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  • GovCon Industry Execs Included in Virginia Business' 50 Most Influential List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Industry Execs Included in Virginia Business’ 50 Most Influential List

    The trade publication Virginia Business has released the 50 Most Influential Virginians list that includes some prominent executives in the government contracting industry. The list included some of the Northern Virginia Technology Council‘s board members including SAIC President and CEO Tony Moraco, NVTC said Tuesday. NVTC added that representatives of the organization’s board member companies recognized in the […] More

  • Carahsoft Receives Splunk Global Partner Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Receives Splunk Global Partner Awards

    Carahsoft has received two awards in the 2016 installment of Splunk‘s Global Partner Awards. The company was chosen for the Global Award for Marketing Excellence and the Regional Award for Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year for its performance under Splunk’s Partner+ program, Carahsoft said March 15. “Carahsoft has grown from a federal government-focused reseller into a distributor supporting […] More

  • Leidos Among 'Best for Vets' Employers for 2016; Sarah Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Among ‘Best for Vets’ Employers for 2016; Sarah Allen Comments

    Leidos was named among the employers in the 2016 edition of Military Times’ annual “Best for Vets” list that ranks companies based on hiring and retention programs for military veterans. The company, which ranked 43rd in the list, said Monday its Operation MVP program is designed to hire, train and support veterans and that veterans make up 15 percent […] More

  • Paul Retzbach Joins PC Security Company CertiPath as Chief Operating Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Retzbach Joins PC Security Company CertiPath as Chief Operating Officer

    Paul Retzbach has joined Reston, Virginia-based computer security services company CertiPath as its new chief operating officer. CertiPath said Tuesday Retzbach started his new role in January and holds at least 20 years of experience in the global security and software markets as well as areas such as business development, project management, business process improvement and profit-and-loss management. Retzbach previously served […] More

  • Northrop Awarded Service Provider of the Year by Disaster Recovery Institute International - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Awarded Service Provider of the Year by Disaster Recovery Institute International

    Disaster Recovery Institute International, a nonprofit business continuity management firm, has named Northrop Grumman as the organization’s Service Provider of the Year awardee. Northrop was presented the award at a DRI conference in Atlanta for the company’s work in service continuity across Virginia, Northrop said Friday. DRI recognizes companies that displayed excellence in continuity management, technology recovery and crisis […] More

  • Former FAA Official Edward Bolton Appointed VP of Special Studies at Aerospace Corp. - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former FAA Official Edward Bolton Appointed VP of Special Studies at Aerospace Corp.

    Edward Bolton, a retired U.S. Air Force major, has been appointed as Aerospace Corp.‘s next vice president of special studies effective April 11. The 37-year Air Force veteran will eventually take the role of senior vice president for systems planning, engineering and quality on July 1 to succeed the retiring Rand Fisher, Aerospace Corp. said Thursday. […] More

  • Retired Army Acquisition Asst Secretary Heidi Shyu Joins Aerospace Corp Board of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Army Acquisition Asst Secretary Heidi Shyu Joins Aerospace Corp Board of Trustees

    The Aerospace Corporation has appointed Heidi Shyu as the newest member of its board of trustees. Shyu brings experience from her previous roles as the assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology at the U.S. Army and as an acquisition executive, science adviser to the secretary and senior research and development official for various offices, the company said Tuesday. Prior […] More

  • Lockheed and Air Force Named Aviation Week Laureate Awardee for Auto ACAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed and Air Force Named Aviation Week Laureate Awardee for Auto ACAS

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force-built Automated Air Collision Avoidance System has won Aviation Week’s Laureate Award. The team composed of the office of the Under Secretary of Defense Personnel and Readiness, Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Air Force Test Center and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works developed Auto ACAS in an effort to […] More

  • CTC President and CEO Edward Sheehan to Keynote at NCMA Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC President and CEO Edward Sheehan to Keynote at NCMA Forum

    Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., will deliver a keynote address at the National Contract Management Association’s Subcontract Management Training Forum on March 17 and 18 in Virginia. The forum would tackle practices and knowledge on the government, commercial and supply chains along with addressing current issues faced by supply chain leaders, CTC […] More

  • Matt Rahman Joins Tangible Security as Commercial Cyber Solutions SVP, GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Rahman Joins Tangible Security as Commercial Cyber Solutions SVP, GM

    Virginia-based software company Tangible Security has appointed Matt Rahman as the company’s commercial cyber solutions senior vice president and general manager. The former IOActive chief strategy officer and executive vice president joins Tangible Security to lead the commercial cyber business practice in an effort to drive focus on company growth, Tangible Security said Tuesday. “We are […] More

  • CSRA Adds Former Jacobs CEO Craig Martin to Board of Directors; Mike Lawrie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Adds Former Jacobs CEO Craig Martin to Board of Directors; Mike Lawrie Comments

    Craig Martin, a former president and CEO of Jacobs Engineering, has been elected to join the board of directors of the Falls Church, Virginia-based IT services company CSRA. The 30-year professional services industry vet will join CSRA to provide his technical expertise in the business, the company said Tuesday. “We’re excited that Craig is joining CSRA’s board of […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Corporate VP Kellye Walker Joins Executive Leadership Council; Mike Petters Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Corporate VP Kellye Walker Joins Executive Leadership Council; Mike Petters Comments

    Kellye Walker, Huntington Ingalls Industries corporate vice president and general counsel, has been selected for a membership on the Executive Leadership Council. The ELC has over 600 current and former black executive level members. ELC members work to create an environment where black leaders can contribute to the development of the market and communities served, Huntington Ingalls said […] More