Science Applications International Corp.’s (NYSE: SAIC) chief executive told investors Thursday he expects consolidation among government services contractors to continue as companies continue to pursue portfolio reshaping initiatives. SAIC itself was a player in the GovCon services consolidation wave through the $790 million acquisition of Sc...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) reported second quarter earnings above analyst forecasts before markets opened Thursday with a year-over-year increase to net income in part on lower acquisition and integration costs. GovCon Index-listed SAIC said earnings for the quarter ended Aug. 5, 2016 came in at 85 cents per share versu...
Dell and EMC have completed their $67 billion cash-and-stock merger to form enterprise information technology company Dell Technologies (NYSE: DVMT) that is forecast to generate $74 billion in annual revenue. Dell Technologies will run as a privately controlled IT firm and offer clients a portfolio of technology platforms in the areas...
Zel Technologies has won a five-year, $165.3 million task order from the General Services Administration to provide research and development and acquisition support services to the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency. GSA’s federal systems integration and management center received three proposals for the cost-plus-award-fee task orde...
August 29 – September 2 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This calendar year so far has brought an unprecedented year of change and tectonic shifts to the government contracting sector and even with that said, what other catalysts could come in ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index started September with a slight decline Thursday to register its third straight loss as Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) plunged almost 20 percent on the loss of a contract for Middle East-based logistics services the company held since 2010. Colorado Springs-based Vectrus said pre-open the Army Prepositioned Stock...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 1, 2016 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) joint venture has signed a letter of intent with Tata Power to jointly develop and produce Javelin anti-tank guided missile systems, ExecutiveBiz said Wednesday. Raytheon said Wednesday its Javelin Joint Venture will partner w...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft has received a $135.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to build 24 UH-60M Black Hawk multimission helicopters configured for Taiwan under a foreign military sales deal. Sikorsky will perform work in Stratford, Connecticut, through Oct. 8, 2018, the Def...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a two-year, $204.3 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to continue to provide support services for baseline 5.1 of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system under increment 2 development phase. The modification brings the total contract value to $2.4 billion and also cover...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held negative in a light trading session for U.S. stocks Tuesday as defense primes led GCI losses ahead of the July jobs report scheduled for release before markets open Friday. Tuesday’s decline represents the GovCon Index’s fifth decline over six days in a stretch driven by extended losse...
