Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reversed an initial weak open to register a gain Friday that was not enough to push the GCI to positive for the week as second quarter earnings reports started for government contracting companies. The GovCon Index added 0.289 points to 81.788 Friday but ended at a nominal five-day ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 22, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $27.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide simulation equipment and support services for the service branch’s mission training center, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers simulators for trainin...
John McClurg, former vice president and chief security officer at Dell™s global security unit and an FBI veteran, has joined cyber services provider Cylance as a VP in the office of security and trust. Cylance said Friday McClurg will collaborate with newly-appointed Chief Security and Trust Officer Malcolm Harkins to develop security...
Humana (NYSE: HUM) and Health Net (NYSE: HNT) have won separate contracts from the Defense Health Agency to deliver managed care support services to the Military Health System under the Tricare program. Each of the cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts awarded to Humana’s government business and Health Net’s federal services business contai...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has won a $182.1 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to manufacture the third type of configuration for the agency’s medium-range ballistic missile target system. The contract also covers production and support equipment, logistics, system engineering and analysis and mission operations, the Defense Dep...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed at an all-time high for the sixth time in eight sessions Wednesday on a mix of strong performances from middle-tier platform and product makers plus predominantly services-oriented contractors. The GovCon Index gained 0.328 points to 82.193 with nine of the GCI’s 11 S&a...
The State Department has approved Japan™s request to procure Standard Missile-2 Block IIIB missiles and related support from the U.S. government under a potential $821 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary will serve as principal contractors for the FMS sale that covers 2...
The State Department has approved a potential $785 million foreign military sale of munitions and related sustainment and support services to the United Arab Emirates. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the deal covers GBU-10 guidance kits with Mk-84/BLU-117 bombs, GBU-12 kits with Mk-82/BLU-111 bombs, GBU-31V1 kits ...
A joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Bell Helicopter has received a four-year, $544.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to manufacture and deliver four MV-22 Osprey multirole tiltrotor aircraft to Japan under the foreign military sales program. The Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office will also obtain long-lead materials needed t...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a $241.8 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to procure diminishing manufacturing sources electronic parts for F-35 production facilities in the U.S. and abroad. The Defense Department said Tuesday work under the modification will support F-35 production through the fighter ...
