Weekly Roundup October 16 – October 20 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson™s remarks from Potomac Officers Club Space Summit Air Force taps Orbital ATK for rocket motor tech IDIQ contract Pratt &...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnuqBbPoT7A The U.S. ballistic missile defense system provides the nation with active defense capabilities by incorporating a variety of sensors with ground and sea-based interceptor missiles to track, engage, and destroy ballistic missiles....
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has promoted two executives to vice president roles at its Newport News Shipbuilding division as part of the company™s business transformation efforts in support of the U.S. Navy. Dave Bolcar, formerly director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the division, will serve as VP of submar...
The U.S. Army has awarded separate contracts to four companies to develop concept designs that will be used to determine the requirements for a new platform to replace its Patriot air-and-missile defense radar system, Defense News reported Wednesday. Contract recipients include Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Gr...
24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force HEATHER WILSON on early US space programs: “…We built a glass house in a time of stones…” Land, air, sea–space. Space is becoming–has become–a contested domain for mankind and generations to come. The work done with the military across various agencies on integrating and ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has entered into an agreement to work with the Organization of American States in efforts to educate and engage member nation-states on cybersecurity matters, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. AWS said Friday the partnership will facilitate the publication of whitepapers, sc...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed down 0.195 percent to settle at 109.179 as declining shares outpaced advancing almost 3 to 1. The three major indices all closed positive setting new record highs. The S&P500 closed up 0.18 percent to 2,557.64, while the DJIA was approaching the 23,000 mark settled at 22,956.96 a posi...
Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, talked about the Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor™s merger with Lockheed Martin™s information systems and global services business at the Titans breakfast event held Friday in Tysons Corner, Virginia. He discussed at the Northern Virginia Te...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7KPBHPEMM0 DARPA™s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments. By leveraging and ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) moved upward to close at 109.761, up 0.376 percent with advancing shares outpacing declining 21 to 8. The three major indices all closed negative with the S&P500 down 0.17 percent to 2,550.93, while the DJIA closed at 22,841.01 off 0.14 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite declined 0.18 percent...
