Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned from neutral to negative territory Wednesday as did the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for only a second time since the 2008 financial crisis. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered gainers by a 9-to-1 ratio as three of its...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed the encapsulation of the EchoStar XIX broadband satellite in anticipation of its Dec. 18 launch aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V 431 rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The encapsulation required the satellite to be connected to an a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Force Protection Video Equipment‘s body-worn cameras and surveillance products now offer cloud storage for videos, photos and audio files on Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Azure Government Cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Force Protection said Monday law enforcement agencies may store files from t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Colorado’s Department of Transportation has partnered with AECOM (NYSE: ACM) to develop an energy-transfer highway designed to charge electric-powered trucks, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The energy-transfer lanes will work to provide electricity to the trucks using a coil transmission system...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory demonstrated at-sea operations of swarming unmanned surface vessels in collaboration with the surface targets branch of the Naval Air Warfare Center weapons division, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. APL said Monday six surface target boats worked together...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has shared the first image captured by the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) WorldView-4 satellite that was launched in November from Vandenberg Air Force Base, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed said Monday the WorldView-4 is designed to take photos with 30-cm resolution to show ...
Carey Bond, a former corporate president at Lockheed Martin™s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky Aircraft company, has joined the board of directors of CPI Aerostructures. Bond’s appointment to the board brings the total number of directors to eight before Director Kenneth McSweeney’s retirement at the end of his term, CPI Aero said Tue...
Ian Graham, formerly vice president for the federal division at information technology and services firm Qlarion, has joined Salient CRGT as VP for data analytics and business solutions. Graham will be responsible for the company™s efforts to grow its data analytics and big data portfolio as well as oversee data analytics consultant care a...
The State Department has approved Kuwait’s request to buy equipment and support services for the recapitalization of 218 General Dynamics-built (NYSE: GD) Abrams M1A2 main battle tanks under a potential $1.7 billion foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Ag...
Trace Systems has won a potential seven-year, $219 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide internet connectivity infrastructure for service members to connect with their families and friends. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will support DISA’s Morale, Welfare and Rec...
