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  • NASA Names Top Three Teams in Technology Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Names Top Three Teams in Technology Competition

    NASA has announced the top three teams to perform in cycle one of the agency’s competition on innovative technologies. The selection follows the iTech 2018 competition’s recent phase wherein ten finalist groups developed technology projects seeking to improve space exploration and terrestrial life, the agency said Friday. NASA chief technologists, potential investors and leaders from the […] More

  • Hughes' Rick Lober to Join Panel Discussion on Milsatcom Ground Segment Innovations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes’ Rick Lober to Join Panel Discussion on Milsatcom Ground Segment Innovations

    Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division, will participate in a panel discussion at SMi Group‘s Global MilSatCom Conference that is scheduled to take place in London from Nov. 7 to 9. SMi Group said Tuesday the forum will center on ground segment innovations for military satellite communications and cover […] More

  • Former US Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich Joins Nuix Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former US Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich Joins Nuix Board

    Jeffrey Bleich, a group CEO and partner at law firm Dentons, has joined the board of directors at Herndon, Virginia-based information management technology developer Nuix. Nuix said Tuesday that Bleich will fill a board seat vacated by Eddie Sheehy, who stepped down as CEO of the company and resigned his position on the board. Tony Castagna, Nuix co-founder and […] More

  • Data Systems Analysts Secures Spot Under Navy SeaPort-e IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Data Systems Analysts Secures Spot Under Navy SeaPort-e IDIQ

    Data Systems Analysts has been awarded a position under the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to compete for professional support services task orders. DSA said Monday it will offer support services for the Naval Sea Systems Command’s program executive offices, directorates, warfare centers and field activities that use the NAVSEA SeaPort Enhanced Contract. The SeaPort-e contract also authorizes […] More

  • SGO Becomes 1st US Firm to Obtain PSC.1-2012 Mgmt Systems Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SGO Becomes 1st US Firm to Obtain PSC.1-2012 Mgmt Systems Certification

    Sterling Global Operations is a stability operations company that offers global services to the public and private sector in munitions response; logistics; communications; life support services; risk management; and security. SGO has announced it is the first American company to receive the worldwide certification ANSI/ASIS PSC.1-2012, an international standard for quality management systems at private security companies. The certification was […] More

  • Frank Wolf to Receive Center for Security Policy's 'Keeper of the Flame' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frank Wolf to Receive Center for Security Policy’s ‘Keeper of the Flame’ Award

    The Center for Security Policy – a non-profit national security organization – will recognize Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) on Sept. 18 at the center’s annual “Keeper of the Flame Award Dinner“. The CSP first gave out the award in 1990 and is meant to “bestow recognition on those individuals who devote their public careers to the propagation of democracy and the respect […] More

  • Kennedy Consulting Picks Deloitte for State, Local Gov't Market Leadership List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kennedy Consulting Picks Deloitte for State, Local Gov’t Market Leadership List

    Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory has selected Deloitte as a leader in U.S. state and local government consulting services. In the report “United States Sate & Local Government Consulting 2014,” Kennedy said “Deloitte is substantially immersed in the state and local government market, giving it a thorough understanding of clients’ needs.” According to the report, the firm works to bring experiences […] More

  • Executive Profile: Bill Downer, Seagate, Manager of Federal Business Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Bill Downer, Seagate, Manager of Federal Business Development

    Bill Downer is a manager at Seagate handling the federal business development line. The sales and management veteran has over two decades of experience working for data storage technology companies, including sales manager at Sun Microsystems and federal business vice president at DataDirect Networks. Previous roles also include regional director of sales and channel relations at Quantum. More

  • Accenture, Avanade Picked for Microsoft Alliance and Mobility Partner Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture, Avanade Picked for Microsoft Alliance and Mobility Partner Awards

    Microsoft has given Accenture and Avanade the software maker’s Alliance Partner of the Year award for the eighth time and the Mobility Partner of the Year distinction for the third year in a row. Accenture and Avanade were recognized for their work to demonstrate technology expertise on collaborations of more than 10,000 Microsoft-based businesses and public service projects, Accenture said Thursday. […] More

  • Deltek Names 2014 Premier Partners for GovCon Consulting, Services; Tom Mazich Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek Names 2014 Premier Partners for GovCon Consulting, Services; Tom Mazich Comments

    Deltek has named its GovCon Consulting Premier Partners and GovCon Services Premier Partners for 2014, the company’s highest classifications for its government contracting business partners providing sales, marketing and implementation support for Deltek solutions. The consulting firm said Friday its consulting partners have provided support in delivering Deltek’s enterprise resource planning solutions to government contractors, while the services partners have supported implementations of […] More

  • Boeing Gives Processor Qualification Status to Exelis' Aerostructures Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gives Processor Qualification Status to Exelis’ Aerostructures Arm

    Exelis has received a processor qualification designation from Boeing for a composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Exelis said it went through a  technical review through Boeing specifications and had to demonstrate both process controls and manufacturing capabilities. Mike Blair, vice president and general manager of Exelis Aerostructures, said his company finished the qualification process in less than a year. […] More

  • Kevin Craven to Lead Serco's UK Central Gov't Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Craven to Lead Serco’s UK Central Gov’t Division

    Kevin Craven, former CEO of Balfour Beatty Services, will join Britain-based government services contractor Serco as chief executive of the company’s U.K. central government division on Sept. 1. Craven led Balfour Beatty Services for four years prior to his appointment at Serco, where he will also serve on that company’s executive committee, Serco said Friday. “He is […] More