Victor Caruso, a 10-year investment banking veteran, has joined Blue Wolf Capital Partners as a senior adviser and will work to help the New York-based private equity firm expand into the aerospace and defense markets. Caruso will also help the company evaluate and carry out investments in the A&D sectors, Blue Wolf announced Monday. He has worked […] More

A Clayton, N.C.-based plasma fractionation facility designed and built by Fluor Corp. has won the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering’s 2014 facility of the year award for project execution. The award from recognizes the modular construction techniques used by Fluor to build the 150,000-square foot facility, the company announced Thursday. “Fluor provides project management and […] More

The Louis Berger Group is celebrating the 100th birthday of its founder Louis Berger and is also marking the company’s 60th anniversary. He founded Berger Associates in 1953 as a consulting firm in Harrisburg, Pa. with only 12 employees, the company announced Thursday. Berger worked to combine modern engineering practices with training to help develop and […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has been awarded a potential $23.5 million contract to help the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command develop a modeling software for researchers to identify hazardous material incidents. General Dynamics Information Technology will design technology for gauging the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear event under the Pentagon’s Joint Effects Model […] More

The Conrad Foundation has announced the winners of its 2014 Innovation Summit, which was presented by Lockheed Martin. The four teams of highschool students who won, showcased their work in the aerospace and aviation, cybertechnology and security, energy and environment and health and nutrition categories, winning a total of $47,500 in awards, The Conrad Foundation […] More

Alion Science and Technology has received a $17.7 million task order to help the U.S. Defense Department research and develop new systems intended to protect soldiers against improvised explosive devices. The company will also provide technology prototyping, engineering and scientific services to DoD under the IED countermeasures project, Alion said Tuesday. “The services we will […] More

Anaren will provide its beamformer technology to Raytheon under an $8.5 million subcontract for the engineering and manufacturing development stage of Raytheon’s contract to build the U.S. Navy‘s Air and Missile Defense Radar. The one-year subcontract covers work to design and assemble the beamformer and is part of the AMDR program’s potential 10-year, $110 million low-rate initial production […] More

A-T Solutions has been selected to help train naval joint forces in combating improvised explosive devices under a $23.5 million U.S. Navy contract. The company will provide support services to the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s force protection training for counter-IED operations, A-T Solutions said Tuesday. Dennis Kelly, president and CEO of A-T Solutions, said the company […] More

This is the first part of interview with Joe Kernan, vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2), on his company’s non-profit organization NS2 Serves, and its mission to train veterans in information technology and help them gain employment after service. To watch a video on the program that will air […] More

IBM has patented a cloud-based technology the company designed to secure data notifications across mobile devices and networks, as well to address concerns on privacy and confidentiality among developers, service providers and end users. The company built the tool to help developers create mobile applications for transmitting assigned message identifiers in the cloud to the user’s device, IBM said […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will provide the the U.K.’s nuclear regulation office with technical support for safety and operations of current and future nuclear facilities under a five-year framework agreement. The company will support ONR’s civil engineering, internal and external hazards, radioactive waste and decommissioning programs, Jacobs said Tuesday. ONR was established in 2011 to oversee the U.K.’s nuclear regulations. More

Operations and management issues remain an obstacle for those in the domestic power industry, a workforce challenge Day & Zimmermann addresses by offering clients options that use various delivery methods in an effort to increase labor availability, skill and management options, Power Magazine reported on Jan. 1. The company holds training programs with trade schools […] More