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  • CSRA Subsidiary Lands Spot Under $159M Medical Product Development IDIQ With NIAID - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Subsidiary Lands Spot Under $159M Medical Product Development IDIQ With NIAID

    CSRA‘s (NYSE: CSRA) DynPort Vaccine subsidiary has been awarded a spot on a potential 10-year, $159 million contract to handle various medical product development initiatives for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. DynPort will work to create manufacturing processes and analytical test methods, characterize and manufacture products and provide regulatory support for the […] More

  • Lockheed, Data Security Council of India Unveil Online Portal to Raise Cyber Awareness; Robie Samanta Roy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Data Security Council of India Unveil Online Portal to Raise Cyber Awareness; Robie Samanta Roy Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the Data Security Council of India have introduced a new web-based platform that seeks to educate small and medium-sized enterprises as well as vocational training organizations on cybersecurity, DefenseWorld.net reported Thursday. DSCI and Lockheed introduced the CyberAware online portal at the two-day NASSCOM-DSCI Annual Information Security Summit that kicked off Dec. 14 in […] More

  • Former Lockheed Aeronautics EVP Ralph Heath to Join Textron's Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Lockheed Aeronautics EVP Ralph Heath to Join Textron’s Board of Directors

    Ralph Heath, former executive vice president of aeronautics at Lockheed Martin, has been appointed to Textron‘s board of directors effective January 1, 2017. Textron Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly said in a press release published Thursday that Heath will bring experience in the aerospace and defense industry, government defense programs and international business development. Heath held a […] More

  • Frank Culbertson: Orbital ATK to Host STEM Students at Dulles HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frank Culbertson: Orbital ATK to Host STEM Students at Dulles HQ

    Orbital ATK will host students of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at the company’s Dulles, Virginia-based headquarters in support of Higher Orbits’ Go For Launch! program, Loudon Now reported Thursday. Higher Orbits, a non-profit organization, will hold its three-day program next month at Orbital ATK’s Dulles headquarters for high school students to participate in […] More

  • DOL Deputy Sec. Chris Lu to Join FiscalNote in February as 1st Senior Strategy Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOL Deputy Sec. Chris Lu to Join FiscalNote in February as 1st Senior Strategy Adviser

    Chris Lu, deputy secretary of the Labor Department, is set to join Washington, D.C.-based FiscalNote in February as the company’s first senior strategy adviser. Lu will focus on business development in coordination with co-founder and CEO Tim Hwang and the executive team, FiscalNote said Thursday. “Companies, non-profits and advocacy groups face increasing uncertainty with the […] More

  • Brian Krzanich: Intel, Employees Dole Out $30M to Charitable Groups - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Krzanich: Intel, Employees Dole Out $30M to Charitable Groups

    Intel and its employees have donated nearly $30 million to various charitable organizations with diverse causes such as human services, education and civil rights as part of the International Human Rights Day celebration. Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the accumulated amount was the result of Intel’s invitation for […] More

  • Andrew Lewis Appointed Chemring Group Finance Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Lewis Appointed Chemring Group Finance Director

    Andrew Lewis, formerly group finance director at Avon Rubber, has been appointed to the same role at U.K.-based technology products and services provider Chemring Group  effective Jan. 9, 2017. Chemring said Dec. 13 Lewis will succeed Andrew Davies, who has served as the company’s interim finance director over the past two months, and will also join the board of […] More

  • Executive Profile: Cynthia Shelton, CenturyLink Area VP for Special Program Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Cynthia Shelton, CenturyLink Area VP for Special Program Sales

    Cynthia Shelton serves as area vice president of special program sales at CenturyLink‘s government business segment. Shelton has led the company’s federal sales team for intelligence, energy, justice, homeland security and cybersecurity programs since she joined the company in May 2015. She also has over three decades of experience within the Intelligence Community and nearly two decades of combined […] More

  • Doug Harlow Named an ACT I Executive Program Manager; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug Harlow Named an ACT I Executive Program Manager; Michael Niggel Comments

    Doug Harlow, formerly a business development executive at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has been named executive program manager for the acquisition management services company’s contract with the Department of Homeland Security‘s national protection and programs directorate. ACT I said Harlow will oversee program management and service delivery efforts and serve as the primary contact for contracting personnel on matters […] More

  • PSC Announces 2017 Board, Executive Panel Members; Accenture’s John Goodman Re-Elected Chair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC Announces 2017 Board, Executive Panel Members; Accenture’s John Goodman Re-Elected Chair

    The Professional Services Council re-elected several executives and appointed new members to its 2017 executive committee and board of directors during its annual meeting held Thursday. John Goodman, chief operating officer of Accenture’s federal services business; and Deb Alderson, president and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions; were respectively re-elected as PSC’s chair and vice chair, […] More

  • Avaya to Provide Contact Center Tech for NORAD Santa Hotline - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya to Provide Contact Center Tech for NORAD Santa Hotline

    Avaya will provide its contact center technology for the North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s Santa hotline. The communications services company said Thursday volunteers will use the Avaya Customer Engagement platform to answer children’s calls to the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline. “Avaya Government Solutions is pleased to help the North American Aerospace Defense Command keep the NORAD Tracks […] More

  • ULA Names Winners of Atlas V Launch Support Attachment Bracket Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Names Winners of Atlas V Launch Support Attachment Bracket Challenge

    Lockheed Martin and Boeing‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance has selected the winners of its launch support attachment bracket design challenge for the Atlas V rocket. Nic Adams will receive $10,000 and the opportunity to have his support bracket design incorporated on a future Atlas V mission as the first place winner of the 3-2-1 Liftoff! ULA Rocket Hardware Challenge, ULA said […] More