Stephanie C. Hill, vice president and general manager of the civil business within Lockheed Martin‘s Information Systems and Global Solutions line, has been selected to receive the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year award from the Career Communications Group. The group recognized Hill for her 27-year career in engineering and leadership roles at Lockheed Martin […] More

Randy Fuerst, Oceus Networks Inc. president and chief operating officer, has been named as one of the 100 individuals chosen by Federal Computer Week who “transformed their agency or accelerated their agency’s mission” through information technology. Fuerst was included in the FCW 2014 Federal 100 for his leadership involving the company’s various programs in 2014 […] More

Six Newport News Shipbuilding and two Ingalls Shipbuilding engineers were honored at the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM Global Competitive Conference achievements in promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The engineers received the awards during the conference in Washington that took place Feb. 6 through Feb. 8, Huntington Ingalls, the parent company […] More

Exelis will build voice communications radios for installation on the U.S. Army’s Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters under a $10.9 million contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency. The ARC-201D airborne radio system is designed with networking and anti-jamming systems, Exelis said Thursday. Nick Bobay, president of Exelis’ night vision and communications services division, said the radio […] More

Jeffery Baker has been named the new assistant vice president at the Broomfield, Colo., office of S.M. Stoller Corp., a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, effective Feb. 10. Baker is currently the deputy director of the project management coordination office for the U.S. Department of Energy, the company announced Monday. He will be in-charge of […] More

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines have partnered with two non-profit organizations to deliver 7,300 pounds of medical and educational supplies to Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. The companies delivered the supplies through Boeing’s 777-300 Extended Range airplane that is currently leased to the airlines, Boeing announced Monday. The program with Seattle Alliance Outreach […] More

NCR Corp. is providing the Shenzen Baoan International Airport with 35 self-service airport check-in kiosks with support services for the T3 terminal which opened in 2013. NCR’s TouchPort kiosks will be integrated with the airport’s Common Use Self-Service platform and applications, NCR announced Friday. Using the kiosks, airport passengers will be able to process their […] More

Curtiss-Wright and Ontic have entered into a licensing agreement for Ontic to take over product lifecycle support of Curtiss-Wright’s aircraft electronic system offerings. The deal covers fire detection systems, power converters and logic modules for the Sikorsky Blackhawk, Sukhoi Superjet 100 and Boeing commercial planes, Ontic said Tuesday. Ontic will provide production, aftermarket manufacturing, maintenance, […] More

Researchers at Battelle are exploring the impact of cold temperatures on various equipment and materials, The Columbus Dispatch reported Monday. Dean Narciso writes Darren Wolfe, a Battelle research scientist, tested a panel from Blackhawk helicopter’s dashboard in very low temperatures. The dashboard’s incandescent lighting stopped working due to vibrations and Battelle researchers switched the material […] More

ATK has been selected to provide tactical holsters to the U.S. Army under a potential five-year, $24 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. ADS, the distributor of ATK’s BLACKHAWK SERPA tactical holster, received the order for the units and the Army intends for the holster to comply with a Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment requirement, ATK said Monday. […] More

New legislation that passed Congress last month will mandate federal agencies to collaborate on how to suppress the proliferation of cyber weapons trade in the black market, Nextgov reported Dec. 20. Aliya Sternstein writes the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act tells agencies to develop intelligence, law enforcement and financial guidelines for controlling the sale of cyberwar […] More

A new trend for former military personnel in the UK has seen ex-officers join the entrepreneurial ranks instead of joining the corporate ranks, FT.com reported Wednesday. Jonathan Moules writes that a new UK venture capital trust called Time: Reboot was recently launched with an intent to support ex-military entrepreneurs and their businesses. Stuart Nicol, fund […] More