The services segment of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) slated to merge into Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) has been awarded a potential three-year, $733 million task order to help the U.S. Army manage, operate and maintain sensor equipment and platforms used to collect data. Lockheed said Tuesday the order includes one base year ...
June 13 – June 17 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson  We shift our focus this week back to GovCon’s merger-and-acquisition environment with one new deal to digest and a second that has brought the purchaser a new landmark contract award. Fairfax...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 17, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has partnered with exactEarth to offer an integrated big data and predictive analytics technology to support the government’s efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The companies will combine DigitalGlobe’s co...
The GovCon Index staged a recovery in afternoon trade after a limp open Thursday but closed at a loss of 0.059 points to 78.791 as Britain’s referendum on whether to exit the European Union continued to dominate global financial market activity. All campaign activities surrounding the “Brexit” vote set for Thursday were suspen...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded 80 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $25 billion contract vehicle the agency intends to use as its primary mechanism for acquisitions of information technology services via task orders. CMS released the list of awardees in a Wednesday FedBizOpps n...
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has landed a potential $55.3 million contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency for management and maintenance support on all-source geospatial predictive analysis services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers data collection, analysis and manipulation for geospatial predictive modeling. GeoEye An...
The GovCon Index rallied late Tuesday afternoon and ended at a narrow gain of 0.033 points to 78.945 as global investors held back over the U.K.’s potential European Union exit and also started to watch world central bank meetings. CACI International (NYSE: CACI) rose after the Air Force announced the services provider as t...
Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) has agreed to purchase Sunnyvale, California-based security and network technology provider Blue Coat Inc. for approximately $4.65 billion cash in an effort to help protect government and enterprise customers from cybersecurity threats. Greg Clark, CEO of Blue Coat, will take the helm at Symantec as CEO as well as j...
June 6 – June 10 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Long lines at airport security checkpoints have dominated the headlines lately and the agency responsible for protecting these hubs unveiled a new effort this week that enlists private sector help to keep...
Global aerospace and defense contractor Airbus Group will sell its 23.6 percent stake in Dassault Aviation and use money from the stock sales for “general corporate purposes, “ the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Robert Wall writes Airbus aims to shed 9.05 percent of its total ownership in Dassau...
