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  • Troy Lahr Named CFO of Boeing's Autonomous Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Troy Lahr Named CFO of Boeing’s Autonomous Systems Business

    Troy Lahr, vice president of investor relations at Boeing, has been appointed as chief financial officer of the aerospace and defense contractor’s autonomous systems business in a move that takes effect Sept. 22. The Chicago-based company said Wednesday Lahr will also serve on the board of directors of Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance. […] More

  • Maximus' Andy Beamon a Panelist at DGI's Govt Customer Experience Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus’ Andy Beamon a Panelist at DGI’s Govt Customer Experience Forum

    Andy Beamon, senior director of Maximus‘ federal business, will join a panel discussion on citizen engagement centers during the Digital Government Institute’s annual Government Customer Experience Conference on Wednesday. He will discuss the potential impact of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual assistants on the evolution of public services, Maximus said Tuesday. “Citizens’ […] More

  • AECOM Supports Fort Gordon Cyber District Economic Devt, Growth Planning Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Supports Fort Gordon Cyber District Economic Devt, Growth Planning Efforts

    AECOM has donated $25,000 to the Alliance for Fort Gordon to support the Georgia-based nonprofit organization’s economic development and growth planning efforts at the Fort Gordon Cyber District. The company said Friday Hamp McManus, vice president of defense programs at AECOM,  presented the donation by check to Tom Clark, executive director of the Alliance for Fort Gordon. The alliance […] More

  • Inadev Adds 4 Members to Board of Advisers; Jitesh Sachdev Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inadev Adds 4 Members to Board of Advisers; Jitesh Sachdev Comments

    Inadev has appointed Thomas Davis, Sid Fuchs, Ron Morgan and Steve Mullins to the strategic board of advisers at the McLean, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. All four appointees will offer guidance and advice to Inadev’s management team on efforts to drive financial performance and business growth, the company said Thursday. “They bring a wealth of experience, from […] More

  • Microsoft, CompTIA Partner on IT Training Program for Military Vets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, CompTIA Partner on IT Training Program for Military Vets

    Microsoft has partnered with information technology trade group CompTIA to help U.S. transitioning service members pursue civilian information technology careers through an IT training program. CompTIA said Tuesday Microsoft has accepted the association’s Network+ and Security+  vendor-neutral skills certifications as prerequisites to the Microsoft Software & Systems Academy training course. The 18-week program aims to help transitioning service members […] More

  • Northrop-Sponsored Competitions Demo Robotic Air, Ground & Sea Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Sponsored Competitions Demo Robotic Air, Ground & Sea Systems

    Northrop Grumman has sponsored a series of competitions that showcased multiple robotic air, ground, boat and submarine platforms developed by student teams worldwide. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation administered the RoboNation competitions across the U.S. to offer participants an opportunity to demonstrate unmanned and autonomous systems that have been programmed to complete obstacle courses, […] More

  • Exostar Names Info Security Vet Dipto Chakravarty as Chief Technology Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exostar Names Info Security Vet Dipto Chakravarty as Chief Technology Officer

    Dipto Chakravarty, formerly senior vice president and general manager of identity and access management business at CA Technologies, has joined enterprise collaboration platform developer Exostar as chief technology officer. The more than 27-year information security veteran will lead Exostar’s strategic design and software engineering programs as well as efforts to innovate technology infrastructure and operations in his […] More

  • Northrop to Showcase Multi-Domain Tech Products at Space & Missile Defense Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Showcase Multi-Domain Tech Products at Space & Missile Defense Symposium

    Northrop Grumman will demonstrate a range of multi-domain technology platforms at the 20th Annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama from Aug. 8 to 10. The company said Monday it will exhibit integrated air and missile defense command and control systems such as the Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar, the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command […] More

  • AT&T's Kay Kapoor Encourages Women to Persist in STEM-Related Careers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T’s Kay Kapoor Encourages Women to Persist in STEM-Related Careers

    Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T’s global public sector business, told Capitol File Magazine in an interview published Tuesday she believes science, technology, engineering and math careers offer women an opportunity to help shape the future of innovation. Kapoor mentors female professionals in STEM fields and encourages students to find a mentor when they participate in internship […] More

  • Gigi Schumm Joins ThreatQuotient as Worldwide Sales SVP; John Czupak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gigi Schumm Joins ThreatQuotient as Worldwide Sales SVP; John Czupak Comments

    Gigi Schumm, a founding partner of Accelerated Government Strategies, has been named senior vice president of worldwide sales at Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm ThreatQuotient. ThreatQuotient said Wednesday Schumm brings more than 25 years of sales and services experience to her new position and aims to help drive the company’s revenue growth and global channel strategy. “Gigi’s track […] More

  • Optum Hires Retired Army Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho to Support Military, Veteran Health Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Optum Hires Retired Army Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho to Support Military, Veteran Health Business

    Patricia Horoho, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined Optum to lead the company’s efforts to deliver information technology-based support services to active duty military personnel, veterans and their families. She will be responsible for helping align Optum’s healthcare technology, operations and data analytics offerings with its government support experience in efforts to develop […] More

  • Ralph Acaba Named Raytheon Program Mgmt Excellence VP; Thomas Kennedy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ralph Acaba Named Raytheon Program Mgmt Excellence VP; Thomas Kennedy Comments

    Ralph Acaba, formerly vice president of integrated air and missile defense at Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business, has been appointed VP for program management excellence and elected as a company officer. Raytheon said Friday the 31-year company veteran will also succeed Edward Miyashiro, who will retire as evaluation team VP after 43 years of service at the […] More