The GovCon Index started the month of June with a gain of 0.507 points to 78.613 Wednesday as U.S. investors digested several reports to gauge the country’s economy ahead of Friday’s jobs report and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s Monday speech. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) added $1.85 — or 0.78 p...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.395-percent gain, climbing 0.309 points to 78.504. CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) was GCI’s top percentage gainer and posted a close of 24.88 — up 2.94 percent to rebound from the previous two days of losses. The Index’s gain mirrored those of the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Aver...
The GovCon Index closed up 0.309 points to 78.504 with CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) rebounding from the previous two days loses to close at 24.88 up 2.94 per cent. Both WTI and Brent crude oil futures slipped for the second. Top GovCon Index Net Gainers Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –´ % Change CACI CACI Intern....
KEYW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has appointed Michael Alber, formerly chief financial officer at Engility (NYSE: EGL), as CFO and executive vice president. Alber will bring over three decades’ worth of corporate finance, accounting and administrative experience with federal government contractors. Bill Weber, president and CEO of KEYW,...
The GovCon Index nudged out a gain of 0.081 points to 78.273 Wednesday on contributions from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and armored truck manufacturer Navistar International (NYSE: NAV). Boeing surged 1.07 percent and Navistar rose 9.09 percent, while shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) rebounded by one-ha...
The GovCon Index rallied 1.197 percent to 78.192 on gains led by the GCI’s services-focused contractors and defense prime Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) on news that the U.S. lifted its embargo on weapons sales to Vietnam. Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) added 4.01 percent — or $2.10 &nbs...
Six companies have won positions on a potential $460 million multiple-award contract to support defensive and offensive cyberspace missions of the U.S. Cyber Command over the next five years, Federal Times reported Monday. Aaron Boyd writes the program is slated to run through May 19, 2021, and task orders encompass new and emerging t...
The GovCon Index closed the week up 0.705 points to 77.776 to mirror major market indexes’ gains as fears of a June interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve subsided. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 65.54 points to close at 17, 500.94, the S&P 500 was up 12.28 points to 2, 052.32 and Nasdaq...
The GovCon Index hovered in neutral territory during the final two hours of trade Wednesday and closed at a gain of 0.220 points to 77.591 despite its descent from a strong early afternoon session. The GCI hit volatility in conjunction with the S&P 500 composite index shortly after 2 p.m. upon the release of the Fed...
The U.S. Navy has awarded five companies task orders worth up to $342.7 million combined over six years to provide personal computer simulation, development and re-engineering support services for the Naval Education Training Command™s Naval Training Products and Services program. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multip...
