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  • Sikorsky, United Tech to Donate $1M for Rotorcraft Professorship at the University of Maryland; Mark Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky, United Tech to Donate $1M for Rotorcraft Professorship at the University of Maryland; Mark Miller Comments

    United Technologies Corp. and its subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft have pledged a donation of $1 million to establish the Igor Sikorsky Distinguished Professorship in Rotorcraft program at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering. As part of UMD’s Department of Aerospace Engineering, the program is intended to bolster rotorcraft technology research and development in areas such as aeromechanics and […] More

  • Lockheed Employees Donate $1M to Fort Worth Nonprofits; Roderick McLean Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Employees Donate $1M to Fort Worth Nonprofits; Roderick McLean Comments

    Lockheed Martin employees have selected 57 nonprofit organizations based in Fort Worth, Texas to receive more than $1 million in donations. The companies will issue the funds through the company’s employee-run charity AERO Club, Lockheed announced Tuesday. “The Lockheed Martin AERO Club donations reflect the diverse interests of our employees and have an enduring impact […] More

  • Lockheed Employees Donate $123K to 17 Nonprofits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Employees Donate $123K to 17 Nonprofits

    Lockheed Martin has selected 17 charities in locations where the company operates to receive monetary donations that total $123,000. The donations were given in check by the company’s employee-run charity AERO Club, Lockheed announced in three separate releases on Monday and Tuesday. The AERO Club donated $18,000 to the United Way of Northern Utah, a nonprofit […] More

  • Lockheed Distributes Nonprofit's DIY Hovercraft Kits at Science, Engineering Festival - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Distributes Nonprofit’s DIY Hovercraft Kits at Science, Engineering Festival

    Lockheed Martin distributed 80,000 build-it-yourself hovercraft kits at the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington April 25 through 27. Silicon Valley, Calif.-based nonprofit Resource Area for Teaching designed and developed the kits for students attending the festival to promote science, technology, engineering and math, RAFT said April 25 statement. RAFT designed the hovercraft kits to teach students about friction, […] More

  • CNSI to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Through Volunteer Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNSI to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Through Volunteer Work

    CNSI co-founders Adnan Ahmed, B. Chatterjee, Jaytee Kanwal and Reet Singh said the company is celebrating its 20th anniversary by giving back to communities where the company houses an office. “We are excited to celebrate this milestone with all of our employees, their families and partners across the country and in doing so we would like to also take […] More

  • ATK to Promote STEM at USA Science & Engineering Festival; Mark DeYoung Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ATK to Promote STEM at USA Science & Engineering Festival; Mark DeYoung Comments

      ATK is showcasing its various science, technology, engineering and math offerings at the 3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival from April 25-27 in Washington DC. ATK scientists and engineers will attend the event to feature five displays related to space exploration and science, the company announced Monday. Specifically, these displays will allow participants to […] More

  • Lockheed, Alliance to Save Energy Announce Winners of Md. Energy Efficiency Competition: Frank Armijo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Alliance to Save Energy Announce Winners of Md. Energy Efficiency Competition: Frank Armijo Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the Alliance to Save Energy have selected five schools from Maryland county school districts that have each won $1,000 from a competition intended to inspire students to advocate energy efficiency to friends and family. The winners of the PowerSavers Challenge were chosen from 21 schools and more than 100 students, Lockheed Martin […] More

  • Vernon Wallace: Raytheon to Donate $25K to YMCA Hampton Roads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vernon Wallace: Raytheon to Donate $25K to YMCA Hampton Roads

    Raytheon has awarded the Armed Services YMCA with $25,000 to support the junior-enlisted service members and their families at ASYMCA Hampton Roads. Vernon Wallace, Raytheon U.S. Business Development Director of the Mission Support Team, said the donation is just one way the company contributes to “the quality of life of the military,” ASYMCA announced April 15. […] More

  • Sunny Bajaj: DMI Honored for NIH Children's Inn Volunteer Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sunny Bajaj: DMI Honored for NIH Children’s Inn Volunteer Work

    DMI has been selected for an award that recognizes the volunteer work of the company’s employees at the National Institutes of Health‘s Children’s Inn and a relationship that started in early 2012. Company employees prepared, served and share dsmeals with families who are living at the Children’s Inn, DMI CEO Sunny Bajaj wrote in a Friday blog post. […] More

  • Siemens Grants $660M in PLM Tools to Massachusetts Universities; Chuck Grindstaff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Grants $660M in PLM Tools to Massachusetts Universities; Chuck Grindstaff Comments

    Siemens has donated nearly $660 million in software products to several Massachusetts-based technical colleges and universities to train students on product design and manufacturing. The in-kind software grant provides university students access to Siemens’ software applications that work to help users produce aerospace systems, medical devices, ships and consumer products, Siemens said Wednesday. Chuck Grindstaff, […] More

  • Northrop Names Winner of STEM Innovation Challenge; Krystal Puga Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Names Winner of STEM Innovation Challenge; Krystal Puga Comments

    Northrop Grumman has concluded its 12-week high school students competition to promote interest in science, technology, engineering and math. This year’s Northrop Grumman High School Innovation Challenge had the students design and build and renewable energy-powered model vehicle that could carry a payload efficiently, Northrop Grumman announced Monday. For the competition, the company’s engineers at […] More

  • Lockheed Honors Employees with President's Volunteer Service Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Honors Employees with President’s Volunteer Service Awards

    Lockheed Martin is celebrating National Volunteer Week by presenting President Obama’s 2013 President’s Volunteer Service Awards to more than 2,900 employees. Employees who received the award have volunteered for more than 100 hours of service in a 12-month period, the company announced Thursday. For 2013, Lockheed Martin PVSA recipients have logged in a total of […] More