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  • Krishnan Rajagopalan Joins NobleReach Foundation Board to Support Talent Development Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Krishnan Rajagopalan Joins NobleReach Foundation Board to Support Talent Development Programs

    The NobleReach Foundation, a private nonprofit supporting tech and entrepreneurial talent development, has named as its board member Krishnan Rajagopalan, CEO emeritus of executive search company Heidrick & Struggles. Rajagopalan’s decades of talent acquisition experience across industries will help in its talent development programs, NobleReach said Tuesday. Named among Bloomberg Business Week’s “100 Most Influential […] More

  • NLRB Taps Verizon for Network Upgrade Services; Michael Adams Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NLRB Taps Verizon for Network Upgrade Services; Michael Adams Quoted

    The National Labor Relations Board has awarded Verizon a $4 million enterprise infrastructure solutions contract to reconfigure and update the software-defined wide area network of the agency’s 48 branches and headquarters. The installation of new security features and cloud hosting services is also included in the reconfiguration task for the NLRB, an independent federal agency […] More

  • ABS to Provide Emergency Management Support to Washington Headquarters Services' Facilities Directorate Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ABS to Provide Emergency Management Support to Washington Headquarters Services’ Facilities Directorate Under IDIQ Contract

    The Department of Defense’s Washington Headquarters Services has chosen Accelerated Business Strategies, a joint venture between Advanced Management Strategies Group and Xcelerate Solutions, to provide emergency management support to its Facilities Services Directorate.  The job, which will be carried out under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, calls for analytical and technical support to ensure the all-hazards, round-the-clock […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Names Kimberly Hicks General Counsel for Defense and RRNA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Names Kimberly Hicks General Counsel for Defense and RRNA

    Aerospace company Rolls-Royce has appointed Kimberly Hicks as general counsel for defense and Rolls-Royce North America, a position she has held in an interim capacity since January. Based in Washington, D.C., Hicks will not only lead Rolls-Royce’s global defense and U.S. general counsel teams but also join the RRNA board in overseeing the company’s Special […] More

  • Qualtrics Conversational Analytics, NLP Tools Attain FedRAMP Moderate Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qualtrics Conversational Analytics, NLP Tools Attain FedRAMP Moderate Certification

    Qualtrics has earned the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s moderate authority to operate for its artificial intelligence-based conversational analytics and natural language processing tools. The AI and machine learning tools work to capture and process structured or unstructured customer feedback sent through various mechanisms, such as call center conversations, surveys and social media chats […] More

  • Battelle Appoints Juan Alvarez as Executive Vice President of Laboratory Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Appoints Juan Alvarez as Executive Vice President of Laboratory Operations

    Battelle has appointed Juan Alvarez as executive vice president of laboratory operations. Alvarez, who previously served as deputy director for management and operations at Idaho National Laboratory, will fully assume his new position by mid-October, the Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle said Monday. At INL, which he joined in 2005 as part of Battelle’s contract to manage the […] More

  • Yanbing Li Joins Datadog as Chief Product Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yanbing Li Joins Datadog as Chief Product Officer

    Cloud platform developer Datadog has appointed Yanbing Li as its chief product officer. She brings to the role over 25 years of industry experience, including leadership roles in global engineering and technology infrastructure operations, the New York-based cloud platform developer said Monday. Li most recently led software development at Aurora as senior vice president of […] More

  • Alex Stamos Assumes SentinelOne CISO Post - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alex Stamos Assumes SentinelOne CISO Post

    Alex Stamos, former chief trust officer at SentinelOne, was appointed as the company’s chief information security officer, responsible for managing its security engineering and operations teams.  The artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity company said Thursday Stamos will focus primarily on the development and delivery of secure-by-design systems. According to Stamos’ LinkedIn profile, he joined the Mountain View, […] More

  • General Dynamics Receives $174M Army Contract for Stryker Vehicle Retrofit, Repair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Receives $174M Army Contract for Stryker Vehicle Retrofit, Repair

    General Dynamics‘ land systems business has secured a $174.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to retrofit and repair the service branch’s Stryker family of vehicles. The Department of Defense said Wednesday General Dynamics Land Systems’ work under the cost-plus-fixed fee contract will run through Feb. 28, 2029. The Army Contracting Command’s Detroit Arsenal in […] More

  • Viasat Unveils Wearable Tactical Communications Tool for Dismounted Soldiers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Unveils Wearable Tactical Communications Tool for Dismounted Soldiers

    Viasat has introduced its first wearable tactical communications tool designed for dismounted troops’ rapid setup to quickly establish situational awareness. Secure Wireless Hub’s development was part of a U.S. Special Operations Command multi-phase program to provide mobile ground forces with advanced tactical communications capabilities, the Carlsbad, California-based communications technology company said.  The system, although significantly […] More

  • Cherokee Federal Wins Air Force Task Order for Cyber Operations Training Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cherokee Federal Wins Air Force Task Order for Cyber Operations Training Support

    Cherokee Federal has booked a $49 million firm-fixed-price task order from the U.S. Air Force for technical program support over a five-year period. The Department of Defense said Monday the award is for USAF’s Training Intelligence Plans and Exercise Support Cyber Readiness Operations Weapons and Tactics Network Defensive Operations II, or TRIPLECROWN. Cherokee Nation Strategic […] More