The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected a Leidos–Ensco partnership to support the second and third phases of a project that aims to create a backup positioning, navigation and timing system. Ensco said Tuesday Phases II and III of DARPA’s Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments program will focus on the development of a detailed design and a real-time demonstration […] More

Denise Perry, acting manager of Ensco‘s human resources division since February, has been promoted to manage the division on a full-time basis. Ensco said Wednesday she led efforts to increase the Falls Church, Virginia-based company’s HR efficiency and quality of customer service as part of her previous duties as deputy division manager. Boris Nejikovsky, president of Ensco, said he believes Perry’s […] More

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has selected Ensco to present two independent research and development projects in front of a government intelligence community audience at the INSA Innovators Showcase forum. Ensco said Thursday it showcased the Virtual Phased Array and Low SWaP Software Defined Environments projects to a large group of program managers, engineers and scientists from the U.S. government […] More

Steven Bratt, former chief technology officer and president of standards development president at the GS1 nonprofit organization, has joined Ensco‘s board of directors. He brings his international business and technology leadership experience to the science and engineering services contractor as a board member, Ensco said Thursday. “[Bratt’s] stimulating insights in a wide range of technology areas and experience in international […] More

Denise Perry, formerly deputy manager of the human resources division at science and engineering contractor Ensco, has been named acting manager of the HR division. The 16-year Ensco veteran led the implementation of HR practices, programs and processes as well as helped address personnel and workplace challenges in her previous role, the company said Tuesday. Perry worked at Rosslyn, Virginia-based media […] More

Scott Goldstein, chief strategy and technology officer at Ensco, has highlighted in an interview what he describes as unprecedented risks to national security from emerging threats such as weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological agents and explosive devices. Goldstein said in the interview for the Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland show that those threats continue to […] More

Bloomberg Business Week magazine featured Ensco‘s homeland security platforms and an interview with Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Scott Goldstein in an article published Oct. 31. The article provided details on the company’s threat assessment efforts, the MicroSearch human presence detection system, CBRNe warning and decision support platform and contract work in bio-threat detection and sensor optimization. Goldstein told […] More

Ensco and PositiveID will collaborate to produce a biothreat detection system for the Department of Homeland Security under the second phase of DHS’ SenseNet Program. PositiveID said Monday it will provide the company’s Firefly Dx automated threat detector while Ensco will perform system integration and decision support services under the program. The Interior Department awarded the Phase II contract to the team on behalf of DHS. William […] More

Ensco Inc. has been awarded a two-year, $4 million contract by the Department of Homeland Security to develop an integrated sensor system for the detection of biological and environmental health hazards in buildings. The company said Thursday it aims to build, test and integrate a tiered aerosol detection system with dedicated environmental monitoring sensors and emerging commercial sensors under the second phase […] More

Vernon Joyner, formerly technical director for the advanced mission solutions group at Dynetics, has joined Ensco as manager of the company’s national security solutions division, effective April 30. Ensco President Boris Nejikovsky said Thursday Joyner brings three decades of experience in system engineering, software development, organizational leadership and program management to the Falls Church, Virginia-based engineering firm. […] More

Ensco has established a branch office in Perth, Australia, that will offer project delivery and support services to the Australian rail transport industry. The company said Wednesday it opened the new office in response to a growth of the firm’s railway maintenance planning technology and asset condition assessment offerings. Jeff Stevens, vice president of Ensco’s rail segment and Australian […] More

A business unit of Ensco will provide track geometry measurement and machine vision joint bar inspection systems for two hi-rail vehicles of the Canadian National Railway as part of efforts to ensure safer railway operations. The company said Tuesday Ensco Rail will equip the hi-rail vehicles with its RailScan Lite Track Geometry Measurement System and Joint Bar Inspection System to support […] More