AECOM (NYSE: ACM), Granite Construction and Kiewit Infrastructure West have won a $75 million shared contract for horizontal construction services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers™ southwestern border patrol sectors. Contractors will perform work in various locations that will depend on each order through Nov. 16, 2021, t...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index nudged a slight gain Thursday in a mostly positive session for the U.S. stock market at-large as investors listened to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s congressional testimony. GovCon Index decliners edged advancers and three of its 11 S&P 500 components closed green with H...
Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings expects the Defense Department‘s budget and overall defense spending to increase in the next four years on Donald Trump’s election as president with the cybersecurity environment and U.S. Navy as key potential beneficiaries. Fitch said Wednesday it improved its credit view ...
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has wrapped up its purchase of Chantilly, Virginia-based geospatial data services contractor The Radiant Group from investment firm Aston Capital for approximately $140 million cash. DigitalGlobe said Wednesday the acquisition allows the Westminster, Colorado-based satellite imagery provider to stren...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower Wednesday on sell-offs in its largest defense prime components as U.S. stocks also held modestly down with financial stocks and utilities among the most notable decliners. GovCon Index laggards outnumbered gainers by a 2-to-1 ratio and all 11 of its S&P 500 components fell with Lo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 16, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy has awarded L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) a $49.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the supply of binocular night-vision devices, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company will provide BNVD goggles with white phosphor tubes that will work to boost visual acuity o...
Susan Holley, a 26-year national security services industry veteran, has joined SC3 as senior vice president of business development at the Alexandria, Virginia-based technology and consulting services contractor. SC3 said that Holley will report directly to CEO David Page and lead the company’s efforts to identify new business opportunit...
The General Services Administration has awarded a $102 million task order to CGI Federal (NYSE: GIB) to provide credentials and authentication management support for a Department of Homeland Security-run cybersecurity program, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes a CGI spokeswoman said the company will pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has launched its new Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) commercial imaging satellite onboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The WorldView-4 satellite will work to increase the number of images in DigitalGlobe’s co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 15, 2016 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) and NASA have partnered to study traffic management methods for unmanned aircraft systems in support of secure drone operations within the national airspace, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it collaborated with the space agency and other firms to develop new wire...
