TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 2, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have partnered with the U.S. Navy to determine potential naval applications of augmented reality technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Navy said Tuesday the disruptive technology laboratory at Naval S...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 2, 2017 ” Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) will deploy the Salesforce Service Cloud at the Agriculture Department‘s Farm Service Agency to support a program that seeks to provide agency customers access to opportunities with USDA external partners, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday&nb...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index pared its losses to close flat against a mostly positive session for U.S. stocks Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and said it sees improvement in consumer and business sentiment. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered gainers 17-13 for a second straight sessi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” CGI (NYSE: GIB) will deploy its financial waste, fraud and abuse identification and tracking system at the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver healthcare claims audit and recovery services, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday its ProperPay system will support the&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 — The U.S. Navy has awarded a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business a $45.8 million delivery order for 29 automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination standard retrofit p-kits for MH-60R helicopters, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed’s mission systems and training unit will perform...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” BAE Systems will provide its LiteHUD head-up displays to support the flight test program of the Textron (NYSE: TXT) and AirLand Enterprises joint venture’s Scorpion jet, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The display is designed with BAE’s optical waveguide technology and will work to reduce t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” ViON has been named the top small business fundraising company during the 2016 Greater Washington Heart Walk event for raising $30,000 in support of the American Heart Association’s research efforts, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. “It was incredible to see the entire staff or...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has closed a deal with SpaceX for the simultaneous launch of the former’s NEXT communications satellites and the NASA-GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences mission’s twin satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Five Iridium NEXT satel...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed flat Tuesday with large prime aerospace contractors the main laggards and services companies the predominant gainers as U.S. stocks also fell on continued investor uncertainty over White House policies. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered gainers 18-12 as three of its 11 S&P 500 com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 31, 2017 ” A subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will produce additional Piranha 3 wheeled armored vehicles for Romania in support of the country’s fleet modernization program, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday this is the fifth batch of vehicles that its European Land Syste...
