U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a grant to UL to help mitigate security risks for cybersecurity testing of the Internet of Things (IoT) and design gateways for industrial control system (ICS) applications. The DARPA grant will enable UL to identify the main areas of an industrial IoT gateway that re...
Weekly Roundup May 8 – May 12 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson It™s been nearly a decade since Satoshi Nakamoto first dreamt up the core component of the technology known as blockchain “ the decentralized, digital currency Bitcoin has evolved i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has held an event to showcase the technologies of eight startup companies and connect them to potential customers in the federal government, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. MeriTalk reported Wednesday that CSRA selected the companies to participate at the Emerging Technologies Day, w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has showcased several unmanned and autonomous technologies during a media event at its missiles and fire control facility in Texas, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday technologies included in the demonstration are the Indago quadrotor unmanned aircraf...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2017 ” L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has been named by the U.S. Air Force as a potential decision-maker in the service branch’s effort to replace its current fleet of EC-130H Compass Call electronic attack aircraft, ExecutiveGov reported Wednesday. Defense One reported Tuesday that Lt. Gen. Arnold B...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed down 0.199 percent to 93.292. Vectrus reported strong first quarterly financial results to top of the GovCon Index board posting a 12.00 percent gain. Major markets closed mixed with S&P pushing up against the 2,400 mark closing at new high of 2,399.63. The NASDAQ continues its strong performanc...
In a move that Defense One described as “unprecedented,” the U.S. Air Force plans to allow a defense company to choose the USAF’s new electronic-attack jet. According to industry sources and Pentagon officials, this is the first time in the 70-year history of the Air Force that a defense contractor has been allowed to choose t...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed up 0.118 percent to 93.478 as advancers outpaced decliners 2 to 1. AECOM led the 30 GovCon Index companies as the company beat analysts projections reporting 5 percent quarterly earnings growth. Major markets closed mixed with softness in commodity prices. The NASDAQ reached a new all time high as t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2017 ” The federal edition of Thales e-Security‘s 2017 Data Threat Report indicates that 96 percent of federal government employees feel vulnerable to potential data breaches and 71 percent think the adoption of new technologies may facilitate those vulnerabilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The compa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2017 ” The AECOM-led (NYSE: ACM) Nuclear Waste Partnership with BWX Technologies and Areva Federal Services has added Bruce Covert, a group vice president at the infrastructure firm, as president and project manager, GovCon Executive reported Friday. AECOM said Thursday Covert will lead NWPR...
