Terrence Blair oversees technology strategy and technology-related consulting work for federal agencies as chief technology officer at Tetra Tech AMT – the information technology, aerospace and safety management arm of Tetra Tech. Blair, a more-than 25-year GovCon veteran, joined Tetra Tech after spending eight-and-a-half years at Sapient as technical lead for that company’s federal government consulting business unit […] More

Roxanne Decyk, member of Alliant Techsystems’ board of directors, has joined the DigitalGlobe board. Decyk currently serves as board member of offshore driller ENSCO PLC and oil and gas management services provider Petrofac Ltd, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. “Roxanne’s deep experience in corporate strategy, human resources, government relations, and the oil and gas sector on a global […] More

C-level executives should take a more proactive role not only in drafting but also in implementing and following through with their enterprise’s cybersecurity policy, McKinsey & Company said in an Insights article published this month. The authors of the report said, however, that while most senior leaders are aware of the implications of a cyber attack, overcoming […] More

ICF International has released a fresh energy outlook report that forecasts prices, regulatory impact and future demands for gas, coal, renewable energy and power. The ICForecast Energy Outlook for the third quarter of 2014 projects a decline in gas prices over the next 18 months due to potential atmospheric factors during that period, ICF said […] More

Google released a new encryption tool that the company built to help users secure their internet privacy, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Nicole Perlroth writes that the tool, dubbed End-to-End, works to help email users encrypt messages they send out until they reach their intended recipient and are decrypted. Both users must use End-to-End […] More

In the second and most recent edition of John Hillen‘s series on government contracting for Washington Technology, the former assistant secretary of state and long time GovCon business executive discussed what is standing in the way of the market maturing. Hillen begins his piece by telling the audience to accept the fact that GovCon will […] More

Inmarsat Chairman Andrew Sukawaty has announced the company’s plans to provide airlines with free satellite tracking services for commercial aircraft following the recent disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The plan is intended to be part of a future global satellite tracking system for commercial jetliners, which mainly use ground-based […] More

Software AG has rolled out an analytics platform that is designed to monitor companies’ operational processes and identify patterns within large volumes of business data. The Intelligent Business Operations Platform is built to leverage digitally-driven sustainable business models for managing customer services and resources usage, Software AG said Tuesday. John Bates, Software AG’s chief technology […] More

A Deloitte analysis of 100 global aerospace firms has showed that commercial aircraft sector profitability jumped 16.3 percent in 2013, while revenues soared 8.9 percent. Global aircraft production last year was 31 percent higher than 2010 output levels and had more than double the production rate of a decade ago, Deloitte said Monday. Industrial output […] More

A network security tool built by General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has been recommended by information research and advisory firm NSS Labs for testing of breach detection systems. NSS Labs rated Fidelis XPS as high in security effectiveness after passing all stability and reliability tests, scoring 100 percent in evasion resistance and having a zero percent false positive rate, […] More

BAE Systems has published a threat analysis report that describes how the cyber espionage malware known as Snake attacks computer systems and how the virus works to avoid conventional security tools. The company’s applied intelligence division also created a list of technical indicators to help enterprises bolster threat detection and mitigation techniques, BAE said Friday. […] More

Governments, universities and companies continue in their efforts to find sustainable, clean energy, and yet mankind is nowhere near dislodging coal, abundant and cheap but the least clean of all, as the top source, Ian Marcus of RTKL said Feb. 20. Marcus, a mechanical engineer based in the company’s Washington, D.C., office, mentioned several studies into alternative […] More