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...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” NASA is set to launch an Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) Cygnus spacecraft onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in spring 2017, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The spacecraft will be used for the seventh cargo delivery mission to the International Sp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) has appointed CEO Robert Carrigan as board chairman while Thomas Manning, a director and member of the company™s audit and technology committees, will serve as lead director, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday retiring Board Chairman Ch...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force will select two Air National Guard bases to host its Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter jet, Executive Gov reported Thursday. The military service will choose from Dannelly Field Air Guard Station, Gowen Field Air Gu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” BAE Systems has awarded additional equipment manufacturing contracts to six companies to support the supply chain for the U.K. navy’s first three Global Combat Ships, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Rolls-Royce, Johnsons Controls, Marine Systems Technology, Salt Separation Services, Detegasa and MEP...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 9, 2016 ” General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has named IT consulting provider Cosmos IT Solutions as a “high-performing” small business subcontractor in recognition of its work in the past year, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. GDIT President Dan Johnson ...
The U.K. defense ministry has awarded BAE Systems a potential $361 million contract to build and deliver an additional two offshore patrol vessels to the country™s naval force. The construction of HMS Tamar and HMS Spey brings the total number of the Royal Navy™s River-class OPVs to five ships that are scheduled to enter service in...
The U.S. Navy has awarded six companies spots on a potential three-year, $99 million contract to provide construction services for projects of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command™s Washington integrated product team. NAVFAC received 24 bids for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that has a base perio...
The State Department has approved foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $8.6 billion combined with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Morocco. Saudi Arabia requested to buy 48 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) CH-47F Chinook helicopters, aircraft engines, GPS inertial navigation platforms, machine guns and common missile w...
