Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 06/14/2016

CACI Wins Potential $446M Air Force Satellite Control Net Consolidation Contract

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has won a potential seven-year, $445,900,944 contract that consolidates maintenance services for the U.S. Air Force‘s main Satellite Control Network into a single purchasing mechanism in an effort to reduce the service branch’s operation and sustainment costs…

Samsung-Booz Allen Team Unveils Joint Mobile Security Assessment Model

Samsung Electronics America and Booz Allen Hamilton have jointly developed a new security assessment offering that works to identify the risks, threats and vulnerabilities of an enterprise’s mobile infrastructure…

Oshkosh Defense Presents Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at Eurosatory 2016

Oshkosh Defense will display its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at the Eurosatory international defense and security exhibit until June 17 in Paris, France. JLTV is based on the Oshkosh Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle and offers off-road transportation functions, Oshkosh Defense said Monday…

Aptima to Develop Virtual Training Environment for Air Force’s Common Ground Weapon System

Woburn, Massachusetts-based human centered technology engineering company Aptima has received a $12.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a virtual training environment for the military branch’s Distributed Common Ground System operations…

Thycotic Appoints Kathy Moore CFO; AJ Narula as Federal Sales Exec Director

Thycotic has named Kathy Moore — former chief financial officer at Allied Telecom Group — as CFO and A.J. Narula — former federal sales director at AppAssure Software — as executive director of federal sales…

Lockheed, Interset Aim to Offer Analytics-Based Insider Threat Detection Platform for Commercial Clients

Lockheed Martin and Interset have partnered to develop an integrated platform for commercial customers to identify potential insider threats through user behavior analytics. The partnership seeks to combine Interset’s user behavior analytics software and Lockheed’s Wisdom Insider Threat Identification technology, Lockheed said Monday…

Intellicheck Obtains Fingerprint Biometric ID Tech Patent; William Roof Comments

Intellicheck Mobilisa has received a U.S. patent for a two-factor fingerprint biometric identity process developed to authenticate identity cards with both embedded fingerprint and live biometric information of a person…

Laura Bucheit Named Assistant Director for FBI’s Security Division

Laura Bucheit, former special agent in charge for the FBI‘s Las Vegas division, will transition into a new role as assistant director for the bureau’s security division in July. The FBI said Monday Bucheit’s 20-year career at the agency also includes roles in the criminal investigative division, inspection division, San Francisco division and as special assistant to former FBI Director Robert Mueller…

Ultra Electronics to Combine Maritime Surveillance Tech with Northrop’s Autonomous Systems

Northrop Grumman has partnered with Ultra Electronics to integrate maritime domain and anti-submarine warfare systems into Northrop’s portfolio of autonomous platforms. The companies aim to build long-endurance systems equipped with sensors and open mission architectures as well as persistent acoustic surveillance technology for use in maritime intelligence missions, Northrop said Monday…

House OKs $3.5B Capitol Complex Maintenance Package; Hal Rogers Comments

The House has passed a bill that seeks to allot $3.48 billion in funds to secure and maintain of the Capitol complex. Lawmakers voted 233-175 to approve the fiscal year 2017 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill for the annual budget for the offices of House members, support agencies of Congress, security and police forces, services for visitors and Capitol operations, the House Appropriations Committee said Wednesday…

Susan Rice: President Barack Obama Eyes New US Military Aid Pact With Israel

Israel has expressed interest to sign a memorandum of understanding over a military assistance package with the U.S. government before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, the Jerusalem Post reported Monday…

Reports: South Korea Links North Korea’s Cyber Campaign to Theft of 40K Defense-Related Files

A police agency in South Korea has found that North Korean hackers were responsible for cyber attacks on two South Korean firms that resulted in the theft of at least 40,000 defense-related files, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday…