Georgia Tech officially named the engineered biosystems building after Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, and his wife Helen during the university’s homecoming festivities held Friday in Atlanta. The Roger A. and Helen B. Krone Engineered Biosystems Building has a 219,000-square-foot space for offices and laboratories to facilitate research across systems biology, cell and developmental biology and chemical […] More

SOSi International will showcase Dog Tag Inc. at the Army Ten-Miler Exposition Hall and Finish-Line Hooah Tent Zone in the company’s partnership with the non-profit organization focused on the reintegration and entrepreneurship of service-disabled veterans. The company said Wednesday that it is a major sponsor of the ATM event this week where the SOSi running […] More

Defense and industrial conglomerate Thales Group completed its estimated $424 million acquisition of data security technology maker Vormetric in March to add new product and service offerings into the Thales e-Security business portfolio. Based in Silicon Valley, Vormetric designed its platform to help enterprises and public sector agencies defend their information and applications in either […] More

Two statistics from the National Kidney Foundation feature the number nine in striking terms that describe the impact of kidney disease in Americans and other figures tell a tale of a veteran population that is particularly at risk. The foundation says kidney disease is the U.S.’ ninth-leading cause of death at a greater volume than breast cancer or prostate cancer, while 26 million […] More

Lockheed Martin and Japan have marked the delivery of the country’s first F-35A aircraft in a ceremony held Friday to commemorate the national defense and security alliance between Japan and the U.S. More than 400 guests from the government, military and defense industry sectors in both countries attended the F-35A rollout ceremony, Lockheed Martin said Friday. “As the security environment surrounding Japan has become increasingly […] More

Maximus has secured a contract to help Idaho’s department of health and welfare manage a new program that offers workforce services to eligible participants in the state’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance and Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho programs. The company said Tuesday it will work with SNAP and TAFI beneficiaries to gauge their skills and interests, build a career plan and […] More

Mississippi State University will host an empowerment dinner on Thursday to recognize six professionals in both the public and private sectors for their leadership, public service, vision and contributions to society. Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager for the U.S. public sector at HP Enterprise Services, will join five other awardees at the […] More

Barbara Humpton became chief operating officer of Siemens Government Technologies — the German conglomerate’s U.S. federal subsidiary — in December 2014 after three years as head of business development for the organization. The 25-year GovCon sector veteran and senior vice president at SGT has been with the subsidiary since its start in 2011 and is also a veteran of Booz […] More

James Dinkins serves as vice president and general manager of Thomson Reuters‘ special services business unit, which develops integrated tools for government and enterprise customers to access financial, legal, intellectual property, media and scientific data resources. He joined Reuters in 2014 after more than 27 years of service in the federal government. Dinkins previously served […] More

Harris Corp. has opened a 464,000-square-foot center in Florida to host research and development of the firm’s communications and information technology products. The Harris Technology Center houses more than 1,400 company employees and includes engineering laboratories and conference rooms, Harris said Monday. To mark National Engineers Week, the company is hosting an event to highlight […] More

The European Space Agency has incorporated Red Hat’s Linux platform into the agency’s private cloud infrastructure that is intended to provide information technology services to multiple users. The ESA cloud infrastructure is developed based on VCE systems and a blade x86 architecture, Red Hat said Tuesday. Gianni Anguilletti, Red Hat’s country manager in Italy, said […] More

An organization that represents small- and medium-sized businesses in the homeland and national security markets recognized Harris Corp. and Agilex for their work in the sectors at a ceremony held Tuesday in Arlington, Virginia at the U.S. Navy League. The Government Technology & Services Coalition says it gives its Annual Awards to people and firms […] More