United Launch Alliance has been awarded a $138.7 million contract modification to produce an Atlas V 541 launch vehicle system for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification covers Atlas V rocket configuration and mission specific items for the service branch’s fou...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has received a potential $106.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to procure long-lead materials and provide engineering services for a follow-on Expeditionary Mobile Base vessel. Contract funds will allow NASSCO to obtain components for ESB 5 propulsion system, main die...
Airbus‘ defense and space business has received an estimated $127 million contract to provide commercial satellite communication services to the German armed forces through 2023. The German armed forces will use C- and Ku-band transponders for voice and data applications in Germany, between main overseas bases and for Navy vessels, Airbus said...
The GovCon Index posted a decline of 0.398 points to 78.106 Tuesday on losses by Boeing (NYSE: BA) and other large defense prime contractors but ended at a gain for May to record its fourth straight month of positive movement. The Index rose 2.523 percent for May and has climbed 7.763 percent for 2016 compared to the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2016 ” Scott Scheimreif, executive vice president of government programs at Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has joined other executives to discuss new positioning, tracking and navigation technologies with Investorideas.com, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Investorideas.com said Thursday ABI Research...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will work with Facebook on a project to construct a subsea cable system across the Atlantic Ocean in support of efforts to expand their Internet and cloud services, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Frank Rey, director of global network acquisition for Microsoft’s cloud infr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2016 ” Deloitte will help Polytechnique Montreal in Canada update three cybersecurity certificate programs in response to the changing cyber threat environment, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Polytechnique said Wednesday the team revamped the course content for the cyber investigation, online fraud and IT&nbs...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2016 ” Vencore will provide mission support to the U.S. Cyber Command as part of the first task order under a $460 million contract awarded through the General Services Administration, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the task order is worth $89 million and will c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2016 ” CGI (NYSE: GIB) will deploy a debt recovery software to support the state government of Queensland in Australia under an estimated $42.5 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday its Collections360 platform will utilize analytics and automation technology to s...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.395-percent gain, climbing 0.309 points to 78.504. CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) was GCI’s top percentage gainer and posted a close of 24.88 — up 2.94 percent to rebound from the previous two days of losses. The Index’s gain mirrored those of the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Aver...
