Craig McCullough, senior vice president of public sector business with Riverbed, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about joining the company, his strategic goals as well as how he is addressing the unique challenges of talent recruitment in the federal sector and innovating the capabilities for their customers during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. “From a workforce perspective, I personally […] More

An Akima subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $7.6 million contract to help the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center process approximately 100,000 commercial mariner credential applications annually. RiverTech will assist the West Virginia-based credentialing body in evaluating merchant mariner documents to determine whether applicants should be approved or denied for certification, Akima said Tuesday. Duncan […] More

Charles River Analytics has secured $3 million award to develop tools that can help the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps better understand deep reinforcement learning, a machine learning technique restrained by obstacles associated with unclear responses and the potential to make wrong conclusions. The company said Tuesday its Explainability and Terrain Reasoning for Autonomy or […] More

Riverside Research was added to a National Science Foundation-led consortium that works to drive hardware security development through cross-sector partnerships. The not-for-profit organization said Wednesday its membership in the Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust or CHEST Consortium allows it to support programs of the Air Force Research Laboratory, whose work spans […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — Riverbed Technology has promoted Shaun Bierweiler to the role of chief revenue officer, responsible for the global sales, services and partner strategy of the San Francisco-based information technology company, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 16. Bierweiler previously served as senior vice president of public sector at Riverbed. He joined […] More

General Atomics' electromagnetic systems unit has inaugurated its customer service hub in Patuxent River, Maryland, that will serve customers such as Naval Air Systems Command and support local business growth efforts of the company. James Donnelly, director of maritime program operations at GA-EMS, will manage the office and ensure the delivery of launch and recovery systems that are intended for the U.S. Navy's Ford-class nuclear powered aircraft carriers, General Atomics said Monday. 

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General Atomics has partnered with Parsons to help the latter support radioactive operations at the Department of Energy’s Salt Waste Processing Facility within the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business will perform operational support and cognizant system engineering services at SWPF, which is valued at $2.3 billion and commenced full operations in January, the company said Wednesday.

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Savannah River National Laboratory secured contracts worth $8.6 million from the Department of Energy to conduct research and development efforts for chemical processing and drying.

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Charles River Analytics has received almost $1 million in funds from the U.S. Army to develop an agent-based algorithm that could provide teams of robotic and human caregivers with direction and assistance in treating traumatic injuries.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2020 — Amentum, which leads the Savannah River Remediation joint venture, will continue to support liquid waste management efforts at the Department of Energy's nuclear reservation site in South Carolina, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 15.

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Charles River Analytics has secured funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a tool that would help military decision-makers gain insight from mission data and determine possible courses of action.

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Dr. Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense, has returned to the Riverside Research board of trustees, the company reported on Monday. Porter has nearly 25 years of experience in the defense and technology industries and is currently the co-president and co-founder of LogiQ.

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