Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index remained relatively unchanged mirroring the other major US exchanges. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) led the GCI on the news that several institutional investors increased their positions in the company. Huntington Ingalls closed up 1.65 percent to close at 187.90. The GovCon Index ending the day...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 22, 2016 ” Volunteers for the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Santa hotline will utilize Avaya‘s contact center platform to answer children’s calls from around the world, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Dec. 15 its Avaya Customer Engagement system will w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 22, 2016 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has secured a potential seven-year, $26.6 million contract from the U.S. Senate’s sergeant-at-arms office to deploy, sustain, manage and operate a unified communications-as-a-service platform at 450 senate offices across 50 states, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 22, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) has updated the GESI constructive simulation software for command and staff training at the Austrian Army’s Landesverteidigungsakademie education facility in Weitra, Austria, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The update is designed to allow the system to interoperate with va...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 22, 2016 ” Cloudera has partnered with Docker to create an integrated platform that will work to allow government agencies to use cryptographically secured containers for data transfers, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The platform is based on Docker’s Commercially Supported Docker Engines program a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 22, 2016 ” The Transportation Security Administration has awarded L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) a $21 million order to provide security scanners to support passenger screenings at local airports, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The security and detection systems division of the aviation products and security sector und...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index declined Wednesday in spite of the strong performance by Navistar International (NYSE: NAV). Navistar closed up 5.79 percent to $31.80 on trading volume of over 1.2 million shares. Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) ended first for GCI performers after company executives told investors in the fourth qu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” The U.S. Army has awarded a CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) subsidiary a five-year, $25.5 million contract for a passive radio-frequency identification system, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. SRA International will provide Radio Frequency Identification III technology that will work to identify, track and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” SOS International has received a multiyear contract from the U.S. Army to develop a training program for security assistance officers who will be assigned to support the Ministry of Interior-Military Assistance Group in Saudi Arabia, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the training program w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 21, 2016 ” Texas Workforce Commission has named Maximus (NYSE: MMS) as a regional Employer of the Year for 2016, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Dec. 14 it received the award for its efforts to hire and retain persons with disabilities and its project with...
