TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Tony Frazier, senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), has said the company uses deep-learning and crowdsourcing tools to analyze satellite imagery, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. GCN reported Wednesday that Frazier has pointed to MrGeo, NVIDIA graphics process...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will help update the Defense Department‘s network gateway under an $8.57 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the award works to provide distributed tactical commu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Keith Salisbury, vice president for U.S. federal sales at Pivotal Software, has said modern “cloud-native” applications work to help transform federal IT amid the current budget environment. Salisbury wrote in a guest piece posted Wednesday on ExecutiveBiz that while government has mirrored the...
A team comprising ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) and Jadwalean International Operations & Management Co. has been awarded a potential five-year, $175 million contract to provide F-15 fleet advisory and technical support services to Saudi Arabia. The companies will deploy personnel in Saudi Arabia to support the country’s F-15 sy...
CAE (NYSE: CAE) has agreed to acquire the commercial aviation training business of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for an undisclosed sum with no timeframe given for the transaction’s projected closure. Montreal-based CAE said Monday said it seeks to expand its customer-installed base of commercial flight si...
Cubic has been awarded $44 million in contracts to provide tactical engagement simulation systems to the U.S. Army for use in training exercise scenarios. The company said Monday it will produce instrumentable-multiple integrated laser engagement system individual weapon systems for the Army™s program executive office for simulation, train...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.066 percent to 71.436. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 saw slight declines following another oil price drop, while the Nasdaq Composite received a boost from Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT) and technology stocks to end the day in the positive. Top GovCo...
The GovCon Index showed a modest gain today closing at 71.436, up 0.066%, as both the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P500 closed slightly down from effects of sliding oil prices. The NASDAQ Composite ending the day in the positive receiving a boost from Applied Materials (AMAT.O) up 7.9% and rebound in technology stocks. As markets...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will launch a global cyber education program in effort to address the increased global demand for information technology talent, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will unveil the program at the UAE Security Forum in Abu Dhabi and hold a four-day cyber wo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) will help government agencies migrate their data workloads to an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud platform as part of its offering under the General Services Administration‘s Networx contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday&nb...
