Mark Sopp, former executive vice president and chief financial officer at Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS), will join KBR (NYSE: KBR) as CFO in the first quarter of 2017 and succeed Brian Ferraioli who will retire. Houston-based KBR said Tuesday Ferraioli and Sopp will work together to achieve a smooth transition for the company’sÃ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index fell 1 percent Monday on a steep by Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) stock at 2 percent as other large defense primes also tumbled after President-elect Donald Trump criticized the F-35 program’s costs in a Twitter post before markets opened. The GovCon Index traded down 2 percent sh...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2016 ” A report from Deloitte suggests possible strategies derived from merger-and-acquisition activities in the private sector that could be applied to the next U.S. president’s government transition and integration efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Deloitte said Thursday its...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) representatives have visited the city of Cheyenne in Wyoming to inspect local resources as the company pursues a U.S. Air Force program to update the country’s ballistic missile system and launch facilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Wyoming Tribune Eag...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2016 ” BAE Systems plans to spend $508 million to revive an industry-led project that seeks to establish regulations and technologies for the integration of unmanned air vehicles into the U.K.’s national airspace, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. FlightGlobal reported Tuesday the company w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2016 ” A General Atomics subsidiary has commenced flight testing for a new MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system at the company’s flight operations hub in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is scheduled to co...
Shares in Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) traded down approximately 5 percent as noon Eastern time approached Monday after President-elect Donald Trump criticized the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program on Twitter in the early morning hours. “The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and...
Executive Mosaic™s GovCon Index closed Friday up 0.476 percent to 90.426, with gainers outnumbering laggers by a 2-to-1 ratio, as the climb of defense stocks continues following the election of Donald Trump. McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) was the GCI™s top net advancer while Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) was the top per...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index advanced Friday to complete its sixth consecutive weekly gain in an extended post-election climb that has seen the GCI hit a series of record high closes. The GCI has risen 14.75 percent over six weeks with the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index up 6.26 percent in that time as investors...
December 5 – December 9, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson GovCon industry leaders and observers welcomed Vectrus to the government services landscape in the autumn of 2014 and this week marks the beginning of a new era for the Colorado Springs-based company. As...
