Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company can help with security, growth and sustainability initiatives to maintain the partnership and collaboration between the U.S. and Japan. “[It] is our shared values, our collaboration and our commitment to each other that will allow us to overcome these challenges successfully,” she said in her U.S.-Japan Council conference keynote address published Friday. […] More

Michael Page, formerly senior director of business applications at LSI, will be in charge of information technology strategy at SRI International as the nonprofit’s new chief information officer and vice president of IT services. SRI said Monday Page will manage corporate information and telecommunications systems, network security and desktop support services at the research organization. “Michael Page’s experience is […] More

Jamie Thomas, general manager of storage and software-defined systems at IBM, has said that the company’s storage business will leverage a software-defined model for its portfolio in order to facilitate enterprise data storage flexibility and interoperability. IBM wants this new model to meet data analytics and storage needs amid a continuously growing volume of data that results from technology advancements in […] More

Ian Ziskin serves as president of Exec Excel Group LLC, a human capital coaching and consulting firm he founded in 2010 after a 28-year career as a corporate business executive. He serves on the board of directors of Axion Health and on the advisory boards at Humantelligence and RiseSmart. Ziskin also is an executive in residence and adviser […] More

The  defense industry continues to adopt the use of three-dimensional printing in order to build military equipment parts, Defense One reported Monday. Marcus Weisgerber writes Lockheed Martin builds tools for the F-35 fighter jet with 30 printers. Lockheed’s Mark Johnson told the publication the company uses 3D-printed tools to develop bracket locators and drill templates for the aircraft, according to […] More

NASA has launched the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory-built Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science into space in order to study solar system objects. The spacecraft took off from the Fort Sumner, New Mexico-based NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Research Facility on Thursday and will work to detect organic elements on objects in the solar system, NASA said Thursday. BOPPS […] More

Cisco has added at least 30 Intercloud Fabric partners and 250 data centers as the company pushes forward with its plans to build a global network of interconnected clouds to support the Internet of Everything. The company said Monday its partners – cloud providers, builders, aggregators and resellers as well as independent software vendors – deploy hybrid cloud infrastructure to support enterprise operations. Rob Lloyd, Cisco president […] More

Hughes Network Systems will release its latest portable BGAN terminal model in November. Graham Avis, vice president and general manager of Hughes San Diego, said Sept. 9 that the addition of the Hughes 9211-HDR to the BGAN terminal portfolio was precipitated by positive customer response toward an earlier model, the Hughes 9201. The new terminal […] More

John Custer serves as director of federal strategic missions and programs at EMC Corp., where he is responsible for strategy, business development and program execution work for the company’s federal business division. The retired U.S. Army major general holds three decades of government experience in intelligence, secure communications architectures, information technology and surveillance operations. Prior to EMC, Custer served […] More

Creative Computing Solutions has received a subcontract to help Palladian Partners perform research analysis and reporting services for the National Institutes of Health. CCSi said this month that it was chosen by Silver Spring, Maryland-based Palladian to work with NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health. The value of the subcontract was not disclosed. CCSi holds other contracts for work with federal agencies, such as a contract […] More

Dave Swindle serves as executive vice president of international and special programs at URS‘ federal services division. In this role, he serves as URS’s executive for coordinating international operations and new international business development with line responsibility for contracts with the U.K. defense ministry of and international organizations that include but not limited to the […] More

Luanne Pavco serves as general manager of IBM public sector services, where she leads an organization of 5,000 management consultants and information technical specialists who work with federal government, state and local government, healthcare and education customers. She also leads the IBM Center for the Business of Government, which studies public sector issues. Pavco’s public sector services organization provides a […] More