Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index turned from neutral to negative territory Wednesday as did the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for only a second time since the 2008 financial crisis. GovCon Index decliners outnumbered gainers by a 9-to-1 ratio as three of its...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed the encapsulation of the EchoStar XIX broadband satellite in anticipation of its Dec. 18 launch aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V 431 rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The encapsulation required the satellite to be connected to an a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Force Protection Video Equipment‘s body-worn cameras and surveillance products now offer cloud storage for videos, photos and audio files on Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Azure Government Cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Force Protection said Monday law enforcement agencies may store files from t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Colorado’s Department of Transportation has partnered with AECOM (NYSE: ACM) to develop an energy-transfer highway designed to charge electric-powered trucks, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The energy-transfer lanes will work to provide electricity to the trucks using a coil transmission system...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory demonstrated at-sea operations of swarming unmanned surface vessels in collaboration with the surface targets branch of the Naval Air Warfare Center weapons division, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. APL said Monday six surface target boats worked together...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has shared the first image captured by the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) WorldView-4 satellite that was launched in November from Vandenberg Air Force Base, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed said Monday the WorldView-4 is designed to take photos with 30-cm resolution to show ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed lower Tuesday in a session that saw the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 close at an all-time record high as investors restarted post-election buying activity in sectors they expect to see growth under a Donald Trump administration. Tuesday’s flat movement by the GCI follows Monday’...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 13, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will support the U.S. Army in efforts to create modeling, simulation and training platforms for electro-optic/infrared and signals intelligence payloads under a three-year, $31 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The platforms will work to boos...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 13, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy intends to award a sole-source, fixed-price contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to deliver potentially 40 full-rate production E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft under lots 7 to 11, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Northrop will be tasked to provide program and production management, systems a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 13, 2016 ” The government of Tunisia has awarded PAE a contract for maritime surveillance services to support the security of the country’s territorial waters, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday it will deliver command, control, communications and surveillance services as part...
