Angela Carrington is a vice president and partner in IBM’s public sector business consulting practice, where she serves as the industry executive for the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Foreign Affairs (USAID and State). As part of the IBM industry team, she leads IBM’s go to market efforts for these agencies. Her areas of focus in […] More

Mapp Biopharmaceutical has landed an 18-month, $24.9 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to further develop ZMapp, an antibody drug designed to treat the Ebola virus. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will provide financial, preclinical and manufacturing support to Mapp with the goal of obtaining U.S. regulatory approval for […] More

Laurence Grayer serves as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for DynCorp International where he manages the company’s in-house legal department. Prior to DynCorp International in 2006, Grayer served as assistant general counsel with the Amalgamated Transit Union and is also a former associate of Hack, Piro, O’Day, Merklinger, Wallace & McKenna. In his […] More

Jim Gildea and Charles Neff of Huntington Ingalls Industries have received recognition from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for assisting employees with their military commitment. Gildea, vice president and chief counsel of HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, and Neff, HII senior staff counsel, were nominated for the Patriot Awards by Leila Garcia, an NNS […] More

Ryan Hartman, CEO of Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary, said the business is looking to make its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle commercially available for agricultural and environmental uses, Avionics Magazine reported Wednesday. Woodrow Bellamy III writes that Hartman wants to adopt a UAV commercialization strategy similar to the one Insitu used when it entered the defense market. […] More

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has achieved a Defense Department certification to operate the company’s magnetic resonance systems on the U.S. Air Force’s network. Toshiba worked to comply with the Air Force and Defense Health Agency’s guidelines to protect patient health information from malware, viruses and cyber attacks, the company said Monday. “This approval is proof […] More

Lockheed Martin is working with the Defense Department and F-35 suppliers to lower operation and maintenance costs for the fighter program over the next 50 years, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes that Lockheed officials recently met with representatives from DoD and 90 key F-35 suppliers in Fort Worth, Texas to brainstorm cost reduction ideas. […] More

Harris Corp. has attained certification from the National Security Agency for the company’s new multi-channel manpack radio system. Harris will be able to deploy Falcon III RF-340M radios up to the Top Secret level of secure voice and data communications under the Type-1 certification, the company said Wednesday. The Army intends to use the multi-channel manpack in its […] More

Todd Morris serves as vice president and business area director for homeland security and law enforcement for SRA International. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of program execution, business strategy and growth, personnel management and financial management for SRA’s portfolio of work in support of the Department of Homeland Security and state and local homeland security […] More

Commercial and government efforts are underway to build unmanned and autonomous underwater vehicles that can be used for naval warfare, environmental research and recovery mission, National Defense Magazine reports. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes that Michael Toscano, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, believes that UUV technology has limitless applications and will […] More

Healthcare company Abbott and the Defense Department will collaborate to develop blood-testing methods to help clinicians diagnose mild traumatic brain injuries in military personnel. Abbott said Monday that TBI-related abnormalities are not easily detected because its symptoms can be similar to those found in other medical conditions. “The quick and accurate diagnosis of a concussion is […] More

Interactive Intelligence Group has obtained a certification from the Joint Interoperability Test Command for the companys Internet protocol-based communications software offering. BROOKMAN LLC assisted Interactive Intelligence in the certification process for the fourth version of its Customer Interaction Center suite’s sixth update, Interactive Intelligence said Thursday. “CIC’s JITC certification helps government agencies speed sales cycles […] More