TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 ” Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP) has partnered with a ViON subsidiary to integrate their technologies to offer big data analytics in an as-a-service model to commercial and government customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. ViON’s Ascolta business said Thursday it will utilize the Hortonwor...
North Korea has deployed an army of hackers called “Hidden Cobra” against financial, aerospace, critical infrastructure and media assets within the U.S. and around the world over the past eight years, according to a technical alert issued jointly by Homeland Security and the FBI. Cyber tools deployed by North Korea include DDoS botn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2017 ” Melissa Carson, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the Unisys (NYSE: UIS) federal systems unit, has received recognition from the Northern Virginia Technology Council as the 2017 CFO of the Year in the division/group category, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. NVTC said it...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will supply the cryptographic applique for the Identification Friend or Foe systems used by the U.S. Air Force and multiple foreign military customers under a $42.8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the company’s sp...
Amy Miller Feehery, formerly principal director of strategic growth and business development at STS International, has been named vice president of sales at Hitachi Data Systems‘ federal business. Hitachi Data Systems said Tuesday the 14-year industry veteran will oversee corporate growth, sales, marketing and strategic planning...
Harris (NYSE: HRS) has won a potential six-year, $255 million contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to build a manpack radio system that will replace current radio models such as AN/PRC-117F and AN/PRC-117G. The Defense Department said Monday the company will provide a Next Generation Manpack Radio syst...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 12, 2017 ” Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, participated at the 28th U.S.-Japan Defense Technology Forum at Vanderbilt University as a speaker during a cybersecurity panel discussion, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Niggel delivered the opening re...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 12, 2017 ” A Cubic (NYSE: CUB) subsidiary has built a portable satellite ground station that will work to provide imagery to both commercial and government customers in forward-deployed situations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday its GATR Technologies company within the mission solutions busi...
Jenette Ramos, formerly vice president and general manager of fabrication at Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) commercial airplanes business, has been named senior VP for supply and operations of the aerospace and defense contractor. The 29-year company veteran succeeds Pat Shanahan, who was nominated in March by the Trump administration for the deputy ...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has won a potential $498 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide commercial infrastructure services for the milCloud 2.0 private cloud platform for Defense Department networks. Five proposals were submitted to DISA for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers mi...
