Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index hit a new all-time high and had its best day in nearly two months Friday and the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index also closed at a record after the latest jobs report far exceeded economists’ expectations for the second straight month. The GovCon Index rose 0.535 p...
August 1 – August 5 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Government contracting™s M&A and financial aspects took center stage again this week and GovCon Wire hit on all the major events as Executive Mosaic™s home of market-moving news for ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have partnered to create the first airworthiness engineering graduate study program set to launch by January 2017, GovConExecutive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the specialized technical curriculum is desig...
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has appointed Richard Swardh, Jeff Harig and Steve Good as senior vice presidents for three different vertical market areas at the company’s Comtech EF Data subsidiary. Swardh, Harig and Good will respectively lead the unit’s mobile network operator, government syste...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) exceeded the consensus analyst outlook for earnings per share in its second quarter financial statement released before U.S. financial markets opened Thursday with revenue down on lower volume on aircraft carrier and submarine activity. Military shipbuilder and GovCon Index-listed company ...
Elizabeth Jordan Wilhelm — a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal officer — has joined Janus Global Operations as director of conventional weapons destruction and unexploded ordnance clearance. JGO said Wednesday Wilhelm will work out of the demining and UXO clearance company’s Reston, Virginia office. “...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rebounded Friday on gains by ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) on a second quarter earnings beat, plus boosts by Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB). The GovCon Index posted a gain of 0.292 points to 82.476 and six of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has established a new facility in Augusta, Georgia to provide information technology security services to the Army Cyber Command and other Defense Department components, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The cyber center was built as part of the company’...
Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) cut its full-year earnings outlook in fiscal third quarter financial results released Wednesday as the defense and transportation contractor expects increases to interest and financing costs on a new credit facility, tax expenses and a partial pension settlement plan in the fourth quarter. San Diego-based Cubic expe...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2016 ” Parsons will participate at the DEF CON 24 event in Las Vegas from Aug. 4 to 7 as a sponsor of the Car Hacking Village activity, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The conference follows Black Hat USA 2016, where Parsons was also a presenter and exhibited its smart city and cybersec...
