Srini Mirmira, formerly senior vice president of cybersecurity solutions at Blue Ridge Networks, has been promoted to president of the Chantilly, Va.-based company. He will efforts to implement a corporate strategy, establish strategic partnerships across vertical markets and expand cybersecurity services in his new position, Blue Ridge said Wednesday. John Higginbotham, CEO of Blue Ridge, said he […] More

Esri has received authority-to-operate certification from the Interior Department to provide cloud-based spatial analytics support to U.S. federal clients. The company said Monday its ArcGIS Online service offering obtained ATO under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for availability on the FedRAMP Marketplace and deployment in Amazon Web Services‘ and Microsoft‘s cloud environments. Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, said […] More

Esri has entered into a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory and a separate enterprise agreement with NATO. INL and Esri will collaborate to explore and develop prototype concepts related to location-based intelligence technology that can help secure critical infrastructure and missions, the company said Wednesday. Both parties aim to identify the potential […] More

Esri‘s ArcGIS mapping platform will power the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining’s risk reduction and information management system for explosive remnants of war. The company said Thursday it will integrate its technology into GICHD’s Information Management System for Mine Action or IMSMA Core and support the organization’s migration of existing functions to the ArcGIS platform. The partnership aims to provide GICHD an […] More

SRI International has received a potential four-year, $7.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop software under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to develop systems designed to detect and respond to cyber attacks on the power grid. The company will perform software development work through the Threat Intelligence for Grid […] More

Geographic Information System technology will be the focus of the 2016 Esri National Security and Public Safety Summit to be held June 25 to 28 in San Diego. “When a disaster strikes, knowing what resources are needed and where they are located is the key factor in saving lives and critical infrastructure,” Esri said Tuesday. […] More

SRI International will carry out pre-clinical studies on compounds and vaccines to determine if they can act as preventive agents against cancer under a $19.8 million contract with a National Institutes of Health center. The company said Thursday its biosciences division will work to examine the effectiveness of experimental vaccines and test biomarkers in an effort to parallel how the body responds […] More

SRI International has created a new subsidiary that seeks to deliver training, performance assessment, test and evaluation as well as policy analysis services to commercial, government and military organizations. The company said Monday Ravenswood Solutions is a spinoff of its instrumentation and simulation business. Dan Donoghue currently leads the new company as president and CEO. SRI Chief Operating […] More

SRI International will provide preclinical treatment development support for the National Cancer Institute’s Prevent Cancer Drug Development Program under a potential $9 million contract. NCI’s Prevent initiative aims to advance the development of biomarkers and drug candidates designed to prevent cancer and transition them from preclinical phase to clinical trials, SRI said Monday. Toufan Parman, […] More

SRI International has received a $12.2 million contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to extend the company’s work on the development of a screening device for radiation exposure. David Cooper, director of the sensor systems laboratory at SRI, worked with DCN Diagnostics, Evolve Manufacturing and Stanford University’s School of Medicine five years ago to […] More

SRI International has announced that it has been awarded a $49 million, seven-year contract with NIH-subsidiary the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to conduct preclinical development of HIV infection and AIDS therapies. The contract will support investigation into drug development and treatment of HIV and AIDS, as well as providing preventive techniques of sexually […] 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