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  • Jim DiClementi Joins IBA as Capture Senior Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim DiClementi Joins IBA as Capture Senior Director

    Jim DiClementi, formerly vice president of business development at Leidos, has been named senior director of capture at Herndon, Virginia-based professional and technical services contractor Irving Burton Associates. DiClementi will lead IBA’s efforts to pursue indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and governmentwide acquisition contracts, IBA said Thursday. He has decades of experience in the areas of strategic planning, capture and […] More

  • Raytheon to Sponsor Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Sponsor Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon will sponsor a national cybersecurity competition for college students from more than 220 schools in the U.S. The company said Thursday it will serve as a title sponsor of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition over the next three years and provide technical resources, mentors and employee volunteers to help develop students’ skills. Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s […] More

  • Inmarsat Lands MSUA Govt Mobility Satcom Award for L-Band Service; Steve Gizinski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Lands MSUA Govt Mobility Satcom Award for L-Band Service; Steve Gizinski Comments

    Inmarsat has received a Mobility Satellite Innovation Award from the Mobile Satellite Users Association for the company’s L-band service meant to support airborne, maritime and expeditionary missions. MSUA presented the 2017 Top Government Mobility Satcom Innovation award to Inmarsat in recognition of its Wideband Streaming L-band service at the Satellite Conference held in Washington, the company said Tuesday. Steve Gizinski, vice president of special programs at Inmarsat’s […] More

  • Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon, (ISC)2 to Offer 6 New Cybersecurity Scholarships for Women - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon, (ISC)2 to Offer 6 New Cybersecurity Scholarships for Women

    A partnership between Raytheon and (ISC)2’s Center for Cyber Safety and Education will offer six new scholarships this year to drive women’s interest in cybersecurity careers. Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, wrote in an article published Monday on Fifth Domain that the initiative aims to help address talent shortfall in the cybersecurity field. “Eliminating the […] More

  • Boeing Vet Dan Hart to Head Virgin Group's Small Satellite Launch Services Venture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Vet Dan Hart to Head Virgin Group’s Small Satellite Launch Services Venture

    Dan Hart, a 34-year veteran of Boeing and former vice president of its government satellite systems business, has been appointed president of Virgin Orbit — a small satellite launch services venture spun out of Virgin Group‘s commercial space company Virgin Galactic. Virgin Orbit is headquartered in Long Beach, California, and aims to help clients launch small satellites with the LauncherOne […] More

  • Mitre Named General Steward of Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Named General Steward of Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency

    Mitre has entered into an agreement with The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency to serve as a general steward in the development of the nonprofit network’s guiding principles, global agenda and work streams. The company said Thursday it will also supply strategic advice, establish working groups and provide expertise and financial support to the GIFT Action […] More

  • Magellan Health Exec Karen Amstutz Named Committee Member in NQF Medicaid Innovator Accelerator Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Magellan Health Exec Karen Amstutz Named Committee Member in NQF Medicaid Innovator Accelerator Program

    Karen Amstutz, chief medical officer of Magellan Health, has joined the coordinating committee of the nonprofit National Quality Forum’s Medicaid Innovator Accelerator Program. The company said Wednesday Amstutz will work with other committee members to establish measures that drive reforms in state Medicaid programs’ payment and delivery systems to address quality and cost concerns. The group will focus […] More

  • Mitre, University of Virginia Offer Systems Engineering Fellowship to Fed Employees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre, University of Virginia Offer Systems Engineering Fellowship to Fed Employees

    Mitre has partnered with University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science to offer a fellowship opportunity to military and federal civilian employees in the field of systems engineering. The nonprofit company said Wednesday the 12-month Systems Engineering Fellowship for Federal Employees program seeks to provide future government technology leaders access to hands-on research and project experience at Mitre and […] More

  • Chris McGee Joins Noblis Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris McGee Joins Noblis Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Comments

    Chris McGee, senior client partner at Korn Ferry‘s Hay Group division, has joined the board of trustees of scientific research and engineering services contractor Noblis. Amr ElSawy, Noblis president and CEO, said in a statement released Monday McGee brings his experience in governance practices and compensation to the board as the company works to grow its operations and […] More

  • Cubic to Showcase Integrated Satcom Products; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Showcase Integrated Satcom Products; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s mission solutions business will showcase a range of integrated satellite communication products during the SATELLITE 2017 event, scheduled to take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington from March 6 to 9. The company said Tuesday it will display the inflatable satcom antennas of its GATR business as well as the communication and optimization products the […] More

  • Ensco Adds Former GS1 CTO Steven Bratt to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco Adds Former GS1 CTO Steven Bratt to Board of Directors

    Steven Bratt, former chief technology officer and president of standards development president at the GS1 nonprofit organization, has joined Ensco‘s board of directors. He brings his international business and technology leadership experience to the science and engineering services contractor as a board member, Ensco said Thursday. “[Bratt’s] stimulating insights in a wide range of technology areas and experience in international […] More

  • Leidos' Alvie Johnson Receives AFCEA Women’s Appreciation Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Alvie Johnson Receives AFCEA Women’s Appreciation Award

    Alvie Johnson, principal business developer for the U.S. Army at Leidos, has received the Women’s Appreciation Award from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International in recognition of his leadership and efforts to support the  career advancement of female professionals. Johnson accepted the award during the AFCEA West event held in San Diego, Leidos said Thursday. Gerry […] More