The U.K.’s ministry of defense could award a $2.9 billion contract for the purchase of 50 Apache helicopters to Boeing (NYSE: BA), The Telegraph reported Saturday. Alan Tovey writes MoD could issue the procurement and servicing contract to the U.S. company at the Royal International Air Tattoo military air show in July...
The State Department has approved a possible $420 million foreign military sale of F/A-18 C/D support services and spares to Kuwait. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday Kuwait’s request covers F/A-18 avionics software and engine component upgrades, ground support equipment, engine and aircraft spares and r...
The GovCon Index closed down slightly 0.078 points to 78.195 with armored truck manufacturer Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) and CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) posting the largest percentage loses. CSRA conducted their fourth-quarter and full-year earnings call yesterday after the market close and posted mixed results, as reported in GovCon Wire. U...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 26, 2016 ” Battelle and Boeing (NYSE: BA) have teamed with the Texas A&M University System, the University of Texas System and the University of New Mexico in a joint bid to manage the Energy Department‘s Sandia National Laboratories, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Battelle said Tuesday DOE’s N...
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 consistently traded lower for the entirety of Monday trade and closed at a decline of 0.509 points to 77.267 with U.S. financial markets choppy in light of a sharp gain by Apple and speculation among investors about potential interest rate hikes this year. Boeing (NYSE: BA) nudged out a gain of 24 cents and CAE...
The GovCon Index felt the pressure from U.S. investor worries about a potential interest rate hike in June and closed at a decline of 0.520 points to 77.071. CAE (NYSE: CAE) was one of the GovCon Index’s lone bright spots with a gain of 2.65 percent after the Montreal-based aerospace and defense contractor posted full-year and f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 19, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will provide digital signal generation technology to the U.S. Air Force under separate contracts in support of the Orbit Reprogrammable Digital Waveform Generator program, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Monday Boeing rece...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured three U.S. Navy contracts with a potential value of $163 million in total for the repair coverage of 421 P-8A aircraft mission system and commercial components. The Defense Department said Monday two contracts require repair services for 217 mission system components, while the remaining contract cov...
The GovCon Index posted its second gain of more than a full point in three weeks Monday to close up 1.052 points — or 1.366 percent — to 78.090. Contractor stocks rode the wave of positivity in U.S. markets after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment arm disclosed its now-$1 billion ...
