Charles Sowell serves as senior vice president in Salient Federal Solutions‘ system and software engineering solutions business unit, where he oversees work in the areas of security clearances, insider threat prevention and detection and big data analysis. He most recently served as deputy assistant director for special security for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […] More

An Aerojet Rocketdyne-made propulsion system worked to lift off an Atlas V rocket that carried a NASA communications satellite into space recently. Aerojet Rocketdyne provided 12 monopropellant thrusters, helium presurrization tanks and the RL10A-4-2 engine used on the rocket’s Centaur upper-stage structure, the company said Friday. NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite spacecraft launched from […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding has awarded $108,000 in total grants to 25 different science, technology, engineering and math projects from schools in three Gulf Coast states. This is the sixth year of Ingalls’ STEM program and more than $500,000 has been awarded since its launch, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Friday. “Developing the workforce across the Gulf Coast is […] More

Lynne Chamberlain serves as vice president of business development for Red Hat‘s public sector. The more than 20-year industry veteran has been at Red Hat since 2004 and has previously held leadership roles at Unisys, HP and NetApp. In her Q&A with ExecutiveBiz, Chamberlain discussed her work with systems integrators, some of the newest cloud offerings […] More

Chris Braccio serves as vice president of human resources at AMERICAN SYSTEMS where she is responsible for the company’s human capital function which includes talent management, compensation and benefits as well as community affairs and charitable programs. The more than 25-year HR veteran has held leadership roles at World Kitchen, StarBand Communications and Sunrise Assisted Living and is a […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has wrapped up integration work on DigitalGlobe‘s commercial satellite that is built to collect high-resolution images of the Earth. The WorldView-3 will be the fourth satellite in DigitalGlobe’s remote-sensing constellation and is scheduled for launch this summer at Vanderberg Air Force Base, Calif., Ball Aerospace said Monday. Cary Ludtke, Ball Aerospace […] More

Northrop Grumman will open a new office at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport Kemp Center in Ogden, Utah, the Standard Examiner reported Thursday. Nearly 250 Northrop employees will relocate from the company’s facilities at Clearfield and Hill Air Force Bases to the new building in March, according to the report. John Parker, director of Northrop’s weapon system sustainment […] More

Accenture has partnered with universities worldwide for an initiative intended meet the increasing demand for science, technology, engineering and math professionals, John Campagnino, managing director for global talent acquisition, The company launched the Future Technology Leaders program to develop student interest in those fields toward professional careers, Accenture said Friday. “Teaming with universities around the […] More

Boeing’s tracking and data relay satellite has transmitted its first signals from space after its launch on Jan. 23. The TDRS-L is the fifth satellite that Boeing built for various NASA operations involving the International Space Station, researches on the Earth’s climate and deep space study using the Hubble Telescope, Boeing said Thursday. Craig Cooning, […] More

A U.K. research facility has deployed an Agilent Technologies scanning microscopy device to support experimental studies on two-dimensional materials, including graphene. The 5600LS atomic force microscope was installed at the Cambridge Graphene Centre, a nanotechnology innovation hub backed by the European Commission, Agilent said Thursday. Agilent’s instrument works by using an electrical characterization method to […] More

Larry Sikes, a member of the mission assurance engineering contract team at Science Applications International Corp., has been selected to receive the NASA Johnson Space Center’s Silver Snoopy Award. The award is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the future of human space flight, SAIC said Tuesday. “The Silver Snoopy award is the […] More

CNSI has been awarded a five-year task order to create and maintain cloud computing applications for the Maryland State Highway Authority. The agency selected CNSI to build Salesforce-based cloud apps and support enterprise systems such as Microsoft Access, Net Technology and Power Builder, CNSI said Tuesday. Under a separate five-year contract extension, the company will manage […] More