Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower Wednesday on declines by services-oriented contractors as U.S. stocks traded in narrow range with financial shares the main laggards and crude oil prices again a focal point of investor attention. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by a 4-to-1 ratio as three of its 11 S&P 500 c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has signed a three-year enterprise agreement with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) that will allow the former to migrate its workload to the latter’s Azure Government cloud platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Falls Church, Virginia-based information technology contractor ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” Japan’s meteorological agency has released the first photo captured by the Harris-built (NYSE: HRS) imager onboard the country’s Himawari-9 weather satellite, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Advanced Himawari Imager is equipped with 11 additional spectral bands and a higher resolut...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has partnered with several Dubai-based government and commercial organizations to explore the use of blockchain technology for trade finance and logistics, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the blockchain platform will utilize Hyperledger Fabric and IBM Cloud&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) an $18.3 million contract modification to provide AN/APG-63(V) radars for the F-15SA aircraft of Saudi Arabia’s air force, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday the company will perform work under the foreign milit...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 ” The U.S. Navy has accepted the first guided-missile destroyer constructed by General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary under the military branch’s restart of the Arleigh Burke-class ship development program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Navy said Monday&n...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed higher Tuesday with a strong performance by Boeing (NYSE: BA) the main contributor, while U.S. stocks ended slightly green despite an afternoon descent as investors eyed oil price declines. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by a 2-to-1 ratio as nine of its 11 S&P 500 components advanced ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 ” Michael Isman, a vice president and strategic innovation group executive at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has said the company’s new facility in Washington, D.C., will work to promote innovation across the organization, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Isman stated that the I...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 ” Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, has said partnerships between original equipment manufacturers and cloud providers will continue to grow in an effort to address the business and mission requirements of government agencies. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 ” DigitalGlobe‘s (NYSE: DGI) WorldView-4 satellite has entered service after it completed in-orbit testing and calibration activities, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday WorldView-4 will work to provide customers direct access to 30-centimeter resolution images, as wel...
