Raymond Haller is senior vice president and general manager of MITRE Corp.’s Center for National Security. In that role, he is responsible for research, development and system acquisition support of intelligence and information systems, which support numerous DoD and Intelligence Community sponsors. MITRE’s National Security Engineering Center is a federally funded research and development center sponsored […] More

Mark J. Nackman serves as vice president and general counsel for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and holds responsibility for legal, export, contracts and subcontracts. Prior to his current role, he served as assistant general counsel and supported both General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems’ cyber systems division and General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions. Nackman is also an adjunct […] More

NASA launched a SpaceX cargo ship on Sunday to deliver approximately 5,000 pounds of science experiments, technology and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon capsule launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 1:52 a.m. Eastern Time, NASA said Sunday. Dragon’s cargo package includes […] More

Philips Respironics will work to develop a new portable ventilator for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to use in response to pandemics or other public health emergencies under a project for the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS said Wednesday awarded a three-year, $13.8 million contract to the Pittsburgh area-based business of Philips Healthcare for […] More

Deltek‘s Tim Zullo urges contractors to start on work to create strategic plans focused on business development opportunities in preparation for the start of the new fiscal year in October. “Opportunity-focused actions such as examining your core market, identifying adjacent markets, building a pipeline and developing an effective resource plan are some of the many steps […] More

Deltek expects three federal agencies to launch solicitations for recompete contracts worth almost $30 billion combined in the next three months, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Ashley Bergander, research manager at Deltek, writes the contract vehicles from the Air Force as well as the departments of Energy and Veterans Affairs will be open to both […] More

Greg Barsby, formerly head of KBR‘s defense and government services business in the Asia-Pacific region, has joined QinetiQ as managing director of its Australian segment and successor to Alan Woolford, who will return to the U.K. QinetiQ said Monday Barsby will begin work for his new role in October and will be based at the company’s office in Canberra. “He brings a background in defence, […] More

General Dynamics Electric Boat has delivered a new Virginia-class nuclear submarine to the U.S. Navy ahead of its commissioning in October as the first of eight vessels in the Block III group. The North Dakota (SSN-784) attack submarine is the 11th ship of its class that Electric Boat has built with Huntington Ingalls Industries‘  Newport News Shipbuilding subsidiary, General Dynamics said Friday. Kurt Hesch, Electric Boat […] More

Teradata has has awarded 13 faculty and student scholarships and chosen 10 finalists in a poster contest as part of Teradata University Network’s Data-Driven Careers program centered on promoting the fields of data warehousing and analytics. The company said Wednesday the scholars and finalists will have free registration for the five-day Teradata 2014 PARTNERS Conference & Expo in October, […] More

Simon Lee, chairman and CEO of STG Inc., has awarded a $1 million endowment to engineering faculty and graduate students from Korea University and George Washington University. The endowment establishes the Simon Lee College of Engineering Endowment for faculty and graduate students to collaborate on joint research, workshops and technical exchanges, STG said Aug. 7. […] More

Ted Davies joined McLean, Virginia-based national security and technology services contractor Altamira in July as CEO after nearly six years as president of Unisys‘ federal government arm — Unisys Federal Systems. Davies took the reins at Altamira nearly a year after the company formed out of a merger between Invertix and Near Infinity, a transaction that was […] More

The Orbital Sciences-built Cygnus spacecraft has returned from its voyage to the International Space Station, where the cargo ship delivered 3,669 pounds of supplies for the ISS crew. Cygnus unberthed from the orbiting laboratory Friday after staying 31 days there and reached Earth’s atmosphere Sunday at around 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time, Orbital Sciences said Monday. […] More