Neel Mehta

Open source and standards organization leaders are set to participate at the MEF16 UNITE Partner Summit in an effort to advance the use of standardized open application programming interfaces to drive the development of orchestrated services. MEF said Monday the summit will be part of the MEF16 conference that aims to further standardization to support orchestrated on-demand connectivity and […] More

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News facility to carry out a tour of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. HII said Thursday Newport News Shipbuilding president division Matt Mulherin and Ford Commanding Officer Capt. Richard McCormack officiated the tour for Mabus. Mabus recognized efforts by the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps over the last seven […] More

Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has donated a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region to give public the opportunity to view the drone. Insitu said Thursday the ScanEagle N202SE will display Boeing Aviation Hangar at the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center facility in Chantilly, Virginia. The unmanned aircraft […] More

Robert Bradway, president and CEO of biotechnology firm Amgen, has joined Boeing’s board of directors. “[Bradway’s] accomplishments in business, operations and finance will serve Boeing well as he applies his broad-based experience to aerospace,” Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement released Friday. Bradway will serve on the board’s finance and […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems subsidiary will demonstrate its ground control system simulator and maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft at the Japan International Aerospace show through Oct. 15. The company said Wednesday GA-ASI’s booth will feature the Guardian ER aircraft and hands-on demonstrations of the Advanced Cockpit Block 50 Ground Control Station simulator. David Alexander, GA-ASI president of aircraft […] More

John Gould and Brent Behrman, respectively former president of Stratasys‘ North American business and senior vice president of sales at Compass Datacenters, have joined data center services company CyrusOne‘s sales organization. Gould was appointed executive vice president for global sales and Behrman will serve as EVP for strategic sales, CyrusOne said Wednesday. “As our world enters an exciting […] More

The Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council has presented the Honorary Lifetime Award to Laura Rosenak, senior vice president of the child support practice at Maximus, in recognition of her leadership role in child support programs. “We are very proud of Laura’s achievements… Her passion for her work, and her dedication to serving children, shines through […] More

Michael Braun, SGI Global co-founder and managing partner, has left the company after eight years of service. SGI said Monday Braun has helped establish the company as a provider of international training, intelligence and logistic services. He is a former assistant administrator and chief of operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration and led the operations of the Justice Department from […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Michael Griffin, chairman and CEO of Schafer Corp., as well as military veterans John Allen and Samuel Locklear as APL senior fellows. APL said Tuesday Allen, Griffin and Locklear bring leadership and expertise to the lab’s senior fellows program that seeks to address the priorities of U.S. military leaders and senior […] More

Red Hat will hold its annual symposium Nov. 2 in Arlington, Virginia to highlight the role of open source technology in digital transformation efforts across the government sector. The company said Wednesday it expects the 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium to draw more than 650 government and industry professionals to help address information technology challenges that public sector agencies face. Paul Smith, senior vice president and […] More