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  • OGSystems Lands Spot on 2016 Inc. 500|5000 List; Omar Balkissoon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Lands Spot on 2016 Inc. 500|5000 List; Omar Balkissoon Comments

    OGSystems has been included in the 2016 Inc. 500|5000 list that recognizes the country’s fastest-growing private companies based on percentage revenue growth when comparing 2012 to 2015. OGSystems has been included on this prestigious list for the fifth consecutive year and ranked 2122nd on the list composed of companies that averaged a 433 percent growth rate within a […] More

  • IDC Report Labels Unisys a "Leader" Among Systems Integrators for Feds; PV Puvvada Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC Report Labels Unisys a “Leader” Among Systems Integrators for Feds; PV Puvvada Comments

    An IDC MarketScape report designated Unisys a “leader” among systems integrators that serve the U.S. federal government and recognized the company’s security and cloud portfolio. Unisys said Friday the vendor assessment report noted the company’s offerings such as the Unisys Stealth micro-segmentation software and its DevOps and Agile software development methodologies. The company added the IDC report also indicate that government customers point […] More

  • Former Sierra Nevada VP John Olson Joins Polaris Industries to Head Defense Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Sierra Nevada VP John Olson Joins Polaris Industries to Head Defense Division

    John Olson, formerly vice president of Sierra Nevada‘s space systems group, has joined Polaris Industries as vice president and general manager of the defense division at the Minnesota-based motorized products manufacturing company. The 28-year public and private sector veteran will oversee the division’s profit-and-loss functions as well as help develop the company’s long-term growth strategy in defense market, Polaris said […] More

  • Executive Profile: Mona Bates, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems CIO and VP of IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Mona Bates, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems CIO and VP of IT

    Mona Bates works for Raytheon‘s Integrated Defense Systems business unit where she serves as the chief information officer and vice president of Information Technology. A 17-year IT veteran, Bates has held multiple senior leadership positions with increasing responsibilities and led IT programs both in the commercial and government sectors including the Defense Department, Missile Defense Agency and […] More

  • Mike White Named Johns Hopkins APL Air & Missile Defense Sector Head - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike White Named Johns Hopkins APL Air & Missile Defense Sector Head

    Mike White, mission area executive for air and missile defense at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory since 2005, has been appointed to lead the APL’s air and missile defense sector. The 35-year APL veteran will succeed Conrad Grant, who has led the sector for 11 years before he was named as the lab’s chief engineer earlier this year, […] More

  • Cubic Appoints Corporate HR VP Darryl Albertson as Chief HR & Diversity Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Appoints Corporate HR VP Darryl Albertson as Chief HR & Diversity Officer

    Darryl Albertson, formerly Cubic vice president of corporate human resources, will take the new role of chief HR and diversity officer at the company. Cubic said Tuesday Albertson will help broaden the company’s efforts to support and promote diversity and inclusion among its customers, suppliers and employees. “Darryl plays an integral role in bringing qualified talent to Cubic and his new role […] More

  • Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat'l Lab Campaigns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat’l Lab Campaigns

    Battelle‘s energy alliance business that oversees the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory has opened the application process for two fiscal year 2017 campaigns that each focus on a distinct audience and purpose. INL said Monday it will accept proposals for charitable donations for the Fiscal Year 2017 Community Giving Campaign and Fiscal Year 2017 Technology-based Economic Development Campaign until October […] More

  • Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments

    John Kefaliotis, formerly Exelis vice president of international strategy and business development, has been appointed as president of Airbus Group‘s air traffic management subsidiary. Airbus said Monday Kefaliotis provides more than 40 years of air traffic management experience in operational air traffic control, government services and systems contracting to support Metron Aviation‘s mission. “With air traffic doubling […] More

  • UK Army Vet Peter Wall Joins General Dynamics Board; Phebe Novakovic Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Army Vet Peter Wall Joins General Dynamics Board; Phebe Novakovic Comments

    Peter Wall, a 40-year British army veteran and director of strategic leadership advisory firm Amicus, has been elected to General Dynamics‘ board of directors. He previously served as director of operations at the U.K. defense ministry, commander-in-chief of the land command and army chief of the general staff before he retired from military service in 2014, General Dynamics […] More

  • Cheryle Jackson to Lead AAR's African Operations; David Storch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cheryle Jackson to Lead AAR’s African Operations; David Storch Comments

    Cheryle Jackson, vice president of government affairs and corporate development at AAR, has been named president of the Wood Dale, Illinois-based aerospace and defense contractor’s business unit in Africa. AAR said Tuesday she will be responsible for helping grow the company’s aviation maintenance and supply chain operations across the African continent. Jackson and her team will also conduct in-depth market […] More

  • Vincent Orange Named DC Chamber of Commerce President and CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vincent Orange Named DC Chamber of Commerce President and CEO

    Outgoing Washington city council member Vincent Orange has been selected as the D.C. Chamber of Commerce’s next president and CEO, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. Andy Medici writes Orange, who currently serves as chairman of the committee on business, consumer and regulatory affairs, will continue his term as councilman until January 2017 and will take helm as D.C. […] More

  • Clint Green Named ViON Advanced Analytic Strategy, Dev't Director; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clint Green Named ViON Advanced Analytic Strategy, Dev’t Director; Tom Frana Comments

    Clint Green, former chief technology officer at ViON subsidiary Ascolta, has been appointed director of advanced analytic strategy and development at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology infrastructure services provider. ViON said Wednesday he helped establish Ascolta’s strategic framework and technical vision and has worked on big data, analytics, Hadoop, networking and disaster recovery platforms throughout his career. “Clint brings a wealth of […] More