ExecutiveBiz News on Video 2/6/2023

Executive Mosaic has named Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, among its 2023 Wash100 Award recipients for spearheading efforts aimed at reducing risk and building resilience to cyber and physical threats to U.S. infrastructure. This marks the second year that Easterly was presented with the most prestigious award in all of the government […]

Troy Edgar, finance and supply chain transformation leader at IBM, brings experience from both sides of the government contracting equation — the public and private sectors. In addition to serving as the Department of Homeland Security’s chief financial officer, the former Navy submariner held roles like CFO and business operations leader of product support for […]

DecisionPoint has appointed Tanecia Canady, former Savan Group executive, as chief administrative officer in an effort to strengthen the company’s pursuit of new growth opportunities. In this role, Canady will oversee finance and accounting, human resources, infrastructure and quality management and other aspects of daily corporate operations, DecisionPoint announced from Gaithersburg, Maryland on Monday. “Tanecia is […]

Veteran Ventures Capital, a growth equity firm that backs military entrepreneurs, has invested in Asylon Robotics to help that company expand technology offerings designed to automate perimeter security operations. Asylon employs former service personnel in its leadership team and aims to help public sector organizations protect assets through a suite of drones, artificial intelligence and […]

Leidos expanded its operations in Augusta through a new space at the Georgia Cyber Center, marking its second location in the Georgian city, WJBF NewsChannel 6 reported Friday. The move is expected to generate 300 new jobs in the area and many of which are cybersecurity related, according to Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson.  On Wednesday, […]

A Huntington Ingalls Industries business has completed production services for the U.S. Navy’s program of record on the MK 18 Mod 2 unmanned underwater vehicle and delivered more than 90 systems to the fleet since 2012. Hydroid, which HII acquired in 2020, received multiple contracts throughout the effort managed by the expeditionary missions office under the […]

Mac Thornberry, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a senior adviser to the Silicon Valley Defense Group, said the Department of Defense should adopt a collaborative culture that allows it to leverage the technological innovation of the private sector. Thornberry, a member of the Defense Innovation Board and a CAE USA board […]

NASA and geographic information service provider Esri will grant wider access to the space agency’s geospatial content for research and exploration purposes through the Space Act Agreement.  The agreement will include new datasets from 100 space sensors that measure atmospheric health, land phenomena and ocean characteristics, NASA said Tuesday. The partnership will also aim to […]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has granted U2opia Technology exclusive licensing rights to a pair of tools designed to support cybersecurity threat visualization and analysis. U2opia intends to integrate the Situ and Heartbeat platforms developed within the ORNL Cyber Resilience and Intelligence Division into the company’s anomaly detection product, the laboratory said Friday. An ORNL research […]

Lockheed Martin has delivered the future USS Marinette littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy in early February, bringing the total deliveries of Freedom-class LCS to the service branch to 13. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday LCS 25, which honors the city of Marinette located in the northeast of Wisconsin, was equipped with a […]