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  • Rebecca Rhoads of Raytheon Selected for University's CIO Leadership Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebecca Rhoads of Raytheon Selected for University’s CIO Leadership Award

    Rebecca Rhoads, chief information officer of Raytheon, has been chosen to receive the 2015 Fisher-Hopper Prize for Lifetime Achievement in CIO Leadership award from the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The university said Monday it recognized Rhoads for her efforts to promote diversity in the technical workforce as well as science, technology, […] More

  • University of Central Florida Wins Raytheon-Sponsored 2015 NCCDC; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of Central Florida Wins Raytheon-Sponsored 2015 NCCDC; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    The University of Central Florida emerged as champions of the Raytheon-sponsored 2015 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held over the weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Raytheon said Sunday UCF won for the second consecutive year and bested nine other teams during the finals of the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security competition. “The talented men and women who […] More

  • Lockheed, NASA Prepare MAVEN to Enter Mars Orbit; Bruce Jakosky Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, NASA Prepare MAVEN to Enter Mars Orbit; Bruce Jakosky Comments

    Lockheed Martin flight controllers will oversee the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft’s health and safety functions as the company and NASA prepare for MAVEN to enter Mars’ orbit on Sunday. MAVEN’s orbital insertion concludes its 10-month interplanetary mission and starts its mission to collect data on upper-atmosphere gases on Mars and their interaction with solar winds, NASA said Wednesday. “The MAVEN science mission focuses on […] More

  • Software AG, UC Berkley Select Winning Projects From Big Data Course - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Software AG, UC Berkley Select Winning Projects From Big Data Course

    A 15-week big data course sponsored by Software AG for 25 students at the University of California- Berkeley has completed, with two teams having their projects selected to further develop their prototypes. The teams are raising funds to continue work on their prototypes they developed during the IEOR190C Industry Challenge Big Data course, Software AG announced […] More