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The Conrad Foundation has announced the winners of its 2014 Innovation Summit, which was presented by Lockheed Martin. The four teams of highschool students who won, showcased their work in the aerospace and aviation, cybertechnology and security, energy and environment and health and nutrition categories, winning a total of $47,500 in awards, The Conrad Foundation […] More
Neustar and the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana have partnered to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for young girls in Kentucky and Indiana. The company’s will use EverFi’s My Digital Life digital learning platforms to work with more than 4,000 Girl Scouts in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Neustar announced Wednesday. Cadette girl scouts of ages […] More
Battelle will hold its third annual practicum-based camp to tackle cybersecurity issues in automobiles July 13 through July 18 in Detroit. The CyberAuto Challenge has teams of students and automotive professionals participate in lectures about secure system design, secure programming, embedded systems, information technology laws and ethics, Battelle announced Monday. “Most kids interested in computers, computer […] More
Leidos is funding more than 120 teams, providing employee volunteers for coaching and mentoring and sponsoring student competitions across the country to support STEM competitions hosted by nonprofit FIRST. The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology organization is hosting its national robotics championship April 23 through April 26 in St. Louis and Leidos […] More
Tom Georgens, NetApp CEO, has succeeded 20-year company veteran and former CEO Dan Warmenhoven as chairman of the board of directors. Warmenhoven will continue to serve on the board until his term expires in September, when he will retire from the post, NetApp announced Monday. Additionally, Michael Nevens has succeeded Nicholas Moore as lead independent director and Moore will […] More
Laurence Broseta has been nominated to serve on the board of directors at Thales, which will be voted on at the company’s annual general meeting on May 14. If confirmed, Broseta will succeed Didier Lombard at the end of the current term, Thales announced Monday. Broseta currently serves as the head of the France division of […] More
Michael Spierto, a former staffer at a House Homeland Security subcommittee, will officially join TechAmerica as director of cybersecurity policy on April 14, Government Technology reported Friday. Brian Heaton writes that some of Spierto’s work on Capitol Hill has included policy discussions with stakeholders about the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. “Over 90 percent […] More
CAE has sold 48 Level D full-flight simulators to customers in North America, Europe and India during the company’s 2014 fiscal year, which ended on March 31.. The company has also closed $68.5 million in simulator sales agreements at list prices to Southwest Airlines, Lufthansa Flight Training and a joint venture between CAE and InterGlobe, […] More
Raytheon Co. is awarding nearly 500 of its employees with the U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Award, as part of the company’s celebration of the National Volunteer Week from April 6 to April 12. The Raytheon employees were chosen for their contributions to the company’s programs over the past year, Raytheon announced Monday. “We need a […] More
India’s KL University has adopted HP Converged Cloud Solutions to centralize the school’s data center operations as the university welcomes more students and works to expand its research facility, CIOL reported Monday. HP will provide Converged Cloud Solutions tools with a data center to the university for the HP CloudSystem Matrix, according to the report. KL […] More
Lockheed Martin and the Alliance to Save Energy have launched a competition for students and educators in Maryland to come up with ideas on how to be more energy efficient. The PowerSavers Challenge will have middle and high school students design an energy savings plan with a video or pledge campaign, Lockheed Martin announced Friday. […] More
The Northern Virginia Technology Council has chosen the winners of a four-week innovation competition that had 29 participating technology companies. The Destination Innovation competition amassed 75,000 total votes during the course of the competition through the Washington Post’s Capital Business website, NVTC announced Thursday. LynxFit won the social category, Homesnap won the commerce category, LMI […] More
