Weekly Roundup June 19 – June 23 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Although the phrase œSpace Race brings to mind the Cold War-era struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for supremacy in spaceflight capabilities, it may begin to develop ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 23, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has partnered with Kongsberg to offer a precision missile system to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s solicitation for an over-the-horizon capability for littoral combat ships and frigates, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Raytheon said Wednesday it will pro...
Marines are ready to launch a 3-D-printed drone, nicknamed the “Nibbler,” into combat zones in the upcoming weeks, reports 3D Printing Industry. The Nibbler would be able to operate like other, far more expensive unmanned aircraft and conduct “over the hill” intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The Nibbler is compos...
Antonio Neri, executive vice president and general manager of enterprise group at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), has been promoted to president at the Palo Alto, California-based technology company. Neri will oversee HPE™s four primary business lines and the company™s HPE Next efforts that aim to streamline operations, seek new gr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l67d_wx1Rk At one of Lithuania™s largest annual military exercises, Iron Wolf, distinguished visitors such as Lithuanian President Dalia GrybauskaitÄ— and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg view the combat readiness and multinational togetherness of NATO™s enhanced Forward Presence battlegrou...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index closed down today 0.477 percent to 95.33. Advancing and declining shares were pretty much evenly split. The major indices closed mixed on the day with the S&P500 and DJIA down and the NASDAQ up. The continued drop in oil prices pulled energy and industrial stocks down, as technology stocks moved up. WT...
A US Air Force F-15E fighter jet shot down an Iranian-made Shahed 129 drone belonging to pro-Syrian regime forces near At Tanf, Syria Monday, two US officials confirmed to CNN. The drone “displayed hostile intent,”was “assessed to be a threat,” and shot down, according to an official. This comes just days after a US Navy...
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Monday that they hit targets inside Syria, an action that would confirm they’ve extended the range of their solid-fuel missiles. Iran claimed the missiles, which flew approximately 400 miles and hit terrorist headquarters and depots in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr province, were in respons...
A Russian Su-27 jet with air-to-air missiles under its wings was “provocative” and flew “erratically,” approaching “rapidly” within five feet of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 recon jet “rapidly,” officials told Fox News. “The incident comes one day after the Russian Defense Ministry said it would treat...
