General Dynamics Posts 22% Profit Bump for 2015 as 4Q, Full-Year Earnings Exceed Street’s Outlook General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported an increase of around 22 percent in both earnings per share and profit for its 2015 fiscal year compared to 2014 results…

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Boeing Issues FY 2016 Outlook Below Street Consensus; 2015 Defense Segment Results Mixed Boeing (NYSE: BA) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has issued its fiscal year 2016 outlook of earnings between $8.15 and $8.35 per share to fall below the consensus Wall Street expectation of $9…

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Booz Allen 3Q Earnings Inch Past Street Forecast; Firm Narrows FY 2016 Guidance Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) — one of 30 companies listed on Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has reported earnings of 41 cents per share for the third quarter of its 2016 fiscal year to top the consensus analyst forecast by 1 cent…

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ASRC Federal, Boeing Land Engine Tech Research Contracts With USAF Boeing and ASRC Federal have won separate contracts to perform research work on rocket engine technology for the U.S. Air Force, Space News reported Tuesday. Mike Gruss writes Boeing’s network and space systems unit received a $6…

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Boeing Lands C-17 Training Support Contract With NATO; Larry Sisco Comments Boeing has secured a potential $8 million contract to provide training support for C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft pilots under NATO’s Strategic Airlift Capability program. SAC program aircrews will begin training sessions this year at the company’s international training facility in the U…

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Jacobs, Woolpert-KZF to Design CV-22 Osprey Complex in Japan; Rebecca Knolle Comments The Woolpert–KZF joint venture has been selected to support Jacobs Engineering in the design of the $150 million CV-22 Osprey campus in Japan under task orders worth $6.95 million from the U.S…

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Air Force to Send F-35 Jets to UK Air Shows; Mark Welsh Comments The U.S. Air Force is set to transport two Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jets from Luke Air Force Base to the U.K. for a series of British air shows in the summer, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes the jets will be displayed at both the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough air show in July and one will also fly with vintage warplanes on so-called heritage flights…

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Military Vet Recruiter Orion Buys Novotus; Mike Starich Comments Orion International, a military talent acquisition services provider to corporate clients, has purchased recruitment company Novotus for an undisclosed amount. Orion CEO Mike Starich said in a statement released Tuesday he believes the transaction works to combine the companies’ capabilities…

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