Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed just shy of a full 1-percent gain Tuesday on a large upswing by Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) after the company’s successful rocket launch Monday night and gains by other prime contractors. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 9-to-1 ratio and 10 of its 11 S&P 500 companies adva...
Femme Comp Inc. has appointed Daniel Muse, formerly chief financial officer at Sevatec, to oversee financial operations and initiatives as CFO. Muse will help develop, implement and manage the company’s functions for accounting, financial forecasting, strategic planning, legal, human resources, property management, bid pricing strategy an...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted little change for a second consecutive session Monday on mixed results among its large-cap companies as U.S. stocks closed mostly lower due to a sell-off in consumer and energy sector shares that coincided with a decline in crude oil prices. GovCon Index laggers outnumbered advancers and four&nb...
Engility (NYSE: EGL) has received a potential five-year, $369 million contract from the U.S. Transportation Department to provide technical and engineering services in support of the Federal Aviation Administration™s efforts to update the country™s air traffic management system. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by DOT™s Volpe ...
Debra Scheider, former president at GovCon sector consulting firm Guidestar Acquisition, has joined Engility (NYSE: EGL) to lead the government services provider’s contracts organization as a senior vice president. Engility said Monday the 35-year industry veteran will report directly to CEO Lynn Dugle in her new role as contrac...
Robert Potter, vice president of Americas sales at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC), has said that government agencies should develop cyber resilience plans in an effort to mitigate problems and address security gaps associated with the integration of new technology platforms into the infrastructure. Potter wrote that agencies should start addressing such ga...
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and his four military aides were among the first individuals to perform first aid and rescue operation when a passenger vehicle collided with a mass transit bus on the night of Oct. 12 in southeast Washington, D.C., ABC News reported Thursday. Luis Martinez writes Milley and his staff encountered the...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held flat Friday despite gains in the larger U.S. stock market on positive bank earnings reports and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s comment that the country may be able to handle a “high pressure” economy with a tight labor market. Friday’s gain wa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 14, 2016 ” The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Atlantic has awarded Engility (NYSE: EGL) an 18-month, $16 million task order to continue to deliver software and networking services for the U.S. Navy‘s tactical afloat network, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Engility said Thursday it will work to update th...
October 10 – October 14, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson We have yet another player in the GovCon M&A scene in the form of the company whose satellites help governments and businesses around the world map every piece of planet Earth down to the fine...
