TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 13, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) will provide engineering services to the U.S. Air Force‘s testing laboratory for B-1 reprogrammable electronic warfare and defensive avionics systems under a $9.8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the contract also ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 13, 2016 ” Inmarsat has worked with its Global Xpress partners and government end users to demonstrate a satellite-communications-as-a-service platform using different aeronautical scenarios, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the demonstration works to verify the GX Satcom as...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 13, 2016 ” An L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) subsidiary will provide logistics services for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-1A Jayhawk trainer aircraft under a $49.2 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday the award to Vertex Aerospace exercises an opti...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2016 ” In-Q-Tel and Zoomdata have partnered to address the big data management requirements of the intelligence community using the latter’s visual analytics platform under a new strategic investment and technology agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The agreement works to up...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2016 ” An IDC MarketScape vendor assessment report has recognized Unisys‘ (NYSE: UIS) security and cloud offerings and ranked the company as a “leader” among systems integrators for the federal government, GovCon Executive reported Friday. IDC stated that Unisys supports fe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled a new pricing tool that works to estimate the cost of using the Azure Government cloud computing platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. A Microsoft blog post published Tuesday said government agency users can use the tool to calculate their monthly bill and dow...
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...
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...
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...
