Dynetics News
Dynetics to Be Host Site for Important Cancer Prevention Study Sign-Up
May 21, 2013
Today there are nearly 12 million people in America who have survived cancer - and countless more who have avoided it - who will be celebrating birthdays this year. The American Cancer Society (ACS) is conducting a new research study called Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3) that will help the organization better understand how to prevent cancer, which will save lives and create a world with more birthdays. Dynetics is a corporate partner and will serve as one of several locations in Huntsville that is partnering with the ACS to serve as a host site.
The ACS has been actively recruit... Read More
Dynetics to Showcase groundAware Radar at American Association of Airport Executives Conference
May 20, 2013
Surveillance Radar Enhances Perimeter and Ground Situational Awareness
Every day, people, vehicles and wildlife breach airport perimeters and find their way onto airport grounds where they either go undetected altogether or elude discovery for dangerously too long. Dynetics has developed a surveillance radar that will enable airports to immediately detect intruders and respond before they pose real danger to safety and security. The company will spotlight the Dynetics groundAware Airport Perimeter and Ground Surveillance Radar at the American Association of Airport Executiv... Read More
Dynetics Technical Services Receives MSFC Contractor Excellence Award
May 15, 2013
Dynetics Technical Services (DTS) received the 2012 Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Contractor Excellence Award (CES) in the Small Business Category at the annual MSFC Center Director’s Breakfast this morning. The event was held at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
According to Patrick Scheuermann, MSFC director, this award recognizes DTS’s leadership and commitment to achieving high standards of quality, as well as the organization’s commitment to the continuous improvement process.
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Dynetics to Host Rocket City TakeDownCon Hacker Conference
March 20, 2013
Dynetics will host this summer’s Rocket City TakeDownCon, a national conference that will feature two days of high-end, attack- and defense-focused IT security briefings. Hands-on, “deep dive” hacking courses will be offered as a pre-conference option. The training academy will be July 11-14 and the conference will be July 15-16. EC-Council is bringing the event to Huntsville in partnership with Dynetics, the premier sponsor and host. The event will be held in the Dynetics Solutions Complex at 1004 Explorer Blvd. in Cummings Research Park.
The Rocket City TakeDownCon wil... Read More
Cyber Security Journal Publishes Dynetics Employee’s Article
September 06, 2012
“Insecurity of Wireless Networks,” an article written by John Mark Weber, a senior engineer in the Dynetics Cyber Security Department, has been published in IEEE Security and Privacy. This issue of the journal, IEEE’s cyber security journal, is focused on internet infrastructure.
The abstract of the article, which can also be found online, follows:
Wi-Fi is the standard protocol for wireless networks used extensively in US critical infrastructures. Since the Wired Equivale... Read More
Dynetics Enables Employees to Donate $3.2M to Charity
July 11, 2011
Employees of Dynetics have collectively committed to $3.2 million dollars in charitable giving through the Community Foundation of Huntsville/Madison County. These funds came from 43 individual employees utilizing contributions of their Dynetics stock into Donor Advised Funds.
The opportunity developed from a change in the ownership structure of Dynetics. The company converted to a fully owned ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) Trust. Shares of company stock held by employees were sold back to the Trust.
While the transaction is very positive for th... Read More