General Dynamics will create and transfer approximately 280 jobs in Plano, Texas as part of a more than $5.3 billion investment on real property and business personal property improvements to the company’s facility in the region, Dallas Business Journal reported Monday. The company will move operations previously conducted in Richardson …
Read More »BAE’s UK Operations to Recruit 235 Graduates in 2017
BAE Systems plans to recruit 235 graduates to work in various businesses across the defense contractor’s U.K.-based operations in 2017. BAE said Thursday 80 graduates will join the applied intelligence business to help deliver cybersecurity services for government and commercial customers. The company added it will hire 77 graduates for maritime businesses, 54 …
Read More »OPM Seeks Small Biz Partner to Support Federal Disability Recruitment Initiative
The Office of Personnel Management seeks a small business that can help federal agencies to recruit people with disabilities for government job opportunities. In a FedBizOpps solicitation posted Wednesday, OPM said it plans to award a potential three-year blanket purchase agreement for support services to the agency’s Disability Recruitment Initiative. The selected contractor will use government’s Schedule A Hiring …
Read More »TechServe Alliance: IT, Engineering Employment Grew Steadily Since June 2014
A TechServe Alliance report indicates that employment in the fields of information technology and engineering has grown steadily at 4.4 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, since June 2014. The trade association said July 17 that IT grew by 208,200 workers and engineering added 18,600 workers in the past year as IT …
Read More »Victory Media Names Parsons Top GovCon Firm on 2015 STEM Jobs List; Jamie Morehead Comments
Victory Media has selected Parsons as the top defense and GovCon firm on the publication’s 2015 “STEM Jobs Approved Employers” list of companies that offer work in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Parsons said Wednesday the list is the first to rate businesses on the effectivity of their programs to produce and fill high-growth STEM-related …
Read More »Bob Ciesla: Boeing’s Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage
Construction has begun on Boeing‘s new facility in St. Louis that will house composite manufacturing operations for the 777x commercial aircraft and potentially generate 700 jobs for the community. The company said Tuesday the composites center will cover an area of 367,000 square feet and expand the existing tooling center at the location. Bob Ciesla, …
Read More »Dan Allen: Serco Inc. Adds Parking, Traffic Control Support Work in LA Suburb
Serco Inc., the Britain-based contractor’s North American subsidiary, has won a 10-year, $25 million contract to provide parking enforcement services and manage parking meter and traffic control operations in Inglewood, California. The company said Monday it will support daily traffic, parking, dispatch and customer services in the Los Angeles suburb as well as monitor scofflaws …
Read More »BAE Starts Work to Refresh South Korea’s F-16 Fleet; John Bean Comments
BAE Systems has started work to add new weapons and avionics systems to South Korea’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets under a two-phase foreign military sales contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force. The company said Wednesday it will supply equipment and parts such as mission computers, cockpit displays, radars and sensors for …
Read More »Northrop Grumman Breaks Ground on Florida Campus Expansion
Northrop Grumman has begun construction on a 220,000 sq ft office and research facility at its Melbourne International Airport campus in Florida, the Orlando Business Journal reported Wednesday. The building is part of the first phase of the company’s planned $500 million, 720,000 sq ft expansion of the campus, Anjali Fluker writes in …
Read More »Northrop Opens Aircraft Integration Center in Florida; Tom Vice Comments
Northrop Grumman has opened a fresh aircraft integration center in St. Augustine, Fla., where the company has been operating for 34 years. The site is expected to create 400 new jobs over the next three years, Northrop Grumman said Thursday. Tom Vice, Northrop Grumman corporate vice president and president of aerospace …
Read More »NVTC, Monster Launch Veteran Employment Initiative; Steve Cooker Comments
The Northern Virginia Technology Council is partnering with Monster.com to advance employment initiatives for veterans in the Washington D.C. area. The collaboration seeks to match veteran skills with private enterprise requirements, Monster Worldwide said Tuesday. Steve Cooker, executive vice president for global government solutions for Monster Worldwide, said the project …
Read More »Report: Amazon Aims to Provide 5,000 New Jobs
Amazon intends to offer 5,000 job opportunities at its distribution centers in the U.S. in line with its long-term business expansion strategies, The Washington Post reported Monday. Cecilia Kang writes the company will soon hire new employees at 17 offices that pack, process and supply orders with a goal to …
Read More »LMI Adds 7th University to Joint R&D Program
LMI has added University of Texas at San Antonio to a scholastic program that aims to encourage joint research and development initiatives for the cybersecurity and energy sectors. Seven universities now work with LMI under the Academic Partnerships program, which launched in 2011, LMI said Monday. LMI will work with …
Read More »Siemens Opens Gear Motor Plant; Doug Keith Comments
Siemens Industry has opened a plant in Mauldin, S.C. to produce gear motors and take up orders from machine makers in the southeastern region of the U.S. The drive technologies division will manufacture the new Simogear motor series at the 45,600-square-feet facility, Siemens said May 23. Doug Keith, Siemens’ drive …
Read More »Amazon Web Services to Open Fairfax County Office; Teresa Carlson Comments
Amazon Web Services Inc. plans to open a new office in Fairfax County, Va. as the company looks to expand its public sector and commercial cloud computing businesses. Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector at AWS, said the addition of the new facility in the Herndon area …
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