Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has won a potential 10-year, $130 million contract to provide instrumentation test services for the test diagnostics branch under the Defense Threat Reduction Agency™s research and development office. DTRA received two proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that contains a base te...
The GovCon Index slid for a second consecutive session Wednesday by 0.498 points to 75.867 as U.S. financial markets entered sell-off mode on new data that showed a slowdown in hiring for the month of April. Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) extended its stretch of declines into a second straight day after the communications equipment manufact...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will supply the U.S. Army with three kinds of small-caliber ammunition under orders worth $210 million combined, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday it will produce .50 caliber, 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missou...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has concluded the preliminary design review of the HH-60W Pave Hawk air vehicle under the Combat Rescue Helicopter program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed said Monday the program will now proceed to air vehicle and logistics system detaile...
The Department of Homeland Security wants potential vendors in an information technology acquisition program to give the agency feedback early in the process via responses to requests for information, DHS’ chief procurement officer said Wednesday. Soraya Correa, DHS’ CPO since January 2015, told an audience of industry ex...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has worked with industry partners to equip Insitu’s ScanEagle and other small unmanned aircraft systems with maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Sentient Vision Systems provided software to ru...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” The combined offering of Polycom‘s (Nasdaq: PLCM) VVX voice and video technology and Genband‘s Application Server has received certification under the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Genband said Monday ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 4, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will proceed with the planned July launch of the first 10 satellites in its second-generation Iridium NEXT constellation, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Space News reported Friday that the initial launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will be followed by six other ...
Yorktown Systems Group in Huntsville, Alabama, has won a potential five-year, $119.3 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency and international customers through the foreign military sales program. The contract covers office administrative support for MDA’s chief of staff directo...
The GovCon Index held negative throughout Tuesday trade and closed at a decline of 0.489 points to 76.365 with Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) as the largest lagger after another full-year guidance cut by the military radio maker. Melbourne, Florida-based Harris fell 5.48 percent — or $4.43 – after the company redu...
