TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” A scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received NASA‘s Distinguished Public Service Medal for his work to advance space exploration programs, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Tom Krimigis has contributed to the Voyager, Cassini Saturn Orbiter, New Frontie...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” The U.K. government has cleared two Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35B fighter jets to participate in the Farnborough International Airshow and Royal International Air Tattoo, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Defense News reported Tuesday the two F-35 variants used by the U.S. Mar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has supported NASA‘s Juno mission to Jupiter by providing operations, maintenance and engineering support to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it managed the operations cente...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned around its decline in morning trade Wednesday and held higher in the afternoon session as U.S. investors welcomed new Federal Reserve meeting minutes that indicated some caution among central bank leaders on the next interest rate increase. The GovCon Index gained 0.610 points to 79.820&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2016 ” In-Q-Tel has invested $5 million on Orbital Insight to support further development of that company’s geospatial big data platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Orbital Insight said June 27 it also received $15 million in Series B funds from GV, CME Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2016 ” The U.K. government looks to stand up a local training center for remotely piloted aircraft such as the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper as the U.S. training facility at Holloman Air Force Base limits slots for foreign allies, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Flightglobal reported Th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2016 ” Intelligent Decisions will provide Samsung Electronics tablet computers to the U.S. Air Force under a new contract after the device passed hardware and software tests for flight line use, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Intelligent Decisions said Tuesday it will supply Galaxy Tab S2 units to ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held lower to start July’s first full trade week Tuesday as U.S. stocks stumbled on a decline in crude oil prices that weighed on energy stocks and new investor uncertainty over Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union. The GovCon Index ended its four-day gain streak with a decline of&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2016 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has added new cybersecurity services to its portfolio offerings under the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the Enhanced Cybersecurity Services suite includes signature-based intrusion preventio...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 5, 2016 ” Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has received a Maturity Level 5 rating under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal program for the company’s Center for Enabling Client Excellence for the U.S. public sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The...
