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  • Leidos Sponsors US-UK University Cyber Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Sponsors US-UK University Cyber Competition

    Leidos has agreed to sponsor the Cambridge2Cambridge cyber competition for university teams from the U.S. and the U.K. as part of the company’s efforts to promote science, technology, engineering and math careers for students. The University of Cambridge will host the 2017 C2C cyber challenge that will run from July 24 through 26, Leidos said Monday. C2C […] More

  • Tiag Appoints Elizabeth Ahrens, David Balser to Director Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag Appoints Elizabeth Ahrens, David Balser to Director Roles

    Elizabeth Ahrens, a 17-year health information technology professional, has been promoted to a new director position at Reston, Virginia-based management and technology services provider tiag to oversee health IT initiatives for federal government and commercial clients. She will direct mission-critical health IT programs and related projects, implement the firm’s strategic goals and manage work with the […] More

  • Northrop Conducts STEM Outreach Efforts Via UK Screening of James Webb Space Telescope Documentary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Conducts STEM Outreach Efforts Via UK Screening of James Webb Space Telescope Documentary

    Northrop Grumman has screened in the U.K. a documentary film on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope as part of the company’s efforts to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The film Into the Unknown focuses on the development of the space telescope designed to launch in late 2018 to gather information […] More

  • Scott Davidson, Alan Fudge, Scott Reasoner Take New Leadership Roles at Hortonworks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Davidson, Alan Fudge, Scott Reasoner Take New Leadership Roles at Hortonworks

    Hortonworks has made a series of leadership changes as part of a push to drive growth strategy and operational performance at the Santa Clara, California-based open data technology firm. Chief Financial Officer Scott Davidson has assumed additional duties as chief operating officer of Hortonworks, the company said Tuesday. He succeeds the departing president and COO Rajnish Verma […] More

  • DLH Adds Finance Vet James Allen to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLH Adds Finance Vet James Allen to Board of Directors

    DLH Holdings has appointed James Allen, an aerospace and defense industry veteran with more than 40 years of financial management experience, to the company’s board of directors. DLH said Tuesday he previously held the roles of executive vice president and chief financial officer at Sotera Defense Solutions, then known as Global Defense Technology & Systems. “[Allen] brings a wealth […] More

  • Navy Vet Jeff Fowler Named AOC President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Vet Jeff Fowler Named AOC President

    Jeff Fowler, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been named president of Chantilly, Virginia-based government services contractor American Operations Corp. AOC said the 32-year Navy veteran will oversee the company’s business development and operations in his new role. “Fowler’s promotion to this new leadership position of President is an important step for the future of […] More

  • Unisys' Jennifer Napper, Susan Becker Named to Leadership Roles at Govt-Industry Partnership Organizations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Jennifer Napper, Susan Becker Named to Leadership Roles at Govt-Industry Partnership Organizations

    Two executives from Unisys‘ federal business unit, Jennifer Napper and Susan Becker, have been appointed to leadership positions at separate non-profit organizations that support government-industry partnership. Napper, vice president of Unisys Federal’s Defense Department and intelligence group, has been elected to the board of directors of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International, Unisys said Wednesday. She […] More

  • CSRA Promotes IT Vet Matthew McFadden to Cyber Service Area Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Promotes IT Vet Matthew McFadden to Cyber Service Area Director

    Matthew McFadden, former CSRA chief technologist for the Defense Innovation Cell, has been promoted to cybersecurity service area director at the Falls Church, Virginia-based company’s digital consulting group. The 13-year information technology veteran helped deliver services to Defense Department customers and supported the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy program of CSRA’s Defense Cyber Crime Center in his […] More

  • Textron Names 20-Year Vet Julie Duffy HR EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Names 20-Year Vet Julie Duffy HR EVP

    Julie Duffy, a 20-year Textron veteran, has been appointed executive vice president of human resources at the Providence, Rhode Island-based defense and industrial conglomerate. She will report directly to Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly and succeeds Cheryl Johnson, who held the HR EVP position over the past five years, Textron said Monday. Duffy is a member of […] More

  • Stephen Shute, Donald Paoni, Dave Spencer Take New Leadership Roles at SAP North America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephen Shute, Donald Paoni, Dave Spencer Take New Leadership Roles at SAP North America

    SAP has appointed three executives to the North America management team to oversee the company’s business operations in the U.S. and Canada. Stephen Shute, chief operating officer for SAP North America, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief business officer for the Americas and Asia Pacific Japan and will directly report to Jennifer […] More

  • Lockheed, Discovery Education Launch Mars Habitation Module Design Challenge in UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Discovery Education Launch Mars Habitation Module Design Challenge in UK

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with digital education services provider Discovery Education to launch a video challenge for U.K. students to design a space habitation module that could help NASA bring humans to Mars. The challenge is part of Lockheed’s Generation Beyond program that aims to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers, […] More

  • GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has unveiled the list of officers and members who were elected to the association’s board of directors for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Maximus CEO Richard Montoni and Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of DXC Technology’s U.S. public sector, will respectively serve as chairman and vice chairman of NVTC […] More