Universities Space Research Association has secured a two-year, $193 million contract from NASA to provide academic and university-based program and project support for Ames Research Center’s science and engineering teams. The nonprofit research company will aid the center’s efforts to meet mission requirements for research and...
The GovCon Index soared 1.396 percent to 77.998 Wednesday on a series of pre-market earnings reports from several large defense prime contractors as Boeing (NYSE: BA) overcame an early morning decline to close in positive. GovCon Wire posted a summary of all six GovCon Index-related earnings figures plus that of United Techn...
Six companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index plus another large non-GCI government contractor reported their latest quarterly earnings statements before U.S. financial markets opened Wednesday. Of those seven total, six posted results for the first quarter of their respective fiscal years that run on a calendar basis, with one fo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2016 ” Modern Technology Solutions Inc., PrecisionHawk and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi have conducted an air traffic management system demonstration funded by the Department of Homeland Security‘s borders and maritime security division, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. MTSI said Monday th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2016 ” A Concurrent Technologies Corp.-developed water purification system has received recognition at the 29th Annual Edison Awards for its function to reuse up to 90 percent of wastewater, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Friday it originally deployed its System for Laundry and Sho...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index and an S&P 500 stock — lifted its profit and revenue outlooks for 2016 despite a year-over-year decline in first quarter net income due to one-off charges for workforce reductions and other items. The Bethesda, Maryland-based ae...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 25, 2016 ” A General Atomics scientist has testified before a subpanel of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in support of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s modernization efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday Christina Back, its vice preside...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 22, 2016 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. has partnered with the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown to provide research opportunities for engineering students at the university, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will also help Pitt-Johnstown develop research concepts,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 22, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force has flown a General Atomics-built Predator C Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle carrying sensors from United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) in a series of flight demonstrations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Chris Pehrson, strategic development senior director at General Atomics’ a...
NASA has released a second request for proposals in search of more companies to help the agency research and develop deep-space habitation systems, advanced propulsion technologies and small satellites. The agency said Wednesday it seeks “evolvable” approaches to long-duration habitation by astronauts and aims to build full-s...
