Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has landed a $273.5 million sole-source contract from the Missile Defense Agency to produce additional interceptors for the agency’s anti-ballistic missile system. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers the lot 9 production of interceptors, one-shot devices and associated production support ser...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 28, 2017 ” Fulcrum has appointed Alisha Poland, a business operations and capture management professional, as director of business development for civilian and federal programs, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday Poland brings experience from her previous work with the Defense Dep...
As of 3:00 PM (EST) the Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reversed its three day downward trend to post positive gain of 0.846 to 91.969. The major indices were all up on the day with the S&P500 at 2,361.81 up 20.04 points, the DJIA reaching 20,719.45 up 172.67 points, and the NASDAQ up 44.57 points to 5,884.95....
Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business will deploy mobile and enterprise data technologies at the U.S. Marshals Service under a five-year, $232 million contract awarded through the General Services Administration‘s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center. The company said Tuesday it will help faci...
The Federal Trade Commission has given its approval for KeyW‘s (Nasdaq: KEYW) proposed $235 million all-cash acquisition of Sotera Defense Solutions. The FTC terminated the required 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the early termination notice brings the deal...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reaches new 30 day low to close at 91.123 down 0.425 percent. The major U.S. markets closed mixed on the day with the S&P500 and DJIA reaching new 30 day lows and the NASDAQ closing up. Investors are still trying to figure the impact of Trump’s no vote on the healthcare bill...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 27, 2017 ” A business unit of General Atomics is working to secure approval from Japan’s government to integrate the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft’s “Guardian” variant with the country’s non-segregated civil airspace, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The compan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 27, 2017 ” Vencore‘s research division will conduct research focused on cyber defenses against distributed denial-of-service attacks in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under contracts worth $17.7 million combined, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the contra...
Catherine Kuenzel, formerly executive vice president and general manager of the homeland security group at CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has joined Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as vice president of enterprise services for the company’s public sector business in the Americas, GovCon Wire has learned. Before she joined CSRA in 2015, Kuenzel was VP and GM of ho...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed to a weekly low of 91.512 off 3.2 percent from Monday’s open. GovCon Index closed Friday with decliners out-placing advancers 7 to 1 on the day. The major U.S. markets S&P500, DJIA, and NASDAQ all closed down on the week as the Trump administration could not get their healthcare bill b...
