China is expanding its access to foreign ports so as to sustain deployments in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, according to a U.S. Department of Defense report. China is seeking “to regularize and sustain deployments in the ‘far seas\'” and “project and sustain military power at greater distances,&#...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2017 ” Cubic‘s (NYSE: CUB) mission solutions organization is working to expand its GATR Technologies satellite communications business with the construction of a 63,000-square-foot facility in Huntsville, Alabama, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the future facility serves to consol...
Nishita Henry, a principal at Deloitte Consulting, has been named head of the company™s federal technology practice. Henry will oversee at least 3,000 practitioners that help federal agencies advance technology modernization programs with a focus on cloud, system operations, analytics and applications, Deloitte said Monday. “She has ...
Beshenich Muir and Associates has won a potential $200 million contract for the provision of instructor and training support and development services to the U.S. Army. Twenty-five bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Command for the firm-fixed-price contract and work is scheduled to run through Oct. 27, 2021, the Defense Depart...
The GovCon Index and major U.S. indices all closed down after a previous week of strong performance. After three up days the Executive Mosaic GovCon Index pulled back to end the day down 0.762 points to 95.683. Decliners outpaced advancers 3 to 1. Navistar lead the Index posting a 12.81 percent gain as analysts upgraded the stock...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 5, 2017 ” In-Q-Tel will invest in a compliance automation and security platform built by Evident.io as part of a strategic partnership to support further development of the technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Evident.io said Thursday its Evident Security Platform will work to help intelligence a...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said “healthcare cybersecurity is in critical condition” in its report to Congress Friday. Hospitals and health care facilities are a honeypot for hackers and prime targets for ransomware attacks because of the huge amounts of personal information that they collect. While c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 5, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has finalized the panel of speakers for the Unmanned Systems Forum. As the use of military UAVs and commercial drones become more ubiquitous, innovative new uses of the technology have emerged. The military capabilities enabled by UAVs,...
Weekly Roundup May 29 – June 2 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Unmanned systems are starting to be more and more ubiquitous in our daily lives. While they’ve been in use in the defense industry for decades, increased attention from the commercial...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 2, 2017 ” Mitre has appointed a former chief information officer and senior vice president of information technology and operations at global nonprofit organization ACT as VP and director of the CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Patricia Steinbrech will oversee the M...
