Mike Dobson, head of mission training and business development at BAE Systems, will lead a company presentation on Feb. 3 at the two-day Joint Forces Simulation & Training Conference in London. Dobson’s team will talk about the private industry’s role in preparing warfighters for joint force operations, event organizer SMi Group Ltd. said Tuesday. Attendees […] More

Rich White joined Capstone Corporation in May 2013 and serves as chief executive at the provider of information; training; and strategy, planning and operations solutions and services to the federal government. White joined Capstone from Harris Corp, where he spent more than 30 years and held executive leadership positions in areas including space, intelligence, information […] More

Some Washington-area business leaders see 2014 as being a better year for the local economy compared to a 2013 that saw market uncertainty resulting from sequestration, the Washington Post reported Monday. Sarah Halzack writes that a Post poll of economists, executives and academics indicates general agreement of an improved business climate and most respondents cited […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and GuardTime have unveiled a new keyless signature infrastructure appliance that is intended to gather threat intelligence and help users respond to incidents. GuardView Videri is built to comply with security standards set by the Defense Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the companies said Monday. Jim Blom, president of Guardtime USA, said the company […] More

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have reached the halfway point of testing work on the company’s Triton unmanned aerial system nearly eight months after the drone completed its first flight. Testers have flown Triton for up to 9.4 hours at a time on one mission and have sent the UAS into altitudes of up […] More

Boeing will assemble a team of engineers, technicians and support staff in Florida to work on the Air Force‘s X-37B reusable spacecraft program. The former Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center will be repurposed to house the X-37B unmanned space plane, Boeing said Friday. Boeing will convert the NASA hangar into a new […] More

Thales’ Alenia Space Belgium subsidiary has been selected to develop the electronic control power system for the European Space Agency’s launch vehicle. Astrium, prime contractor for the Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution launch system, awarded the contract to Thales Alenia Space Belgium for the upgrade of the upper-stage Vinci engine steering system, Thales Group said Monday. […] More

Harris Corp. and ViaSat Inc. have jointly tested a new version of small tactical terminal integrated with Harris’ power amplifier for extended range operation. The 16 pound two-channel tactical terminal is built for simultaneous 63-watt link 16 and 50-watt soldier radio waveform radio communications, ViaSat said Monday. ViaSat intends for the terminal to help customers […] More

A Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aerial vehicle was used by the U.S. Air Force to collect geographic imagery and data to help speed relief efforts in the Philippines after Super Typhoon Haiyan. The Global Hawk drone flew in November from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and relayed images of Philippines’ typhoon-hit areas to disaster […] More

New legislation that passed Congress last month will mandate federal agencies to collaborate on how to suppress the proliferation of cyber weapons trade in the black market, Nextgov reported Dec. 20. Aliya Sternstein writes the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act tells agencies to develop intelligence, law enforcement and financial guidelines for controlling the sale of cyberwar […] More

CH2M Hill has won a $30 million contract to oversee an expansion project at the Port of Anchorage, Alaska which has been stalled since 2009 due to design issues, Public Media reported Thursday. Daysha Eaton writes the five-year contract includes two one-year options valued at $12 million. Stacey Jones, a vice president at CH2M Hill, […] More

NASA TV will show a live broadcast of an Orbital Sciences-built spacecraft’s launch on Tuesday as the vehicle starts a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Cygnus cargo shuttle is scheduled to liftoff at 1:55 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday from the NASA flight range on Wallops Island, Va.  Tuesday and enter space onboard an Antares […] More