The GovCon Index showed a modest gain today closing at 71.436, up 0.066%, as both the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P500 closed slightly down from effects of sliding oil prices. The NASDAQ Composite ending the day in the positive receiving a boost from Applied Materials (AMAT.O) up 7.9% and rebound in technology stocks. As markets...
Feb. 16 – Feb. 19 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Over the past two weeks here, we have taken different looks at Executive Mosaic’s 2016 Wash100 list of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices and pulled out some simi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will launch a global cyber education program in effort to address the increased global demand for information technology talent, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will unveil the program at the UAE Security Forum in Abu Dhabi and hold a four-day cyber wo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) will help government agencies migrate their data workloads to an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud platform as part of its offering under the General Services Administration‘s Networx contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday&nb...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the operational assessment of the U.S. Navy‘s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the assessment includes flight tests for the UAS weapon system and moves the program closer to Milestone ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” BAE Systems and Mahindra have partnered to construct an assembly, integration and test facility in India for the British contractor’s M777 howitzers, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. BAE Systems said Wednesday the partnership is in line with the Indian government’s planned purchase of ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will deploy its Windows 10 operating system across 4 million seats at the Defense Department after Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen‘s follow-up on a previous memo to standardize the OS across DoD, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Company officials said in separate posts Wedne...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will deliver 464 Excalibur Ib missiles to the U.S. Army under a $31.8 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it also currently works on the development of Excalibur N5 to help address the needs of the U.S. Navy in the maritime domain. Abou...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has received a $12 million contract to provide Falcon III tactical handheld and vehicular radios and intercom systems to the Philippine army, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract covers the RF-7800V and RF-7800V VHF combat net radios and RF-7800I i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will provide an updated X-band anti-jam system to the U.S. Air Force under a $54.98 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the anti-jam system is designed to boost the resilience and security of the Air Force’s&n...
