TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 4, 2016 ” United Launch Alliance has scheduled the launch of DigitalGlobe‘s (NYSE: DGI) WorldView-4 commercial imaging satellite onboard its Atlas V 401 configuration rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov.11, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) WorldV...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index tumbled Thursday after Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reported a year-over-year decline in third quarter earnings with GCI-S&P 500 companies also notable laggers as U.S. stocks also fell on investor worries over election uncertainty. GovCon Index advancers edged decliners 16-14 and three...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 3, 2016 ” The General Services Administration has taken on an expanded role in the effort to assist the presidential candidates to prepare for their possible transition to government leadership, ExecutiveGov reported Wednesday. Casey Coleman, vice president for civilian agencies at Unisys‘ (NYSE: UIS) fed...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) believes its pending $380 million acquisition of Camber Corp. gives the military shipbuilder increased opportunities through prime contract vehicle positions in government services for work previously only available as a subcontractor, HII CEO Mike Petters told investors Thursday. Camber posted&nbs...
GovCon Index-listed companies Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) released third quarter financial results before markets opened Thursday with both contractors at different stages in major merger-and-acquisition activity. Leidos, the U.S.’ largest government services provider, raised f...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: ATK) has lowered its forecast of losses on a U.S. Army ammunition production contract to $350 million from the initial $450 million outlook as the aerospace and defense company carries out an accounting review. Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital ATK said in a Tuesday Securities and Exchange Commission filing the company will revi...
Defense technology manufacturer Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has agreed to purchase Switzerland-based military and aerospace computing company CES Creative Electronic Systems for $38 million to add new avionics and platform management products. Chelmsford, Mass.-based Mercury said Thursday it expects to close the...
A subsidiary of Japan-based conglomerate Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NYSE: NTT) has wrapped up its acquisition of Dell™s services business for $3.05 billion in a strategy to expand the former™s consulting and information technology services. NTT Data CEO John McCain will oversee the newly acquired firm that will operat...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed narrowly down in the midst of a larger selloff in U.S. financial markets Wednesday as declines by defense primes offset gains on guidance boosts by government services contractors Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) along with a sharp rise by McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK). B...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 2, 2016 ” Parsons has opened a new technology office in San Antonio, Texas, that will work to address the cybersecurity needs of local government and commercial clients, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the 14, 000-square-foot office includes new facilities designed to accommodat...
