NetScout Systems’ line of service assurance applications has received certification from the Defense Information Systems Agency after the products met the information assurance and interoperability requirements of the Defense Department for inclusion in the Unified Capabilities Approved Products List. The company said Wednesday its nGeniusONE Unified Performance Management and nGeniusONE InfiniStream platforms also secured Common Criteria […] More

Chris Alexander oversees Parsons’ efforts to pursue potential opportunities in the public sector market as executive vice president and director of global business development for the company’s government services segment. The 12-year company veteran was promoted to the global BD leadership role in 2013 and managed business development functions for the segment’s national security and defense division prior to […] More

Chenega Corp. has launched a new small business subsidiary under its Chantilly, Virginia-based security strategic business unit to provide protective and professional locksmith services to U.S. government agencies. Timothy Lamb will lead Chenega Infinity as president of the new organization, which will offer protective services for sensitive and cleared facilities in domestic and international locations, the company says. […] More

Nick Urick oversees FireEye‘s work with federal agencies in his role as vice president of the federal division for the Silicon Valley-based network security company. FireEye calls its idea for cyber defense an “Adaptive Defense” approach that integrates the company’s technology with threat intelligence and experience in an effort to help government agencies stay ahead of cyber attacks and […] More

Susan Keys started the current chapter of her GovCon and information technology career last year when she took a vice president role at Avaya‘s federal business organization — Avaya Government Solutions. Her career includes stops at commercial and GovCon firms such as Cisco, Lockheed Martin, Oracle and more recently Riverbed Technology. Keys recently caught up with […] More

Exelis will continue to manufacture pneumatic carriage and release systems for the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle under a $27 million contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The follow-on contract for 619 units of the BRU-71/A ejector rack is the third such order from the California-based aeronautics firm, with work to occur in Amityville, New […] More

Bill Rowan was appointed vice president of the federal business at cloud computing and virtualization company VMware in November after nearly four years at the firm. Rowan joined VMware in 2010 to lead its Defense Department business and the nearly 25-year veteran also held leadership roles at firms such as IBM, MicroStrategy and Storage Technology Corp. In […] More

Cubic Defense Applications will continue to provide support for the U.S. Navy’s data link systems used in operational missions under a $3.1 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Under the project, the company will work to prolong the life cycle of SPAWAR’s AN/USQ-167 Common Data Link System by developing and testing […] More

A new Government Business Council/Siemens poll has found that senior federal employees looking to become more energy efficient at work feel their goals will be better achieved by having greater freedom and better tools to access and interpret real-time data. Thirty percent of 321 respondents to the GBC survey say they are sure their agencies […] More

Qinetiq has unveiled a new line of surveillance systems for mounted onboard aircraft that Jeremy Ward, managing director for the company’s C4ISR business, says are designed to help security teams with coverage, HSToday reported Wednesday. Kylie Bull writes the ASX family, launched at the Farnborough Airshow, works to use signal processing technology for command and control functions to pinpoint suspected suspicious activity. […] More

Todd Grams made the jump from a nearly two-decade career in the Senior Executive Service to the private sector earlier this year when he joined Deloitte to help federal agencies with initiatives in enterprise risk and financial management. His career in federal government service includes time as chief financial officer and chief information officer at the Internal Revenue […] More

A joint venture of Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems has handed a helmet-mounted display system to Lockheed Martin for integration into the F-35 aircraft. Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems LLC developed the Gen III HMDS for F-35 Lightning II pilots to gain situational awareness of the battlefield during operations, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. “Providing an accurate […] More