Weekly Roundup December 18 – December 22 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This month there was a significant amount of year-end contract activity in the GovCon marketplace. Foreign nations announced their intent to purchase military vehicles and the commencement o...
Jim Simpson, a 35-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been named CEO of communications satellite operator ABS. ABS said Thursday Simpson will lead the company’s management team in efforts to create value for shareholders and strengthen business relationships with customers and vendors. “I look forward to leading ou...
With every technological advance in a positive direction, therein lies the possibility of its use in an equally negative one. Not only that, but the rapid pace of data analysis and its implications on consumers and corporations have surpassed outdated regulatory standards, leaving concerns about the privacy of data and whether anything is being done...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and aerospace conglomerate Embraer are in talks over a œpossible combination. Brazil-based Embraer said Thursday any deal that would emerge from the discussions would need to be approved by Embraer shareholders, both firms™ boards of directors, the Brazilian government and other regulatory authorities. Embraer added there...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential three-year, $2.63 billion contract to modernize the U.S. Army‘s M1A1 Abrams tanks. The Defense Department said Thursday that General Dynamics’ land systems business will convert 786 M1A1 configured vehicles to the new M1A2 System Enhancement Package Versio...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP6wTWiokVY Underground settings are becoming increasingly relevant to global security and safety. Rising populations and urbanization are requiring military and civilian first responders to perform their duties below ground in human-made tunnels, underground urban spaces, and natural cave networks. Recognizing that i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2017 ” A Cubic (NYSE: CUB) business unit has established a new office in Florida as it seeks to build on its command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio for the military, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 14. The company said Dec. 14 Cubic Mission Solutions&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will offer mobility platforms and services to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in support of their modernization efforts through the company’s position on a potential $993.5 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Dec. 14 it will vie for work to deliver...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2017 ” CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE) plans to build a data center campus in Atlanta, Georgia, by the first quarter of 2018 to support enterprise customers in the region, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the 44-acre campus will house three data centers spread across 440,000 square feet of ...
A joint venture of Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE:HII) SN3 subsidiary and BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) has received a potential 10-year, $1.39 billion contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration to clean up contaminants in the Los Alamos National Laboratory. HII said Wednesday the joint venture named&n...
