Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Coast Guard christened the agency’s fifth national security cutter — “James” during a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division is scheduled to deliver James in the next summer, Huntington Ingalls said Saturday. “The boundaries surrounding illegal migrant activity, weapons, drug smuggling and terrorism continue to blur and […] More

Joe Kopfman serves as executive vice president of contracts and administration as well as chief compliance officer at American Systems where he oversees the ethics program, contracts, legal, purchasing, pricing, M&A, security, facilities and general administration support departments within the company. He has been with the firm since 1978 and has served in a number of leadership positions […] More

(Editor’s note: this interview took place prior to ATK’s April announcement that the company would spinoff its sporting division into an independent company and merge its aerospace and defense businesses with Orbital Sciences. Click here to read GovCon Wire’s coverage of both transactions.) As senior vice president and chief information officer at ATK, Jeff Kubacki acts as the Arlington, […] More

SRI International has approved information technology and management consulting provider emaratech as a reseller of SRI’s biometrics offerings across the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Investment Corp. of Dubai-owned emaratech will market SRI’s Iris on the Move product line to clients in airport security, border patrol and related security applications, SRI said Wednesday. Mark Clifton, […] More

Bechtel has donated $15,000 to a program in Washington state for nearly 250 students to participate in a series of mathematics, engineering and science achievement competitions, KVEW TV reported Friday.  Dan Thesman writes that nearly 60 teams of middle and high school students competed in challenges related to prosthetic arms development and operation. The MESA […] More

CAE has sold 48 Level D full-flight simulators to customers in North America, Europe and India during the company’s 2014 fiscal year, which ended on March 31.. The company has also closed $68.5 million in simulator sales agreements at list prices to Southwest Airlines, Lufthansa Flight Training and a joint venture between CAE and InterGlobe, […] More

MITRE Corp. and Dubai Air Navigation Services will jointly research and develop tools to help manage the aviation infrastructure and air traffic control system in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The collaborative undertaking includes airspace design, technology sharing, safety evaluation and perfomance-based navigation procedures development, MITRE said Tuesday. Both parties signed a five-year framework agreement at an […] More

Raytheon will sponsor National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and its regional qualifiers over the next three years in a drive to build cyber awareness and interest in science, technology, engineering and math careers. “Our nation’s military, government and commercial sectors are in dire need of cyber talent as we rely ever more on the cyber domain […] More

Raytheon executives shared their knowledge of insider threat challenges at RSA’s recent conference. The executives discussed ideas on how to mitigate privileged user risks and develop data protection programs, the company said Feb. 6. Dan Velez, Raytheon senior program manager for insider threat, examined the current state of anti-virus products and dirty word queries by drawing […] More

Tony Cole serves as vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye, where he works with public sector agencies and other systems integrators to gain knowledge of the global cyber threat landscape and adapt enterprise approaches to address the threats. The former U.S. Army officer and Symantec business development leader addresses security conferences […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

CAE has reported that it sold 43 full-flight simulators in fiscal 2014, a new record for the Montreal, Canada-based firm. The company also recently signed a $64 million contract to provide Air Canada with a B787 simulator, another B737NG simulator to an undisclosed North American customer and two A320 simulators and one B737NG simulator to […] More