Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index retreated Friday in the final trading session of 2016 to close a negative December but but a positive year on a boost to defense stocks in the post-election rally that has swept through U.S. markets. The GovCon Index closes 2016 with a year-to-date gain of 16.73 percent as the U.S. stock...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 30, 2016 ” A report prepared by Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) recommends that Congress delegate space management responsibilities to a civilian agency, ExecutiveGov reported Thursday. Space News reported Wednesday that NASA commissioned SAIC to produce the report...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 30, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has stated that the government’s current satellite communications procurement model is fragmented and unable to address new complex demand, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 22. “The government should no longer fol...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index moved higher Thursday on broad gains among defense primes and services contractors as U.S. stocks closed slightly lower in a mostly quiet penultimate trading session for 2016. Investors continued their post-election focus on defense and other GovCon stocks, while the S&P 500 composite index turned ...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a contract worth approximately $600 million to update the Patriot integrated air and missile defense system of an unidentified country. The company said Thursday the direct commercial sales contract covers Configuration 3+ Post Deployment Build 8 software and hardware suite. Altogether, the 13 countri...
The U.S. Air Force has launched a full and open competition on the development of a new Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System to support airborne battle management command-and-control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations of joint and coalition forces. A request for proposal document for the JSTARS Recap...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) business unit a $207.9 million foreign military sale contract to manufacture Stinger FIM-92H and FIM-92F Block 1 missiles and associated equipment for three international customers. Raytheon Missile Systems will also deliver captive flight trainers, other training devices and related sp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2016 ” Professional Services Council has appointed Carey Smith, president of Parsons‘ federal business unit, to be the secretary of the trade association’s board of directors, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Smith will also continue to serve as a member of PSC’s executive committee for anot...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2016 ” The State Department has approved the $37 million sale of 750 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits and associated equipment to the government of Kuwait, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday the foreign military sales contract wil...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.001-point gain to 88.541 to remain nearly flat in the last day of trading before the holiday. Financial markets were thinly traded and showed minor change before the weekend. Gainers in the Index outnumbered decliners 19 to 11. Market Summary Index Value Net Change % Change GovCo...
