The Defense Information Systems Agency has posted a request for proposals on a potential 10-year, $902 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for communication infrastructure services. DISA’s Communications Capacity Services Contract II will cover hardware and software equipment such as routers, switches...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index posted an all-time high Friday with a gain of 0.535 points to 82.835 following the Labor Department‘s report that nonfarm businesses added 255, 000 jobs in July. The jobs report exceeded the forecast of 180, 000, a month after economists revised June’s jobs num...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index hit a new all-time high and had its best day in nearly two months Friday and the U.S. stock bellwether S&P 500 composite index also closed at a record after the latest jobs report far exceeded economists’ expectations for the second straight month. The GovCon Index rose 0.535 p...
August 1 – August 5 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Government contracting™s M&A and financial aspects took center stage again this week and GovCon Wire hit on all the major events as Executive Mosaic™s home of market-moving news for ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have partnered to create the first airworthiness engineering graduate study program set to launch by January 2017, GovConExecutive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the specialized technical curriculum is desig...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary will support the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ project to modernize the Enrollment Health Benefits Determination system under a $33.3 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Systems Made Simple will develop, operate and maintain sy...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has created a multi-tiered cloud migration methodology for government agencies that plan to move their information systems to a cloud environment, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday Cloud Migration Edge utilizes tools from pa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has added Peter Wall, a veteran of the U.K. army and director of leadership advisory company Amicus, as a member of its board of directors, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. Wall brings experience from his service as chief of the general staff for the British army and&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) anticipates $15 billion in potential exports of the F-16 fighter jet with the proposed transfer of that aircraft’s production to India, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Economic Times reported Thursday that an F-16 production line in India could lead to export sale...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a $288 million contract modification to continue to provide conversion, system overhaul and upgrade services as well as related hardware for MK 15 Close-In Weapon Systems. The military branch exercised options on a previously awarded contract and obligated $64.6 million at the time of aw...
