TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) and its teaming partner Saab have conducted a flight test on a second production-ready T-X trainer aircraft as part of a U.S. Air Force program to replace the T-38, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The test sought to validate the aircraft’s design and performance following...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index moved opposite to market direction and closed down slightly to 92.815 down 0.071 percent. Advancers outpaced decliners 2 to 1. U.S. markets were up significantly for the second day. The S&P500 and DJIA closed near record high, while the NASDAQ closed at a new 52 week high of 6,025.49. Strong first quar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” David McOmber, executive vice president for public sector and federal sales at QTS Realty Trust, has said hybrid cloud platforms work to help government agencies utilize cloud capabilities while still supporting legacy systems that are not compatible with the cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” Mark Johnson, director of modern platforms for government at Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), has urged government IT decision-makers to consider three factors in efforts to ease and secure migration to the cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported April 17. He wrote in a commentary published April 14 that IT leaders should purs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” VMware (NYSE: VMW) and the state of Utah have inked a nine-year agreement for the delivery of infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service platforms through the National Association of State Procurement Officers’ ValuePoint vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has opened a new autonomous systems research facility at the Grand Sky unmanned aircraft systems business and aviation park in North Dakota in a move to increase support for the Grand Forks Air Force Base, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the bu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2017 ” Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the U.S. Navy‘s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to explore a healthcare delivery model that aims to boost both patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, ...
A business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential five-year, $94 million contract for software development life cycle services to a Department of Health and Human Services division that provides federal healthcare services to Alaska Native and American Indian people. General Dynamics Information Technology will d...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index followed advancing global markets to close at a 30 day high of 91.881, up 1.437 percent. Global markets surged with major U.S. indices up over 1.0 percent on French election results. There are strong indication that Emmanuel Macron (a centrist) will win the June runoff against Marine Le Pen, easing c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2017 ” Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) has received recognition as a “Military Friendly Employer” for its employment opportunities available to military veterans, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday Victory Media awarded the designation as part of the 2017 Military Friendly Emp...
