The GovCon Index closed Friday with a decline of 0.551 points to 79.942 but ended with its fourth consecutive weekly gain with a 1.20-percent increase. Upgrades to prime defense contractor stocks including L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) and strong performances from Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Nort...
The GovCon Index stumbled from the open Friday and closed down 0.551 points to 79.942 as investors continued to pull back from the GCI’s six-day prior rally and U.S. stock benchmark S&P 500’s three-day stretch of gains that ended Thursday. Despite Friday’s decline, the GCI ends the week up 1.20 percent to record its f...
The GovCon Index attempted an afternoon reversal from its morning decline Thursday and closed at a nominal loss of 0.004 points to 80.493 as U.S. investors paused their recent stretch of optimism before the Federal Reserve‘s policy meeting next week and other key events to gauge the global economy. Thursday ends the Index’s str...
The GovCon Index held positive for a sixth consecutive full trading session Wednesday with a gain of 0.751 points to 80.497 and achieved its first close above 80 points in 16 months. A weakening dollar helped lift U.S. stocks and multinational corporations in particular as commodities such as copper, gold and oil rose, according to Reuters....
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential four-year, $667.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver 24 AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment to Qatar as part of a foreign military sales agreement. The company will perform work in Mesa, Arizona, through May 31, 2020, under the fixed-price-incentive contract and the Army Contrac...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a 20-month, $600 million contract modification by the Missile Defense Agency to continue providing technical integration and operational support services for the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification increases the contract’s total value&nbs...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a narrow gain of 0.091 points to 79.018 for its third consecutive week in positive territory as the Labor Department reported May jobs data below expectations. According to CNBC, analysts have also indicated that the Federal Reserve could implement a 54-percent increase in the interest rate as early...
The GovCon Index recorded a narrow gain of 0.091 points to 79.018 Friday to post its third consecutive weekly rise as U.S. markets showed caution after the May payrolls report showed 38, 000 jobs created in May to fall well short of economist forecasts. According to CNBC, analysts expected the Labor Department to report 162, 000 new...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 3, 2016 ” A Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) subsidiary will provide navigation technology for the special missions variant of Beechcraft‘s King Air turboprop aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Northrop said Wednesday the LCR-100N system built by its LITEF unit will be an “inertial...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a $62 million contract modification to exercise an option on a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operation and maintenance support to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator aircraft. The modification covers logistics support, deployment of field services representatives ...
