Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 04/21/2016

Rockwell Collins Posts 8.9% Profit Bump for 2Q, Sales Below Street Outlook

Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported second quarter earnings of $1.30 per share to exceed Wall Street’s expectations by 1 cent as revenue fell $20 million short of the consensus analyst outlook…

Frank Kendall: DoD’s Rocket Engine Devt Strategy Remains Unchanged

Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Wednesday that DoD plans to continue to use the Russian RD-180 rocket engine technology until a U…

DHS Tests Timing Tool for Financial Transactions at NYSE; Reginald Brothers Comments

The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has demonstrated at the New York Stock Exchange a system that works to complement GPS tools that provide users timing information for financial transactions…

Senate Bill Calls for Space Weather Research, Forecasting Efforts

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate calls for several federal agencies to develop tools that can aid in the government’s space weather research and forecasting activities, Space News reported Wednesday…

NIST-Harris-AER Scientist Team Develops New Carbon Sequestration Monitoring Method

A team of scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Harris Corp. and Atmospheric and Environmental Research have developed a laser-based measurement system to monitor sequestered carbon over a mock storage site…

Phacil Lands Marine Corps IT Operations Contract; Bill Grabner Comments

Phacil has been awarded a five-year, $17.4 million contract to provide information assurance, networking and maintenance services to the U.S. Marine Corps. The company will perform enterprise service desk, connectivity services, asset management, enterprise directory, Adobe Experience Manager support, cloud, unified communications and mobility services for the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, Phacil said Wednesday…

Exostar Updates Risk Management Service to Address DoD Cybersecurity Compliance Mandate

Exostar has updated its risk management service offered to defense contractors in an effort to meet a cybersecurity compliance mandate from the Defense Department. The service now includes a questionnaire that works to guide defense contractors through more than 100 information security controls in the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Special Publication 800-171, Exostar said Wednesday…

Battelle Scientists Demo Hybrid Production Process for Coal-Based Jet Fuel

A team of scientists and engineers at Battelle has developed a process that works to convert biomass-derived coal into jet fuel through a cost-sharing initiative backed by the Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its hybrid process facilitated the production of syncrude from coal solvents at low pressure without using a catalyst or gaseous hydrogen…

Netclearance Launches ‘Smart’ ID Card for Workforce Internet of Things Applications

Netclearance has unveiled its mBeaconCard wearable identity badge that works to support indoor tracking, access control and payments, among other workplace applications for the Internet of Things. The company said Tuesday the credit card-size badge is designed to integrate with Netclearance’s mBeacon2 and mBeacon3 IoT gateways, cloud-based and on-premise platforms and third-party apps and analytics tools…

Treasury, OMB: Some Agencies Likely to Miss DATA Act Implementation Deadline

The Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget have indicated that some agencies are not likely to hit the May 2017 deadline for the implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday…

Riverbed WAN Optimization System Achieves DISA STIG Certification; Davis Johnson Comments

Riverbed Technology‘s wide-area network optimization system SteelHead has received certification for compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Secure Technical Implementation Guide standards…