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  • Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson Joins Resilient Systems Board; John Bruce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson Joins Resilient Systems Board; John Bruce Comments

    William Swanson, former CEO and chairman of Raytheon, has joined the board of directors at cybersecurity company Resilient Systems. Resilient Systems CEO and Co-Founder John Bruce said Monday the company wants to apply what he called “expertise and counsel” from Swanson. “Bill is a highly accomplished business leader, whose perspective will be invaluable as we reach the […] More

  • Xena Ugrinsky to Lead Analytics Work at Booz Allen’s Commercial Group; Reggie Van Lee Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xena Ugrinsky to Lead Analytics Work at Booz Allen’s Commercial Group; Reggie Van Lee Comments

    Xena Ugrinsky, formerly a partner at KPMG‘s U.S. advisory practice, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a leader in the McLean, Va.-based consulting contractor’s commercial group. Ugrinsky will be responsible for Booz Allen’s efforts to deliver services to internal and external clients by combining data analytics strategies and modernization initiatives, the firm said Thursday. “She will immediately engage […] More

  • Lockheed’s Jessica Nielsen Receives Brand Marketing Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Jessica Nielsen Receives Brand Marketing Award

    Jessica Nielsen, vice president of communications and marketing for Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions division, has been recognized by Brand Innovators’ for her work in the brand marketing field. Nielsen is among 40 brand marketers to be listed in the “2015 40 Under 40″ for the Eastern U.S., Brand Innovators said June 1. According to […] More

  • Randy Fuerst: Magazine Recognizes Oceus Engineer Michael Wheeless with Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Randy Fuerst: Magazine Recognizes Oceus Engineer Michael Wheeless with Award

    Michael Wheeless, principal systems engineer at Oceus Networks, has been picked to receive FCW’s 2015 Rising Star Award, which recognizes professionals who have made significant contributions to the federal information technology sector early in their careers. Oceus said Thursday that Wheeless was chosen for his efforts to help engineer a commercial technology-based LTE communications infrastructure […] More

  • Symantec’s Al Cooley, LogRhythm’s James Carder to Discuss Intell-Based Cyber Protection Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec’s Al Cooley, LogRhythm’s James Carder to Discuss Intell-Based Cyber Protection Methods

    Symantec’s Al Cooley and LogRhythm’s James Carder are set to describe the steps for combating cyber attacks using threat intelligence in a webinar. Cooley, director of DeepSight Intelligence at Symantec, and Carder, chief information security officer at LogRhythm and vice president of LogRhythm Labs, will also entertain live questions after their presentation at the SC […] More

  • Microsoft Donates $1M for Naval Academy Foundation’s Cyber Studies Building; Chris Cortez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Donates $1M for Naval Academy Foundation’s Cyber Studies Building; Chris Cortez Comments

    Microsoft has donated $1 million in gift to the Naval Academy Foundation as additional funding for the construction of a cybersecurity studies building. The Naval Academy Foundation plans to build a five-story, 206,000-square-foot facility for handling classified materials, the Naval Academy Alumni Association said Thursday. “Our support of the center is part of our broader […] More

  • Kenneth Murray Joins Parsons as Environment, Infrastructure Business SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kenneth Murray Joins Parsons as Environment, Infrastructure Business SVP

    Kenneth Murray, a more than 27-year project management veteran, has been named senior vice president for the environment and infrastructure business at Parsons. Parsons said Thursday that Murray will help formalize and implement the corporation’s growth strategies, as well as manage the subsidiary’s expansion efforts in the Canadian environmental, water and energy sectors. He most […] More

  • Raytheon's 3-D Patriot Missile Training Tech Wins Silver Brandon Hall Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s 3-D Patriot Missile Training Tech Wins Silver Brandon Hall Award

    Raytheon has won a Brandon Hall Group award for a three-dimensional virtual training platform the company designed to teach U.S. soldiers to operate Patriot missile batteries. The company said Wednesday its missile battery training system received the silver Brandon Hall award in the “Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning” category. Raytheon built the […] More

  • AECOM-IBM Disaster Risk Mgmt Tool Wins Recognition; Peter Williams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM-IBM Disaster Risk Mgmt Tool Wins Recognition; Peter Williams Comments

    AECOM has been chosen to receive the University of Notre Dame’s Corporate Adaptation Prize in recognition of a disaster preparedness assessment tool developed through an AECOM-IBM partnership. The university evaluated the companies’ Disaster Resilience Scorecard using criteria such as market impact, scalability and measurable adaptation progress, AECOM said Wednesday. Peter Williams, chief technology officer of […] More

  • Lockheed Invests $1M in Fort Worth District’s STEM Programs; Orlando Carvalho Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Invests $1M in Fort Worth District’s STEM Programs; Orlando Carvalho Comments

    Lockheed Martin has allocated $1 million for grants on science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs of the Fort Worth Independent School District. Six additional schools will adopt a STEM curriculum for the school year 2015-2016 through the new investment under the government’s Project Lead The Way program, Lockheed said Wednesday. “This partnership gives our talented workforce the opportunity […] More

  • Bechtel, Network Rail Recognized for Reading Station Project; Ailie MacAdam Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel, Network Rail Recognized for Reading Station Project; Ailie MacAdam Comments

    The Bechtel and Network Rail-developed Reading Station railway has received the Project of the Year award at the U.K. rail industry’s National Rail Awards. The companies were recognized for what the judges described as “collaborative working and careful planning,” Bechtel said Wednesday. “Collaboration between Network Rail, train operators, passengers and other stakeholders was essential to […] More

  • Foreign Affairs, Booz Allen to Hold Defense Acquisition Reform Discussion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Foreign Affairs, Booz Allen to Hold Defense Acquisition Reform Discussion

    Foreign Affairs magazine and Booz Allen Hamilton will co-host an event to discuss possible ways to improve acquisition programs in the defense sector amid emerging threats and budget constraints. The “Modernizing the Military” event will feature Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work as keynote speaker and will be held at the Council on Foreign Relations […] More