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  • FireEye Updates Network Security, Analysis Offering; Manish Gupta Comments
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    FireEye Updates Network Security, Analysis Offering; Manish Gupta Comments

    FireEye has moved to update its network security and email protection technologies through a new release of its central management offering for customers. FireEye OS 7.1 is scheduled for rollout by the end of February and works to scan links within emails and detect malicious attachments and files through the FireEye EX platform, which uses threat […] More

  • Grant Thornton to Assess Int’l Conservation Project
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    Grant Thornton to Assess Int’l Conservation Project

    Grant Thornton has been awarded a contract to evaluate an Armenian government project aimed at preserving fish stock at trout farms in Lake Sevan, ARKA News Agency reported Thursday. Armenia’s government will invest up to $162 million in the trout restoration program through 2023, according to the report. The goal is to increase the commercial […] More

  • General Atomics Earns UK Unmanned Aircraft Design Certification; Frank Pace Comments
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    General Atomics Earns UK Unmanned Aircraft Design Certification; Frank Pace Comments

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has completed a U.K. certification program designed to help organizations meet aircraft design standards. GA-ASI has been accredited by U.K’s military aviation authority through the Design Approved Organization Scheme., GA-ASI said Jan. 30. The DAOS accreditation provides safety requirements for unmanned aerial systems and equipment. Frank Pace, GA-ASI president of […] More

  • Raytheon to Build Army Focal Plane Array Tech
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    Raytheon to Build Army Focal Plane Array Tech

    Raytheon’s vision systems business unit will develop infrared sensor technologies for the U.S. Army’s night vision and electronic sensors directorate, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes scientists at Raytheon will work to research and build III-V infrared focal plane array systems under a two-year contract with the Army Contracting Command‘s Aberdeen Proving […] More

  • Elbit Systems Highlights 2013 UAS Orders; Elad Aharonson Comments
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    Elbit Systems Highlights 2013 UAS Orders; Elad Aharonson Comments

    Elbit Systems Ltd. is highlighting its sales within the unmanned aerial systems sector in 2013, UPI reported Thursday. The Israel-based defense company built one Hermes 900 system every week and completed deliveries to customers in Israel and worldwide last year, according to the report. Elad Aharonson, general manager of Elbit System’s UAS division, told the […] More

  • CH2M HILL Restructures Market Focus; Jacqueline Hinman Comments
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    CH2M HILL Restructures Market Focus; Jacqueline Hinman Comments

    CH2M HILL has moved to realign its business to focus on five markets and six regions as part of a strategy to work with customers on fulfilling infrastructure requirements. The company will transition its business to energy, environment and nuclear; facilities and urban environments; transportation; and water market services, CH2M HILL said Thursday. Mike McKelvy […] More

  • Sanjay Rohatgi Named Symantec President of Sales in India
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    Sanjay Rohatgi Named Symantec President of Sales in India

    Sanjay Rohatgi is the new president of sales of the Indian operations of Symantec, Voice & Data reports. Rohatgi will be responsible for business strategy development and execution for enterprise and consumer customers of Symantec. Rohatgi joins the company from Cisco where he was the managing director of the Service Provider for India & SAARC […] More

  • Ashish Dhawan Named Juniper Networks India Managing Director
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    Ashish Dhawan Named Juniper Networks India Managing Director

    Ashish Dhawan, enterprise for Asia head at Juniper Networks, has been named the company’s managing director for India and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Computer World.In reported Friday. Shantheri Mallaya writes Dhawan served as interim MD for the region after Ravi Chauhan left the position in January to pursue a different business venture. The […] More

  • Tim Griffin of RMF on How to Connect With LEED-Seeking Builders
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    Tim Griffin of RMF on How to Connect With LEED-Seeking Builders

    District energy system providers should employ a framework for quantifying the value they could give potential customers looking to use a platform, says Tim Griffin, principal and branch manager at engineering consulting firm RMF Engineering. With building owners and property investors, the question has always been how much LEED points they would get if they connected […] More

  • Kevin Kelly on the Diversification of Technology Offerings in GovCon
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    Kevin Kelly on the Diversification of Technology Offerings in GovCon

    Kevin Kelly, CEO of LGS Innovations LLC, was recently interviewed in a National Defense Magazine article where he spoke about the necessity of attracting new business opportunities besides traditional Defense Department work. Sandra Erwin writes that many companies see a stagnant military market and are turning to opportunities such as a nationwide network for emergency responders. “The defense market […] More

  • MBDA Tests Brimstone Missile Integrated with General Atomic’s Reaper; Doug Denneny Comments
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    MBDA Tests Brimstone Missile Integrated with General Atomic’s Reaper; Doug Denneny Comments

    MBDA and the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence has conducted firing trials of Brimstone missiles integrated with a General Atomic‘s reaper drone, according to a FlightGlobal article. Craig Hoyle writes that the trials took place between December 2013 and January 2014 at the China Lake test range in California. The Brimstone missiles were fired at a range […] More