TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has asked ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) to provide 90 Link 16 small tactical terminals for its AH-64E Apache lots 5 and 6 production line, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ViaSat said Thursday the terminals will work to support network interoperability and combat communi...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 15 companies positions on a potential nine-year, $975 million contract to provide logistics support and help U.S. and partner agencies carry out national security missions. The service branch received 16 proposals for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $212.7 million contract modification to provide engineering services for the U.S. Army™s Patriot program. The company will also provide Patriot support to foreign military sales clients such as Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands and th...
As covered here yesterday, GovCon Wire’s parent company Executive Mosaic announced its inductions for the 2016 edition of the Wash 100 — EM’s annual selection of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices. These 100 individuals were chosen by EM’s editorial and organizational leadership as the executives...
Jan. 25 – Jan. 29 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Needless to say, we have a lot to address here after a heavy news week that featured news of government contracting’s largest merger this decade, plus a batch of 2015 earnings report...
Battle Resource Management Inc. has purchased information technology provider Clearsoft for an undisclosed amount as part of an effort to help federal and commercial clients migrate to cloud platforms. BRMi will combine Clearsoft’s agile software development systems into its models for business process redesign, BRMi said Wednesday. Mike Battl...
The year 2015 for government contractors was one that featured major landscape shifts in its composition unlike any other since the post-Cold War drawdown in the 1990s that resulted in consolidation among the defense market’s largest companies. GovCon’s services arena took its turn to drive the consolidation narrative in 2016 as many of ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported a 3.86-percent decline in profit for its 2015 fiscal year compared to 2014 on lower sales in space and restricted programs and a modest increase in pension costs. Net earnings for 2015 came in at $1.99 billion...
General Dynamics™ (NYSE: GD) land systems business unit has won a $170.7 million contract to produce a simulator for the Raytheon-built (NYSE: RTN) weapon system onboard Stryker vehicles. The U.S. Army awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract following an Internet-based solicitation and will determine the funding with each order, the Defen...
Orion International, a military talent acquisition services provider to corporate clients, has purchased recruitment company Novotus for an undisclosed amount. Orion CEO Mike Starich said in a statement released Tuesday he believes the transaction works to combine the companies’ capabilities. Cory Kruse will continue to lead Novotus as pr...
