TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have partnered to create the first airworthiness engineering graduate study program set to launch by January 2017, GovConExecutive reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the specialized technical curriculum is desig...
Stephen Hyde, former vice president and account manager for intelligence at CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has joined BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary as VP and general manager of the global information technology solutions business within the intelligence and security sector. “Stephen has a track record of achieving growth by winning new busi...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded downward Tuesday on sharp declines in Boeing (NYSE: BA) and major services-oriented contractors while Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) soared 2.71 percent on news of its board of directors membership agreement with activist hedge fund Jana Partners. The GovCon Index declined 0.316 po...
July 25 – July 29 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson A new earnings season continued to dominate investors™ attention spans this week and those with keen interests in the aerospace, defense and government contracting sectors were no exception. Eleven ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential $164 million contract modification to provide one E-2D Advanced Hawkeye configured aircraft to Japan under the foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Thursday Northrop’s military aircraft systems business will perform work through March 2018 at various locat...
Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) chief executive signaled to investors Wednesday that he would rather reposition its technology services segment to different focus areas rather than pursue a sale or spinoff of the division. Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop created the technology services segment at the start of this year from a rea...
The U.S. Air Force could finish a declassified copy of the Government Accountability Office‘s decision to uphold the military branch’s selection of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) over a Boeing (NYSE: BA)-Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) team for the Long Range Strike Bomber program around late September, Bloomberg ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index advanced against choppy activity in the larger U.S. stock market Wednesday as five GCI stocks released quarterly financial results before the opening bell. The GovCon Index gained 0.223 points to 82.374 and four of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed stocks moved higher as th...
Five government contractors listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reported their latest quarterly financial results before U.S. markets opened Wednesday and all earnings per share figures fell above the consensus Wall Street forecast. Boeing (NYSE: BA) swung to a net loss for its second quarter and lowered its earnings forecast on a $...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher Tuesday against choppy trade in the larger U.S. stock market as defense-oriented investors prepare to examine a large batch of earnings reports from major sector players due Wednesday. The GovCon Index notched a gain of 0.473 points to 82.151 and eight of the GCI’s 11 S&P 5...
