Dean McKendrick, formerly a vice president at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), took a new role as Preferred Systems Solutions‘ senior vice president for its national security group in December. McKendrick brings more than 35 years of big data analytics and insider threat experience to PSS in an effort to boost its exposure in the Int...
Lynn Dugle, a nearly 12-year veteran of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), will join Chantilly, Virginia-based government services contractor Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) on March 21 as chief executive to succeed Tony Smeraglinolo, who has stepped down from the post after more than three years at the company. Dugle previously led Raytheon’s...
The GovCon Index climbed back from a more than 1-percent fall in morning trade Tuesday but fell short of a full turnaround in the final hour, down 0.059 points to 71.756 in activity that mirrored U.S. stocks’ reversals as oil prices held positive. Crude oil futures in New York settled up 28 cents to $32.15 a barrel after ne...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.066 percent to 71.436. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 saw slight declines following another oil price drop, while the Nasdaq Composite received a boost from Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT) and technology stocks to end the day in the positive. Top GovCo...
The GovCon Index showed a modest gain today closing at 71.436, up 0.066%, as both the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P500 closed slightly down from effects of sliding oil prices. The NASDAQ Composite ending the day in the positive receiving a boost from Applied Materials (AMAT.O) up 7.9% and rebound in technology stocks. As markets...
Feb. 16 – Feb. 19 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Over the past two weeks here, we have taken different looks at Executive Mosaic’s 2016 Wash100 list of the government contracting arena’s most influential voices and pulled out some simi...
The GovCon Index barely held positive territory in a narrow final hour of trade Thursday to record a nominal gain of 0.041 points to 71.389 Thursday and remain in a correction for the seventh consecutive day, or 10 percent down from its most recent high on Dec. 1. ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) rose 1.48 percent after...
The GovCon Index bounced higher for a third consecutive session Wednesday with a gain of 1.411 percent to 71.348, a close that holds the Index barely in correction territory for a sixth straight day. The Index is 10.05 percent down from its most recent high of 79.332 on Dec. 1 and has entered correction territory...
Gail Rissler, formerly a senior vice president of Suntiva, has been named the first chief operating officer of the company. She will lead Suntiva’s health, defense, federal civilian and intelligence community business units and oversee the company™s business expansion, strategy execution and business development, Suntiva said Friday. R...
Advanced Technology International has won a $99 million contract to provide support services to the Office of Naval Research Manufacturing Technology’s U.S. Navy metalworking center of excellence. The center serves to identify and develop technology for deployment to U.S. shipyards and other industrial facilities, the Defense Department said T...
