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Talha Zobair, formerly senior tax counsel and director of global taxes at Raytheon, has joined Northrop Grumman as vice president of tax. Zobair will report to James Palmer, corporate vice president and chief financial officer, and start in the tax VP role on Aug. 18, Northrop said Monday. “I am pleased Talha is joining the Northrop Grumman […] More
Thales and Finmeccanica‘s Selex ES subsidiary will collaborate on the sensor and communications requirements of the Future Combat Air System program that the French and British defense ministries have recently signed an agreement for. Selex ES said July 15 that the partner companies will design and develop the sensing and communications systems for a future unmanned combat air […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has joined Amazon Web Services‘ partner network to deliver integrated cloud computing offerings in the private and public sectors. Charles Onstott, vice president for cyber, cloud and data science at SAIC, said Thursday that the partnership with AWS is part of SAIC’s cloud portfolio growth strategy. “The ability to successfully integrate emerging […] More
A Cubic Transportation Systems subsidiary will work with Transport for London to maintain and upgrade 1,000 traffic signals, crossings, road signs and overhead gantries in southeast London. Cubic said Thursday that the Cubic (ITMS) subsidiary will maintain “intelligent” traffic signals and manage traffic control systems beginning Oct. 1 under the six-year, $85 million contract. TfL and London officials aim to boost investment in […] More
Paul Pratley, a global investigations manager with Verizon‘s RISK team, urges financial services organizations to implement cyber defenses against threats such as web application attacks, denial of service and skimming. Pratley said Wednesday the above three emerged as the top threats to the finance and insurance industry in Verizon’s 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report, covering 75 percent of all security […] More
Cybersecurity specialists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute have developed a system that uses big data to aggregate threat information that seeks to forewarn organizations of an impending attack. According to GTRI, BlackForest works by tapping into various sources online to gather data and comparing these to other information and historical data to predict patterns […] More
Exelon Corp. has agreed to acquire Integrys Energy Group’s electricity and natural gas subsidiary for $60 million in a move to grow Exelon’s retail power and gas business. Integrys Energy Services will operate within Exelon’s Constellation business unit when the transaction closes either in the fourth quarter 2014 or in the first quarter of 2015, […] More
Louis Berger and two other companies will collaborate to manage the second line of a metropolitan rapid transit project in Panama City, Panama, under a five-year, $32 million contract. The Panama City Metro Line 2 system will have 16 stations and elevated track between the districts of San Miguelito and December 24, Louis Berger said […] More
Airbus Group‘s defense and space division will design and produce an electric telecommunications satellite for satellite operator Eutelsat as they prepare for its launch in early 2017. EUTELSAT 172B would be the first European satellite to use electric propulsion in performing orbit-raising and on-orbit maneuvers, Airbus said Thursday. According to François Auque, head of space systems at Airbus Defence and […] More
CGI, a global SAP services partner, will provide uranium producer Cameco‘s SAP environment with application management services via CGI’s SAP Center of Excellence in Saskatchewan, Canada. CGI said Thursday it will provide preventive maintenance and software support services to help Cameco bolster its service levels and the capacity of its enterprise systems as well as minimize risk. “Our SAP […] More
Cloud software and services provider Virtustream has received an authorization to implement its security controls on the Interior Department’s federal cloud platform. Coalfire, a third-party assessment organization, performed the evaluation and Virtustream received security documentation and security posture for complying with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Virtustream said Thursday. “We are committed to […] More
Leidos has won a three-year, $55 million prime contract to implement programs for Ameren Illinois‘ ActOnEnergy energy efficiency offerings as Leidos extends its services to both business and residential customers. The time and material contract also includes rebates and incentives for low- and moderate-income households, Leidos said Thursday. The company added that it has been supporting Ameren Illinois’ utility […] More
