TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has entered into a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish a $240 million laboratory that will facilitate joint research and development efforts in artificial intelligence, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it will work with MIT to op...
Weekly Roundup September 4 – September 8 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson As the summer comes to a close, let’s take a quick look at the public-to-private sector executive moves over the past few months. A number of high ranking public sector offici...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has appointed Troy Lahr, vice president of investor relations, to serve as chief financial officer of the autonomous systems business and board member at the company’s United Launch Alliance joint venture with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) beginning Sept. 22, GovCon Executive reported Thu...
Four companies have received separate contracts from the Customs and Border Protection to build prototypes of the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall using materials other than concrete. CBP said Thursday agency officials will meet with the four awardees – Caddell Construction, ELTA North America, KWR Construction and W.G. Yates &a...
NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 7, 2017) Supplies and equipment are loaded onto the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). The ship is being prepared to be positioned off the southern coast of the United States in support of U.S. Fleet Forces Command tasking. The preparations ensure Iwo Jima is ready to respond to any...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2017 ” Altamira Technologies has received recognition from the National Contract Management Association for its initiatives that work to encourage contract management employee efforts toward certification, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the NCMA Certification Support...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 7, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added Major General David D. Thompson as the Keynote Speaker for the 2017 Space: Innovations, Programs and Policies Summit. A new Space Race is brewing and the United States is determined to retain its position as a...
Scott Briggs, formerly director of business development at ViON, has joined Belcan as senior vice president of government strategic business unit under the Cincinnati, Ohio-based engineering and technical recruiting firm™s government services segment. Briggs will oversee the segment™s engineering, scientific and technical groups to facilit...
Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has established an advisory group that will offer recommendations as the Kansas City, Missouri-based health information technology provider supports the Department of Veterans Affairs in its Electronic Health Record Modernization initiative. Bob Kerrey, former U.S. senator and Nebraska governor, will lead the company™s VA ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 6, 2017 ” Space Systems Loral is one of 10 companies that NASA has picked to help advance space technologies in support of future commercial and government space missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NASA said Friday the collaborative partnership program seeks to engage industry to help address potential re...
