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  • Raytheon, WGBH Unveil STEM Learning Tools for K-12 Educators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, WGBH Unveil STEM Learning Tools for K-12 Educators

    Raytheon and WGBH have launched a new portfolio of science, technology, engineering and math resources for K-12 educators in recognition of National Engineers Week. The “Teaching NGSS Engineering Design Through Media” is available through the PBS LearningMedia yo engage and inspire students in K-12 classrooms, Raytheon announced Friday. “By working with WGBH and PBS LearningMedia […] More

  • Aerojet Propulsion System to Guide Military Navigation Satellite into Orbit; Steve Bouley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Propulsion System to Guide Military Navigation Satellite into Orbit; Steve Bouley Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne’s propulsion system, consisting of booster and upper-stage engines and spacecraft attitude control thrusters, has helped launch a military navigation satellite to space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. its RS-68 booster engine, RL10B-2 upper-stage engine and 12 monopropellant hydrazine thrusters have propelled Boeing’s GPS IIF-5 satellite from United Launch Alliance’s […] More

  • Conway Jones Named Alameda County Veterans Affairs Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Conway Jones Named Alameda County Veterans Affairs Chairman

    Conway Jones Jr., a board member at Concurrent Technologies Corp., has been elected chairman of Alameda County, Calif.’s Veterans Affairs Commission. Jones will run the commission that assists and advise the county’s board of supervisors on needs and issues facing the veterans community, CTC announced Feb. 14. The board plans to build a new $210 million […] More

  • MAXIMUS to Help Sponsor DEA Museum's National Touring Exhibit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MAXIMUS to Help Sponsor DEA Museum’s National Touring Exhibit

    MAXIMUS has partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and the DEA Educational Foundation to support a national touring exhibit intended to show the effects of drugs on individuals and the society. “Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause” will be housed at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore until Sept. 1, the […] More

  • Raytheon's Rebecca Rhoads Inducted Into Cal Poly's Engineering Hall of Fame - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Rebecca Rhoads Inducted Into Cal Poly’s Engineering Hall of Fame

    Rebecca Rhoads, chief information officer and president of the global business services of Raytheon Co., has been inducted into the California State Polytechnic at Pomona, College of Engineering 2014 Hall of Fame. Rhoads was honored Thursday at the university’s National Engineers Week’s Girl Day celebration, Raytheon said Thursday. “If my example and this honor serve for anything, it […] More

  • Louis Berger's Jedd Narsavage Selected for NATO Service Medal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger’s Jedd Narsavage Selected for NATO Service Medal

    Jedd Narsavage, a site manager and senior master planner for Louis Berger Group based at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, has been selected to receive NATO’s Non-Article 5 International Security Force Medal for Service to Peace and Freedom. Narsavage was recognized for his role in helping to carry out the drawdown of the base as NATO forces work toward […] More

  • Rebecca Rhoads: Raytheon Aims to Grow Female STEM Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebecca Rhoads: Raytheon Aims to Grow Female STEM Workforce

    Raytheon is working to introduce girls to engineering through “Girl Day,” a series of events that aim to show the creative and collaborative side of engineering. Companies employees will use their experience in the science, technology, engineering and math industries to encourage young women to pursue careers in the field, the company announced Thursday. “We care […] More

  • Steve Gaffney: DynCorp's 'Red Shirt Friday' Program Raises Money for Troops - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Gaffney: DynCorp’s ‘Red Shirt Friday’ Program Raises Money for Troops

    DynCorp International raised more than $12,700 in 2013 for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors program by having company employees where red shirts every Friday. TAPS receives a $10 donation for each red polo shirt embroidered with the words “Support the troops- Red Shirt Fridays,” DynCorp said Wednesday. “The Red Shirt Friday campaign has been a great way for […] More

  • Eric Spiegel: Siemens to Connect Cincinnati Tech School Students with Manufacturing Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Spiegel: Siemens to Connect Cincinnati Tech School Students with Manufacturing Software

    Siemens has awarded a $66.8 million software grant to Cincinnati State Technical and Community College for access to the company’s product lifecycle management softwar The college’s Center for Innovative Technologies will use the in-kind software donation for its mechanical engineering and industrial design programs, Siemens announced Wednesday. “Manufacturing is the most sophisticated, forward-looking and innovative […] More

  • Bernie Bullert Takes CH2M Hill Principal Project Manager Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bernie Bullert Takes CH2M Hill Principal Project Manager Role

    Bernie Bullert has been appointed principal project manager of CH2M Hill‘s water and strategic consulting team in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Bullert will work with clients on operations and business decisions functions and also be responsible for developing and managing water projects in Minnesota and Iowa, the company announced Tuesday. He most recently served as director of […] More

  • Rick Costanzo Named SAP EVP, GM of Global Mobility Solutions; Steve Lucas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Costanzo Named SAP EVP, GM of Global Mobility Solutions; Steve Lucas Comments

    Rick Costanzo has been appointed the next executive vice president and general manager of the global mobility solutions group at SAP AG. Costanzo will be in-charge of a field sales, enablement and solutions management team that promotes the company’s mobile product portfolio, the company announced Wednesday. Steve Lucas, SAP president of platform solutions group, will be […] More

  • Inmarsat Hosts First Maritime Industry Open Debate on Shore-Ship Comm; Frank Coles Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Hosts First Maritime Industry Open Debate on Shore-Ship Comm; Frank Coles Comments

    Inmarsat on Feb. 12 launched the first of a series of events seeking an open debate regarding the operating benefits of shore and ship communications in the maritime industry, The Maritime Executive reported Wednesday.  During the smart operations conference held in London, Frank Coles, Inmarsat president, said that ship to shore connectivity in the industry […] More