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  • Harris Gets Lockheed Supplier Award for F-35, F-22 Pneumatic Suspension, Release Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets Lockheed Supplier Award for F-35, F-22 Pneumatic Suspension, Release Systems

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a supplier award to Harris Corp. in recognition of the latter’s efforts to deliver pneumatic suspension and release systems for F-35 and F-22 fighter aircraft. “This award recognizes suppliers holding a 98 percent on-time delivery rating with a 98 percent quality rating,” Janet Duffey, vice president of aeronautics supply chain management at Lockheed’s […] More

  • Former DoD Acquisition Chief Frank Kendall Joins Leidos Board; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DoD Acquisition Chief Frank Kendall Joins Leidos Board; Roger Krone Comments

    Frank Kendall, former undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the Defense Department, has been appointed to Leidos‘ board of directors. Leidos said Wednesday Kendall currently serves as executive in residence at Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense advisory firm Renaissance Strategic Advisors. “Frank brings more than 40 years of experience in national security affairs, acquisition, engineering […] More

  • Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award

    The Defense Security Service has given the 2017 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award to 36 company facilities for maintaining high standards for industrial security. DSS said Thursday the winning facilities represent various large and small companies such as BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Camber subsidiary, CGI Group, Concurrent Technologies Corp., General Dynamics, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Modern Technology […] More

  • Lockheed Provides $1M Grant to Fund Additive Manufacturing Lab at MSU Denver - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Provides $1M Grant to Fund Additive Manufacturing Lab at MSU Denver

    Lockheed Martin has provided a $1 million grant to the Metropolitan State University of Denver to fund the construction of an additive manufacturing laboratory that will support the production of aerospace components. The company said Thursday the Lockheed Martin Additive Manufacturing Laboratory will give MSU Denver students access to a three-dimensional printer. Lockheed said the grant will be issued […] More

  • Navy, DoD Vet Alan Haggerty Named Senior Adviser for Beacon Group's A&D, Govt Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, DoD Vet Alan Haggerty Named Senior Adviser for Beacon Group’s A&D, Govt Practice

    Alan Haggerty, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, has joined The Beacon Group as senior adviser at the company’s aerospace and defense and government practice. Beacon said Wednesday that Haggerty has leadership experience in the naval technology development, system acquisition and innovation areas. “His knowledge in defense […] More

  • CACI, American Cyber Win DoD Award for Mentor-Protege Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI, American Cyber Win DoD Award for Mentor-Protege Program

    CACI International and American Cyber have received the Defense Department’s Nunn-Perry Award for their performance as a mentor-protege team. The U.S. Army’s office of small business programs and the Army CIO/G-6 sponsored the partnership between CACI and American Cyber under DoD’s Mentor-Protege Program, CACI said Tuesday. CACI served as a mentor to American Cyber and helped […] More

  • Jean Cain: Noblis Appears in DC Area Top Workplaces for 2017 List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jean Cain: Noblis Appears in DC Area Top Workplaces for 2017 List

    Noblis has been included on The Washington Post’s annual list of 150 top workplaces in the greater Washington, D.C. area for the fourth consecutive year. The nonprofit science and technology company said Tuesday it ranked eighth among large employers selected for the list based on the results of an employee survey Workplace Dynamics conducted for The Post. “Employee satisfaction […] More

  • Engility’s Wayne Rehberger Wins Virginia Business CFO Award; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility’s Wayne Rehberger Wins Virginia Business CFO Award; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer at Engility, has won the Virginia Business magazine’s CFO award in the publicly traded companies category in recognition of his dedication to financial stewardship. The magazine announced the recipients of this year’s Virginia CFO awards during the 12th annual awards gala held Thursday at Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, Engility said […] More

  • CACI Makes Washington Post's 2017 Top Workplaces List; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Makes Washington Post’s 2017 Top Workplaces List; Ken Asbury Comments

     CACI International has been included in The Washington Post’s 2017 Top Workplaces list in the “large company” category for the third year in a row. The Post surveyed employees from more than 300 companies in the greater Washington, D.C. area on factors such as leadership, culture and effectiveness to create the annual list, CACI said Monday. “Being named […] More

  • Doug Magee Accepts ISOA Vanguard Award for Comprehensive Health Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug Magee Accepts ISOA Vanguard Award for Comprehensive Health Services

    Doug Magee, senior vice president of business development at Comprehensive Health Services, has accepted the International Stability Operations Association’s Tier 3 ISOA Vanguard Award on behalf of the company. CHS said Monday it received the honor during ISOA’s first annual awards dinner that took place June 1 at the National Press Club in Washington. The company has been recognized […] More

  • Boeing’s Chris Ahsmann Named to NCOIC Board; Harry Raduege Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Chris Ahsmann Named to NCOIC Board; Harry Raduege Comments

    Chris Ahsmann, vice president of mission systems at Boeing’s defense, space and security segment, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium. He will replace the retiring Rick Baily, VP of Boeing’s test and evaluation business, NCOIC said Thursday. Ahsmann “has a global perspective as well as diverse experience […] More