Lou Von Thaer started a new chapter of his three-decade GovCon career in June 2013 as president of a business once part of Science Applications International Corp. that eventually became Leidos‘ national security sector. Von Thaer now leads a team of 13,000 professionals in the sector after previously leading 7,000 employees at General Dynamics Advanced […] More

Boeing will deploy Dutch cybersecurity company SecurityMatters’ intrusion detection system as part of the defense contractor’s enterprise network sentinel platform designed to identify vulnerabilities in information systems architecture. SilentDefense ICS reviews network configuration and pinpoints malfunctions through network fingerprinting, SecurityMatters said Wednesday. SecurityMatters’ CEO Dr. Sandro Etalle said that “more than 20 man years of […] More

Chris Braccio serves as vice president of human resources at AMERICAN SYSTEMS where she is responsible for the company’s human capital function which includes talent management, compensation and benefits as well as community affairs and charitable programs. The more than 25-year HR veteran has held leadership roles at World Kitchen, StarBand Communications and Sunrise Assisted Living and is a […] More

Thales Alenia Space, the space systems division of Thales Group, has won a contract to build a telecommunications satellite for Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems. Construction of the Yamal-601 could take 26 months and the satellite will be launched by the International Launch Service aboard a Proton rocket, Thales announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Thales will be […] More

IBM and Skillsoft will collaborate to develop an enterprise learning for big data training, with the first phase intended help users identify what drives engagement and business outcomes. IBM Research will contribute its big data and customer experience analytics capabilities fore Skillsoft’s more than 50,000 learning assets, Skillsoft announced Tuesday. During the second phase, the […] More

MorphoTrust USA has won a contract to add enrollment services for an application program by the Transportation Security Administration. Under the  TSA Pre✓ program, MorphoTrust USA will use its IdentoGO Centers at approximately 300 on-airports and off-airports enrollment centers, including the most recent location in the Nashville International Airport, the company announced Friday. MorphoTrust USA […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

QinetiQ North America and BroadSoft have moved to extend their partnership to develop unified communications services for federal, defense and intelligence customers. QNA will provide hosted, BroadCloud-based unified communications technology and expand existing offering with BroadSoft’s unified communications services, QNA said Tuesday. John Sutton, executive vice president and general manager of mission services at QNA, said […] More

On the heels of the late 2013 release of his second book, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare, Juan Zarate caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss his and the Treasury Department’s work in the years after 9/11 to promote U.S. national security interests through sophisticated global financial campaigns. As the […] More

BAE Systems has been awarded a $39 million contract to provide 300 units missile warning systems to the U.S. Army for finding and protecting against infrared threats. The third-generation CMWS units will be integrated with the Army’s Gen3 system, which is designed to help detect and evade adversarial small arms fire, BAE said Tuesday. “Our […] More

Tony Moraco, chief executive of SAIC, is moving to establish a more direct tie between him and members of his management team in 2014. Chief Information Officer Bob Fecteau and Chief Communications Officer Lucy Fitch will both report directly to Moraco beginning sometime after Feb. 1, the contractor said, as will Jennifer Smith, senior vice […] More

Jeff Trauberman oversees a diverse set of programs and projects at Boeing in his role as vice president of space, intelligence and missile defense for government operations. The nearly two-decade company veteran overviewed his roles and responsibilities in a July 2012 conversation with ExecutiveBiz, where he also gave insight into the company’s push for a […] More