Orbital Sciences Chairman, President and CEO David Thompson said the company plans to remain true to its mission of lowering costs to access outer space after completing its estimated $5 billion merger with ATK, the Washington Post reported Monday. “From a strategic standpoint, this merger will create a much larger and more capable but still highly innovative, agile […] More

Cubic Corp. will provide combat search and rescue and other personnel recovery missions to the U.S. military under an estimated $3.4 million contract. The company’s Personnel Locator Systems work to carry out voice and data transfer functions during searches for soldiers, Cubic said Thursday. Dave Schmitz, president of Cubic Defense Systems, said PLS systems are used […] More

DynCorp International and its family of companies have hired nearly 10,000 veterans since 2011 in support of a program started by the White House in the same year. The company announced Tuesday during the White House Joining Forces program’s third anniversary celebration that DynCorp has hired more than 2,000 veterans in 2013 and 9,725 since joining the […] More

Hewlett Packard has unveiled a new consulting service with the goal of helping organizations identify and address data security risks that could affect business objectives or operations. HP’s Security Metrics Services portfolio includes a set of parameters designed to determine a company’s overall risk posture and alerts stakeholders of any security threat or incident, HP […] More

Battelle, Toshiba‘s UK team and China have begun installing and testing communications networks by using quantum physics with the goal of helping to secure long-distance transmissions of data, Nature reported Wednesday. Jane Qiu writes Battelle and Geneva-based ID Quantique collaborated to deploy an approximately 403.8-mile optical fiber to Battelle’s Columbus, Ohio headquarters and offices in Washington. […] More

Joe Stein, the retired U.S. Air Force Major General who most recently helped lead the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense’s policy posture with NATO and Europe, has joined SkyLink Aviation as the firm’s senior executive for operational strategy. The company pointed to Stein’s leadership experience as a commander of large aviation organizations, and at […] 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

URS Corp. will work with We Energies to convert Milwaukee-based Valley Power Plant into a natural gas production facility from a coal plant. URS said Monday that the team will replace the plant’s coal-burning equipment with natural-gas piping and burners, as well asw modify combustion controls and other auxiliary equipment and plant controls. Art Lembo, general manager for URS’ power […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Tina Kuhn, a top cybersecurity executive with Northrop Grumman Information Systems, on Northrop’s international expansion, opportunities for transformation within the government budget environment, how to “build-in” cyber defenses, and more in the cyber space. Kuhn joined Northrop in 2012 after holding a series of GovCon leadership roles focusing on intelligence and […] More

Bill Jaffe co-founded TAPE in 2003 and serves as executive vice president and general manager at the Alexandria, Va.-based SDVOSB – Service-Disabled, Veteran–Owned and Woman-Owned Small Business. Among his many leadership responsibilities, Jaffe manages TAPE’s corporate development, M&A and IDIQ activities. TAPE specializes in systems engineering and provides technological; program and management support; and training solutions […] More

Carlos Fernandes joined Salient Federal Solutions in January to serve as director of its Cyber Security Center of Excellence and develop and implement the Fairfax, Va.-based IT, training and engineering services contractor’s cybersecurity strategy. The former U.S. Air Force Intelligence Applications Officer had previously served as an adviser to Salient and brings more-than-21-years of information […] More

DigitalGlobe and MDA have combined their optical and radar satellite products to offer a common ground system for the defense and intelligence community. Jeff Kerridge, DigitalGlobe’s senior vice president for international defense and intelligence programs, said Tuesday the collaboration is intended to help customers pull images from RADARSAT-2 earth observation satellite in near real time. Don […] More