BlackBridge has received $20.2 million from the Bank of Montreal and the Business Development Bank of Canada to finance the development of the company’s RapidEye+ satellites and the renewal of credit facilities. BlackBridge said Thursday it plans to use the funds for its geospatial product expansion efforts. “We are seeking strong long-term partners as we continue to grow our business, and both […] More

Roger Mason serves as senior vice president for national security and intelligence at Noblis and also oversees Noblis ESI, a wholly owned subsidiary. He was most recently the first assistant director of national intelligence for systems and resource analyses at ODNI where he advised senior leaders on critical intelligence decisions. He left his VP role at Noblis […] More

Pentagon science adviser Howard Meyer has suggested conditions are ripe for the emergence of directed energy weapons as the military is lowering expectations for laser technology and the likelihood of an attack is increasing, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg writes Mayer expressed confidence that the Defense Department’s laser weapons system programs will take off by […] More

United Technologies Corp. and its subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft have pledged a donation of $1 million to establish the Igor Sikorsky Distinguished Professorship in Rotorcraft program at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering. As part of UMD’s Department of Aerospace Engineering, the program is intended to bolster rotorcraft technology research and development in areas such as aeromechanics and […] More

A network of Lockheed Martin research and development centers for space technology projects centered in Palo Alto, Calif. has changed its name to Space Technology Advanced Research and Development Laboratories, or STAR Labs. “The STAR Labs name sharpens our focus on the mission we’ve been proud to pursue for 50 years: shaping the future of our country’s […] More

Google has authorized geospatial and infrastructure management provider Woolpert to offer Google Maps technologies to enterprise clients. Woolpert will integrate Google Maps into corporate business applications and deliver customer services based on Google’s mapping engine, Woolpert said Wednesday. Jeff Lovin, senior vice president and director of geospatial services at Woolpert, said the company will leverage the designation […] More

Verizon Enterprise Solutions recommends that companies partner with a managed security service provider to defend their networks against cyberattacks as they turn to technologies such as mobility, big data and cloud. Janet Brumfield, the company’s director of corporate communications, said Tuesday that hybrid cybersecurity-management model is seen as the solution to meet these c0mpanies’ needs. Such needs involve “more sophisticated […] More

Between Feb. 24 and Feb. 27, Mobile World Capital Barcelona hosted the 2014 Mobile World Congress, the annual conference and exhibition that attracts keynote speakers from some of the world’s foremost corporations, and exhibitions of the next-generation of cutting-edge innovations and technologies. The theme of this year’s event was “Creating What’s NEXT” and many participants […] More

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Tina Kuhn, a top cybersecurity executive with Northrop Grumman Information Systems, on Northrop’s international expansion, opportunities for transformation within the government budget environment, how to “build-in” cyber defenses, and more in the cyber space. Kuhn joined Northrop in 2012 after holding a series of GovCon leadership roles focusing on intelligence and […] More

Carahsoft has formed a partnership with Shavlik to provide security and patch management services to government clients and partners. Carahsoft will offer Shavlik’s Shavlik Protect Standard, Advanced and Patch for Microsoft System Center products to government customers, Shavlik said Tuesday. The products feature patch management and asset inventory systems. “Carahsoft and Shavlik are working together to provide […] More

Michael Spierto, a former staffer at a House Homeland Security subcommittee, will officially join TechAmerica as director of cybersecurity policy on April 14, Government Technology reported Friday. Brian Heaton writes that some of Spierto’s work on Capitol Hill has included policy discussions with stakeholders about the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. “Over 90 percent […] More

Cybersecurity has taken a higher place on the agendas of federal chief information officers in 2014 against a backdrop of emerging technologies, threat landscapes and IT workforce rosters, the Washington Post reported Monday. Derek Johnson of Deltek writes that a push from state and local governments to update their security was observed in the aftermath […] More