TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has completed the installation of a second qualification motor for the Space Launch System boosters at a Utah facility ahead of a planned static-fire test on June 28, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the QM-2 motor will be used in a NASA test of t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has pledged to hire 3, 000 military veterans and spouses through 2021 in support of the White House’s Joining Forces initiative, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday it has several programs that work to support employees who are veterans, such as the Mi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2016 ” SAP National Security Services‘ (NYSE: SAP) nonprofit arm has been honored by the White House for its career placement and training support for military veterans and spouses, GovCon Executive reported Friday. NS2 Serves said Thursday it received the recognition at a ceremony hosted by Michelle O...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2016 ” A joint venture of Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Battelle will provide technology demonstration, validation and transition support to the Defense Department‘s National Defense Center for Energy and Environment under a contract awarded in April, GovCon Executive reported Friday. CTC said Thur...
April Doss, formerly associate general counsel for intelligence law at the National Security Agency, has been named partner and chair of cybersecurity and privacy practice at law firm Saul Ewing. Saul Ewing said Tuesday Doss will work out of its offices in Washington and Baltimore and will advise homeland security, defense and in...
Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has lifted the lower ends of its full-year earnings and revenue outlooks in part on a large contract extension given in March. The Colorado Springs-based communications services contractor now expects earnings of at least $2.02 ...
ERAPSCO, a joint venture of Sparton Corp. (NYSE: SPA) and Ultra Electronics, has received a five-year, $101.1 million contract to produce sonobuoy sonar systems for the U.S. Navy. Ultra Electronics USSI and Sparton De Leon Springs will manufacture the sonobuoys under production subcontracts from ERAPSCO worth $46.8 million and $54.3 million, re...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has received a potential five-year, $62.7 million contract to provide consulting, development, management and maintenance services in support of the Missile Defense Agency™s Ballistic Missile Defense System. MDA awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a competitive acquisition process with three bid...
The GovCon Index received a boost from large defense primes on a rebound in commodity prices Tuesday to close at a surge of 1.245 percent to a new three-month high of 78.322, which also extends the GCI’s current streak of gains to four sessions. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Huntin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2016 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) has committed to offer $7 million in cloud computing training for 10, 000 service members, veterans and military spouses to assist career transitioning efforts, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Thursday its pledge is in support of the adm...
