Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 10/21/2015

Boeing 3Q Earnings, Revenue Beat Expectations; Quarterly Defense Sales Up 6%

Boeing (NYSE: BA) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported third quarter earnings of $2.52 per share, 30 cents above Wall Street estimates and 38 cents higher than figures for the same period last year…

Noblis’ Roger Mason Joins DigitalGlobe Board; Jeffrey Tarr Comments

Roger Mason, senior vice president of national security and intelligence at nonprofit research company Noblis, has received an appointment to serve on the board of directors at DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI)…

Silver Lake-Thoma Bravo Alliance to Buy SolarWinds for $4.5B Cash

A partnership of private equity firms Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire Austin, Texas-based information technology management software company SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) for an estimated $4…

McCain, Thornberry Call for Review of DoD Reorganization Law

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Senate counterpart Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plan to hold congressional hearings to re-examine a 1986 law that established the U…

Senate Tackles Cyber Info Sharing Bill; Mitch McConnell Expects Vote on CISA Early Next Week

The Senate started to discuss the Cyberthreat Information Sharing Act Tuesday and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he expects to put the bipartisan bill to a vote early next week, Fedscoop reported Tuesday…

NASA Seeks Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission Design

NASA has begun a search on design concepts for the agency’s Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission spacecraft as part of an effort to further human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit. The agency released a solicitation Monday that seeks conceptual studies for the ARRM spacecraft, an early-stage project that will use cis-lunar space as a proving ground for future spaceflight missions…

Air Force Taps Rolls-Royce to Update C-130 Engines

Rolls-Royce has received a potential $36 million contract to upgrade T56 engines onboard the U.S. Air Force’s C-130 transport aircraft. Rollys-Royce said Tuesday it will start deliveries of Series 3…

ICF Awards CDC Digital Media Support Subcontract to Pearl; Jon Moriarty Comments

ICF International has subcontracted Pearl Interactive Network to help provide digital media platforms and services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a potential five-year, $250 million contract ICF holds with CDC…