at Science Applications International Corp. She will serve on the human resources and compensation committee of the company’s board, SAIC said Monday. “Deb Dunie has over three decades of aerospace and defense industry […] More

Research and advisory firm ExecRank has unveiled its annual list of 250 of the “Top CIOs for 2014,” a ranking of chief information officers across all industries that evaluates these leaders across 24 different categories. For this exercise, ExecRank says it developed a series of algorithms over three years to measure executive performance and predict future executive […] More

Ellen Glover, an executive vice president at ICF International, has been reappointed chairwoman of the board of directors of the Professional Services Council. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture Federal Services, and Kathleen Flanagan, president and CEO of Abt Associates, were respectively re-elected as vice chair and secretary, PSC said Thursday. Twelve executives from […] More

As executive vice president and chief technology officer at CACI International, Deb Dunie oversees work to develop and advance the company’s technology infrastructurer. Prior to CACI, she served as director of plans and analysis within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and was responsible for reviewing activities and programs related to U.S. national […] More

Lockheed Martin Corp. has invested $80 million in its mission systems and training unit in Central Florida, creating up to 200 jobs, Orlando Business Journal reported Wednesday. Megan Ribbens writes the new Orlando, Fla.-based employees will work on Lockheed’s training and logistics operations for the F-35, F-16 and F-15 aircraft programs. About 7,000 employees already […] More