The GovCon Index soared 1.396 percent to 77.998 Wednesday on a series of pre-market earnings reports from several large defense prime contractors as Boeing (NYSE: BA) overcame an early morning decline to close in positive. GovCon Wire posted a summary of all six GovCon Index-related earnings figures plus that of United Techn...
Six companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index plus another large non-GCI government contractor reported their latest quarterly earnings statements before U.S. financial markets opened Wednesday. Of those seven total, six posted results for the first quarter of their respective fiscal years that run on a calendar basis, with one fo...
The GovCon Index outpaced narrow activity in U.S. financial markets Tuesday with a sharp gain of 1.258 percent to 76.924 Tuesday on Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) lift of its full-year earnings and revenue outlook and subsequent positive swings by many prime aerospace and defense contractors. Lockheed led all net change gain...
The U.S. Navy has awarded positions to 12 companies on a five-year, $800 million contract to prototype radio frequency components for electronic warfare, communications, radar and information operations. The Defense Department said Monday contractors will vie for task orders to research, design, fabricate, integrate and test open...
The GovCon Index followed the larger market forces of oil declines and concerns over corporate earnings reports Monday with a decline of 0.401 points to 75.968 on the first day of April 2016’s last trading week. As covered in our Friday market close report, 11 GCI-listed companies will release their latest quarterly financial stateme...
Aviation component manufacturer Norsk Titanium has named Carl Johnson as senior vice president of technology, engineering and quality and Rebecca McGrane as vice president and general manager of its technology center. Norsk Titanium said Monday Johnson, a veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) for more than three decades; a...
The GovCon Index ended the Friday trading session with a gain of 0.387 points to 76.369 to close its second consecutive week in positive territory. Eleven GCI-listed companies, including the five largest government and defense contractors in the U.S., will report first-quarter earnings this week. The schedule is as follows: ...
The GovCon Index held against choppy trading activity in U.S. markets during the afternoon session Friday to close at a gain of 0.387 points to 76.369 and notch its second consecutive week in the positive. Friday also marks the Index’s seventh weekly gain over the last eight in a stretch that has seen it climb nea...
April 18 – April 22 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Corporate earnings season is underway for the first quarter and gives an opportunity for investors to gauge the financial health and performance of the world’s largest defense and government...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 22, 2016 ” The U.S. Air Force has flown a General Atomics-built Predator C Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle carrying sensors from United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) in a series of flight demonstrations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Chris Pehrson, strategic development senior director at General Atomics’ a...
