Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC) has received a $40.3 million task order from NASA‘s Johnson Space Center to carry out manned flight qualification tests on the agency’s Orion space capsule’s parachute system. Jacobs said Tuesday it will also produce, deliver and install flight parachutes for the first Orion E...
Michael Fey, president and chief operating officer at Sunnyvale, California-based security and network technology provider Blue Coat, will serve in the same roles at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) upon completion of the latter company™s acquisition of Blue Coat. Symantec said Monday Fey will report to the incoming Symantec CEO Greg Clar...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed above 81 points for the first time Monday as the S&P 500 composite index ended at a new record high as investors sought to carry Friday’s rally after the pre-market June jobs report then. The GovCon Index gained 0.293 points to 81.106 as seven of the 30 stocks hit n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2016 ” ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) has received $13.6 million in contracts from California’s Transportation Department for environmental and biological support on district projects, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Friday the first contract is potentially worth $6.8 millio...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2016 ” Mitre and the University System of Maryland have selected five U.S. academic professionals as recipients of $293, 000 in seed grants to conduct studies on cybersecurity challenges, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the grants went to researchers from George Mason Unive...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and General Atomics have partnered to integrate the former’s Advanced Radar Detection System with the latter’s Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. General Atomics said Thursday the integration of the radar detection tec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2016 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) will supply flight simulation equipment and provide training support to the U.K. and Canadian military under separate contracts from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and a subsidiary of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Lockheed chose CAE to provide flight training devi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) will provide technical support for the U.S. Navy‘s flight clearance and aircraft worthiness efforts under a $38 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the contract from the Naval Air Systems Command‘s Airworthiness Office and CYBER...
Chris Hetmanski, a more than 20-year satellite and telecommunications industry veteran, has joined UltiSat as chief technology officer of the Gaithersburg, Maryland-based managed network services provider Ultisat said Thursday he will oversee development of the company’s end-to-end technology and service offerings for custo...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a 1.579-percent gain to 80.813 and ended the week up 1.342 percent. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) and Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) reached 52-week highs in Friday intraday trade. Friday...
