Brett Gerry, formerly vice president and general counsel of Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) commercial airplanes division, has been appointed as president of the company™s business operations in Japan. Gerry will succeed George Maffeo, who will retire from Boeing, and report to Boeing International President Marc Allen, Boeing said Thursday. As ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 4, 2016 ” The Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Space Launch System will carry the Orion unmanned spacecraft and 13 CubeSats to deep space in 2018, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. NASA said Wednesday two of the CubeSats that will be onboard the SLS are the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Skyfire and Morehead ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 4, 2016 ” Allen Adler of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Waguih Ishak of Corning (NYSE: GLW) have received appointments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s visiting committee on advanced technology, ExecutiveGov reported Wednesday. NIST said Tuesday Adler, who is vice president of ...
The GovCon Index turned around steep losses from morning trade Wednesday to end at a gain of 0.425 points to 70.769, a close that keeps the Index in a correction, or 10 percent off its most recent high. U.S. stocks rode a late increase in oil prices and gains by financial shares to a reversal...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 2, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has asked ViaSat (Nasdaq: VSAT) to provide 90 Link 16 small tactical terminals for its AH-64E Apache lots 5 and 6 production line, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. ViaSat said Thursday the terminals will work to support network interoperability and combat communi...
The GovCon Index recovered from a plunge of more than 1 percent its first hour of trade Monday to end with a loss of 0.311 points to 71.629 in activity that mirrored reversals in U.S. stocks from negative to positive. Gains in technology shares such as Facebook and Google‘s parent Alphabet helped drive the recovery...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a contract of an undisclosed value to help identify risk reduction strategies for the U.S. Air Force‘s Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program. The Air Force said Friday it will issue post-award modifications to procure Boeing’s 747-8 commercial aircraft to serve as a basis for the company to design ...
As covered here yesterday, GovCon Wire’s parent company Executive Mosaic announced its inductions for the 2016 edition of the Wash 100 — EM’s annual selection of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices. These 100 individuals were chosen by EM’s editorial and organizational leadership as the executives...
Jan. 25 – Jan. 29 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Needless to say, we have a lot to address here after a heavy news week that featured news of government contracting’s largest merger this decade, plus a batch of 2015 earnings report...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 29, 2016 ” The Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Intelsat 29e communications satellite launched into space Wednesday to serve government and enterprise users in Latin America, North America and the north Atlantic region, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Intelsat (NYSE: I) said Wednesday the satellite is the first ...
