Philadelphia Gear has won a potential $1.04 billion contract to engineer the main reduction gears for the U.S. Navy™s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. The company will perform work in California, Missouri, Florida, Pennsylvania and other locations through February 2017, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Naval Sea Syst...
Charles Woodburn, a 20-year oil and gas industry veteran and former CEO of oilfield services company Expro, has joined BAE Systems as chief operating officer. He will report directly to CEO Ian King and will also join BAE’s board as an executive director in the second quarter of 2016, the company said Monday. Woodburn has l...
The State Department has given Pakistan the go-ahead to buy eight F-16 Block 52 planes, related equipment and logistics support from the U.S. government under a potential $699.04 million foreign military sales agreement. Pakistan will use the additional fighter jets to support counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations, the Defense Secur...
Gail Rissler, formerly a senior vice president of Suntiva, has been named the first chief operating officer of the company. She will lead Suntiva’s health, defense, federal civilian and intelligence community business units and oversee the company™s business expansion, strategy execution and business development, Suntiva said Friday. R...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.547 points to 69.294 on increased investor confidence in bank and retail stocks and price recoveries in brent and crude oil. The Index posted a 2-percent decline for the past week and is down 10.62 percent from the beginning of the year. Top GovCon Index Gainers Symbol...
The GovCon Index rebounded on oil price recoveries and investor confidence Friday at a gain of 0.547 points to 69.294 but remain below the 70-point barrier for a second consecutive close. The Index posted a loss of 2 percent for the week and is down 10.62 percent from the start of the year. CSRA‘s (NYSE:...
Feb. 8 – Feb. 12 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Many reasons have been put forth as to why global financial markets continue to be in turmoil but this week showed there may be no end in sight to this period of volatility that has carried...
A team comprising Dynetics and Radiance Technologies team has been selected to build the core stage Pathfinder vehicle for NASA™s Space Launch System under a delivery order awarded through a potential five-year, $350 million contract vehicle. Team technical lead Dynetics said Thursday the companies will work to fabricate, assemble and transport...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 12, 2016 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will provide support to U.S. Navy™s submarine and surface ship acoustical tests under a $47 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will produce analysis and reports of acoustics trials data through the contract’s 12-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 12, 2016 — Whitney, Bradley & Brown has appointed Jeffrey Cohen, a 26-year U.S. Air Force veteran, as the company’s vice president of capture and proposals, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. WBB said Tuesday Cohen has worked on proposal management and business development for more than three de...
