TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2016 ” Mitre has named Van Cleve & Associates and Open Works Engineering as the winners of its competition to test new systems that work to detect and counter small drones that could potentially pose a threat, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The nonprofit organization said Thursday Van Clee...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe‘s (NYSE: DGI) Direct Access Program for international partners on the WorldView satellite service will receive support from Orbit Logic‘s updated Direct Access Facility Collection Planning Systems software, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Orbit Logic said Wednesday t...
Stephen Ondra, formerly senior vice president and chief medical officer at health insurer Health Care Service Corp., has joined Maryland-based open-source software firm Amida Technology Solutions as chief strategy officer. Peter Levin, founder and CEO of Amida, said in a statement released Thursday Ondra™s leadership experience in both private ...
Elbit Systems (Nasdaq: ESLT) has received a potential four-year, $90 million contract to supply an Asia-Pacific country with SPECTRO XR electro-optic systems. Bezhalel Machlis, president and CEO of Elbit Systems, said in a statement released Sunday the contract seeks to demonstrate the company™s efforts to develop new s...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has reissued its call for bids on a potential 10-year, $17.5 billion contract vehicle for products and services to support the Defense Department‘s information technology modernization efforts. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday interested vendors can submit new propos...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 2.30-percent drop to 79.822 to post a two-month low with all 30 registered companies in the negative. U.S. markets also dropped with the S&P 500 at 2, 127.81, the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 18, 085.45 and Nasdaq at 5, 125.91. Investors have express...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed down sharply to reach a two month low. The Index retreated back to levels not seen since early July with all thirty companies declining. Markets responded to intensified fears that the Federal Reserve could finally pull the trigger on raising rates after a nearly ten month hiatus. Companies have bene...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 9, 2016 ” A General Atomics subsidiary has completed aircraft integration for its Certifiable Predator B remotely piloted aircraft and has shipped the unit to its Gray Butte flight operations facility to begin developmental tests, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems I...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 9, 2016 ” Harris (NYSE: HRS) is set to feature its new robotic platform for explosive ordnance disposal and counter improvised explosive device operations during the Raven™s Challenge event in Thailand, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its team of robotic specialis...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 9, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, a state-owned defense consortium in Poland, have signed a letter of intent for PGZ member companies to take part in Lockheed’s defense and security programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The agreement works to boost the involvement of ...
