The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $349.1 million contract to Boeing (NYSE: BA) and a $328.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to perform technology maturation and risk reduction work for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinentinal ballistic missile program. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center in Utah receive...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 21, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Atomics, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) are expected to submit proposals to the U.S. Navy for the development of an unmanned aerial refueling tanker that operates with an aircraft carrier, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. USNI News reported Thursday&nb...
Weekly Roundup August 14 – August 18 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week the GovCon industry witnessed a number of significant contract awards, many of which focused on R&D, space, IT services and missile defense. Let’s take a quick lo...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a spot on a potential eight-year, $499 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop new aerospace vehicle technologies for warfighters. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed will support the Aerospace Systems Air Platform Technology Research program in Fort Worth, Texas, throug...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 16, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and its industry partners Battelle, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Riptide have demonstrated several battlespace technologies at a U.S. Navy exercise in collaboration with the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Panama City division, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesd...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) continued its upward trend from the 11th to close up 1.229 percent to 101.260. Advancing shares outpaced decliners 24 to 6. The major indices closed up today with the S&P500 advancing 1.00 percent to 2,465.84, while DJIA moved up by 0.62 percent t...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Aurora Flight Sciences have won positions on a potential eight-year, $499 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research, develop and demonstrate aerospace vehicle systems designed to deliver weapons, cargo and other payloads to warfighters. The Air Force Research Laboratory received six proposals for the indef...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 11, 2017 ” A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the preliminary design review of the AstroMesh reflectors for two Airbus-built communications satellites that will be part of the Inmarsat-6 constellation, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Northrop said Wednesday Astro Aerospace conducted the ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed up 0.144 percent to 100.857. Advancers and decliners split even on the day. The major indices responded to heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea and closed slightly down for the day. The S&P500 off 0.04 percent while DJIA moved downward by 0.17 percent, and the NASDAQ C...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the integration of the sunshield flight layers that will work to protect the components of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the sunshield is made of Kapton and consists of five layers th...
