Samraat œSam Raha, formerly vice president of global marketing at San Diego-based genomics firm llumina (Nasdaq: ILMN), has been appointed senior VP of strategy and corporate development at Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A). He will report directly to Agilent President and CEO Mike McMullen and serve as a strategic adviser to the Santa C...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index moved downward as the equities markets closed mixed on the day. The S&P 500 and DJIA ended the day down off -0.20 percent and -0.04 percent respectively while the NASDAQ closed up +0.01. Stocks reacted as Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans eluted to the potential of multiple interes...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 20, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has introduced a new service offering that aims to facilitate safety in the national airspace through the delivery of automatic notifications to pilots about nearby unmanned aircraft systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the UAS Notification Service see...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 20, 2017 ” MDA US Systems, a division of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates that Space Systems Loral manages, has received recognition for its support to a NASA robotic servicing mission in January, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. SSL said Wednesday the Johnson Space Center cited MDA US Systems’...
TYSONS CORNER, VA., March 20, 2017 ” The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” rounded out the speakers list for their 2017 Healthcare Forum to be held on March 23rd. The Healthcare Forum will present leaders in both the public and private sector discussing digital healthcare, interoperability and cybersec...
On Wednesday of last the Federal Reserve raised rates by one quarter point to 1.0 percent, while giving a strong indication of the potential for two additional rate increases to come later in the year. Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index moved up to end the week in the positive. The Index closed at 94.094, up 0.853 percent...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index moved contrary to the markets today to end the week in the positive. The Index closed at 94.094, up 0.853 percent from the week’s open. The markets closed mixed for the day with the S&P 500 and DJIA closing down, 0.13 percent and 0.10 percent respectively. The NASDAQ showed no movement from...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2017 ” A Dell EMC-sponsored survey indicates that 64 percent of federal information technology leaders have noted their agencies using software-defined data centers due to factors such as agility, flexibility and efficiency, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the federal exten...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) could soon supply Canada with 18 F-18 Super Hornet aircraft if the U.S. government approves a request for the procurement of the jets as an interim Canadian fighter fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The government of Canada said Tuesday the requested F-18s will suppl...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received authorization to operate its Azure Government cloud platform to support sensitive workloads at the Department of Veterans Affairs through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said in a blog post published ...
