Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed in narrow range Tuesday despite a majority of the session in positive as declines by aerospace and defense primes offset gains by Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) on news of a pending divestiture and Engility Corp. (NYSE: EGL) after quarterly earnings that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. GovC...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2016 ” The government of Florida has awarded Harris (NYSE: HRS) a potential 14-year, $700 million contract to construct a communications network designed to link public safety agencies, law enforcement, public schools and other government organizations throughout the state, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The comp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2016 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium (Nasdaq: IRDM), has said the company hopes to see SpaceX resume launch services within the year as the investigation continues into the explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket in September, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. SpaceX has stated that it has discovered a way to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Liquid Robotics teamed up to participate at the two-week Unmanned Warrior 2016 naval demonstration event organized by the British navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The team used four Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Craft equipped with Boeing’s acoustic sensors to de...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2016 ” Inmarsat and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) have entered into a partnership in an effort to provide satellite communication services that will work to connect military users across the world, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Honeywell said Monday the partnership aims to deliver high-speed, high-bandwidt...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business an $18.9 million contract to support the design and development of an acoustic path exploitation system, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company will deliver, design and build the hardware of the Deep Reliable Acoustic ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA., November 1, 2016 — The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — rounds out speakers for their Fall 2016 Cybersecurity Summit. Join us for our annual Fall Cybersecurity Summit to hear from the FBI, OPM and DHS on the evolving insider threat and how organizations can be more active in...
Three GovCon Index-listed government contractors and one also included in the S&P 500 composite index posted quarterly financial results before markets opened Tuesday. Co-listed Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) posted fiscal year 2017 first quarter results above Wall Street’s consensus forecasts and in conjunction announced a $425 m...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded in tight range Monday to record its third straight monthly decline with a second week of quarterly financial reports from GCI companies set to begin Tuesday morning. U.S. stocks also struggled for direction Monday in the start of the final full trading week before the presidential election Nov. ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 31, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has said the company’s Global Xpress commercial satellite network could help address the mobile needs of government users, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Global Xpress is a commercial Ka-band network designed to work with government military sa...
