S4 Inc. has won a $99 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide information technology systems management support to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. The Defense Department said Friday that S4 will handle classified and unclassified data, voice and video networks of Northcom and NO...
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 ...
GovCon Index-listed Maximus (NYSE: MMS) released earnings and revenue guidance for fiscal year 2017 below the consensus Wall Street forecast Thursday in part on expectations of continued headwinds from the British pound’s post-Brexit weakening. The Reston, Virginia-based government services contractor forecasts earnings of $2.90-$3.1...
The Defense Department has finalized a “unilateral contract” worth more than $6.1 billion to fund Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) low-rate initial production of 57 lot 9 F-35 fighter jets, Reuters reported Wednesday. Mike Stone writes the deal covers 42 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force, Japan, Israel a...
Cognosante has purchased Business Information Technology Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand the former™s presence in the public health information technology sector. BITS will operate as a subsidiary and Founder and CEO Dan McQuay will continue to lead the business under the new ownership, Cognosante said Thurs...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher against mixed activity in U.S. stock markets Wednesday for a second consecutive session on large contributions from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) after both aerospace-defense companies boosted their full-year outlooks. GovCon Index advancers edged ...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received a potential five-year, $129.9 million contract from NASA to design and develop a satellite that works to provide images and measurements of the Earth’s land cover. NASA awarded the firm-fixed-price delivery order for the Landsat 9 spacecraft under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III contract, the ...
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...
September 19 – September 23 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson KBR™s expansion move into the U.S. and global government services markets became official on Monday when the Houston-based engineering company closed its $300 million purchase of the busin...
The U.S. Navy has selected five companies to compete for short-term facility support orders under a potential eight-year, $900 million indefinite/delivery-indefinite quantity contract. The multiple-award contract has one base year and seven option years and contractors will provide incidental construction services in support of disast...
