TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 23, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) will establish a joint venture with two partners in Saudi Arabia to produce small satellites that will work to capture Earth images, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Reuters reported Sunday DigitalGlobe has partnered with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technolo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 23, 2016 ” Modern Technology Solutions Inc. will provide technical engineering support to the Strategic Capabilities Office within the Defense Department under a $22.6 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. DoD said Friday the award from the Washington Headquarters Services runs through Feb. 24, 20...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 23, 2016 ” SOS International plans to expand its headquarters in Reston, Virginia, to 50, 000 square feet of office space as part of a new lease agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. SOSi said Friday the larger space will consolidate the workforce from three satellite offices across Virginia and house an...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 23, 2016 ” Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and AT&T (NYSE: T) will test unmanned aerial vehicle functions for video streaming and flight information transmission via an LTE wireless network, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. AT&T said Monday they will use a Yuneec Typhoon H drone with Intel’s RealS...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 23, 2016 ” Vencore and Havas Health have partnered to market Vencore Health Analytics‘ patient finder technology across the pharmaceutical industry, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Vencore said Friday the tool utilizes analytics and machine learning to help identify undiagnosed patients w...
Pat Blevins, formerly senior vice president of strategic growth at InfoZen, has been named vice president of the solutions engineering organization at General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) information technology business unit. Blevins will lead the organization that works to deliver platforms to industry and government clients in the areas of cyber...
The GovCon Index climbed significantly today closing at 72.232 up 1.114 percent, pulling itself out of correction. All three markets — the Dow Jones Industrial, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite — all showed robust gains approaching 1.50 percent, with WTI crude oil closing up 6.21 percent to $31.48. As reported by CNBC, Honeywell...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” TeleCommunication Systems (Nasdaq: TSYS) has expanded the coverage of its text-to-911 public safety messaging service to at least 700 answering points across 38 U.S. states and territories, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. TCS said Thursday it targets 100 million wireless subscribers to the ser...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will likely hold the prime role in a teaming agreement with CAE (NYSE: CAE) and Alenia Aermacchi to pursue the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X pilot trainer contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Defense News reported Tuesday Raytheon will replace General Dynamics (NYSE...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Tony Frazier, senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), has said the company uses deep-learning and crowdsourcing tools to analyze satellite imagery, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. GCN reported Wednesday that Frazier has pointed to MrGeo, NVIDIA graphics process...
