TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 4, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received a $34.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for consulting services to support the U.S. Air Force‘s efforts to update its Microsoft products. The company will develop new enterprise capacities for the Air Force Network to help address the milita...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index moved higher Tuesday on broad gains among defense primes as U.S. stocks closed significantly higher with the Dow Jones Industrial flirting with the 20, 000 mark. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggards by a 3-to-1 ratio Tuesdayy and nine of its 11 S&P 500 components advanced with co-listed ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” Steve Grobman, Intel Security‘s chief technology officer, has said that retaliating against Russia’s alleged cyber hacking of the U.S. elections could escalate to war, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Obama administration’s response could range from additional economic sanction...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” The U.S. Navy‘s General Dynamics-built (NYSE: GD) USS Rafael Peralta guided-missile destroyer has finished its two-day acceptance trials off the coast of Maine in an effort to evaluate the ship and its crew, Executive Gov reported Friday. The Navy said Wednesday its Board of Inspection and ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a potential five-year, $98.1 million contract for an updated field artillery tactical data system, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The system will work to address the mission needs of the U.S. Army™s program executive office for comm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” The Professional Services Council has appointed new executives and re-elected continuing members to serve on its 2017 board of directors and executive committee, GovCon Executive said Tuesday. The organization said Dec. 16 the board will be comprised of 26 executives, including Engility (NYS...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3, 2017 ” Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) will employ a backup communications interface for its delivery drones as a first line of defense against jamming, hacking and human attacks, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company plans to utilize a “mesh network” of multiple autonomous vehicles upon the compromise of a...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index registered a loss Friday to close what was only its second weekly decline since the Nov. 8 election of Donald Trump and end December in the negative. GCI decliners outnumbered gainers by a 3-to-1 ratio in the last trading session of 2016, while 25 out of 30 Index companies advanced on a yearly bas...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index retreated Friday in the final trading session of 2016 to close a negative December but but a positive year on a boost to defense stocks in the post-election rally that has swept through U.S. markets. The GovCon Index closes 2016 with a year-to-date gain of 16.73 percent as the U.S. stock...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 30, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) is exploring new mission opportunities for its Pegasus XL air-launched rocket after the launch of NASA‘s Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite in June 2017, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday the company has no plans of phasing ...
