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Lisa Blodgett, formerly mission area executive for sea control at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been appointed to lead the APL’s force projection sector. APL said Monday Blodgett will succeed Dan Tyler, who will retire from the laboratory after 45 years of service, and be responsible for the precision strike, sea control and […] More
FireEye will host a two-day conference in Washington to discuss best practices related to cybersecurity with corporate executives and chief information security officers. The company said Monday the 2015 FireEye Cyber Defense Summit on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 will deal with threat intelligence, case studies of data breaches, incident response procedures, malware and technology trends. Among the […] More
Eduardo Bellido, formerly director at Munich-based OHB System, has joined Thales Alenia Space Espana to replace Juan Garces de Marcilla as chief executive officer. He brings nearly two decades of experience in the aerospace sector to the Spanish subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space and will oversee the company’s strategic initiatives, industrial, finance and corporate development operations, Thales said […] More
Arnaud Vaissie, co-founder, chairman and CEO of International SOS, has received Mongolia’s Order of the Polar Star distinction for his support of the company’s medical services in the country. Bold Luvsanvandan, member of the Mongolian Parliament and former minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, presented Mongolia’s highest civilian award to Vaissie at a dinner held in […] More
A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has received a designation given by the American Heart Association to companies that promote exercise and wellness programs in the workplace. This is the third year that Ingalls Shipbuilding has earned the Fit-Friendly Worksite status and the organization’s second year to receive the Platinum Fit-Friendly designation from AHA, HII said […] More
Raytheon Co. has donated $100,000 in educational investments to Poland’s Military University of Technology and Warsaw University of Technology with the goal to further STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) studies. Each university will receive half of the amount to finance scholarships and research programs in engineering, Raytheon said Thursday Thomas Vecchiolla, president of Raytheon […] More
Arlen Shenkman, formerly global head of corporate development at SAP, has been promoted to chief financial officer of SAP North America. During his three years as SAP’s global corporate development chief, Shenkman led the company’s strategic investment efforts and helped the software company acquire Concur, Fieldglass, BusinessObjects, hybris, SuccessFactors, Ariba and Sybase, SAP said Thursday. […] More
Lockheed Martin and Orbital ATK have joined SpaceCom as new founding sponsors with focus on space technologies. SpaceCom said Thursday that the companies will sponsor the a SpaceCom conference set to take place from Nov. 17 through 19 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Richard Jackson, director of NASA programs at […] More
KBR has been recognized by Hydrocarbon Processing magazine for its work on a petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The engineering firm said Thursday it currently serves as project management contractor for the Sadara Chemical initiative and has performed preliminary front-end engineering design and feasibility work for the project. KBR received the award at the International Refining and Petrochemical […] More
Frank DeMauro, Orbital ATK’s vice president of human space systems for the civil and defense division of the space systems group, has received the Public Service Medal from NASA. The space agency honored DeMauro’s aerospace career and contribution to two commercial resupply missions for the International Space Station, Orbital ATK said Wednesday. Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital […] More
Tim Saeger, formerly a vice president and general manager at Bose, has joined iRobot as senior vice president of engineering. He will start his role Aug. 3 and oversee the company’s development of robotic technologies and product roadmap, iRobot said June 8. “At Bose, he was responsible for all aspects of product and technology development, and he has led […] More
Beth Savage, the General Services Administration‘s Center for Historic Buildings manager, has received the 2014 Secretary of the Interior Federal Historic Preservation Officer of the Year Award for her work on GSA’s historic building projects. Thomas Walton wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday that Savage has directed efforts to preserve nearly 500 historic buildings and […] More
