The General Services Administration has awarded a $102 million task order to CGI Federal (NYSE: GIB) to provide credentials and authentication management support for a Department of Homeland Security-run cybersecurity program, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes a CGI spokeswoman said the company will pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has launched its new Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) commercial imaging satellite onboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The WorldView-4 satellite will work to increase the number of images in DigitalGlobe’s co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2016 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) and NASA have partnered to study traffic management methods for unmanned aircraft systems in support of secure drone operations within the national airspace, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it collaborated with the space agency and other firms to develop new wire...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2016 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) and NVIDIA have collaborated to develop a new machine learning tool that will work to train computers to learn in a human-like manner and boost their overall operational speed, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. IBM PowerAI is designed to operate with NVIDIA’s NVL...
The Government Accountability Office has dismissed nine protests filed by health insurers Health Net, UnitedHealth Military and Veterans and Wellpoint to challenge the Defense Health Agency™s Tricare services contract awards worth approximately $58 billion, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jared Serbu writes GAO&#...
Mike Rogers, former representative of Michigan’s eighth congressional district, and Cathy Minehan, managing director of Arlington Advisory Partners, have joined the board of trustees of Mitre Corp. Rogers was a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and chaired the House Intelligence Committee, where he oversaw a...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $125.2 million contract modification for engineering and technical support work on commercial off-the-shelf sonar equipment for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Monday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business will continue to develop and produce Acoustic-Rapid COTS Inser...
Randy Cole, former client services vice president within NeoSystems‘ managed accounting services division, has been appointed as senior vice president for consulting services and product sales at the strategic back office services firm. NeoSystems said Monday Cole also joined the company’s executive team. “Randy is a gove...
Cloud computing and mobile device services provider Accelera Solutions has appointed a three-decade government contracting veteran to the role of president and chief operating officer. Accelera said Monday he will support the company’s expansion effort and mission to help government and commercial organizations adopt new te...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index added at least 1 full percent for a fourth consecutive session Monday to new all-time high as defense primes continued to lead gainers and construction company AECOM (NYSE: ACM) also climbed after its CEO offered investors a positive outlook on U.S. infrastructure spending. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered ...
