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  • Lockheed Employees Donate $1M to Fort Worth Nonprofits; Roderick McLean Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Employees Donate $1M to Fort Worth Nonprofits; Roderick McLean Comments

    Lockheed Martin employees have selected 57 nonprofit organizations based in Fort Worth, Texas to receive more than $1 million in donations. The companies will issue the funds through the company’s employee-run charity AERO Club, Lockheed announced Tuesday. “The Lockheed Martin AERO Club donations reflect the diverse interests of our employees and have an enduring impact […] More

  • Lockheed Employees Donate $123K to 17 Nonprofits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Employees Donate $123K to 17 Nonprofits

    Lockheed Martin has selected 17 charities in locations where the company operates to receive monetary donations that total $123,000. The donations were given in check by the company’s employee-run charity AERO Club, Lockheed announced in three separate releases on Monday and Tuesday. The AERO Club donated $18,000 to the United Way of Northern Utah, a nonprofit […] More

  • Siemens Named One of Canada's 'Greenest Employers' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Named One of Canada’s ‘Greenest Employers’

    Siemens Canada as one of the most environmental friendly employers in the country for the third consecutive year by job-hunting guide publisher Mediacorp Canada, Canada Newswire reported Tuesday. Mediacorp cited Siemens’ in-house recycling and telecommuter programs, as well as the launch of its Sustainability Council as attributes of being a green company. The company has elected to […] More

  • Vernon Wallace: Raytheon to Donate $25K to YMCA Hampton Roads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vernon Wallace: Raytheon to Donate $25K to YMCA Hampton Roads

    Raytheon has awarded the Armed Services YMCA with $25,000 to support the junior-enlisted service members and their families at ASYMCA Hampton Roads. Vernon Wallace, Raytheon U.S. Business Development Director of the Mission Support Team, said the donation is just one way the company contributes to “the quality of life of the military,” ASYMCA announced April 15. […] More

  • Sunny Bajaj: DMI Honored for NIH Children's Inn Volunteer Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sunny Bajaj: DMI Honored for NIH Children’s Inn Volunteer Work

    DMI has been selected for an award that recognizes the volunteer work of the company’s employees at the National Institutes of Health‘s Children’s Inn and a relationship that started in early 2012. Company employees prepared, served and share dsmeals with families who are living at the Children’s Inn, DMI CEO Sunny Bajaj wrote in a Friday blog post. […] More

  • SAIC Sponsors Md. USO Warrior, Family Center; Doug Wagoner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Sponsors Md. USO Warrior, Family Center; Doug Wagoner Comments

    SAIC has pledged $150,000 annually for three years to became the first sponsor of the new USO Warrior and Family Center in Bethesda, Md. SAIC’s donation is intended to benefit the wounded soldiers and military families under the care of the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore chapter, the company announced Wednesday. For the remainder of 2014, SAIC also promised […] More

  • Siemens Donates $79M Manufacturing Design Software Grant to Indian School; Suman Bose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Donates $79M Manufacturing Design Software Grant to Indian School; Suman Bose Comments

    Siemens has given a $79 million in-kind software grant to a technology and engineering school in India to help students build a digital design, validation and digital manufacturing center of excellence, The Times of India reported Thursday.  Siemens’ plan with the Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering would be the first of its kind in […] More

  • Battelle Donates $15K for Florida High School's STEM Program; John Folkerts Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Donates $15K for Florida High School’s STEM Program; John Folkerts Comments

    Battelle has donated $15,000 to Florida-based East Lake High School for a science, technology, engineering and math program run through the Career Technical Education initiative. The Pinellas, Fla.-based school plans to use the donation to upgrade and purchase new equipment for high school and middle school students, Battelle announced Tuesday. “We think it’s important that […] More

  • Eric Spiegel: Siemens to Connect Cincinnati Tech School Students with Manufacturing Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Spiegel: Siemens to Connect Cincinnati Tech School Students with Manufacturing Software

    Siemens has awarded a $66.8 million software grant to Cincinnati State Technical and Community College for access to the company’s product lifecycle management softwar The college’s Center for Innovative Technologies will use the in-kind software donation for its mechanical engineering and industrial design programs, Siemens announced Wednesday. “Manufacturing is the most sophisticated, forward-looking and innovative […] More

  • CA Technologies Helps Celebrate STEM Program Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies Helps Celebrate STEM Program Milestone

    CA Technologies and DonorsChoose.org have collaborated to launch 350 projects and help 36,855 students through learning materials for science, technology, engineering and math programs Through the CA Technologies Double Your Impact STEM Campaign, the company has contributed more than $100,000 within the past two years in eight states, CA announced Tuesday. “Supporting STEM learning is a top […] More

  • Northrop Awards Multiple STEM Grants in Salt Lake City; Jim Lupica Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Awards Multiple STEM Grants in Salt Lake City; Jim Lupica Comments

    Northrop Grumman has awarded grants, worth nearly $7,000, for two science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs in Salt Lake City, UT. One grant is meant for the development and promotion of two educational programs for young people and the other to provide job training for adults ages 18 to 30, Northrop Grumman announced Wednesday. “Northrop […] More