The GDNexus web portal now offers to help clients find relevant technologies for mission requirements in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business, says Jay Mork, chief technology officer at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. “By opening up the GDNexus aperture to include ISR, we help our customers access new and existing technology, as we continue […] More

Boeing is showing a model of the company’s all-electric propulsion 702SP satellite Monday through Thursday at the Satellite 2014 Conference & Exhibition in Washington The company’s booth 6009 will also feature the 502 Phoenix, a commercial version of Phantom Works’ Phantom Phoenix prototype introduced last year, the company announced Friday. Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President Angela “Angie” Messer leads the firm’s initiatives in emerging technologies and mission solutions within its Strategic Innovation Group. In that role, the former U.S. Army officer and former leader of Booz Allen’s Army business focuses on mission areas including C2ISR, cloud computing, social media, data science, enterprise technology, and […] More

Sarah Allen serves as Leidos‘ chief human resources officer and is an executive vice president at the GovCon firm, where she works to use recruitment and retention efforts to generate competitive advantage and help the firm grow. Allen had been with SAIC for around four years when it separated into national security, engineering and healthcare technology […] More

Raytheon‘s space and airborne systems unit has been awarded $22.9 million in contracts to help install multispectral sensor systems on U.S. military helicopters and airplanes, Avionics Intelligence reported Sunday. John Keller writes the company will fit the Multispectral Targeting System on U.S. Navy Sikorsky MH-60 helicopter and on the U.S. Air Force HC/MC-130J turboprop fixed-wing aircraft. MTS has cameras […] 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

Matt Newsome was promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the North America and South America operations of Cubic Transportation Systems from serving as vice president and regional director of West Coast. Newsome will be responsible for the overall performance of the company’s programs in the regions and the execution of NextCity, an […] More

Dell has released new products in its education portfolio with the goal of creating an active learning experience for students and teachers. The Latitude 13 Education Series laptop, Dell Mobile Computing Cart upgrade kit and Dell Interactive Projector S520 follows the launch of Dell Chromebook 11 and Dell Venue tablets, the company announced Thursday. Dell […] More

NEC, an information technology products provider, has picked a McAfee embedded security platform to safeguard NEC’s industrial automation system products against cyber threats. McAfee’s Embedded Control technology works by running trusted applications on computing devices that are installed at a factory or a remotely located facility, McAfee said Wednesday. The McAfee software will be integrated […] More

FireEye has opened a Dresden, Germany-based research and development center, where the company will work with European educational institutions on security research, FireEye said Tuesday. David DeWalt, FireEye chairman and CEO, said the European research center is part of a company effort to help customers combat threats. The FireEye European, Singapore and Bangalore R&D teams will collaborate with […] More

Information Builders has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the company’s move to expand in that country’s enterprise technology market. Miguel Reyes will lead the office as it works to offer business intelligence and analytics tools to customers and partners in Brazil, the company said Wednesday. “Information Builders is focused on […] More

A Boeing aircraft designed for coastal search and rescue, anti-piracy and border security applications took its maiden test flight on Friday. Boeing partner Field Aviation launched the maritime surveillance aircraft from Pearson International Airport in Toronto under a demonstration project, Boeing said Wednesday. The multi-mission MSA was derived from the Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet […] More