Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index hit a new all-time high and had its best day in nearly two months Friday and the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index also closed at a record after the latest jobs report far exceeded economists’ expectations for the second straight month. The GovCon Index rose 0.535 p...
August 1 – August 5 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Government contracting™s M&A and financial aspects took center stage again this week and GovCon Wire hit on all the major events as Executive Mosaic™s home of market-moving news for ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have partnered to create the first airworthiness engineering graduate study program set to launch by January 2017, GovConExecutive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the specialized technical curriculum is desig...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary will support the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ project to modernize the Enrollment Health Benefits Determination system under a $33.3 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Systems Made Simple will develop, operate and maintain sy...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has added Peter Wall, a veteran of the U.K. army and director of leadership advisory company Amicus, as a member of its board of directors, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Wall brings experience from his service as chief of the general staff for the British army and&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) anticipates $15 billion in potential exports of the F-16 fighter jet with the proposed transfer of that aircraft’s production to India, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Economic Times reported Thursday that an F-16 production line in India could lead to export sale...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held lower Thursday against narrow movement by U.S. stocks as investors looked ahead to the July jobs report for release Friday before the opening bell. The GovCon Index declined 0.176 points to 82.300 and three of its 11 S&P 500-listed stocks closed in positive with Boeing (NYSE: BA...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 4, 2016 ” Harris (NYSE: HRS) will support the first phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency research and development program under a $27 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. DARPA obligated $22.3 million from its fiscal 2015 and 2016 R&D funds at the time of th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 4, 2016 ” Vencore will oversee concept definition and strategic planning for an advanced data analysis project of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command under a $1.5 million subcontract from AUSGAR Technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The project’s goal is to hel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 4, 2016 ” The Lockheed Martin-built F-35A has reached initial operational capability after completing system tests and meeting requirements set by the U.S. Air Force, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. The Air Force said Tuesday Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of the Air Combat Command, declared the F-35A ...
