TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 10, 2017 ” The Defense Science Board has selected William LaPlante, vice president of Mitre‘s intelligence business, to co-chair a task force on software design and procurement for defense systems, GovCon Executive reported Monday. Mitre said Friday LaPlante will help lead the task force that will evaluat...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower Monday on declines by large and middle-tier prime contractors as U.S. stocks showed mixed results after biotechnology gains lifted the Nasdaq composite index to an all-time record close and utilities weighed on the S&P 500 composite index. GovCon Index laggards outnumbered gainers...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will develop and operate a spacecraft that will work to study six Jupiter Trojan asteroids as part of NASA‘s Discovery Program missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Lucy spacecraft is scheduled for a 2021 launch and will seek to observe the geology, surface comp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has rescheduled the flight test of its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft with the United Technologies Corp.-built (NYSE: UTX) MS-177 multispectral imaging sensor to late January, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. “The late December test ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2017 ” The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business a one-year, $24 million delivery order to provide Phase 1 logistics support for France’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. GA-ASI will perform work in Poway, California, through Dec. ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2017 ” A new Deloitte study has found that 73 percent of surveyed chief financial officers from commercial and government companies in North America believe there would be less congressional gridlock in the upcoming administration, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the CFOs also expect chang...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2017 ” The Pennsylvania Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve office has recognized Concurrent Technologies Corp. for its employee support to members of the Pennsylvania Guard and Reserve, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday it received the Soaring Eagle Award, Extraordi...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index registered a 0.162-point climb Friday to 89.761 and closed the week in the positive. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) was GCI’s top net performer while Honeywell (NYSE: HON) led the Index in percentage gained. The Index’s gain follows the latest jobs report from the Labor Dep...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed the week slightly higher Friday as the Dow neared the 20.000 mark. The major markets enjoyed a shot in the arm from The Labor Department’s report that 156, 000 new jobs were added in December. Advancers equaled decliners on the day with the GovCon Index closing up 2.0% on the short...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 6, 2017 ” The U.S. Air Force has awarded a General Atomics‘ business unit a two-year, $56.7 million order to add new units to Spain’s fleet of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will provide MQ-9 aircraft and associated equ...
