TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 23, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and American University’s Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Center have teamed up to promote cybersecurity governance through research and education programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it helped fund KCGC and will collaborate with the u...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 23, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) has named Optensity the winner of the $25, 000 Innovative GEOINT Application Provider Program Grand Challenge 2016 for the company’s SafeTravelerGlobe app, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The app works to provide users information on location-based threats and is now available vi...
The GovCon Index closed the week up 0.705 points to 77.776 to mirror major market indexes’ gains as fears of a June interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve subsided. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 65.54 points to close at 17, 500.94, the S&P 500 was up 12.28 points to 2, 052.32 and Nasdaq...
As fears of the June Federal Reserve rate hike subsided the GovCon Index and major market indexes closed the week in the positive. The GovCon Index closed at 77.776 up 0.705 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 65.54 points to close at 17, 500.94, the S&P500 gained 12.28 to 2, 052.32, and the NASDAQ...
May 16 – May 20 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The future of the federal government and contractor workforces is our focus here as we look at a pair of new initiatives announced this week that aim to help build up skill sets for current...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has said NASA can use a manned spacecraft orbiting Mars as a platform to send humans to the planet by the 2030s as part of the company’s Mars Base Camp concept, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Popular Science reported Wednesday that Lockheed is working to introdu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2016 ” Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK‘s (NYSE: OA) space systems group, has indicated that the company seeks to use the Cygnus spacecraft as the model for a manned habitat in cislunar space, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday Culbertson, who is also an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide financial management services across the Defense Department under a $34 million contract in support of the Defense Agencies Initiative, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it will deploy an enterprise resource planning platform develop...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2016 ” Vencore and its partners have utilized its Activity-Based Intelligence technique to process and analyze open source data on activities in Syria as part of an internal research and development project, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it worked with Recorded...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 20, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and U.S. News & World Report released the findings of a joint study that points to a shortage in homegrown science, technology, engineering and math talent in the U.S., ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The 2016 U.S. News/Raytheon STEM Index report indicates that while the n...
