TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Parsons will participate at the DEF CON 24 event in Las Vegas from Aug. 4 to 7 as a sponsor of the Car Hacking Village activity, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The conference follows Black Hat USA 2016, where Parsons was also a presenter and exhibited its smart city and cybersec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the U.S. Air Force have concluded the first live air-to-air kill test of the company’s F-35 fighter jet against a drone over a military test range near California, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The F-35 Joint Program Office said Monday the F-35 fir...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” American Systems‘ IT Schedule 70 contract with the General Services Administration has received a modification to include the special item number for health information technology services, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday SIN 132-56 works to consolidate health IT ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded downward Tuesday on sharp declines in Boeing (NYSE: BA) and major services-oriented contractors while Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) soared 2.71 percent on news of its board of directors membership agreement with activist hedge fund Jana Partners. The GovCon Index declined 0.316 po...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2016 ” A Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) business unit has worked with Interpol to investigate and expose a cyber fraud ring that used online scams to steal more than $60 million from businesses around the world, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday FortiGuard Labs provided threa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2016 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) and Racemi have entered into a partnership to jointly market a suite of bundled services designed to support government customers migration to Amazon Web Services˜ (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing platform or isolated GovCloud region, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. C...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2016 ” BAE Systems will research, develop and demonstrate a software tool that first responders can use to disconnect a non-cooperative entity from its network and use a separate protected emergency network under an $8.7 million U.S. Air Force contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defen...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2016 ” A subsidiary of Vencore will provide software that works to locate and characterize cyber weapons that attack the U.S. power grid under a $9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday Vencore Labs will perform research and devel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2016 ” Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have extended their partnership to support public sector clients to adopt Microsoft’s cloud computing technology through the former’s open-source software subscriptions, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Paul Smith, Red Hat public sector busin...
Harris Corp.’s (NYSE: HRS) guidance for its 2017 fiscal year started July 4 came in below Wall Street’s consensus forecast before markets opened Tuesday as the communications technology contractor anticipates pressure in its tactical and maritime energy businesses to continue. Melbourne, Florida-based military radio maker Harris cit...
