The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) an $87.3 million modification under a foreign military sales contract to advise and assist the United Arab Emirates on the deployment and operation of the company-built Patriot air defense system. Raytheon will also provide advisory and assistance services for planning, training...
Weekly Roundup April 24 – April 28 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson For months, we™ve all been reading about the proposed wall along our nation™s southern borders, headlines describing the billions of dollars that will be needed to fund such an...
Kevin Leonard, former vice president of contingency operations at Fluor‘s (NYSE: FLR) government group and a retired U.S. Army major general, has joined Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) as senior VP of the Colorado Springs-based company’s facility and logistics services business. Vectrus said that Leonard will oversee th...
Weekly Roundup April 17 – April 21 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson We™re rapidly approaching the middle of FY 2017, and amidst all of the news surrounding President Trump™s FY 2018 budget plan, the border wall, and attempts at healthcare refor...
American Material Handling Equipment has won a potential five-year, $925 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for the supply of material handling equipment to the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy as well as federal civilian agencies. DLA received 38 offers for the contract via a competitive...
Weekly Roundup April 10 – April 13 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Since the election of President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has been a topic of much discussion, particularly the Customs and Border Protection agency. Trump’s camp...
Palo Alto, California-based satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral has appointed three executives to oversee the company™s government systems business unit that provides support to U.S. government clients and related programs. Richard White, senior vice president of government systems at SSL, has been promoted to president of SSL Gover...
The State Department has cleared Kuwait™s request to procure construction services in support of the establishment of various facilities at the country™s Al Mubarak air base under a potential $319 million foreign military sales agreement. Kuwait requested engineering, design, infrastructure assessment, contract administratio...
Weekly Roundup March 27 – March 31 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week, the GovCon industry witnessed several high-profile private sector executive moves. It goes without saying that these leadership changes could impact industry in a positive way...
Point Blank Enterprises has won a potential four-year, $116.4 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide small arms protective inserts to the U.S. Air Force and Army. The Defense Department said Wednesday that DLA received three bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive pro...
