Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index snapped a five-day losing streak Monday on advances by mid- and large-tier defense contractors as gains by financial shares led Wall Street to end its three-day stretch of declines. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers by a roughly 3-to-1 ratio and nine of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” Ensco has received a $4 million contract to provide the Department of Homeland Security an integrated sensor system that works to detect biological and environmental health hazards in buildings, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the technology will consist of an aeroso...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” The General Atomics unmanned aircraft system flight training academy in North Dakota has produced its first batch of graduates who are now qualified to operate the Predator A, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the academy expects to produce an additional ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has worked with Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN), CosmiQ Works and NVIDIA to build the SpaceNet online repository of satellite imagery and training data, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The repository works to support the development of machine learning and deep learn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has said the Federal Aviation Administration will base its potential decision next year on the deployment of the Iridium NEXT satellite service based on the results of an ongoing cost-benefit analysis, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” Davis Johnson, vice president of Riverbed Technology‘s U.S. public sector business, has said government agencies face a challenge in updating legacy information technology systems to address cybersecurity and operational issues, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Johnson told Nextgov in an interview publis...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.359-point drop to 81.205 and recorded a second straight weekly loss following Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s comments on a potential interest rate hike. Yellen has told central bankers in Wyoming the current low unemployment rate and increased price sta...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index stumbled to negative in late morning trade Friday for a second straight weekly loss as U.S. stocks tried for gains shortly before the close after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told central bankers in Wyoming she believes the case has strengthened for another interest rate hike. Friday’s clos...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 26, 2016 ” Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer at IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) global business services unit, has said blockchain is an emerging technology that can help the healthcare information technology sector address challenges in efficiency and security, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Salzman w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 26, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide a prototype of a service-oriented architecture that the Department of Homeland Security can use to support border security operations under a $24 million task order award, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the prototype wi...
