Michael Fraser, president of USIS’s security solutions division, has been invited to be a member of Christopher Newport University’s School of Business board of advisors. Fraser has been with USIS since 2006. “I am honored to accept this invitation to join the board of advisers of the Joseph W. Luter III School of Business and [...]
Jim Williams has been named senior vice president of global professional services at Daon. Williams will also come on to the boards of directors for Daon and Daon Trusted Identity Services, the firm’s joint venture with the American Association of Airport Executives. A three-decade veteran of the government, Williams retired from his role as commissioner [...]
Boeing’s unmanned space vehicle, the X-37B (also known by its prototype designation, OTV-1), launched in April. Its top-secret mission and undisclosed capabilities have engendered plentiful speculation from amateur astronomers, space-policy enthusiasts and arms-control activists alike. Recently, however, the spacecraft pulled off a new trick: a vanishing act. The robotic space plane, which looks like a [...]
Imagine cyberspace as a lawless frontier, the kind John Ford or Sergio Leone breathed cinematic life into, minus the natural geographic boundaries. Former CIA and NSA Director Gen. Michael V. Hayden has forgone the generally accepted “war” categorization many hang onto today, he told PBS in an interview. Hayden pointed to a lack of natural [...]
CSC (NYSE: CSC) closed the acquisition of Bass & Company, a consulting firm specializing in electric, gas and water utilities. According to the firm, “the acquisition will enable CSC to better serve global utility clients and supports CSC’s strategic industry growth plan to expand the company’s presence in the chemical, energy and natural resources markets. [...]
Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems have opened the doors at new facilities. Northrop Grumman cut the ribbon on its new infrared countermeasures (IRCM) sustainment center in Warner Robins, Ga. The facility fixes IRCM equipment for the U.S. Air Force’s “large aircraft infrared countermeasures and U.S. Special Operations Command’s directed energy infrared countermeasures.” “Today’s ribbon cutting [...]
SAIC (NYSE: SAI) today announced that it was awarded a new contract by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) to provide a full range of multi-discipline intelligence services in support of Army intelligence operations. The multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a ceiling [...]
