TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” Ensco will work with PositiveID to deliver a biothreat detection system as part of the second phase of the Department of Homeland Security‘s SenseNet program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. PositiveID said Monday it will provide its Firefly Dx automated biothr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has worked with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport to update a sonar system that works to support the U.S. Navy‘s mine detection operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday updates to the AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar includ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 31, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide engineering and technical support for the U.S. Navy‘s aircraft platforms under an $8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday the contract covers reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assu...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held negative in a light trading session for U.S. stocks Tuesday as defense primes led GCI losses ahead of the July jobs report scheduled for release before markets open Friday. Tuesday’s decline represents the GovCon Index’s fifth decline over six days in a stretch driven by extended losse...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 ” A subsidiary of BAE Systems in Denmark has reached an agreement to provide the United Arab Emirates an internet surveillance technology that works to perform deep packet inspection, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Intercept reported Friday that the agreement between BAE Systems Applied Intelli...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 ” A Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) joint venture is working to develop a reusable second rocket stage that will remain in low Earth orbit to support potential activities in space, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Quartz reported Saturday Tory Bruno, CEO of the JV called United Launch Allianc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has provided the heat shield for the Orion crew module of NASA‘s Exploration Mission-1 and delivered the component to the Kennedy Space Center, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NASA said Saturday it then transported the heat shield to the Neil Armstr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 ” Teresa Weipert, senior vice president for government solutions at Sutherland Global Services, has urged the federal government to ramp up collaboration with the private sector on digital services, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Weipert wrote in a guest piece published Friday partnership between government ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 ” Fulcrum has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies across the U.S. with its inclusion in Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list for 2016, GovCon Executive reported Friday. Fulcrum said Aug. 23 the average company in the 35th annual Inc. 5000 grew 433 percent over...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index snapped a five-day losing streak Monday on advances by mid- and large-tier defense contractors as gains by financial shares led Wall Street to end its three-day stretch of declines. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers by a roughly 3-to-1 ratio and nine of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed...
