TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 15, 2017 ” A Vencore program director has received a Modern Day Technology Leader Award at the 2017 Black Engineer of the Year Award conference for her efforts to promote science, technology, engineering and math careers, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Zalenda Cyr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 15, 2017 ” Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX) has partnered with Fornetix to combine its hard disk and solid-state drives with the latter’s Key Orchestration encryption key management software in efforts to secure data against cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Seagate said Monday the i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 15, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Redstone Defense Systems and the U.S. Army have conducted a test flight of an updated UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter fitted with Northrop’s Integrated Avionics Suite, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Northrop said Monday the helicopter’s digitized cockpit with di...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 15, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Inmarsat and GMV will support Australia’s geoscience research agency in a program that aims to develop a testbed that would demonstrate the potential applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems on positioning, navigation and timing, ExecutiveBiz re...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 15, 2017 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and NTT Data (NYSE: NTT) have teamed to offer elevation data to imagery customers in efforts to expand their sales reach in the global imagery information market, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NTT Data said Tuesday its five-meter digital elevation model called AW3D...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index hit a new all-time record close Tuesday on a strong performance from blue chip stock McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) as U.S. equities also reached new highs for a third consecutive session Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony to Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill. GovCo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 14, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will provide military veterans and transitioning service members training on cybersecurity topics such as cryptology, risk identification, access controls and incident response through the Microsoft Software & Systems Academy, GovCon Executive reported Monday. Chris ...
The board of directors at nonprofit science and engineering research organization MITRE Corp. has unanimously appointed two-decade firm veteran and current Senior Vice President Dr. Jason Providakes to succeed Al Grasso as president and CEO in a transition scheduled to take effect March 6. MITRE said Tuesday Grasso will continue as a member of ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 14, 2017 ” Mitre has developed a 15-year shipbuilding plan for the U.S. Navy that would bring the fleet size to 414 combat ships with a “high-low mix” of low-end warships and high-end combat vessels, Executive Gov reported Monday. Breaking Defense reported Friday the plan also in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 14, 2017 ” Fulcrum has opened two new facilities that will work to provide training and logistics services to defense agencies and other customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Feb. 1 the new office in Fayetteville, North Carolina, will serve the U.S. Special Operations Command and c...
