AstraZeneca and the Department of Health and Human Services have signed a partnership agreement on the development of antibiotics for drug-resistant infections and potential bioterrorism threats. HHS said Wednesday the public-private partnership also includes a cost-sharing deal in which the department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will contribute up to $170 million over a five-year period. “This agreement demonstrates our […] More

Pfenex Inc. and the Department of Health and Human Services have begun  clinical research for a new anthrax vaccine under a 30-month, $15.9 million contract. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will lead the project to develop the experimental vaccines Px563L and RPA563, which target the anthrax cell-binding protein, HHS said Monday. “It is paramount to […] More

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals will experiment on a new drug to treat the Ebola virus under a potential $35 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services. Studies on the experimental drug will occur over the next 18 months in collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority prior to large-scale production, HHS said Tuesday. […] More

The Department of Health and Human Services has respectively awarded $12.9 million and $14.7 million contracts to Alere and InDevR to further develop influenza detection test methods. Alere will work to develop a method to identify a patient infected with influenza virus type A or B based on its iNAT Influenza A&B test, HHS said Wednesday. InDevR will also continue work on its FluChip-8G test to […] More

Philips Respironics will work to develop a new portable ventilator for doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to use in response to pandemics or other public health emergencies under a project for the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS said Wednesday awarded a three-year, $13.8 million contract to the Pittsburgh area-based business of Philips Healthcare for […] More

Mary Robinson, formerly senior director of business development at Concurrent Technologies Corporation, announced on LinkedIn Friday her appointment as vice president of BD at Advanced IT Concepts. Before her tenure at CTC, Robinson held key roles in business development, serving as chief of staff of BD at Navistar Defense and executive director of planning and strategy at Technology Service Corporation.

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SOS International has received an intelligence technical support services contract from the U.S. Army to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for its Europe and Africa command. Work will include providing multidiscipline intelligence analysis, ISR planning and integration, intelligence planning, training and exercise support, cyber network defense and systems engineering services, the company said Wednesday.

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Kyle Robinson, principal of business development at LMI, has been named to the board of directors of the National Defense University Foundation. The U.S. Air Force veteran with three decades of military service will be part of the corporate relations committee and assist in increasing the foundation’s involvement with its public and private sector partners, the […] More

Kathleen Robinson is a general manager and sales director for Intel’s business with federal system integrators and the defense industrial base. She  spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the strategic importance of Intel’s partner programs, the recently passed CHIPS Act, and the five “superpowers” of opportunity in our latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with […] More

Janie Robinson, a two-decade public and private sector veteran, has been named head of government business at geospatial analytics company Descartes Labs. She will oversee the development of geospatial intelligence products and services designed to support agency missions, Descartes Labs said Wednesday. Robinson spent seven years at the Department of Defense, which she initially joined […] More

Synthetic air combat training company Red 6 has opened a new headquarters in Miami and a technology hub in Orlando to build its footprint in Florida and support its growth strategy. Being in Florida would enable Red 6 to benefit from a leading state in business friendliness, corporate openness and economic growth, Daniel Robinson, CEO […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 1, 2021 — SOS International has announced the appointment of Neil Wiley, former principal executive at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as senior adviser for intelligence programs, and Dan Robinson, a three-decade U.S. intelligence community contracting veteran, as vice president of business development, GovCon Wire reported June 17. […] More