Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed just shy of a full 1-percent gain Tuesday on a large upswing by Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) after the company’s successful rocket launch Monday night and gains by other prime contractors. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers at a 9-to-1 ratio and 10 of its 11 S&P 500 companies adva...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2016 ” Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP), believes that law enforcement and intelligence agencies face a challenge in utilizing big data analytics to predict crime and terrorist attacks due to various controls, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. He said in a Bloomber...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted little change for a second consecutive session Monday on mixed results among its large-cap companies as U.S. stocks closed mostly lower due to a sell-off in consumer and energy sector shares that coincided with a decline in crude oil prices. GovCon Index laggers outnumbered advancers and four&nb...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has submitted its bid and named the companies it will subcontract for the U.S. Air Force™s ground-based strategic deterrent program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The National Defense Magazine reported Thursday General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), D...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2016 ” A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will provide the T6 Radio and other air traffic control communications equipment to airports in South Africa under a subcontract from prime contractor AME Air Traffic Management, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Northrop said Thursday Park Air ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2016 ” Laura Rosenak, senior vice president of the Maximus‘ (NYSE: MMS) child support practice, has received the Honorary Lifetime Award from the Western Child Support Enforcement Council for her work on child support programs, GovConExecutive reported Friday. The company said Thursday Rosenak has led...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled the initial release of the Azure Blueprint program that works to support the compliance efforts of government agencies that use the Azure Government service, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said in a blog post published Wednesday that the prog...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide a gap-filler radar system to Jordan under a potential $41.6 million foreign military sales deal through the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract also covers the supply of two new lo...
The U.S. Air Force plans to implement a potential $950 million follow-on contract vehicle for cyber technology development support services to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s information directorate. The Agile Cyber Technology 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is open to small businesses and encomp...
Robert Potter, vice president of Americas sales at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC), has said that government agencies should develop cyber resilience plans in an effort to mitigate problems and address security gaps associated with the integration of new technology platforms into the infrastructure. Potter wrote that agencies should start addressing such ga...
