TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2017 ” PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ (NYSE: UIS) federal systems business, predicts that the U.S. government will increase efforts to develop offensive cyber techniques in 2017 to help strengthen the cybersecurity of government data, political systems and the country’s critical infr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2017 ” The U.S. Navy has awarded a BAE Systems business unit a $68.5 million contract for facilities and human resources services in support of the modernization, repair and sustainment of the USS Roosevelt guided missile destroyer, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. BAE’s Southeast Shipyard Mayport will p...
TYSONS CORNER, VA., January 24, 2017 — The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — rounds out speakers for their 2017 Internet of Things – Emerging Technologies Forum. The Internet of Things (IoT)”a term used to describe the set of physical objects embedded with sensors or actuators and connected to a ne...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index tumbled in conjunction with larger declines on Wall Street Monday as investors retreated from equities after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw from the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered gainers by a 4-to-1 ratio and two o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 23, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has begun to develop an optical instrument assembly for NASA‘s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope to support the space agency’s dark energy and exoplanet research efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Scientists and engineers at Lockheed’s Advance...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 23, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will fund the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ annual unmanned aircraft system design challenge for the third consecutive year in an effort to nurture innovative engineering and technical thinking among students, GovCon Executive reported Friday. Teams of e...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 23, 2017 ” L3 Technologies‘ (NYSE: LLL) fuzing and ordnance systems unit has secured a $32 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for M783 Point Detonating/Delay mortar fuzes, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it will supply mortar fuzes to an international custom...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 23, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has entered into an agreement with Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) to offer the latter’s commercial and government cloud platforms through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Government clients can ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 23, 2017 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has assembled a group of technical and business executives to help review the nonprofit applied scientific research and development firm’s technical initiatives, GovCon Executive said Friday. The technical advisory board will work to guide the company’s ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index registered a 0.263-point gain to 88.954 Friday as gainers outnumbered decliners 17 to 13. McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) was the top net performer in the GCI while Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) was the top percentage gainer. Pharmaceutical services provider McKesson also led among stocks co-listed in t...
