Huntington Ingalls Industries™ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has secured an $88.2 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to procure long-lead materials for the production of a ninth National Security Cutter. Ingalls Shipbuilding will use the funds to purchase steel, main propulsion systems, generators, electrical switchboard...
National Conferencing has won a potential $81.1 million order-dependent contract to provide strong bonds logistical conference and training support services to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Tuesday the Army Contracting Command received three bids for the contract through an online-based solicitation and will determine wo...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index held negative in a light trading session for U.S. stocks Tuesday as defense primes led GCI losses ahead of the July jobs report scheduled for release before markets open Friday. Tuesday’s decline represents the GovCon Index’s fifth decline over six days in a stretch driven by extended losse...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured a one-year, $300.6 million contract to provide lead yard services and support development studies and design efforts for the U.S. Navy‘s Virginia-class submarines. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Electric Boat Corp. will help the military branch maintain and...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index snapped a five-day losing streak Monday on advances by mid- and large-tier defense contractors as gains by financial shares led Wall Street to end its three-day stretch of declines. GovCon Index gainers outnumbered laggers by a roughly 3-to-1 ratio and nine of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” Ensco has received a $4 million contract to provide the Department of Homeland Security an integrated sensor system that works to detect biological and environmental health hazards in buildings, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the technology will consist of an aeroso...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” The General Atomics unmanned aircraft system flight training academy in North Dakota has produced its first batch of graduates who are now qualified to operate the Predator A, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the academy expects to produce an additional ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has worked with Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN), CosmiQ Works and NVIDIA to build the SpaceNet online repository of satellite imagery and training data, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The repository works to support the development of machine learning and deep learn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has said the Federal Aviation Administration will base its potential decision next year on the deployment of the Iridium NEXT satellite service based on the results of an ongoing cost-benefit analysis, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2016 ” Davis Johnson, vice president of Riverbed Technology‘s U.S. public sector business, has said government agencies face a challenge in updating legacy information technology systems to address cybersecurity and operational issues, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Johnson told Nextgov in an interview publis...
