The contract for the ADS-B ground station network requires continual independent validation of the accuracy and reliability of ADS-B and aircraft avionics signals.
The acquisition gives control over the network to Viacom (nyse: VIA.B - news - people ), which delivered a first-quarter profit off the strength of its other cable networks, including MTV .
"They're all trying to move that route, but it's a little harder for the higher-cost network airlines to tack on higher fees associated with getting passengers from A to B, " Cordle said.
When longtime entrepreneur and Columbia B-school adjunct professor Angela Lee founded 37 Angels, her eight-month-old angel network and initiative to train women to become investors, she began with a single stat.
In contrast to UPS, Landstar integrates a network of third party freight movers and systems to get parcels from point A to point B more quickly and hopefully cheaper than its competitors.