Data Link Solutions and ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) have received contract modifications worth $123.4 million combined to continue to develop, produce and sustain Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems terminals for the U.S. Navy. The modifications to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefi...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) followed the markets downward closing at 100.168 off 0.706 percent. Declining shares outpaced advancers 3 to 1. The major indices responded to heightened geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and North Korea to close down significantly. The S&P500 was off 1.45 percent while DJIA moved downw...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 10, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has added Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Azure cloud computing services to its offerings for federal agencies under the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Azure suite is categorized under Special Item Number 132-40 and builds...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 10, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has worked with NASA to perform a preliminary design review of the Landsat 9 mapping satellite that will work to capture space-based images of the Earth’s surface for both the space agency and the U.S. Geological Survey, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said T...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 10, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received from Harris (NYSE: HRS) the third of 10 navigation payloads for the Global Positioning System III satellites that will work to build on signal power, accuracy and jamming resistance for the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Harris said Wednesday...
John Hillen, executive-in-residence and professor of practice at George Mason University’s School of Business and a board member at several companies, has joined the board of advisers at Govini. The big data and analytics company said Wednesday Hillen, a 2015 inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100, will work with other i...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up 0.144 percent to 100.857. Advancers and decliners split even on the day. The major indices responded to heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea and closed slightly down for the day. The S&P500 off 0.04 percent while DJIA moved downward by 0.17 percent, and the NASDAQ C...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 ” A CSRA-led (NYSE: CSRA) industry team has installed the second increment of an update to the National Institutes of Health‘s Biowulf supercomputing system in order to increase the agency’s computing capacity, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Aug. 2 the effort continues...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has utilized an artificial intelligence service designed to help recognize objects, scenes and faces in images in a demonstration of its potential applications for Defense Department programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Amazon Rekognition&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the integration of the sunshield flight layers that will work to protect the components of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the sunshield is made of Kapton and consists of five layers th...
