TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 14, 2017 ” Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has partnered with Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families and awarded $2.5 million to fund a university program that seeks to provide learning and employment support to service members leaving the military, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company sa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 14, 2017 ” A Leidos-backed (NYSE: LDOS) laboratory at the University of Maryland – College Park’s new A. James Clark Hall bioengineering building will host collaborative research between students, venture firms, technology companies and federal agencies, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The univers...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 14, 2017 ” DynCorp International is set to receive an award from the Army Aviation Association of America for its logistics work with U.S. Army aviation support teams as part of the Army Field Maintenance program, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Friday it will receive AAAA’s 2017 M...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 13, 2017 ” Tony Frazier, president of Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) Radiant Solutions business unit, has said the use of big data analytics, artificial intelligence and other technologies to generate insights from data continues to drive the remote sensing sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 2. “A...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 13, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) CEO Ken Asbury has said the company is exploring investments in the areas of machine learning and electronic warfare as it aims to build on its product portfolio for intelligence services, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 3. CRN reported Nov. 2 that Asbury, an inductee into Execu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 13, 2017 ” BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) held a joint event early this month to mark their partnership in efforts to build the U.S. Air Force‘s B-21 Raider bomber aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Union Leader reported Wednesday Maj. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander of the Eighth Air F...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 13, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has entered into a partnership with Saab in efforts to update the latter’s weapon systems and develop new weapons for U.S. and coalition ground troops, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The team will work to modernize the Carl-Gustaf multi-role, shoulder-launched weapon an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 13, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jet is a prospective replacement for the German air force’s fleet of Panavia Tornado fighter aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly reported Wednesday Germany looks to consider F-35 as its preferred choice am...
In reviewing last weeks market performance the Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) ended the week down 0.74 percent from Mondays opening price settling at 107.303. Twenty stocks declined for the week versus ten that advanced. The three major indices all closed mixed on Friday; the S&P500 closed down 0.09 percent to 2,582.30 while ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 10, 2017 ” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit will help sustain the attack weapon control and fire control systems for the U.S. Navy‘s SSGN guided-missile submarines and the U.K. navy’s SSBN ballistic missile submarines under a $25.7 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Th...
