TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2016 ” Janus Global Operations has destroyed 1, 246 landmines and other unexploded ordnance across the Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah provinces of Kurdistan in Iraq as part of a demining project with the Iraqi-Kurdistan Mine Action Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said D...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index tumbled Wednesday on notable declines by large defense and government services primes as U.S. stocks also fell with every major sector in negative territory to damper hopes of a Dow Jones Industrial Average close above 20, 000 before the year’s end. Two out of 30 GovCon Index stocks gained and no...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received an enterprise-wide certification from the International Organization for Standardization for the company’s information technology infrastructure policies and practices, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 21. An external audit was conducted on CACI’s internal inf...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2016 ” Hughes Network Systems has launched a new enterprise-grade wide-area network optimization tool designed to assist multi-branch organizations in providing network support across branch locations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Dec. 15 the Hughes ActiveClassifier will work to automatic...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2016 ” Professional Services Council has appointed Carey Smith, president of Parsons‘ federal business unit, to be the secretary of the trade association’s board of directors, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Smith will also continue to serve as a member of PSC’s executive committee for anot...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2016 ” BWX Technologies‘ nuclear operations group has received a $35 million contract from General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary to develop and construct Virginia Payload Module launch tubes for the Virginia-class submarine program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The VPM tub...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2016 ” The State Department has approved the $37 million sale of 750 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits and associated equipment to the government of Kuwait, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday the foreign military sales contract wil...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher Tuesday to start the final trading week of 2016 as GCI-S&P 500 company Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) led gains in conjunction with positive performances by mid- and lower-tier primes and services contractors. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by a 2-to-1 ratio and eig...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 27, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) has secured a five-year $31 million contract for cybersecurity research, evaluation and analysis services in support of the Defense Technical Information Center, ExecutiveBiz reported. The company said Dec. 20 it will conduct assessments, independent verification and validat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 27, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will host a three-day program on space exploration in an effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics to high school students, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Higher Orbits’s Go For Launch! event will will be held at Orbital ATK’s Dulles headquarters ...
