Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 04/02/2015

NASA Includes 118 Small Business Teams on IT Products, Services GWAC

NASA has awarded 118 smaller and disadvantaged businesses positions on the agency’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicle to provide information technology systems and services to federal customers…

Frank Kendall Highlights BBP Mission, Public Service Track for STEM

Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, said the focus of Better Buying Power 3.0 is for the U.S. to remain a top technology power and defense innovator, DoD News reported Wednesday…

HII Subsidiary to Build 8th US National Security Cutter for $500M; Jim French Comments

A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has been awarded a $499.8 million contract to build the U.S. Coast Guard‘s eighth national security cutter. Ingalls Shipbuilding scheduled the delivery of the NSC Midgett to the military branch for 2019, HII said Tuesday…

Moody’s: Commercial Aircraft Demand to Offset Tight US Defense Spending

Moody’s Investors Service has forecasts that high demand for large commercial airplanes will continue to offset the impact of U.S. military spending cuts on defense contractors. The credit rating agency has also offered a stable outlook for the aerospace and defense industry in the firm’s “Commercial Growth to Offset Tough, But Improving, Defense Environment” report, Moody’s said Wednesday…

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