Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded lower Wednesday with McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) the worst net performer at more than double the decline of second-lowest Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) as losses in healthcare shares dragged U.S. stocks into negative territory. General Dynamics was the only GovCon Index-S&P 500 compan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems subsidiary has delivered 20 Infrasound Collection Element small sensors to the University of Alabama in Huntsville to aid the university’s early tornado detection research and real-time tornado tracking efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has provided an Apache Longbow Crew Trainer to South Korea as part of a $1.6 billion contract to supply 36 attack helicopters and support services to the country’s army, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Longbow Crew Trainer employs flight simulation techn...
Thomas “Tom” Roell, vice chairman and chief risk adviser at Parsons Corp., has been appointed interim president of the Pasadena, California-based engineering and construction services contractor’s federal business unit and will maintain his other current roles for the company. Parsons said Wednesday Roell will continue to be b...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to update the ground control segment of the service branch’s Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will provide a scalable cockpit architecture and&n...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress mobile broadband service will be available to global public sector customers via value-added reseller SpeedCast International, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. SpeedCast will support the deployment of the GX service alongside Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress maritime GX platform,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 24, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will assume responsibility for the work previously held by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) under the National Science Foundation’s U.S. Antarctic Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NSF said Monday the transfer is part of Leidos’ merger with Lockheed’s information systems ...
BAE Systems PLC Chief Operating Officer Charles Woodburn will start a series of meetings with clients and suppliers sometime in October or November as part of preparations to succeed Ian King as CEO of the British defense contractor, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Benjamin Katz and David Hellier report that Woo...
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a potential eight-year, $117 million contract to Chantilly, Virginia-based contractor Chenega Infinity for security services at four DHS-operated law enforcement training centers in the U.S. DHS announced the award in a Wednesday FedBizOpps notice and said the company will be responsible...
Felix Marquardt, founder and co-chair of the think tank Youthonomics, has joined Cylance as president of the cybersecurity company’s international business organization Cylance International. Marquardt will report to Stuart McClure, president and CEO of Cylance, and will be responsible for the company™s expansion strategy worldwide a...
