TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” A Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiary will supply the government of Afghanistan with five additional ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems under a $19.6 million order from the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the award to Insitu also cove...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” BAE Systems has unveiled a wireless sensor system based on the Bluetooth technology that works to assess the operational condition of military bridging platforms and determine the need for maintenance work, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the sensing tool serves to moni...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has partnered with CyberSponse to integrate the latter’s automated incident response and security orchestration technology into the defense company’s managed security services, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Raytheon said Tuesday its Virtual-Security ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2017 ” Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) has named Dave Mosley, president and chief operating officer, as its CEO effective Oct. 1 as incumbent Stephen Luczo transitions to the role of executive chairman of the board, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday Mosley — who currently overs...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up for the fifth consecutive day at 98.915. However, decliners outpaced advancers at 20 to 10. The major indices all closed up on the day with the S&P500 at 2,477.83, while DJIA closed at 21,711.01. The NASDAQ Composite continued rising and settled at a new record high of 6,422.75. Crude...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2017 ” Aili Kujawa, director of human resources and services at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has noted that the lab continues to pursue new investment and innovation opportunities while building on traditional capabilities. “At APL, innovation is who we are and why we were esta...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2017 ” Kevin Leonard, senior vice president of Vectrus‘ (NYSE: VEC) facility and logistics services business, has said “smart” forward operating bases could present an opportunity for the company in the area of logistics in line with the federal government’s cost saving goals. He tol...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2017 ” Hughes Network Systems will look into the interoperability of commercial satellite transports in efforts to build a wideband communications architecture for government under a contract from the Defense Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the Wideband Communications Arch...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has added a media analytics tool and artificial intelligence platform to the Azure Government cloud in support of government customer needs, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company introduced the Cognitive Services White Glove Program on July 17 and the Azure Media An...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2017 ” Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has unveiled the cloud-based FortiGuard threat intelligence platform that will work to support threat monitoring in efforts to boost cyber situational awareness at enterprises, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the FortiGuard Threat Int...
