Are you an executive with two or more of the following “˜risk factors': current or past history of smoking (or second-hand smoke), diabetes, a family history of heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, males > 40 or females > 50? Do you have one or more of these “˜secondary' risks: high stress, overweight, sedentary […] More

Big Blue has launched an ambitious battery project  with the a goal of commercializing an experimental battery technology “” lithium metal-air “” in order to acheive over ten times the energy density of today’s best batteries. This week, IBM will host a gathering of some of the world's top researchers in the field, including auto company researchers and […] More

Good is the enemy of great. Several years ago, an already successful entrepreneur pondered the lessons outlined in Jim Collins“™ groundbreaking book. The results speak for themselves. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, a Greenbelt, Md.-based business focused on aerospace engineering, science, information technology, and project management. Along the way, the […] More

Good ethics spells good business. Sounds simple enough, right? If that were the case, though, we wouldn“™t see headlines like this or this. Helping to change that reality is Anand Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. With his eye on training the next generation of business […] More

After just seven more missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle will retire without a replacement.  Ex-Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, chair of the United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee review, has published his committee’s findings, and NASA’s budgetary future looks bleak. Augustine told PBS “the human space flight program really isn’t executable with […] More

Last week, Northrop Grumman stole the show at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's conference and exhibition in Washington D.C., the largest event of its kind.  The company’s scope of offerings in unmanned vehicles is so great that E.J. “Gene“ Fraser, a VP in the company's strike and surveillance systems division, gave an overview of the company's […] More

Former Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England has been chosen to join the CACI International Inc. board of directors. England has previously served at both the national and industry levels. During his almost four-year stint at DoD, he performed the duties of COO and worked to strengthen U.S. defenses against budding threats through innovative technological […] More

Lockheed Martin has broken ground on two new facilities at its Space Systems Company operations in Newtown, Pennsylvania, to support spacecraft programs for government and commercial customers.   New facilities include a 15,000-square-foot multi-purpose conference center to facilitate large-scale meetings like design reviews, demonstration initiatives and customer events, and will have space to accommodate up to 250 people. […] More

In-Sourcing: two hyphenated words with the power to strike fear into the hearts of government contractors.  While it’s true that at a basic level, in-sourcing means fewer jobs contracted out to private industry and therefore fewer contracting dollars, proponents say the news isn’t all bad.  Here are some thoughts from local, recognizable leaders of government and […] More

MILESTONES | What a difference 10 years makes. Since its founding in the fall of 1999 “” and later its move to IPO status in February 2006 “” Liquidity Services, Inc., has become a leading online auction marketplace for wholesale, surplus, and salvage assets. With a gross revenue of about $360 million, and pretax profits […] More

COUNTERTERRORISM | Nearly a month shy of the eight-year anniversary of September 11, John Brennan took to the podium the other day at Center for Strategic and International Studies. As the president’s principal advisor on counterterrorism, Brennan offered this key takeaway: It’s time for “new thinking” and a “new approach” to dealing with terrorism and […] More

Considered one of mankind“™s wonder drugs, studies of aspirin continue to identify new and unique usages to benefit our health. As described last week (what is the site ““ place here) not only does aspirin effectively provide pain relief, fever reduction and help with other common ailments, today the AMA recommends aspirin to help prevent […] More