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  • CenturyLink Appoints Gaurav Chand, Shaun Andrews to Exec Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Appoints Gaurav Chand, Shaun Andrews to Exec Roles

    CenturyLink has hired Gaurav Chand and Shaun Andrews to serve in executive positions and directly work under Chief Operating Officer Jeff Storey. The company said Tuesday Chand, who previously worked at Dell EMC‘s infrastructure solutions group, and Andrews, formerly senior vice president for IP and real-time communications at Level 3 Communications, will serve as executive vice president for marketing […] More

  • Joseph Weiss to Retire as Israel Aerospace Industries President, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joseph Weiss to Retire as Israel Aerospace Industries President, CEO

    Joseph Weiss, president and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries for nearly six years, has informed IAI’s board of directors that he intends to retire from his dual-role once the company finds a successor. IAI said Thursday it will form a committee to find the aerospace technology firm’s next CEO. Weiss joined the company in 1998 after he spent 27 […] More

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Microsoft to Launch IT Academy at Marine Corps Base Quantico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Microsoft to Launch IT Academy at Marine Corps Base Quantico

    A partnership of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Microsoft will launch an information technology academy meant to train transitioning service members at the U.S. Marine Corps‘ installation in Quantico, Virginia. The ERAU-Microsoft Software and Systems Academy will be unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Marine Corps’ National Museum on Jan. 8, the military branch said Saturday. The […] More

  • Raytheon, University of Arizona Partner on STEM Program for Native-American Students - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, University of Arizona Partner on STEM Program for Native-American Students

    An employee resource group at Raytheon has partnered with the University of Arizona to mentor and inspire Native-American students toward science, technology, engineering and math careers. Raytheon American Indian Network members facilitate monthly workshops that offer  hands-on activities revolving around STEM to high school and middle school as part of the university’s Native Student Outreach for Access […] More

  • DARPA Offers Research Tools Under Holiday Operations Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Offers Research Tools Under Holiday Operations Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has provided Santa Claus and his crew with technology platforms designed to help them carry out their duties this Christmas as part of the High-speed Optimized Handling of Holiday Operations program. DARPA said Friday the HO HO HO initiative is on its fourth year and aims to share with Santa […] More

  • BAE-Northrop-DECA Team Obtains UK Defense Ministry Acquisition Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Northrop-DECA Team Obtains UK Defense Ministry Acquisition Award

    A partnership of BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and U.K.’s defense electronics and components agency has received recognition from the British defense ministry for their collaborative efforts under the F-35 Lightning II program. MoD honored the bid team called Team UK during the Minister for Defense Procurement Acquisition Awards ceremony that took place Nov. 28 at the ministry’s headquarters, Northrop said […] More

  • HPE CEO Meg Whitman to Leave DXC Board; Mike Lawrie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE CEO Meg Whitman to Leave DXC Board; Mike Lawrie Comments

    Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will step down from her role as a member of the board of directors at DXC Technology effective immediately. Whitman became a board member earlier this year of DXC that was formed through the merger between HPE’s enterprise services segment and Computer Sciences Corp., DXC said Thursday. DXC expects HPE to […] More

  • Boeing to Invest $300M in Workforce Devt, Charitable Initiatives; Dennis Muilenburg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Invest $300M in Workforce Devt, Charitable Initiatives; Dennis Muilenburg Comments

    Boeing has committed to invest an additional $300 million in employee-related and charitable initiatives following the passage of a tax reform bill by Congress. Chicago-based Boeing said Thursday it will allocate $100 million to charity work in support of education, communities, veterans and military personnel. The aerospace and defense company also plans to spend $100 million on […] More

  • Engility to Support DoD's CBRNE Defense Efforts Under $8.3B Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Support DoD’s CBRNE Defense Efforts Under $8.3B Contract Vehicle

    Engility will assist in the Defense Department‘s research and development activities on defense systems against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives through the company’s position on a potential $8.3 billion contract vehicle. The company said Wednesday it landed a spot on the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense’s Joint Enterprise Research, Development, Acquisition […] More

  • Karin Hoeing Named BAE Group HR Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Karin Hoeing Named BAE Group HR Director

    Karin Hoeing, a more than 20-year veteran of global oil services company Schlumberger, will formally join BAE Systems in February as group human resources director. BAE said Wednesday Hoeing will also serve on the British defense company’s executive committee and report directly to CEO Charles Woodburn. She previously led Schlumberger’s Wireline business as president and before that she held senior […] More

  • Maxar Wins ‘Deal of the Year’ Award; Howard Lance Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Wins ‘Deal of the Year’ Award; Howard Lance Comments

    Maxar Technologies, formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, has received SpaceNews’ “Deal of the Year” award in recognition of the company’s acquisition of DigitalGlobe in an estimated $3.6 billion transaction. Maxar’s predecessor MDA closed the deal in October in a push to offer imagery, satellite and geospatial services across the government and commercial sectors, Maxar said […] More

  • Engility to Support Federal IT Modernization Efforts Under GSA's $50B Alliant 2 Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Support Federal IT Modernization Efforts Under GSA’s $50B Alliant 2 Vehicle

    Engility plans to help federal customers modernize information technology systems through the company’s position on the potential $50 billion Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle awarded in November. The company said Tuesday it will offer systems engineering and integration, enterprise, cyber and high-performance computing services to agencies under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Luis Almodovar, vice president for GWAC and IDIQ solutions […] More