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  • Leidos Adds 3 Members to Board of Directors; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Adds 3 Members to Board of Directors; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos Holdings has named Gregory Dahlberg, Surya Mohapatra and Susan Stalnecker to its board of directors in conjunction with the closure of Leidos’ $5 billion merger with Lockheed Martin‘s information systems and global solutions business. The appointments of Dahlberg, Mohapatra and Stalnecker bring the total number of Leidos’ board members to 12, the company said Tuesday. “We’re delighted […] More

  • Executive Profile: Vincent Maffeo, Leidos Executive Vice President and General Counsel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Vincent Maffeo, Leidos Executive Vice President and General Counsel

    Vincent Maffeo serves as executive vice president and general counsel of Leidos, where he is responsible for legal, contracts, pricing, environmental health and safety, and internal audit. Maffeo was previously the senior vice president and general counsel of ITT Corp. before he joined Leidos on June 7, 2010, then known as SAIC. His career in law began […] More

  • CACI Vet Deb Dunie Appointed to SAIC’s Board of Directors; Edward Sanderson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Vet Deb Dunie Appointed to SAIC’s Board of Directors; Edward Sanderson Comments

    Deborah “Deb” Dunie, formerly executive vice president and chief technology officer at CACI International, for eight years, has been appointed to the board of directors at Science Applications International Corp. She will serve on the human resources and compensation committee of the company’s board, SAIC said Monday. “Deb Dunie has over three decades of aerospace and defense industry […] More

  • Executive Profile: Lisa Simeon, Exelis Info Systems VP of HR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Lisa Simeon, Exelis Info Systems VP of HR

    Lisa Simeon serves as vice president of human resources for the information systems division of Exelis and is based in Herndon, Virginia. Simeon is responsible for all HR aspects of the division and leads a team of 50 human resources professionals in strategic initiatives and programs in leadership development, talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation and benefits. She joined ITT in 2001 […] More

  • Exelis CEO David Melcher Receives 2014 John W. Dixon Award from U.S. Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis CEO David Melcher Receives 2014 John W. Dixon Award from U.S. Army

    David Melcher, Exelis CEO and president, has received the John W. Dixon Award from the Association of the U.S. Army Council of Trustees for his contribution to national defense programs. AUSA will present the award to Melcher at an annual meeting and exposition on Oct. 15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., […] More

  • Siemens, ITT Design Tech to Protect Electrical Grids From Quake Damage; Christos Kotanidis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, ITT Design Tech to Protect Electrical Grids From Quake Damage; Christos Kotanidis Comments

    Siemens and ITT Corp. have worked to build a structural damping and isolation technology with the goal of keeping electrical grid infrastructures safe during an earthquake. The companies’ seismic protection system is designed to reduce earthquake-induced mechanical stress in high-voltage components at power transmission substations by up to 80 percent, ITT said Tuesday. According to […] More

  • ITT Expands Aerospace Services in China; Munish Nanda Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ITT Expands Aerospace Services in China; Munish Nanda Comments

    ITT Corp. has added an authorized provider of aftermarket services to aerospace customers in China as the company looks to expand its global aircraft support business. An ITT-authorized service center run by Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Co. will maintain ITT-made components that are installed on commercial planes, ITT said Tuesday. “This agreement with GAMECO gives […] More

  • ITT to Sponsor China Engineering Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ITT to Sponsor China Engineering Development Program

    ITT Corp. will sponsor an event in China aimed at building up engineering talent in the country’s manufacturing and engineering industry. The company is partnering with the Science and Technology Daily and TusPark Co. Ltd. for the engineering talent development program and innovation competition, ITT said Thursday. Jing Yang, league secretary of Science and Technology Daily, said […] More