The GovCon Index stretched its current streak of gains to five Tuesday by 0.212 points to 79.746 on an upgrade to L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) and a spike in Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) shares despite a full-year revenue guidance cut. Credit Suisse lifted its target price on L-3 to $169.00 and held a “Buy” rating on...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2016 ” Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) has found that federal information management professionals anticipate increased demand for skills in information security, data quality management and analytics within the next five years, Executive Gov reported Friday. The company said Wednesday its survey of 200 relevant govern...
Excel Technologies Vice President Debra Yamanaka will assume the role of the company’s new CEO. Yamanaka is a resiliency specialist with experience in organizational survivability and crisis management and she oversaw the company’s federal civilian corporate service offerings and operations as its vice president, Exce...
John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense business segment, has been promoted to corporate senior vice president and president of Oshkosh Defense. The company said Monday Bryant’s responsibilities will cover tactical wheeled vehicle programs, product development, manufacturing, oper...
The GovCon Index kicked off the first full trading week of June on a positive note with a gain of 0.516 points to 79.534 as U.S. markets appeared unmoved by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s hint at further interest rate increases this year. Yellen told an audience at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia the central bank...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2016 ” Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP), has indicated that the company is looking into new techniques for cybersecurity and intelligence collection as well as collaboration with government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. IT Business Edge reported Wednesday that T...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2016 ” Kevin Robinson, president and CEO of Modern Technology Solutions Inc., has said the company works to drive its growth strategy in the unmanned aircraft systems market through programs with government agencies and alliances with commercial partners, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “We are selecti...
On Thursday June 9th Thomson Reuters Special Services will be hosting their Thomson Reuters Government Conference. This thought leadership event will bring together leading experts to address key national security challenges, to include screening and due diligence with regard to border and economic security, supply chain risk pertaining to enforced ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2016 ” Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell‘s federal systems business, believes a proposed $3.1 billion revolving fund for information technology modernization would complement the implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, Executive Gov reported Thursd...
May 30 – June 3 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The time has come and gone for industry to throw their hats into the ring in pursuit of the contract to help construct the future nationwide broadband network for U.S. public safety agencies. Tuesday...
