The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued to move up in posting its fifth consecutive day of gains. The CGI closed at 105.814 up 0.377 percent with advancing shares outpacing declining 3 to 1. The S&P500 and DJIA ended their prolonged streak of gains to close in the negative today. The S&P500 ended the day at 2,500.60...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) have the three highest revenue from information technology sales to the federal government in 2017 among companies that earn more than one third of their revenue from government clients, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. IDC Gove...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Mitre will collaborate with Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology to build on cyber and physical security measures in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Monday the memorandum of understandi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will invest $5 million as part of a plan to expand its aerospace and defense composite production facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, by approximately 40,000 square feet to accommodate work that will transition from Clearfield, Utah, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tue...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will proceed to the production and deployment phase of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Assault Amphibious Vehicle survivability upgrade program after getting clearance from the program executive officer for land systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednes...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 21, 2017 ” Deloitte‘s consulting business has hired Jeff Matthews, formerly director of venture strategy and research at the Space Frontier Foundation, as a specialist leader for space innovation and technology workforce advancement efforts, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Matthews will contribute to Del...
ECS Federal has landed a spot on a potential five-year, $200 million contract that covers science and engineering technical assistance for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s strategic technology office. DARPA selected ECS as one of three awardees that will vie for task orders under the SETA indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan...
Dave McClure, formerly chief strategist of cybersecurity at Coalfire’s federal business, has joined Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business as director of the federal chief information officer advisory practice. Accenture said Thursday McClure will work to advise federal CIOs on modernization strategies and digital tra...
A team composed of Dell EMC, Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential five year, $1 billion contract to build a cloud-based collaboration and unified communications platform for the U.S. Air Force. The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service awarded the contract as part of th...
Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense segment has received a $466.8 million contract modification to produce Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle variants for the U.S. Army based the FMTV A1P2 technical data package. The Army will provide funds and performance locations with each order and the company is scheduled to finish ...
