TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 22, 2016 ” The Transportation Security Administration has awarded L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) a $21 million order to provide security scanners to support passenger screenings at local airports, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The security and detection systems division of the aviation products and security sector und...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index declined Wednesday in spite of the strong performance by Navistar International (NYSE: NAV). Navistar closed up 5.79 percent to $31.80 on trading volume of over 1.2 million shares. Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) ended first for GCI performers after company executives told investors in the fourth qu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” The U.S. Army has awarded a CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) subsidiary a five-year, $25.5 million contract for a passive radio-frequency identification system, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. SRA International will provide Radio Frequency Identification III technology that will work to identify, track and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” SOS International has received a multiyear contract from the U.S. Army to develop a training program for security assistance officers who will be assigned to support the Ministry of Interior-Military Assistance Group in Saudi Arabia, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the training program w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” Texas Workforce Commission has named Maximus (NYSE: MMS) as a regional Employer of the Year for 2016, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Dec. 14 it received the award for its efforts to hire and retain persons with disabilities and its project with...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm will help engineer and install new submarine weapon systems under a potential five-year, $368 million U.S. Navy contract awarded in October, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The contract will also involve information technology support, engineering services and test equipmen...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” A new Riverbed Technology survey has revealed that a majority of federal employees believe latency issues due to bandwidth-intensive applications negatively affect agency productivity, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. One in three federal employee respondents have stated that agencies take more than 24 hours to...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose Tuesday with help from shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and other large aerospace prime contractors as U.S. stocks also traded higher with financials the top gainers and the Dow Jones Industrial Average in touching distance of 20, 000. GovCon Index gainers edged decliners by a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 20, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been tasked by the U.S. Air Force to produce a new modular mission computer system for the military service’s F-16 aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The computer update is designed with multicore processing, cybersecurity and high-speed computing and data networking fe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 20, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) an $11.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide weapon systems sustainment and support for the military service’s MH-60 Seahawk helicopters, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. SAIC will work to sustain weapons ...
