L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has completed the acquisition of maritime power-generation technology developer Open Water Power for an undisclosed value in a move that seeks to expand the former’s unmanned undersea vehicle portfolio. The Massachusetts-based company will take the name L3 Open Water Power and operate under L3’s sens...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, MAY 22, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has finalized its speaker and panelist list for the 2017 Spring Cybersecurity Summit. Cybersecurity is one of the foremost concerns of leaders in both the public and private sectors. The rapid advancement of software, hardware and techn...
John Landwehr, a vice president and public sector chief technology officer at Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE), has said government agencies should leverage analytics and open standards to change the way they deliver information and services to citizens. Landwehr wrote that analytics tools, for instance, work to facilitate access to data that citizens n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 19, 2017 ” Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said he believes integrated hybrid cloud platforms will be a spending priority for federal agencies over the next three years in line with IT modernization efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “[Federa...
Weekly Roundup May 15 – May 19 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Last week President Trump signed an executive order to bolster our nation’s cybersecurity and maintain and strengthen U.S. cybersecurity capabilities. The order addresses the n...
Acting U.S. CIO Margie Graves said that thanks to the 2015 federal cybersecurity sprint, federal agencies were able to avoid the devastating WannaCry ransomware virus that infected more than 200,000 people and organizations in over 150 countries. When asked at the Public Sector Innovation Summit how security protocols implemented in the 30-day sprin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 19, 2017 ” BAE Systems‘ military air and information business in the U.K. has showcased a Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft and a Hawk trainer jet that the company built for Oman as part of a rollout event, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Monday Oman’s Defense Minister&nb...
Jacklyn Wynn, former vice president of strategy and market development for global public sector at Dell Technologies‘ (NYSE: DVMT) RSA subsidiary, has joined Mitre as a vice president and director of its Center for Connected Government. Mitre said Tuesday she will manage the Department of Veterans Affairs portfolio of the Cente...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide cybersecurity systems support to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command under a $21 million task order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday the task order awarded under ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 18, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has participated at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s 2017 Innovators’ Showcase earlier this month with a demonstration of two maritime security technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it presented the Automa...
