TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) Linux 7.1 has achieved the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ for an unmodified commercial operating system as part of the Operating System Protection Profile, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Common Criteria Certification validates the com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” MILCOM 2016 is set to feature retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Earl Matthews, vice president of enterprise security services within Hewlett Packard Enterprise™s U.S. public sector business, as a speaker, GovConExecutive said Thursday. Matthews will share his insight on modernization, operat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Andrew Merkle, formerly program area manager for research and exploratory development, as RED mission area executive, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The lab said Wednesday Merkle will be in charge of a team that performs research ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received full materiel release approval from the Joint Munitions Command for the company’s 60-millimeter M1061 mortar cartridge, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the approval serves to certify that the munition is safe, logistically suppo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has unveiled a new night-vision technology that works to support warfighter missions in the nighttime and in low-light environments, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the F5032 Lightweight Night Vision Binocular is also designed to limit eye fatigue a...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted its biggest percentage decline in four weeks Thursday after Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and L-3 Communications (NYSE: RTN) posted guidance ranges below Wall Street analysts’ expectations with other large defense primes also the GCI’s largest drags. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered advancers at...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 27, 2016 ” A study conducted by Deloitte has found that the total cost overrun of major defense acquisition programs reached $468 billion in 2015 with a 48.3-percent growth from 2008’s $295 billion, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Deloitte said Monday the report found that there is a trend of cost growth and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 27, 2016 ” Riverbed Technology‘s application performance management tools will be available via Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) public sector cloud marketplace as part of a partnership between the two companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud Marketplace will offer gov...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 27, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) offers a new tool that will work to help users of the Azure Government cloud service to achieve Authority to Operate at the Defense Department under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said in a blog post published Mo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 27, 2016 ” Deloitte has unveiled its new Center for Government Insights that will work to pursue research and collaboration on ways to drive government innovation and address challenges, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the center will facilitate forums, workshops, p...
