Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index advanced for a third consecutive session Monday on a mix of contributions from large primes and services stocks but a sharp fall by Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) pared the GCI’s gain after the contractor’s guidance missed analysts’ expectations. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 21, 2016 ” Carahsoft Technology has partnered with Lexis Nexis to offer the latter’s legal software to government customers through the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 and NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Carahso...
Stephan Farrand, a 16-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has joined Los Angeles-based visual collaboration platforms provider Oblong Industries as regional sales manager of the company™s federal team. Farrand will work through the company™s office in Arlington, Virginia, and help the firm expand capabilities in support of municip...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted a small gain Friday to register its second consecutive weekly gain on continued positive sentiment among investors toward defense stocks compared to other sectors. U.S. stocks traded lower Friday on healthcare sector declines to continue the slowdown in markets from the post-election rally but t...
November 14 – November 18, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson One of the country™s œBig Three credit rating agencies has bolstered its view of the government contracting sector™s prospects under incoming President Donald Trump and in particular d...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 18, 2016 ” Vencore will continue to support the General Services Administration‘s Public Buildings Information Technology Services effort under a potential five-year, $27 million re-compete contract, ExecutiveBiz said Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will maintain the PB-ITS’ Occupancy Agreement, OA Bil...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index nudged a slight gain Thursday in a mostly positive session for the U.S. stock market at-large as investors listened to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s congressional testimony. GovCon Index decliners edged advancers and three of its 11 S&P 500 components closed green with H...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 17, 2016 ” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a grant to a General Atomics business unit to study and assess infrasound technology as a method to detect tornadoes, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will partner with the University of Alabama in...
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 ...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a $71.1 million contract modification to help the U.S. Army integrate,  sustain and operate the military branch’s Saturn Arch neutralizer platform for improvised explosive devices. The Army obligated $45.6 million in fiscal 2016 “other” procurement and operations and maintenance funds at...
