A subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has received a potential five-year, $81.3 million contract from the Health Resources and Services Administration to operate and maintain HRSA’s electronic handbooks system. Accenture Federal Services will work with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), DMI and Avanade as w...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted a 1.039-percent or 0.830-point decline Friday to close at 79.036 and record its fifth consecutive weekly loss. Friday saw Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) as the GCI’s best net performer followed by L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), while ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index fell at least 1 percent for a second straight time Friday to post its fifth consecutive weekly loss after pharmaceutical services provider McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) issued a guidance cut due to nationwide drug pricing pressure on wholesalers. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 2-to-1 r...
October 24 – October 28, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Outlooks of the government contracting market’s future trajectory and its ongoing dynamics dominated the attention of sector leaders and observers this week, during which GovCon Wire helped ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) Linux 7.1 has achieved the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ for an unmodified commercial operating system as part of the Operating System Protection Profile, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Common Criteria Certification validates the com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” MILCOM 2016 is set to feature retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Earl Matthews, vice president of enterprise security services within Hewlett Packard Enterprise™s U.S. public sector business, as a speaker, GovConExecutive said Thursday. Matthews will share his insight on modernization, operat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Andrew Merkle, formerly program area manager for research and exploratory development, as RED mission area executive, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The lab said Wednesday Merkle will be in charge of a team that performs research ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received full materiel release approval from the Joint Munitions Command for the company’s 60-millimeter M1061 mortar cartridge, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the approval serves to certify that the munition is safe, logistically suppo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 28, 2016 ” Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has unveiled a new night-vision technology that works to support warfighter missions in the nighttime and in low-light environments, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the F5032 Lightweight Night Vision Binocular is also designed to limit eye fatigue a...
Differing acquisition strategies among government services contractors and defense primes became a main discussion topic analysts raised in earnings calls Thursday morning with three GovCon companies that stated financial results. L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) hinted it could make more acquisitions this year with three...
