Rockwell Collins Raises FY 2016 Earnings Guidance on 1Q Beat; Govt Sales Down 13% Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported earnings per share of $1.21 for the first quarter of the company’s 2016 fiscal year to exceed Wall Street analyst expectations by 21 cents…

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Michael Witherell Named Berkeley Lab Director Michael Witherell, vice chancellor for research at the University of California Santa Barbara, has been approved by the UC Board of Regents to serve as director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory…

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Lockheed Lands $93M Army Contract Modification for Patriot Obsolescence Redesign Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $92.7 million contract modification to redesign the Patriot multi-band radio frequency data link for Qatar under a foreign military sales agreement. The company will perform work in Texas, Arkansas and Arizona through Jan…

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Ernest Moniz: DOE Launches $58M in Vehicle Technology Investments Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has said the Energy Department plans to award $50 million in funds to support the development of vehicle technologies that support efforts to achieve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions…

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Honeywell’s Hardware Gets FAA Approval for Boeing 757 In-Flight Internet on Inmarsat GX Honeywell’s aerospace business has obtained approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its JetWave hardware for use onboard Boeing 757 aircraft. JetWave is a wireless system that works to allow aircraft to establish Internet connectivity with Inmarsat’s Global Xpress broadband satellite network through GX Aviation service, Honeywell said Thursday…

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L-3 to Build Navy Electromagnetic Railgun Energy Storage Tech L-3 Communications has been awarded a $7.1 million contract modification to produce energy storage technologies for the U.S. Navy’s planned electromagnetic railgun, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday…

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ICF Lands European Commission Event Mgmt Contract; Tobias Schafer Comments ICF International has been awarded a four-year, $15 million contract to provide event management services for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy. ICF will organize DG REGIO events such as the next series of Open Days institutional events in Brussels, where European Union, national, regional and local leaders and fund managers and final beneficiaries meet to tackle the EU Cohesion Policy funding for growth projects, ICF said Friday…

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Croatia Picks Saab Tech for Coastal Border Monitoring Saab has been awarded a contract to supply and install technology for Croatia to perform surveillance missions along the country’s maritime boundaries. The company will provide its CoastWatch coastal surveillance and border protection system to Croatia in an effort to help border police secure the country from potential intruders or threats, Saab said Wednesday…

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