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...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will help update the Defense Department‘s network gateway under an $8.57 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the award works to provide distributed tactical commu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Keith Salisbury, vice president for U.S. federal sales at Pivotal Software, has said modern “cloud-native” applications work to help transform federal IT amid the current budget environment. Salisbury wrote in a guest piece posted Wednesday on ExecutiveBiz that while government has mirrored the...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.066 percent to 71.436. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 saw slight declines following another oil price drop, while the Nasdaq Composite received a boost from Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT) and technology stocks to end the day in the positive. Top GovCo...
