TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) executive has urged the U.S. Navy to proceed with the LX(R) dock-landing ship development program in fiscal 2018 rather than fiscal 2020, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Reuters reported Tuesday HII CEO Mike Petters said starting the progr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” An unmanned aerial vehicle built by Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Insitu subsidiary has flown in airspace that also accommodates manned aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The U.S. Marine Corps reported March 25 the Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 flew an RQ-21A Blackjack in...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 4, 2016 — Steve Harris, Dell vice president and general manager for federal systems business, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his contributions to the federal information technology market. The Wash100 is th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” Fulcrum has gained position on five additional task areas in the National Institutes of Health‘s potential $20 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said March 28 it received a contract mod...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 4, 2016 — CEO Omar Balkissoon has been elected into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his vision in geospatial data analytics. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic™s o...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and General Atomics will share a runway with the U.S. Air Force at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota to test new unmanned aerial vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Sen. John Hoeven’s office (R-N.D.) reported Wednesday the Air Force inked ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2016 ” Tim Conway, public sector president for NTT Data (NYSE: NTT), has said the company’s advisory and application innovation services is complementary with Dell‘s cloud computing, business process outsourcing and technology portfolio, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Conway told ExecutiveBiz in an in...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.348 points to 74.380 on positive movement in U.S. markets and posted a weekly gain of 1.273 percent. The U.S. markets’ performance is based on jobs data that indicates nonfarm businesses added 215, 000 workers in March to surpass analyst expectations, according to Reuters...
The GovCon Index posted a gain of 0.348 points to 74.380 in a reflection of overall positive movement in U.S. markets Friday on March jobs figures that exceeded some economists’ expectations and new manufacturing data that showed some recovery in that sector. Both the Index and S&P 500 composite index held downward in the first hour-a...
March 28 – April 1 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson An acquisition deal announced this week appears on the surface to have its roots in Tokyo and Texas but its impact will also be felt right here in the Washington region with respect to the fed...
