TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 18, 2018 ” Lynn Dugle, CEO of Engility (NYSE: EGL), has said the company shares several complementary programs and activities with Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), which has agreed to acquire the Chantilly, Va.-based defense contractor for $2.5B in stocks, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 6. Dugle, a ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 7, 2018 ” Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) has developed a security platform that utilizes artificial intelligence with the goal to protect critical infrastructure and operational technology from cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the Industrial Control System Protection Neural...
Jerry Hathaway, a more than two-decade veteran of Leonardo DRS, has been appointed vice president and general manager of the electro-optical and infrared business at the Arlington, Va.-based defense technology contractor. The company said Wednesday Hathaway most recently held similar roles within its land electronics and network compu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 5, 2018 ” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has partnered with Intelligent RF Solutions for the latter to resell a machine learning software that works to automatically classify spectrum signals, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The reseller agreement covers the General Dynamics Mission Systems-developed...
The 2018 DC Heart Walk, held Nov. 3rd at the National Mall, has raised over $2M for the third consecutive year. “Thank you for your commitment to our incredibly successful 2018 DC Heart Walk campaign. Your hard work and relentless effort have helped us raise $2,324,000 to date with time still remaining this year to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 29, 2018 ” Amazon Web Services served as sponsor of a State Department-backed “hackathon” in Washington that sought to highlight the use of data visualization to illustrate the impact of diplomatic activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. AWS said Thursday the department’s U.S. Diplomacy C...
Paul Battaglia, vice president of government sales at BlackBerry (NYSE: BB), has said agencies should protect mobile devices from hackers and adversaries and one way to do that is through the use of derived credentials. Battaglia wrote that such an approach could help agencies verify the identity of government officials and employees by generating a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 3, 2018 ” Mitre and the Food and Drug Administration have developed a guide that aims to help healthcare service providers establish preparedness and response measures for medical devices amid cybersecurity threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The nonprofit research firm said Monday the Medical Device Cyb...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 21, 2018 ” Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) has unveiled a free service that will work to bolster the cybersecurity of websites for political organizations and candidates using artificial intelligence technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Tuesday the AI-powered service is designed to verify t...
Culmen International has won a potential five-year, $150M contract to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in efforts to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction and related technology, materials, expertise and facilities. Two offers were submitted to the government for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a fu...
