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  • Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts

    The Air Traffic Control Association has presented Raytheon the 2016 Industrial Award for the company’s work to help modernize ATC systems that manage the majority of the country’s civilian airspace. The company said Monday it received the award during ATCA’s 61st Annual Conference and Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. Raytheon worked with the Federal Aviation Administration on an 18-month […] More

  • Amgen CEO Robert Bradway Elected to Boeing Board; Dennis Muilenburg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amgen CEO Robert Bradway Elected to Boeing Board; Dennis Muilenburg Comments

    Robert Bradway, president and CEO of biotechnology firm Amgen, has joined Boeing’s board of directors. “[Bradway’s] accomplishments in business, operations and finance will serve Boeing well as he applies his broad-based experience to aerospace,” Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement released Friday. Bradway will serve on the board’s finance and […] More

  • Insitu Donates ScanEagle UAS to Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; Ryan Hartman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Donates ScanEagle UAS to Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; Ryan Hartman Comments

    Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has donated a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region to give public the opportunity to view the drone. Insitu said Thursday the ScanEagle N202SE will display Boeing Aviation Hangar at the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center facility in Chantilly, Virginia. The unmanned aircraft […] More

  • UMUC to Continue Support for Air Force Association's CyberPatriot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UMUC to Continue Support for Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot

    The University of Maryland University College will continue to sponsor the Air Force Association’s national youth cyber education program for a fourth consecutive year. UMUC said Thursday it will support the CyberPatriot program in an effort to promote science, technology, engineering, mathematics and cybersecurity education to students. The 2015-2016 CyberPatriot National Defense Competition aims to develop the skills of youth participants via […] More

  • Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits Gerald R Ford Aircraft Carrier at HII's Newport News Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits Gerald R Ford Aircraft Carrier at HII’s Newport News Site

    U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News facility to carry out a tour of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. HII said Thursday Newport News Shipbuilding president division Matt Mulherin and Ford Commanding Officer Capt. Richard McCormack officiated the tour for Mabus. Mabus recognized efforts by the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps over the last seven […] More

  • General Atomics to Showcase Ground Control System Simulator, Maritime ISR Aircraft in Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Showcase Ground Control System Simulator, Maritime ISR Aircraft in Japan

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems subsidiary will demonstrate its ground control system simulator and maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft at the Japan International Aerospace show through Oct. 15. The company said Wednesday GA-ASI’s booth will feature the Guardian ER aircraft and hands-on demonstrations of the Advanced Cockpit Block 50 Ground Control Station simulator. David Alexander, GA-ASI president of aircraft […] More

  • John Gould, Brent Behrman to Oversee CyrusOne Sales Operations in EVP Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Gould, Brent Behrman to Oversee CyrusOne Sales Operations in EVP Roles

    John Gould and Brent Behrman, respectively former president of Stratasys‘ North American business and senior vice president of sales at Compass Datacenters, have joined data center services company CyrusOne‘s sales organization. Gould was appointed executive vice president for global sales and Behrman will serve as EVP for strategic sales, CyrusOne said Wednesday. “As our world enters an exciting […] More

  • Richard Montoni: Maximus’ Laura Rosenak Gets WICSEC Honorary Lifetime Award for Child Support Leadership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Montoni: Maximus’ Laura Rosenak Gets WICSEC Honorary Lifetime Award for Child Support Leadership

    The Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council has presented the Honorary Lifetime Award to Laura Rosenak, senior vice president of the child support practice at Maximus, in recognition of her leadership role in child support programs. “We are very proud of Laura’s achievements… Her passion for her work, and her dedication to serving children, shines through […] More

  • SGI Co-Founder & Former DEA Officer Michael Braun Leaves Company - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SGI Co-Founder & Former DEA Officer Michael Braun Leaves Company

    Michael Braun, SGI Global co-founder and managing partner, has left the company after eight years of service. SGI said Monday Braun has helped establish the company as a provider of international training, intelligence and logistic services. He is a former assistant administrator and chief of operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration and led the operations of the Justice Department from […] More

  • Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat will hold its annual symposium Nov. 2 in Arlington, Virginia to highlight the role of open source technology in digital transformation efforts across the government sector. The company said Wednesday it expects the 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium to draw more than 650 government and industry professionals to help address information technology challenges that public sector agencies face. Paul Smith, senior vice president and […] More

  • Executive Profile: David Walker, Senior Strategic Adviser for PwC US Public Sector Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: David Walker, Senior Strategic Adviser for PwC US Public Sector Practice

    David Walker serves as senior strategic adviser for the public sector practice at PwC’s U.S. arm. In this capacity, the 40-year audit industry veteran offers advice to senior government officials and PwC executives on public sector and financial restructuring issues. Before he joined PwC in 2015, Walker served as the seventh U.S. Comptroller General and head […] More

  • John Allen, Michael Griffin, Samuel Locklear Named Senior Fellows at Johns Hopkins APL - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Allen, Michael Griffin, Samuel Locklear Named Senior Fellows at Johns Hopkins APL

    The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Michael Griffin, chairman and CEO of Schafer Corp., as well as military veterans John Allen and Samuel Locklear as APL senior fellows. APL said Tuesday Allen, Griffin and Locklear bring leadership and expertise to the lab’s senior fellows program that seeks to address the priorities of U.S. military leaders and senior […] More