BAE Systems will sign a potential 10-year, $2.8 billion agreement with the U.K.’s ministry of defense to support the country’s Typhoon fleet in partnership with the U.K. air force and Leonardo-Finmeccanica. BAE Systems said Tuesday the formal Typhoon Total Availability Enterprise agreement will establish a single prog...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 12, 2016 ” CGI (NYSE: GIB) has launched a records management tool for government agencies to support their efforts to comply with the White House’s directive on electronic records management modernization, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the Records Management as a Service ...
An official with Boeing (NYSE: BA) said the company plans to make smaller bolt-on acquisitions in the services sector in an effort to increase revenue of the firm™s defense, space and security business, Bloomberg reported Monday. Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing™s defense, space and security business, said Boeing plans to expand its presence in...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential $169.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce Hydra-70 unguided rocket systems for seven U.S. allies under the foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Monday the company will supply Hydra rockets with various war...
Michael Fey, president and chief operating officer at Sunnyvale, California-based security and network technology provider Blue Coat, will serve in the same roles at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) upon completion of the latter company™s acquisition of Blue Coat. Symantec said Monday Fey will report to the incoming Symantec CEO Greg Clar...
The U.K. government and Boeing (NYSE:BA) have announced a set of defense-related pacts that cover sales of maritime patrol aircraft and attack helicopters to the country’s military, added research-and-development spending and initiatives to create new aerospace jobs in Britain. In a series of statements Monday, the U.K.’s defen...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index broke the 80-point barrier Friday for the first time in a month as the S&P 500 composite index briefly traded above a new record close in afternoon activity after the June jobs report soared past economists’ expectations. The GovCon Index closed up 1.579 percent to 80.813 and ended the week at a...
July 5 – July 8 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Americans everywhere celebrated the country™s 240th birthday Monday and those interested in the U.S. space program had another reason to cheer as NASA™s Juno vehicle arrived inside Ju...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has secured a five-year, $504.3 million contract extension for in-service support to the Canadian air force’s fleet of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The company said Thursday it will continue to lead performance-based logistics for the operations, sustainment and maintenance of the 17-unit CC-13...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2016 ” In-Q-Tel has invested $5 million on Orbital Insight to support further development of that company’s geospatial big data platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Orbital Insight said June 27 it also received $15 million in Series B funds from GV, CME Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lu...
