TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 3, 2016 ” A subsidiary of SOS International will deploy an analytics tool that works to help the U.S. embassy in Iraq monitor “bellwether” events through data from social media, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. SOSi said Wednesday its Exovera unit will provide the EV3 tool under a State Dep...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 3, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and its partner MBDA hope to receive clearance from Germany’s parliament by the end of the year to proceed with the planned $4.5 billion procurement of their Medium Extended Air Defense System, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Reuters reported Thursday that the Ge...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 3, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) will provide information technology support at military dental clinics under a $30 million contract from the U.S. Army, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the Army Dental Directorate contract covers software programming and development, help desk services, sy...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 3, 2016 ” Vencore will collaborate with George Mason University’s school of business to develop a tool that works to quantify cyber risk for federal agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the team will design a data valuation algorithm to measure the potential monetary i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 2, 2016 ” In-Q-Tel has invested in Ephesoft to develop and deploy a document analysis platform that will work to help the Intelligence Community extract insights from unstructured data, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Ephesoft said Tuesday the strategic alliance centers on its Ephesoft Universe platform, which...
The GovCon Index started the month of June with a gain of 0.507 points to 78.613 Wednesday as U.S. investors digested several reports to gauge the country’s economy ahead of Friday’s jobs report and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s Monday speech. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) added $1.85 — or 0.78 p...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 1, 2016 ” Philips (NYSE: PHG) will look into location-aware assisted living technologies to support patients with mild cognitive impairment under a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the grant covers research on Ambient Assisted Livin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 1, 2016 ” IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) Center for the Business of Government has partnered with George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security to set up four task forces that work to support relevant policy research and analysis efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. John Lainhart and Christ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will work with Facebook on a project to construct a subsea cable system across the Atlantic Ocean in support of efforts to expand their Internet and cloud services, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Frank Rey, director of global network acquisition for Microsoft’s cloud infr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2016 ” Vencore will provide mission support to the U.S. Cyber Command as part of the first task order under a $460 million contract awarded through the General Services Administration, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the task order is worth $89 million and will c...
