Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held onto its gain Wednesday with help from Boeing (NYSE: BA) on the airplane maker’s fourth quarter results above analyst forecasts to offset the decline by Textron (NYSE: TXT) after its October-December figures disappointed Wall Street. U.S. stocks by comparison hit all-time highs again in comparison as...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will support the Air Force Association™s CyberPatriot cyber education program as a Cyber Silver sponsor for the eighth consecutive year, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. AFA said Monday the company hosts the Digital Forensics Event at the CyberPatriot National Finals C...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has unveiled a new tagline and website as part of a rebranding effort to showcase the company’s goal to attract and nurture talent and facilitate innovation to support customer missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the redesigned website feature...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the first image captured by a Harris-built (NYSE: HRS) digital camera onboard the Lockheed Martin-produced (NYSE: LMT) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The weather satellite’...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received a $50 million order from the U.S. government to supply non-U.S. standard ammunition to the Defense Department and international allies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the award adds to at least $200 million in non-U.S. standard amm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 25, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and (ISC)2’s charitable trust will award scholarships to six women to support their efforts to achieve cybersecurity degrees and careers, GovCon Executive said Tuesday. Three female college students and three mid-career professionals will be selected for the Raytheon W...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher Tuesday on a lift from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and government services stocks as Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) fell after the defense contractor reported material weaknesses related to internal controls for financial statements at its Sikorsky helicopter subsidiary. All three major U.S. stock indices also...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2017 ” The U.S. Army has awarded a $33.1 million contract modification to L3 Technologies‘ (NYSE: LLL) combat propulsion systems business unit for transmission systems, related ancillary hardware and operational reliability services, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. L3 will deliver 800-horsepower tr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2017 — The U.S. Air Force has launched the third Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) missile warning satellite that will work to perform infrared surveillance and provide global situation awareness to the U.S. and its allies, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Space Based Infrared System GEO Flight 3 sa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) and Inmarsat have been named among the key players in the U.S. government and military satellite industry by a new Frost & Sullivan report released by Research and Markets, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The “US Government and Military Satellit...
