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  • Raytheon's Barbara Borgonovi Calls for New Talent Mgmt Approach to Address STEM Employment Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Barbara Borgonovi Calls for New Talent Mgmt Approach to Address STEM Employment Gap

    A Raytheon vice president has urged defense companies and agencies to modify their approaches to recruit, identify and retain employees who possess science, technology, engineering and math skills, Signal Magazine reported Wednesday. “For years, we’ve heard about the challenge that we don’t have enough college students that are going to study … STEM,” said Barbara […] More

  • National Science Foundation, Boeing Form STEM Training Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Science Foundation, Boeing Form STEM Training Partnership

    Boeing has partnered with the National Science Foundation to train students and the company’s employees in the science, technology, engineering and math skill areas. The company said Monday it will invest $10M to help NSF and its learning institution partners develop online training courses about model-based engineering, systems engineering, mechatronics, robotics, data science, sensor analytics, […] More

  • Harris Backs STEM Programs to Foster Space Innovation; William Brown Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Backs STEM Programs to Foster Space Innovation; William Brown Quoted

    Harris has pledged to support science, technology, engineering and math education through grant funds in a move to inspire future space innovators. The company said Thursday that, for the third consecutive year, it will back the Space Foundation’s Space in the Community program that seeks to inform students, teachers, parents and community members about space and […] More

  • LexisNexis Presents Computer Science Education Program at House Committee Innovation Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis Presents Computer Science Education Program at House Committee Innovation Forum

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions presented its free summer coding and computer science mentoring program at a House Education and the Workforce Committee forum that took place Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Rep. Karen Handel, R-Ga., invited LexisNexis and 24 other participants across the country to present their education programs before committee members and attend a congressional showcase focused […] More

  • Lockheed Sponsors Jordan-Based Robotics Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Sponsors Jordan-Based Robotics Lab

    Lockheed Martin has helped establish a robotics laboratory for students at King’s Academy in Jordan through sponsorship, TradeArabia reported Saturday. The Lockheed Martin Incubator features equipment, software and systems designed to complement science, technology, engineering and math education at the nonprofit boarding school. King’s Academy educates students from grades 7 to 12.  Lockheed offers defense equipment and services […] More

  • Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson Chosen as 2018 CEO of the Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson Chosen as 2018 CEO of the Year

    Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin chairman, president and CEO, has been named by Chief Executive magazine as 2018 CEO of the Year in recognition of her leadership and efforts to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The award also recognizes Hewson’s work to advance diversity in the technology sector and build up the pipeline of skilled […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Unit Distributes $101K in Gulf Coast School STEM Grants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Unit Distributes $101K in Gulf Coast School STEM Grants

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has provided $101,000 in grant funds to support 26 science, technology, engineering and math programs in two Gulf Coast states. The company said Tuesday it has awarded more than $911,000 to different STEM projects and initiatives to over the past 10 years. Edmond Hughes, vice president of human resources and administration at […] More

  • Siemens Plans New STEM Education, Training Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Plans New STEM Education, Training Initiatives

    Siemens‘ philanthropic arm has announced plans to launch new educational and training programs to boost student engagement in science, technology, engineering and math. The company said Thursday these initiatives will replace Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology that ended in 2017 after 19 years of providing annual scholarship opportunities to high school students. Siemens Foundation […] More

  • NASA Center to Host Opening Event of High School Robotic Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Center to Host Opening Event of High School Robotic Competition

    NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will host the kickoff event of a national robotic competition for students in grades 9 through 12 on Saturday. The opening ceremony for this year’s FIRST Robotics, managed by the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology organization, will take place at the Davidson Center for […] More

  • Northrop Backs Cyber, STEM Education Programs at U.S. Naval Academy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Backs Cyber, STEM Education Programs at U.S. Naval Academy

    Northrop Grumman has invested an undisclosed sum to help expand the U.S. Naval Academy’s cyber, science, technology, engineering and math programs. The company and its philanthropic arm have also donated more than $21 million to support strategic priorities of USNA since 2001, Northrop said Tuesday. The Northrop Grumman Foundation is supporting USNA’s Cybersecurity Capstone Project this academic school year […] More

  • Army, Ten80 to Co-Host STEM Education Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, Ten80 to Co-Host STEM Education Event

    Ten80 Education and the U.S. Army has launched an educational program with the goal to engage high school students in science, technology, engineering and math. The Army Marketing and Research Group said Tuesday the STEMFest event will offer an opportunity for students to hone their teamwork, leadership and critical thinking skills with through a series of interactive […] More

  • ULA to Sponsor Air Force Association’s STEM Program; Tory Bruno Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA to Sponsor Air Force Association’s STEM Program; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has agreed to become a sponsor for the Air Force Association’s StellarXplorers science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program. The joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing ULA will sponsor the dinner for the national finalists and also cover travel expenses and funding for the StellarXplorers III winners, the Air Force Association said Monday. “We are […] More