TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” A division of General Atomics has partnered with GKN Aerospace‘s Fokker business to open a facility in the Netherlands that would house production of Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper landing gear systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Fokker said Tuesday it will work with General Atomics Aeronautical ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has launched four additional cloud data centers with two each in Washington, D.C., and Dallas, Texas, as the company works to expand its global cloud footprint and support demand for cloud infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Wednesday the new U.S. data centers will...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2017 ” Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 weapon system has undergone a series of flight tests with the U.S. Navy in efforts to establish sea worthiness and achieve full operational capability, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Navy fired four SM-6 missile...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed off 0.721 percent on Friday with Congress passing a continuing resolution extended the budget for one week. However the GovCon Index April performance was positive ending the month up 0.992 or 1.09 percent. In the major markets indices all ended down on Friday, but closed April results in ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index retreated to close down 0.721 percent to 92.646 as congress extends budget for 1 week with continuing resolution. Index still closing positive for the week and the month. Decliners out placed advancers 5 to 1. Major markets all closed down with sluggish first quarter consumer spending. The markets closed u...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) has hired former Transportation Department CIO Richard McKinney as vice president of enterprise information technology strategy within the company’s management services group, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday McKinney brings more than 30 yea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide information technology support to the architecture, operations, networks and space directorate within the U.S. Army‘s office of the chief information officer/G-6 under a $48 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has partnered with Data.World to bring the public use microdata sample of the U.S. Census Bureau‘s American Community Survey to the cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. AWS said Wednesday the public will be able to access the survey PUMS data as a cloud-hos...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has flown its Fury unmanned aircraft system over 12 hours as part of long-range endurance tests in preparation for low-rate production, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the tests at its operating base in Yuma Proving Ground also involved Fur...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2017 ” Cubic (NYSE: CUB) will work to develop smart transport and mobility systems for Australia as part of a public-private consortium that received a 10-year, $41 million government grant, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday its transportation systems business will work with other p...
