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Peter Cohen, a 17-year veteran of Amazon and co-founder of Xendota, has joined the board of directors at Sunnyvale, California-based cybersecurity firm Fortinet. Cohen said in a statement published Tuesday he aims to help “provide strategic counsel on the cloud technology priorities, partnerships and innovations that will help contribute to the company’s continued momentum with enterprise customers.” He currently […] More
Two Cubic business units will demonstrate a range of cross domain, virtual training and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems at an upcoming U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation-hosted symposium in San Antonio, Texas. The company said Wednesday its mission solutions and global defense businesses will showcase the technology offerings at the annual GEOINT Symposium that will be held from […] More
Jeff Kerridge, a 31-year nuclear industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of business development in the Nuclear & Environment (N&E) Strategic Business Unit within AECOM’s Management Services group, the company announced Tuesday “Jeff’s understanding of the nuclear industry for the U.S. Department of Energy and U.K. Ministry of Defense is invaluable,†said John Vollmer, […] More
In line with wage and salary increases the previous month, U.S. consumer spending saw its biggest increase in four months in April, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. This increase was the largest since December. Consumer spending, which accounts for over two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, increased 0.4 percent. In April, households spent more on both goods […] More
Northrop Grumman has awarded Orbital ATK a potential five-year, $90 million contract to manufacture aircraft composite parts in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s B-2 Spirit aircraft modernization effort. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce 17 hot trailing edge structures and provide non-recurring engineering services for B-2 bombers. The contract has an option for follow-on orders. Steve Earl, vice president and general manager of […] More
IAP Worldwide Services will provide a range of customized technology platforms and services to the Defense Department under a potential U.S. Army contract vehicle worth up to 37.4 billion over 10 years. The company said Friday it aims to support military customers in the engineering; logistics; research, development, test and evaluation; education and training; and command, control, communications, computers, […] More
The GEO Group has secured two potential 10-year contracts from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to continue to house criminal aliens at company-owned facilities. GEO said Friday the contracts were awarded through the Criminal Alien Requirement 16 procurement vehicle and are expected to generate $664 million in combined revenues throughout the full 10-year periods. The company will provide […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the USS Washington submarine to the U.S. Navy after the underwater vehicle completed a round of Board of Inspection and Survey sea trials. The company said Friday that USS Washington, dubbed SSN 787, received the highest score among all new construction Virginia-class submarines under the Figure of Merit scoring system. “The score is a reflection […] More
PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said federal agencies should establish agile acquisition approaches and boost commitment to IT workforce training and acquisition initiatives as they seek to update their information technology systems and make changes to the acquisition process. Puvvada wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Thursday that agencies should should facilitate […] More
The Department of Veterans Affairs and Optum have selected three finalists from the “Demo Day” competition of the 2nd annual Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion to pilot medical technologies that can help clinicians to prevent, diagnose or treat veterans who have experienced traumatic brain injuries. Optum said Friday The Daptly Display, Save a Warrior and King-Devick Technologies were selected out of 15 […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has flown a “certifiable” variant of the company-built Predator B remotely piloted aircraft for 48.2 hours non-stop, breaking a company record for the longest endurance flight of any Predator-series platform. The MQ-9B SkyGuardian set off on May 16 from Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona with 6,065 pounds of internal fuel then flew between 25,000 and 35,000 feet […] More
The Department of Homeland Security wants information on potential sources of data analytics and visualization offerings that could support DHS’ office of cyber and infrastructure analysis. OCIA needs a capability that can help evolve its analytic tools; develop data visualizations, mapping tools and related software applications; and build a research and development framework to launch new platforms, DHS said […] More
