TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 17, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will decide in the coming weeks if it will pursue a company investment to self-fund the continued production of F/A-18 fighter aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Reuters reported Friday that Dan Gillian, head of Boeing’s F/A-18E/F and EA-18G programs, has i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 16, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is set to offer Microsoft Software & Systems Academy courses at five U.S. Army bases to help active-duty and former soldiers transition to civilian careers in IT, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Chris Cortez, vice president of military affairs at Microsoft, wrote i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 16, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) will offer security services for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, based on geospatial data and satellite imagery, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. DigitalGlobe said Thursday the offering includes the Basemap+Daily imagery subscription service...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 16, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) will update and integrate the U.S. Air Force‘s KC-135 aircrew training platforms to the service branch™s Distributed Training Center Network, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the contract covers updates to the Boeing-built (NYSE: BA...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 16, 2016 ” Saudi Arabia’s proposed $154.9 million purchase of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) upgraded MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems has received approval from the U.S. government, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday the potential foreign mili...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 16, 2016 ” CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA) will provide its API Management platform to the U.K. meteorological office to support cloud- and mobile-based weather data services, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the technology works to bolster data privacy and customer experience and facili...
Feb. 8 – Feb. 12 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Many reasons have been put forth as to why global financial markets continue to be in turmoil but this week showed there may be no end in sight to this period of volatility that has carried...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 12, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide support to U.S. Navy™s submarine and surface ship acoustical tests under a $47 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will produce analysis and reports of acoustics trials data through the contract’s 12-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 12, 2016 — Whitney, Bradley & Brown has appointed Jeffrey Cohen, a 26-year U.S. Air Force veteran, as the company’s vice president of capture and proposals, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. WBB said Tuesday Cohen has worked on proposal management and business development for more than three de...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 12, 2016 ” Carahsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) endorse information governance strategy to companies in an effort to help deter risks in big data, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “We’re working to accelerate compliance and IG with legacy data clean-up and reducing redundant, obso...
