NASA will immerse 15 new potential space technologies in low-gravity simulating experiments using commercial aircraft, high-altitude balloons and suborbital rockets as part of the Flight Opportunities program. The space agency said Wednesday the effort will help mature the selected technologies for future space operations. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine noted that …

ZOLL Medical will provide deployable vital signs monitors to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army through a sole-source contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. Propaq M is designed to function even in austere military environments and to be configurable into the Propaq MD variant through the addition of an integrated defibrillator and …

What is so artificial about artificial intelligence? Portrayals of A.I. in movies and television have engineered an image of personable robots, sentient and more humane than humans. In reality, however, A.I. and machine learning processes currently play a major role across a vast spectrum of applications, including but not limited …

The U.S. Navy is set to hold the christening of the Austal USA-built littoral combat ship LCS-18 to be designated USS Charleston on Aug. 26 in Mobile, Alabama, the service branch said Thursday. Richard Spencer, secretary of the Navy, will deliver the principal address at the ceremony while Charlotte Riley, ship sponsor and wife of former …

Siemens and the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence have collaborated to craft a cybersecurity practice guide for the energy sector. Siemens said Tuesday the practice guide titled “Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities” suggests various methods for companies to detect and address utility anomalies, investigate events that led to the anomalies …

South Korea’s army has received an aircrew training system from Boeing as part of the country’s $1.6 billion order for 36 company-built AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters and associated training and logistical support services. Boeing said Monday the Apache Longbow Crew Trainer is equipped with flight software and flight and avionics simulation models designed to generate a training …

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including …

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and …

The U.S. Navy and a Lockheed Martin-led industry team have christened and launched the service’s fifth littoral combat ship at the Marinette Marine Corp. shipyard in Wisconsin. Sylvia M. Panetta served as the USS Milwaukee‘s sponsor and broke a ceremonial bottle of champagne against the bow prior to the ship’s …

SafeNet executives will present during two sessions at a conference the company is helping to sponsor later this month in San Francisco. Company executives, customers and partners will also attend the RSA conference between Feb. 25 and March 1 and demonstrate SafeNet technologies designed to help secure cloud computing environments, …

Talon Veteran Services Inc. has won a task order to help renovate a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Richmond, Va. and plans to hire other veteran-owned companies as subcontractors on the award. Company president David Nelson Finch told ExecutiveBiz that the Richmond-based contractor won the task order through its position on …

Of the close to 2.1 million federal employees on the payroll in 2012, nearly 31 percent of them were deemed eligible to telework. However, a new Avaya white paper on telework in the federal space says that less than a quarter of those eligible actually did work remotely, usually for …

March has arrived. Clocks spring forward, days seem longer, temperatures begin their gradual climb upward, and along with spring fever NCAA Madness sets in. Today is bracket day, and offices across the metro area open water cooler betting pools. This year’s tournament is expected to be heavily watched. CBS Sports …

The market is getting is tougher. But that doesn’t mean the opportunities don’t abound. Who better to ask about those opportunities than business development leaders, in relatively new roles, tapped with bringing new direction — and new gains — to their companies? Recently ExecutiveBiz spoke to some of the area’s …

EHS Corporate Care Busy executives often suffer from stress, exhaustion, headaches and other common maladies – yet, these can also signal gluten intolerance or celiac disease. While gluten sensitivity and celiac disease are considered inherited conditions, sadly, both seem to be on the rise with researchers finding that this dietary …