Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 1.579-percent gain to 80.813 and ended the week up 1.342 percent. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) and Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) reached 52-week highs in Friday intraday trade. Friday...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index broke the 80-point barrier Friday for the first time in a month as the S&P 500 composite index briefly traded above a new record close in afternoon activity after the June jobs report soared past economists’ expectations. The GovCon Index closed up 1.579 percent to 80.813 and ended the week at a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 8, 2016 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has partnered with the government of Romania to establish an innovation center in the country that will focus on cognitive computing technologies to promote entrepreneurship, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Business Review reported Wednesday the European and National Romanian...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 8, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered three additional H-47 Chinook helicopters to Australia to bring the country’s total fleet of CH-47F Chinooks to 10, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it worked with the U.S. Army and the Australian army to deliver the helicopters ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 8, 2016 ” Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has received designation from the National Security Agency as an authorized integrator of commercial services in classified environments, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. HPE said in a blog post published June 27 the company has been included i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 8, 2016 ” Serco Inc. will provide command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems to a U.S. Air Force facility in Nebraska under a $12 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Systems Center Pacific, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 8, 2016 ” Michael King, vice president for business development at Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) cyber and intelligence mission solutions business, has been appointed to the executive committee of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. INSA said Wednesday the exec...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned downward in late morning trade Thursday then traded in slight negative territory during the afternoon session as investors looked ahead to the June labor report due for release before markets open Friday. The GovCon Index fell 0.263 points to 79.557 with Boeing (NYSE: BA) and CSRA (NYSE: CS...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” A scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received NASA‘s Distinguished Public Service Medal for his work to advance space exploration programs, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Tom Krimigis has contributed to the Voyager, Cassini Saturn Orbiter, New Frontie...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2016 ” The U.K. government has cleared two Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35B fighter jets to participate in the Farnborough International Airshow and Royal International Air Tattoo, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Defense News reported Tuesday the two F-35 variants used by the U.S. Mar...
