Feb. 22 – Feb. 26 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Consolidation among the large players the government services market have been well-documented in spaces such as these but the product makers in GovCon also have been in on the M&A deal action over t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 26, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) currently works on the redesign of the U.S. Navy‘s Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical Systems installed on several submarine classes, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Tuesday it will perform work at its anti-submarine warfare laboratory in Virgi...
SpaceX has been awarded five additional flights by NASA to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station under a contract signed in December 2015, Space News reported Wednesday. Peter B. de Selding writes the flights are valued at approximately $700 million total and raises to 20 the number of ISS cargo flights that NASA...
The GovCon Index climbed back from a more than 1-percent fall in morning trade Tuesday but fell short of a full turnaround in the final hour, down 0.059 points to 71.756 in activity that mirrored U.S. stocks’ reversals as oil prices held positive. Crude oil futures in New York settled up 28 cents to $32.15 a barrel after ne...
The Federal Trade Commission has given Dell the green light to continue its approximately $67 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of enterprise data storage company EMC (NYSE: EMC). FTC approved the potential EMC-Dell combination after a 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act expired Monday, EMC said Tuesday...
Cubic has been awarded $44 million in contracts to provide tactical engagement simulation systems to the U.S. Army for use in training exercise scenarios. The company said Monday it will produce instrumentable-multiple integrated laser engagement system individual weapon systems for the Army™s program executive office for simulation, train...
Feb. 16 – Feb. 19 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Over the past two weeks here, we have taken different looks at Executive Mosaic’s 2016 Wash100 list of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices and pulled out some simi...
The GovCon Index barely held positive territory in a narrow final hour of trade Thursday to record a nominal gain of 0.041 points to 71.389 Thursday and remain in a correction for the seventh consecutive day, or 10 percent down from its most recent high on Dec. 1. ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) rose 1.48 percent after...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has received a $12 million contract to provide Falcon III tactical handheld and vehicular radios and intercom systems to the Philippine army, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the contract covers the RF-7800V and RF-7800V VHF combat net radios and RF-7800I i...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has withdrawn a lawsuit it filed in federal court to challenge the U.S. Army‘s selection of Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) for the $6.75 billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes that John Kent, a Lockheed spokesman, told R...
