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  • 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

  • Curtis Carlson to Retire as President, CEO of SRI International - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtis Carlson to Retire as President, CEO of SRI International

    Curtis Carlson, SRI International president and chief executive officer, is retiring after 16 years in the position and 40 years in the company, as the company looks his successor. Carlson will serve as vice chairman for innovation at SRI, upon his retirement, SRI announced. “My new position as Vice Chairman for Innovation will permit me […] 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

  • SAIC Anti-Terror Tech Certification Renewed by DHS; Nazzic Keene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Anti-Terror Tech Certification Renewed by DHS; Nazzic Keene Comments

    Science Applications International Corp.’s certification as a technology provider to the government and critical infrastructure under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 has been renewed by the Department of Homeland Security. Nazzic Keene, SAIC sector president, said Wednesday the SAFETY Act Security System Integration Services certification is for the company’s surveillance […] More

  • Gwendolyn Boyd, 33-Year Johns Hopkins APL Vet, Named Alabama State University President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gwendolyn Boyd, 33-Year Johns Hopkins APL Vet, Named Alabama State University President

    Gwendolyn Boyd, a three-decade Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory veteran, has been appointed president of the Alabama State University after serving as executive assistant to the chief of staff of the university since 2011, The Hub reported Monday. Boyd was also the chair of the John Hopkins University diversity leadership council since 2011, the university’s […] More

  • Deloitte, Scottish Business School to Collaborate on Analytics Project; Matthew Revie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, Scottish Business School to Collaborate on Analytics Project; Matthew Revie Comments

    Deloitte has signed an academic support partnership agreement with Scotland-based Strathclyde Business School for an analytics project, business7.co.uk reported Tuesday. Scott McCulloch writes that the partnership will focus on maintenance analytics. “Our new partnership will help companies analyse and utilise their data in a wide range of ways, from automating maintenance on offshore wind farms to […] More

  • Ray O. Johnson: Lockheed to Promote STEM Education Through Student Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ray O. Johnson: Lockheed to Promote STEM Education Through Student Programs

    Lockheed Martin is observing National Engineers Week by hosting programs to promote education and careers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields to students in the country. The company has signed a $6 million agreement with Project Lead the Way to expand STEM in various urban school districts, Lockheed announced Tuesday. “With an employee […] More

  • Benjamin Yiu to Head Eaton Aerospace APAC Region Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Benjamin Yiu to Head Eaton Aerospace APAC Region Work

    Benjamin Yiu has been appointed general manager of Asia-Pacific operations for the aerospace group at Eaton, where he will handle all the company’s business activities in the region. He will based in Shanghai, China and report directly to Uday Yadava, Eaton aerospace group president, the company announced Friday. Yiu was most recently the mobile business […] More

  • Rep. Derek Kilmer, Wash. State Org to Host GovCon Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rep. Derek Kilmer, Wash. State Org to Host GovCon Workshop

    Rep. Derek Kilmer and the Washington State Procurement Technical Assistance Center will host a workshop Feb. 24 to discuss federal government contracting practices with state businesses and organizations. Jerome Punderson, Naval Sea Systems Command director of contracts, will serve as the keynote speaker for the event in the Carwein Auditorium at the University of Washington-Tacoma’s Keystone Building, […] More

  • Thales to Supply French Navy With 2 Identification Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Supply French Navy With 2 Identification Systems

    Thales has been awarded a contract to provide the French Navy‘s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier with two latest-generation identification friend or foe systems. Under the contract awarded by the French Defence Procurement Agency, Thales will install its BlueGate IG Systems to provide the French carriers with effective Mode 5 and Mode S capabilities, Thales […] More