The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) reversed its three consecutive days of decline to close up 0.150 percent to settle at 108.840. Advancing shares outpaced declining 18 to 12. The three major indices closed mixed for the day with the S&P500 and DJIA climbing to new highs. The S&P500 closed up 0.03 percent to 2,562.10, whi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2017 ” Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is set to hold its annual symposium on federal information technology on Nov. 9 where the company will host discussions on open source collaboration and its potential benefits for government, GovCon Executive reported Oct. 11. “[Agencies] are looking to open source technologies to hel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has established a facility in Arlington, Virginia, that would facilitate the development and demonstration of new platforms and capabilities designed to support federal digital transformation efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 5. The Customer Experience Center serves to provi...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has agreed to purchase Annapolis Junction, Maryland-based Praxis Engineering Technologies for approximately $235 million in cash in a move to expand its capabilities in mission applications development and broaden its market presence in the intelligence community. Both companies expect to complete the acquisition by the t...
Mark Cherry, president and chief operating officer at Manassas, Virginia-based autonomous systems maker Aurora Flight Sciences, has been appointed to succeed Darryl Davis as vice president of Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) Phantom Works technology arm. Davis, who served as head of Phantom Works for a decade, will transition into a program management ...
Aileen Black, executive director, industry lead and group leader for the U.S. government at Google™s cloud business, has said government agencies should consider three factors when migrating to the cloud and one of those is to understand the cloud™s capability to address the gap between the mission or user and big data analytics. œThe...
Six companies have won spots on a potential $97.4 million U.S. Navy indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers operational test and evaluation analytical services to various projects managed by the Chief of Naval Operations. The Defense Department said Friday contractors will vie for task orders to help the CNO and Commander, Opera...
Weekly Roundup October 9 – October 13 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Top Five Systems Integration CEOs and Companies This past week the GovCon community experienced a number of high-profile occurrences, such as a significant merger and executive moves...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) moved upward to close at 109.761, up 0.376 percent with advancing shares outpacing declining 21 to 8. The three major indices all closed negative with the S&P500 down 0.17 percent to 2,550.93, while the DJIA closed at 22,841.01 off 0.14 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite declined 0.18 percent...
Wesley Blankinship, formerly a senior vice president of Belcan‘s government services business, has joined Systems Planning and Analysis as vice president of emerging markets and advanced technologies at the Alexandria, Virginia-based contractor. SPA said Blankinship brings to the company his previous experience in professional s...
