Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday down 0.177 points to 88.179 following a volatile afternoon trading session for U.S. stocks. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) led all GCI net and percentage gainers Friday. The Index’s streak of five straight weekly gains also ended with this week’s loss...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index swung to negative territory in a volatile afternoon session for U.S. stocks Friday as equities retreated from morning gains after reports surfaced that China’s navy seized a U.S. unmanned underwater drone in the South China Sea. The GovCon Index’s streak of five consecutive weekly gain...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, and Rick Lober, a VP and general manager at Hughes Network Systems, were among the executive speakers at the Satellite Industry Association™s Defense Department Commercial SATCOM Workshop, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Cowen-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” A team comprised of Boeing (NYSE: BA), Southwest Research Institute and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining has received a four-year, $6.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to assist in the development of a robotic technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. SwRI s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” Deloitte‘s new “Mission analytics: Data-driven decision making in government“ report has recommended the use of analytics to help federal agencies gain insight from data, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the report also stated that agencies need to build a progr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” The U.K. air force has expressed plans to equip its General Atomics-built Certifiable Predator B unmanned aircraft systems with MBDA‘s Brimstone precision strike missiles, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. MBDA said Dec. 8 it will partner with the Defense Department, the U.K ministry of defense a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” NTT Data (NYSE: NTT) will operate and maintain the SAP-based business management platform of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System as part of a five-year agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. “CalSTRS was seeking a vendor that would be able to support expansion of their S...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index inched higher Thursday to end its three-day streak of declines on a large gain by Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and contributions from services-oriented companies as U.S. stocks also climbed after the release of new economic data. GovCon Index gainers edged decliners 16-14 as six ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered the first of 14 updated E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft to NATO in support of the organization’s $257 million modernization effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday the AWACS units feature cockpit updates suc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled that the Azure Blueprint platform for processing “authority to operate” designations is available to support the high baseline system of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. A company blog post published T...
