Posts from GovConWire for 10/30/2015

ICF Posts 3Q Earnings, Revenue Jump From 2014; Sudhakar Kesavan on Federal Budget Deal’s Effects

ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported third quarter earnings of 75 cents per share to fall 3 cents below the Wall Street consensus estimate…

DigitalGlobe 3Q Earnings Top Wall Street Forecasts; US Gov’t Sales Up 26%

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has reported third quarter earnings of 12 cents per share, a figure 1 cent above the consensus Wall Street estimate. The geospatial satellite services contractor posted a profit of $9…

BAE’s Ian Graham: Diversity Key in Legal Staff Retention Efforts

Ian Graham, general counsel of BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, believes that an organization must incorporate discipline into its efforts to retain a diverse team of legal professionals, Bloomberg BNA reported Thursday…

Orbital ATK to Supply Satellite Propellant Tank to Space Systems/Loral; Dave Shanahan Comments

Orbital ATK has received a five-year contract from a subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to produce and supply flight sets of titanium propellant tanks for integration with a commercial communications satellite…

CACI, Ball Aerospace Win $49.5M Air Force Spectrum Warfare R&D IDIQ

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and Ball Aerospace and Technologies (NYSE: BLL) have won contracts potentially worth $49.5 million combined to perform research and development for the U.S. Air Force’s spectrum warfare technologies…

Jeff Babione Named Lockheed Martin F-35 EVP, GM; Orlando Carvalho Comments

Jeff Babione, formerly vice president and general manager of the F-16/F-22 integrated fighter group within Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been appointed as executive VP and GM of the firm’s F-35 program…

Rep. Mac Thornberry: SASC, HASC Plan $5B Defense Budget Cuts

Members of the House and Senate armed services committees plan to cut $5 billion from the defense budget in support of a Congress budget agreement with the White House, Defense News reported Wednesday…

October 29 Market Close: GovCon Index Extends Climb on More Earnings Reports

The GovCon Index rose 0.455 points to 77.518 for a second consecutive close at an all-time high on earnings reports from contractors that exceeded Wall Street estimates. Intelsat (NYSE: I) led all Index gainers at 7…