TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 6, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has set a Dec. 16 launch date for the first batch of the company’s next-generation communication satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Ten initial NEXT satellites will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California into low-earth orbit via&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 6, 2016 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has added CACI International (NYSE: CACI) to an AWS-led program for technology partners that support customers’ cloud computing efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CACI said Wednesday it also seeks to extend the firm’s cloud adoption ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 6, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has updated the ground control system of the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System satellites as part of the GPS operational control segment modernization effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Commercial Off-the-Shelf Upgrade #2 became fully operational ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 6, 2016 ” The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) multiple contracts worth a total of $9 million to research and develop cybersecurity tools for the U.S. power grid system, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Raytheon said Monday it will develop early warning, adversary spoofing...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 6, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) will help the Department of Veterans Affairs operate, update and maintain VA’s budget tracking tool under a potential $16.8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The contract includes four one-year options and optional tasks for software enhancement of the tool tha...
Steve Weiss, former executive vice president for government business operations at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), officially joined Accelera Solutions Dec. 1 as president and chief operating officer of the Fairfax, Virginia-based cloud computing and mobile device services provider. He brings to Accelera more than three dec...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed above the 90-point mark for the first time since its October 2014 inception as Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and services contractors led gains to offset declines by Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and other defense primes on a positive day for U.S. stocks. Monday’s stro...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 5, 2016 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has added Informatica to the AWS Public Sector Partner Program to deliver the latter’s data management services to government customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Informatica said Thursday it will work to establish a hybrid data management pl...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 5, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, believes the incoming U.S. administration will facilitate continued maturity of satellite service partnerships between the commercial and government sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported Tues...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 5, 2016 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International will provide acquisition management support to Air Force Space Command‘s cyberspace superiority division under a $3 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said October it received the award throug...
