Weekly Roundup April 16 – April 20, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Big Contract Wins & Wash100: The Final Countdown Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO This week saw significant contract activity, such as: Lockheed Martin secures a $928M Air Force contract. General Dynamics Information Technology receives a $300M …
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Adriane Brown, formerly president and chief operating officer of Intellectual Ventures, has been elected to the board of directors of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN). Thomas Kennedy, Raytheon chairman and CEO and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said in a statement published Tuesday Brown’s insights and international experience across various industries would advance …
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Timothy “Tim” Keating, formerly senior vice president of government operations at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been promoted to executive VP of government operations at the aerospace company. Keating will continue to oversee the company’s philanthropic efforts worldwide through the Boeing Global Engagement organization, lead public policy initiatives and serve on …
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Alan Dietrich, formerly deputy group manager for Alion Science and Technology’s digital solutions group, has been appointed senior vice president and manager of the firm’s rapid solutions group. Dietrich will oversee the McLean, Virginia-based technology services contractor’s systems integration and engineering operations as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work in …
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Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has said the company will establish a new business sector once the Falls Church, Virginia-based defense contractor completes the $9.2 billion purchase of Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), Inside Defense reported Thursday. Warden told analysts Thursday that Blake Larson, COO …
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Thomas Liguori, formerly chief financial officer of semiconductor manufacturing company Advanced Energy Industries, has been named CFO of electronic components distributor Avnet in a move slated to take effect Jan. 29. He will succeed Ken Jacobson, who has served as Avnet’s CFO on an interim basis since August, and will report directly to CEO …
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The State Department has given Poland the green light to procure follow-on F-16 aircraft sustainment and support services from the U.S. government under a potential $200 million foreign military sales deal. Poland requested the procurement of aircraft maintenance, upgrades and overhaul support, technical documentation, engineering, spare and repair parts, test equipment and logistics support …
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GovCon Wire is changing its coverage of the GovCon Index and major indices. GovCon Wire will now be providing weekly performance analysis instead of the daily for the GovCon Index, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ Composite. In reviewing the past weeks market performance the Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) …
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In reviewing last weeks market performance the Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) ended the week down 0.74 percent from Mondays opening price settling at 107.303. Twenty stocks declined for the week versus ten that advanced. The three major indices all closed mixed on Friday; the S&P500 closed down 0.09 percent to 2,582.30 while …
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Weekly Roundup October 30 – November 3 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson During October a number of contracts valued at over a billion dollars were awarded for a variety of services such as range services, construction, healthcare staffing, foreign …
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