The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up for the second consecutive day to 98.338. Decliners outpaced advancers 18 to 12. Manufacturers lead the top five gainers on the Index. All the major indices closed marginally down on the day with the S&P500 at 2,472.54, while DJIA closed at 21,580.07, and the NASDAQ Composite settled at...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Lynne Chamberlain, vice president for business development at Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) public sector unit, has said open source software will present continued market opportunities for the company in the cloud and DevOps space while cybersecurity is another area for growth. “As the government tra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has noted that collaboration between industry and the Defense Department will drive the analysis of alternatives for the wideband satellite communications program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Cowen-Hi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP) has appointed Chief Financial Officer Scott Davidson and Senior Vice President Scott Reasoner as well as hired Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) software business Chief Operating Officer Alan Fudge to assume new leadership roles, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Davi...
Weekly Roundup July 17 – July 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Several executive moves this summer look to make a significant splash across the GovCon community. Last Friday, Battelle’s Board of Directors announced that Lewis “LouÃ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” Battelle will help train National Guard Bureau personnel on response operations for weapons of mass destruction and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats under a $13.8 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The nonprofit company said Wednesday the De...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2017 ” SOS International will provide information dissemination and counter-misinformation services to assist Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan under a $9 million contract from the U.S. Army, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the contract from the Army’s deputy ch...
U.S. Special Operations Command’s top unfunded priority is to equip C-130s with lasers, according to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb of Air Force Special Operations Command. Currently, command has money for only “the first steps” of the project, he said. AFSOC wants to install a moderately low kilowatt laser in order to prove the concept a...
Three companies have won spots on a potential eight-year, $300 million contract for product development and sustainment services to the U.S. Navy‘s program executive office for enterprise information systems. The Navy received 20 offers for the small business set-aside contract via an online solicitation and provided $10,000 to each of the thr...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $192.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for production support to the Aegis combat system modernization effort in fiscal 2017. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business will perform work in Moorestown, New Jersey; Clear...
