The GovCon Index rode across-the-board positive activity in U.S. markets Wednesday with a gain of 1.224 percent to 75.399, which represents the GCI’s first close above 75 points this year so far under its current 30-company composition. First-quarter earnings from JPMorgan that topped analyst estimates drove the S&P 500 composite...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” Doug Howard has joined EMC‘s (NYSE: EMC) security division as the new vice president of global services, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Howard brings sales, service and executive management expertise to RSA as it works to boost its position in the security indu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide systems engineering, technical assessment and subject matter support for the Defense Department‘s intelligence operations under a $33 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Tuesday the task order was awarded under t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” The Leidos-built (NYSE: LDOS) Sea Hunter autonomous ship demonstrator has been christened at a dockside ceremony Thursday in Portland, Oregon, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the ship will be used for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency™s Anti-Submari...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” A Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) joint venture will work with Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to launch a competition that will award free payload rides aboard the Atlas V rocket for university science, technology, engineering and math projects, ExecutiveBiz reported Tu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” General Atomics‘ Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant battery technology has been certified by Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd after it completed tests aboard an undersea vehicle of the U.S. Special Operations Command, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the DNV G...
Peter Kane, formerly a vice president at McLean, Virginia-based technology services contractor Altamira Technologies, has been appointed to the role of chief operating office and will handle all of the company’s contract and program-related functions. Altamira said Wednesday Kane holds at least three decades of experience in pro...
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has purchased Columbia, Maryland-based cybersecurity platforms and services provider Van Dyke Technology Group for an undisclosed sum in an effort to expand its portfolio of information technology security offerings for public and private sectors. Darren Kraabel, senior vice president of aerospace and techno...
ACI Technologies will provide support for the U.S. Navy‘s Manufacturing Technology program through the ManTech Navy Electronics Manufacturing Center of Excellence under a $99 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform work in Philadelphia, Penn...
The GovCon Index staged a full reversal from an early morning dip into negative territory Tuesday to close at a gain of 0.482 points to 74.487 as energy shares helped spur U.S. markets into positive. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) was the GCI’s top nominal gainer at $2.22 — or 1.6 percent — to $141.31 after...
