IBM (NYSE: IBM) plans to buy cloud-based health data and analytic tools provider Truven Health Analytics from Veritas Capital for $2.6 billion in a bid to further expand its Watson Health business unit’s platforms for value-based care. IBM said Thursday it plans to integrate Truven’s cloud-based platforms and health claims data with ...
The GovCon Index barely held positive territory in a narrow final hour of trade Thursday to record a nominal gain of 0.041 points to 71.389 Thursday and remain in a correction for the seventh consecutive day, or 10 percent down from its most recent high on Dec. 1. ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) rose 1.48 percent after...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported an increase of 8.1 percent in profit for its full 2015 calendar year and earnings figures for 12 months and the fourth quarter that meet Wall Street’s expectations. The Fairfax, Virginia-based technology and gov...
The GovCon Index bounced higher for a third consecutive session Wednesday with a gain of 1.411 percent to 71.348, a close that holds the Index barely in correction territory for a sixth straight day. The Index is 10.05 percent down from its most recent high of 79.332 on Dec. 1 and has entered correction territory...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 17, 2016 ” Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has advised small businesses that aspire to collaborate with other companies to look at the mission requirements and market access of their prospects, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Washington Technology reported Friday SA...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 17, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for U.S. government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said “satcom as a service” can help the military drive value from satellite communications technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 17, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will decide in the coming weeks if it will pursue a company investment to self-fund the continued production of F/A-18 fighter aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Reuters reported Friday that Dan Gillian, head of Boeing’s F/A-18E/F and EA-18G programs, has i...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has asked industry to submit technical proposals for the construction of a command-and-control facility that will house the Army Cyber Command and an operations facility for the cyber protection team in Fort Gordon, Georgia. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday it plans to award up...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 16, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is set to offer Microsoft Software & Systems Academy courses at five U.S. Army bases to help active-duty and former soldiers transition to civilian careers in IT, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Chris Cortez, vice president of military affairs at Microsoft, wrote i...
Charles Woodburn, a 20-year oil and gas industry veteran and former CEO of oilfield services company Expro, has joined BAE Systems as chief operating officer. He will report directly to CEO Ian King and will also join BAE’s board as an executive director in the second quarter of 2016, the company said Monday. Woodburn has l...
