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...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 14, 2017 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) and Esri have teamed to provide users of the ArcGIS mapping platform access to satellite images as well as deep learning and analytical tools to derive insights from the images, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. DigitalGlobe said Monday it will comb...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 14, 2017 ” Mike Basla, senior vice president and U.S. Air Force client executive at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has said cybersecurity for the space and nuclear enterprise, as well as enterprise IT modernization are two focus areas for the sector in 2017. He told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published Thursday...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose Monday in tandem with major U.S. equity indices that set new record highs as investors continued to bet President Donald Trump’s plans for lower corporate taxes and regulations can boost economic growth. GovCon Index advancers outnumbered decliners by an 8-to-1 ratio as 10 of its 11 S&P ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Utilidata have entered into a strategic alliance in an effort to develop electrical grid platforms that work to identify, protect against and respond to cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The collaboration looks to incorporate Utilidata’s cybe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2017 ” The Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Biometric Identity Management has awarded NTT Data a multi-year, $8 million contract for independent system-level test and quality assurance services, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. NTT Data said Wednesday it will work to sustain OBIM’...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2017 ” A new study by BAE Systems has found that C-suite executives and information technology leaders have different views on cybersecurity responsibilities when it comes to cyber threat response, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday 50 percent of IT leaders believe senior management sho...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2017 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) team has integrated and tested a new communications terminal with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency network, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The test works to check the Low Cost Terminal‘...
