
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index notched a small advance Monday on help from large aerospace-and-defense primes as U.S. stocks held lower without a major event as a driver of trading activity in equity markets. GovCon Index gainers and decliners split even at 15-each but eight of its 11 S&P 500 components gained with sev...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 6, 2017 Don Maruca, Quantum‘s (NYSE: QTM) federal sales vice president, has said government agencies should explore available options in the commercial industry to update their infrastructure in order to utilize and manage their data. “Industry needs to reinforce to [government] customer...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 6, 2017 Parsons will extend its surveillance services in Lebanon to help deter, detect and prohibit weapons of mass destruction at the border with Syria under a task order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it will provide new equipment ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 6, 2017 Hitachi Data Systems has appointed Tony Whigham, formerly director of federal business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s (NYSE: HPE) Aruba Networks subsidiary, as government sales director for HDS operations in Australia and New Zealand, GovCon Executive reported Friday. Whigham wil...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 6, 2017 The Australian air force has exceeded 5,000 hours of utility aircraft simulator training since the 2014 launch of CAE‘s (NYSE: CAE) training facility in Sale, Victoria, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The center was constructed under a contract from Australia’s capability acquisition and sustainm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 6, 2017 The U.S. Air Force has tasked Boeing (NYSE: BA) to extend its sustainment support for the service branch’s on-orbit Global Positioning System II satellites for another five years, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it will help sustain the GPS IIA and IIF sate...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index registered a 0.893-percent gain Friday to 89.263 as gainers outnumbered decliners by a 4-to-1 ratio. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) was GCI’s top net performer and Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) the top percentage performer. Friday’s climb comes as U.S. stocks surged with the Labor...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose Friday on advances large and middle-tier defense primes as U.S. stocks climbed following the January jobs report and President Donald Trump’s new executive order to reduce regulations on the banking industry implemented after the 2008 crisis. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered decliners by a 4...
Weekly Roundup January 30 – February 3 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Our fourth annual Wash100 list of Government Contractings Most Influential Figures hit the presses last week to recognize leaders in the public and private sectors and those from ma...