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Frank Sheppard Jr., a Parsons vice president and former deputy project manager for the Energy Department‘s salt waste processing facility, will take over as SWPF project manager effective immediately. The company said Monday Sheppard will succeed the retiring Louis Jackson and oversee the facility’s operations in Aiken, South Carolina. “Frank is a key member of the SWPF management […] More
Chuck McGann, chief cyber strategist at CRGT, has joined the Government Technology Research Alliance as a member of the group’s technology advisory board. CRGT said Tuesday the alliance’s goal is to facilitate technology collaboration between the government and industry through executive briefings, roundtables, knowledge exchange panel discussions, council meetings and summits. “Chuck brings a wealth […] More
Randy Morgan spent 10 years in executive roles at SPARTA before its 2011 acquisition by Parsons Corp., where he is now executive vice president of operations in the government services business. He now oversees nine support departments for the business and oversees work to improve and maintain operations across the unit. In this conversation with […] More
A new report by McKinsey & Company indicates a positive outlook in the aerospace and defense industry in terms of global defense spending and market growth over the next three years. John Dowdy and Elizabeth Oakes report that an October 2014 survey of senior executives at aerospace and defense companies points to a market shift from North America […] More
The General Services Administration is looking for a contractor to develop, install and maintain a solar photovoltaic technology at nine federal buildings in the northern parts of California and Nevada. GSA said Thursday it plans to award a potential 20-year power purchase agreement through the Federal Aggregated Solar Procurement Pilot initiative. The program is part of […] More
Cubic’s global defense business has completed the initial phase of a manned/unmanned air range system for the U.S. Air Force. Cubic collaborated with the Wright State Research Institute and the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and execute the live, virtual and constructive unmanned aerial systems in an effort to establish a simulation environment for […] More
IBM‘s security researchers have identified an international cyber crime group using phishing emails, sophisticated malware and scam phone calls to steal money from large U.S.-based companies, Reuters reported Thursday. Bill Rigby writes the hackers send unsolicited emails attached with a Dyre malicious software to corporate employees in order to execute fraudulent wire transfers. Dyre is […] More
Orbital ATK will work with United Launch Alliance on the launch of NASA‘s Solar Probe Plus spacecraft by providing the third stage to augment ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket. The third-stage rocket component features avionics, attitude control and inertial navigation functions and uses the STAR 48BV motor for propulsion, Orbital ATK said Friday. It will help bring SPP to orbit around […] More
NASA has teamed up with a number of organizations for its research and development program intended to help bolster future aircraft performance through the use of composite materials. NASA started the advanced composites project in an effort to reduce the amount of time spent on product development and certification by 30 percent for composites infused into aeronautics applications,” […] More
Serco has received recognition as the top employer in the business services category and in the Washington metropolitan area in Forbes Magazine’s list of America’s Best Employers for 2015. The company said Thursday it is also No. 39 in the ranking of overall best employers out of 500 companies in this year’s list. “On behalf of the 10,000 Serco employees, we […] More
Finmeccanica-owned DRS Technologies has teamed with Beth-El Industries, and Israeli supplier of environmental threat protection systems, to develop an air filtration product for U.S. military use. Under the terms of the deal, the two companies will create new offerings to utilize Arlington, Virginia-based DRS’ chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense systems and Beth-El filtration technology, DRS said Tuesday. […] More
Lockheed Martin has moved into the assembly, test and launch operations phase of spacecraft the company is building for a NASA asteroid research mission. NASA aims to launch the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer to collect samples from the Bennu asteroid, Lockheed said Tuesday. “We’re installing the electronics in the next few […] More
