The GovCon Index rallied Thursday to extend its current stretch of volatility into a fifth straight session as large primes and S&P 500-listed contractors led advancers in conjunction with gains in the larger U.S. stock market on economic data traders view as a factor against a September interest rate hike. The GovCon Index has ad...
David Clark, vice president of business operations at SC3, has been promoted to chief financial officer at the Alexandria, Virginia-based federal technology and consulting services contractor. Clark will oversee SC3™s financial and corporate functions in the areas of procurement, accounting, pricing, financial analysis and contracts, the c...
September 6 – September 9 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson With summer official coming to a close and the nation celebrating Labor Day we see the government contracting community returning to their normal schedules. With the federal budget year ending on Sept...
Science Applications International Corp.’s (NYSE: SAIC) chief executive told investors Thursday he expects consolidation among government services contractors to continue as companies continue to pursue portfolio reshaping initiatives. SAIC itself was a player in the GovCon services consolidation wave through the $790 million acquisition of Sc...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed down with mix results across trading markets. Crude oil climbed to a one week high in hopes the oil producing countries can reach an agreement to limit production. The government contracting community showed little movement with prices trading in a very tight band. Market Summary Index Value Net Chan...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted a gain of 0.508 percent or 0.412 points Friday to close at 81.565 and end a three-day losing streak as investors bet against the possibility of an interest rate hike in September. The Index also registered a weekly gain with S&P 500-listed Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) as ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index ended its three-day losing streak Friday after August’s jobs report missed economists expectations to register a weekly gain and investors bet against the possibility of a September interest rate hike. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers by a roughly 9-to-1 ratio and S&P 500-listed&...
August 29 – September 2 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This calendar year so far has brought an unprecedented year of change and tectonic shifts to the government contracting sector and even with that said, what other catalysts could come in ...
The U.S. government could approve this month a pair of foreign military sales agreements for Qatar and Kuwait to procure up to 76 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) F-15 and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jets worth an estimated $7 billion, Reuters reported Thursday. Tom Finn and Andrea Shalal write sources said the deals include the sale of 3...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft has received a $135.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to build 24 UH-60M Black Hawk multimission helicopters configured for Taiwan under a foreign military sales deal. Sikorsky will perform work in Stratford, Connecticut, through Oct. 8, 2018, the Def...
