Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 10/27/2015

Orbital ATK 3Q Earnings, Revenue Top Wall Street Forecasts; Company Raises 2015 Outlook

Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported third quarter earnings of $1.35 per share, 25 cents above Wall Street analyst forecasts…

Textron 3Q Profit Up 9%, Revenue Down 7%

Textron (NYSE: TXT) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported third quarter earnings of 63 cents per share to beat Wall Street’s expectations by 2 cents…

Intel Seeks to Leverage Cognitive Computing Through Saffron Acquisition

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has agreed to purchase cognitive computing software provider Saffron for an undisclosed amount in an effort to gain access to Saffron’s client base in the aerospace, manufacturing and healthcare sectors…

Lockheed, NASA Approach Closer to Orion Spacecraft Assembly Phase; Michael Hawes Comments

Lockheed Martin will move forward with the full-scale fabrication phase of its Orion spacecraft for NASA‘s Exploration Mission-1 as the agency and company have reported most of a critical design review as complete…

NY Times: US Military Officials Worry Over Russian Ship Operations Near Undersea Communications Cables

Russian ships and submarines have launched operations near underwater cables used to transmit Internet communications worldwide, the New York Times reported Sunday. David Sanger and Eric Schmitt write U…

Raytheon-NCSA Survey: Gender Gap Widens on Cyber Career Interest

A survey Raytheon and the National Cyber Security Alliance jointly commissioned found that the gap between young adult men and women interested in cybersecurity careers has increased over the past year…

NGA Aims to Leverage Analytics, Adopt Agile Acquisition Through Commercial GEOINT Strategy; Robert Cardillo Comments

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has released a new roadmap that details how NGA will leverage analytics and persistence from multiple GEOINT sources in order to deploy commercial GEOINT tools and services…

Keith Alexander: IronNet Secures $32.5M in Funds for Cyber Defense Platform

IronNet Cybersecurity has obtained $32.5 million in a Trident Capital Cybersecurity-led funding round to further develop a platform designed to protect enterprises’ network infrastructures from potential cyber threats…