Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index dropped Friday but registered a weekly gain as U.S. stocks took a break from their two-day surge after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday. The post-Fed decision rally helped the GCI add 2.57 percent over five days with its S&P 500-listed c...
September 19 – September 23 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson KBR™s expansion move into the U.S. and global government services markets became official on Monday when the Houston-based engineering company closed its $300 million purchase of the busin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” The U.S. and India are close to reaching a deal to jointly manufacture the Javelin anti-tank guided missile technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Defense News reported Wednesday that Javelin Joint Ventures, a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) joint ventu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” Kurt Amend, who joined Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) in 2011, has been appointed to succeed the retiring Lou Laroche as president of the company’s operations in Saudi Arabia, GovConExecutive reported Thursday. Amend previously served as vice president of foreign policy and national sec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” SOS International has promoted Mike Franz, director of business development, to vice president for business development as Jim Edwards moves on to take a job with the U.S. government, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Thursday Franz has worked with Leidos (NYSE...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” Vencore‘s research arm will build a radio-frequency mapping software under a $5 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for support on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Advanced Radio Frequency Mapping program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Vencore Labs will ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) will continue to provide government agencies on-demand access to satellite imagery for another year under a contract renewal from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery ...
A business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has been awarded a potential five-year, $430 million contract to help the U.S. Census Bureau build, test and operate a multichannel contact center to support the 2020 Census Questionnaire Assistance program. General Dynamics Information Technology will also provide its Customer ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose for a second straight session Thursday to extend gains on the Federal Reserve‘s Wednesday decision to leave interest rates unchanged on a mix of contributions from large defense platform makers and services-oriented contractors. Thursday also represented the GovCon Index’s first day of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 22, 2016 ” ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) has rebranded as “ICF” and launched a new logo and website in line with its 10th anniversary as a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq stock exchange, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The rebranding aims to highlight the company’s diverse...
