Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 06/13/2016

SAIC 1Q Earnings, Revenue Beat Street Forecasts

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) — one of 3 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported first quarter earnings and revenue figures above the consensus Wall Street forecasts with sales contributions from the Scitor business acquired a year ago…

CBO: Senate Panel’s FY 2017 Defense Bill to Increase Net Direct Spending By $11B Over 10 Years

Keith Hall, director of the Congressional Budget Office, has said the enactment of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s defense policy bill for fiscal year 2017 would result in an increase in net direct spending by approximately $10…

Noblis Awarded CMS Program, Project Management Support Contract

Noblis has received a contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to perform program and project management support services for the agency’s transformation agenda mandated under five laws by Congress…

Munro Enterprises to Resell Skyline’s Medical Fluid Disposal Tech in Federal Healthcare Sector

Munro Enterprises will market and distribute a Skyline Medical-built automated fluid disposal system to government-run healthcare facilities under a reseller agreement. The deal gives Munro exclusive rights to offer Skyline’s Streamway medical technology to potential federal customers such as the departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Defense, Skyline Medical said Friday…

NASA, UAE Enter Space Science Cooperation Agreement

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and United Arab Emirates Space Agency Chairman Khalifa Al Romaithi have signed an agreement for both countries to collaborate on aeronautics research as well as the exploration and use of both the atmosphere’s airspace and outer space…

Ashton Carter Announces New Members of Defense Innovation Board

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has announced the three new members of a board that will work to facilitate a “culture of innovation” in the areas of technology, people and operations across the Defense Department, DoD News reported Friday…

Airbus Subsidiary, RapidSOS to Demo Use of Mobile App to Deliver Emergency Location Data

A division of Airbus‘ defense and space segment has partnered with RapidSOS to demonstrate the use of a smartphone application to deliver emergency information to public safety answering points…

Brig. Gen. Thomas Geary Named Air Force Asst Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR

Brig. Gen. Thomas Geary, director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strategy, plans, policy and force development at the U.S. Air Force, has been assigned to serve as assistant deputy chief of staff for ISR at the military service branch…

ULA Launches National Defense Payload For NRO in 9th Delta IV Deployment

United Launch Alliance, the 50-50 joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has deployed a payload into orbit to support the National Reconnaissance Office‘s NROL-37 mission for national security…

DOE Grants Solid-State Lighting R&D Funds for 9 Research Projects

The Energy Department will award $10.5 million in federal funds to nine research entities in support of solid-state lighting core technology research, product development and manufacturing efforts. DOE said Friday the projects have a total public-private investment of at least $13…

Inmarsat, Marlink Form Maritime Broadband Communications Partnership; Rupert Pearce Comments

Marlink will integrate Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress maritime communications service with the former company’s portfolio of service offerings under a strategic alliance between the two companies. Inmarsat said Friday Marlink aims to deliver high-speed broadband connectivity to at least 2,000 ships over five years through Fleet Xpress that Inmarsat unveiled in March…