TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2016 ” The integrated Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM) and Genband Local Session Controller technology has completed a certification test by the Joint Interoperability Test Command, ExecutiveBiz reported March 8. Genband said March 7 the two companies await the JITC final certification before their jo...
Ken Myers, former director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, has joined Arlington, Va.-based government logistics service contractor PAE as president of the company™s national security solutions business unit. PAE said Monday Myers will oversee the NSS unit that PAE created in 2015 from its January 2015 acquisition&nbs...
Exelis has received an $88.3 million contract modification to produce and deliver onboard electronic jammer systems for the U.S. Navy™s F/A-18C/D/E/F aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday the award exercises a contract option for 48 full-rate production Lot 13 of the AN/ALQ-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasur...
The GovCon Index continued it positive trend for the third consecutive day closing up 1.417% to 75.314. According to Bloomberg, the Dow and S&P 500 closed Friday in positive territory for 2016. Strong performance from emerging market stocks, and oil prices helped prop up stock prices. Top GovCon Index Gainers Symbol Company $ Current Price ...
Mar. 14 – Mar. 18 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson A Vienna, Virginia-based contractor that has been among the most prominent small businesses in federal contracting has started a new path in its two-decade journey from humble beginnings. Indus Corp., th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 18, 2016 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) joint venture has received a performance-based logistics award from the Defense Department for its work in the Javelin program, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Lockheed said Wednesday its Javelin Joint Venture and the U.S. Army‘s ...
The GovCon Index continued on a steady upward trend to close at 74.289, up 0.408%. The Index rode the market up as WTI broke the $40/barrel mark and on positive economic news from the Federal Reserve agreeing to hold interest rate firm, at least for the time being. According to Bloomberg, stocks are finally in the...
The U.S. Navy has awarded three companies spots on a potential five-year, $1.32 billion contract to help maintain amphibious warfare and surface combatant ships that dock in San Diego. The Defense Department said Wednesday that BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) unit NASSCO and Continental Maritime of San Diego, a subsidia...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a potential three-year, $197.6 million contract modification to carry out computer program baseline development work on the U.S. Navy‘s Aegis combat systems. The contract also covers design, testing, systems engineering, delivery and integration work on technology insertion-relat...
The GovCon Index turned upward in the last two hours of trade Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced it would baseline interest rates unchanged and closed at a gain of 0.599 points to 73.987. Index stock Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) led all gainers at 9.44 percent after the information technology and communications contractor poste...
