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  • Report: General Dynamics to Open, Move 280 Jobs in Plano, Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: General Dynamics to Open, Move 280 Jobs in Plano, Texas

    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 to Plano, Texas where General […] More

  • BAE's UK Operations to Recruit 235 Graduates in 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 graduates for the military air […] More

  • OPM Seeks Small Biz Partner to Support Federal Disability Recruitment Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 Authority to find eligible disabled individuals for […] More

  • TechServe Alliance: IT, Engineering Employment Grew Steadily Since June 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 and engineering jobs are available […] More

  • Victory Media Names Parsons Top GovCon Firm on 2015 STEM Jobs List; Jamie Morehead Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 jobs. “As a global engineering, […] More

  • Bob Ciesla: Boeing's Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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, vice president of Boeing Military […] More

  • Dan Allen: Serco Inc. Adds Parking, Traffic Control Support Work in LA Suburb - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 using license plate recognition technology. […] More

  • BAE Starts Work to Refresh South Korea's F-16 Fleet; John Bean Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 134 KF-16C/D Block 52 aircraft, as well […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Breaks Ground on Florida Campus Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 the exclusive report. The completed […] More