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  • Center for Digital Government Recognizes ICF-Designed HUD Exchange Portal with Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Center for Digital Government Recognizes ICF-Designed HUD Exchange Portal with Award

    The Center for Digital Government has selected a Department of Housing and Urban Development website built in partnership with ICF as winner of the research institute’s Project Experience Award. HUD Exchange won the award in the federal government experience category in recognition of the agency’s public service delivery efforts through the online platform, ICF said Tuesday. ICF’s social and community and […] More

  • CrowdStrike Establishes Own Foundation to Support Cybersecurity and AI Areas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CrowdStrike Establishes Own Foundation to Support Cybersecurity and AI Areas

    CrowdStrike has announced the inauguration of its own foundation dedicated to developing next generation talent and research in the areas of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The company said Tuesday the CrowdStrike Foundation will fund scholarships and research for students and scientists studying cybersecurity and AI. The foundation will also provide pro-bono security software for non-profits, journalists and activists […] More

  • Raytheon Wins Aviation Week Award for Virtual Design Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Wins Aviation Week Award for Virtual Design Center

    A Raytheon facility with virtual reality technology has won a 2017 Program Excellence Award from Aviation Week magazine in the special projects category. Raytheon’s Immersive Design Center is equipped with the CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment system that works to facilitate collaboration between cross-functional teams in efforts to produce three-dimensional models of structures and parts, the company said Monday. Allen Couture, vice president […] More

  • ManTech Named 2017 ‘Best Company for Veterans’ by Monster.com - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Named 2017 ‘Best Company for Veterans’ by Monster.com

    ManTech International has won the “Best Company for Veterans” recognition for the second year in a row from online employment platform Monster.com. The company ranked first on Monster.com’s list of 10 finalists for veteran recruitment and retention practices, ManTech said Monday. “ManTech has a longstanding commitment to hiring former members of the U.S. military, and we are […] More

  • Calibre CEO Joe Martore Recognized as 'GovCon Executive of the Year' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Calibre CEO Joe Martore Recognized as ‘GovCon Executive of the Year’

    Joe Martore, president and CEO of Calibre Systems, has received the GovCon Executive of the Year award from the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. The recognition was given at the 15th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, which honors individuals and businesses in the Washington area’s government contracting community, Calibre said Friday. Martore […] More

  • Cubic to Participate in Air Combat Training Discussion at IFC; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Participate in Air Combat Training Discussion at IFC; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic‘s global defense business division will participate in the three-day International Fighter Conference in Berlin, Germany, to discuss multiple training platforms designed to support air combat training and mission readiness efforts. Some Cubic Global Defense personnel will address various topics at the event such as incremental live, virtual and constructive systems as well as multidomain Joined and […] More

  • Boeing Pledges $50M in Charitable Grants for NonProfits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Pledges $50M in Charitable Grants for NonProfits

    Boeing has pledged to provide more than $50 million in grants to approximately 500 nonprofit organizations across 50 countries. The grants package will fund initiatives through 2018 and will augment Boeing’s expected $117 million in company and employee contributions to other charitable causes, the company said Thursday. The new investments will bring the company’s total community contributions in 2017 to approximately […] More

  • Gillian Duggan Named Cobham HR & Comms EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gillian Duggan Named Cobham HR & Comms EVP

    Gillian Duggan, formerly group human resources director at Berendsen, has joined aerospace and defense technology company Cobham as executive vice president of HR and communications. Cobhan said Thursday Duggan previously spent 12 years at infrastructure support services provider Amey, where she held the roles of group HR director and managing director for two business units. Earlier in her career, […] More

  • DynCorp, Army Eye Partnership to Help Soldiers Find After-Service Careers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp, Army Eye Partnership to Help Soldiers Find After-Service Careers

    DynCorp International and the U.S. Army are set to ink a strategic partnership agreement on Nov. 12 to drive efforts to assist service members in finding employment after they leave the military. The agreement is part of the Army’s Partnership for Youth Success program that seeks to involve private industry, academia and state and local public […] More

  • General Atomics Receives Aviation Week Award for Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Receives Aviation Week Award for Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Program

    A General Atomics subsidiary has won a Program Excellence award from Aviation Week magazine in recognition of its Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system program. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.‘s program team that oversees GE-ER development efforts for the U.S. Army received the award in the original equipment manufacturer research and development/system design and development category during the publication’s Annual […] More

  • Gov't Senior Executives Group, Nonprofit Coalition Enter Shared Services Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gov’t Senior Executives Group, Nonprofit Coalition Enter Shared Services Partnership

    The Senior Executives Association has partnered with the Shared Services Leadership Coalition in an effort to educate senior government leaders on the implementation of the shared services business model in the public sector. SEA and SSLC said in a joint statement published Monday they will host a seminar series for senior government officials on opportunities […] More

  • ISOA Adds SOSi SVP Frank Helmick to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISOA Adds SOSi SVP Frank Helmick to Advisory Board

    Frank Helmick, senior vice president of the mission solutions group at SOS International, has been appointed to the International Stability Operations Association’s advisory board. SOSi said Monday Helmick will work with other ISOA advisory council members, executive staff and board of directors in efforts to help formulate and implement the association’s strategic vision. ISOA represents multiple nongovernmental […] More