Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., has described his strategy for the first year and a half of the firm’s independent operations from parent company Leidos, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Jill Aitoro writes that Moraco told attendees of the publication’s first Power Breakfast event that particular care was needed in making business decisions or moves […] More

Visiongain forecasts that the global cybersecurity market will reach a value of $75.4 billion by the end of 2015 due to continued cyber issues and legislation and investment activity focused on cyber capabilities. The company said Tuesday its latest report on the market covers an analysis of cybersecurity growth through 2025 across the network, data, endpoint, application, cloud security, identity management and […] More

Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., will discuss his work in managing the company’s transition following the SAIC-Leidos split in 2013 during the Washington Business Journal’s first Power Breakfast, the publication reported Tuesday. Jill Aitoro writes that Moraco will be the first featured guest of the roundtable event amid the rise of acquisition and divestiture activities […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the market for military electro-optical and infrared systems will climb in value at a 7.71 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $16.35 billion revenues by 2020. The company said Thursday that strategies to establish uncontested market space and increased military spending will drive fast-paced growth for the EO/IR market, particularly in the […] More

Lou Von Thaer, president of the national security sector business at Leidos, will be a co-keynote speaker at a company-sponsored symposium on how parents can best engage kids in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Von Thaer, a Wash100 inductee, headlines the WashingtonExec 2015 K-12 STEM Symposium on March 7 with Evan Glazer, principal at Thomas […] More

The Northrop Grumman Foundation is sponsoring 25 high school and three middle school teams who will compete at the final round of the national CyberPatriot competition scheduled on March 13 in Washington. A team of professional aggressors will attack virtual networks and mobile devices and the CyberPatriot VII teams will develop defense methods to protect […] More

The Northern Virginia Technology Council will auction off regional and industry c-level executives in a fundraising event scheduled on Feb. 4. Attendees will bid electronically for a chance with c-level executives within 12 months and gain insights, forge business connections and learn about future plans of various companies, the NVTC said. The NVTC CXO Auction event […] More

A new NanoMarkets report predicts that the radiation detection device market will reach a value of $1.92 billion for domestic security applications and $868 million for military applications by 2020. The company said Jan. 5 that the military and security sectors are the fastest-growing markets for radiation detection devices due to an increase in terrorist activity and demand […] More

Gulu Gambhir, a senior vice president and chief technology officer of Leidos, will represent the company at the Raymond James Government Solutions & Technology Summit on Tuesday, Leidos said Monday. The conference will focus on growth areas such as geospatial intelligence, big data and cloud in the government and commercial markets. According to the event agenda, Gambhir will talk about […] More

Visiongain published on Oct. 10 a new report on the $238-billion homeland security market that forecasts renewed growth for prime markets in Europe and North America and a surge in demand from Asia and the Middle East. The market analyst said the industry is poised to go through an expansion as it takes in new […] More

Deborah Drake serves as vice president of human resources at Sotera Defense Solutions, where she is responsible for leading the company’s enterprise global human resources function. Prior to her current role, she served as a Leidos vice president of Human Resources where she was responsible for compensation, international HR and services initiatives in its intelligence and […] More

AtHoc-built emergency mass notification systems will be deployed to U.S. Army installations outside the continental U.S. under a Leidos-led modernization program. The Army extended the use of AtHoc’s IWSAlerts systems for communications in order to send emergency alerts to service personnel and their families at garrisons in Europe, the company said. “With increasing threats worldwide, AtHoc […] More