The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed up for the sixth consecutive day with a mix of service providers and platform companies leading the pack. Officials at the Federal Reserve went ahead with an interest-rate increase and additional plans to tighten monetary policy despite growing concerns over weak inflation. Technology stocks slid to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 ” Vencore‘s technical director for analytics is set to receive the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s first-ever Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence for his research and other contributions to help advance exploration programs, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said June 7 ASF ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has entered into a partnership with ThreatConnect for the integration of their managed security service and threat defense technology to build on clients’ cybersecurity posture, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. ThreatConnect said Monday its SAP HANA-powered security p...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled an Internet of Things hub that aims to assist Azure Government cloud customer agencies in efforts to track, manage and secure connected devices, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Tom Keane, general manager of the Microsoft Azure engineering team, wrote in a blog entry pu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 ” Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP) has partnered with a ViON subsidiary to integrate their technologies to offer big data analytics in an as-a-service model to commercial and government customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. ViON’s Ascolta business said Thursday it will utilize the Hortonwor...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will divide the network and space systems and military aircraft segments within its defense, space and security business unit into four smaller entities in a move that will take effect July 1. Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing BDS, said Tuesday the reorganization is part of the company™s efforts to ramp up the competitiven...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has won a potential five-year, $80.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct warfare analysis, software development, modeling and simulation efforts for the Naval Air Systems Command’s mission engineering and analysis department. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity co...
PAE has wrapped up its acquisition of Ashburn, Virginia-based professional services contractor FCi Federal for an undisclosed sum, a move that CEO John Heller says will expand PAE’s information and process management support offerings to the government sector. “As a combined team, we look forward to continuing th...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed up for the fifth consecutive day with a mix of service providers and platform companies leading the pack. Technology stocks rebounded from a two-day slump, what Bloomberg called the worst slide of the year. During the course of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new intraday high, the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 13, 2017 ” Melissa Carson, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the Unisys (NYSE: UIS) federal systems unit, has received recognition from the Northern Virginia Technology Council as the 2017 CFO of the Year in the division/group category, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. NVTC said it...
