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  • Retired Gen. Jack Keane Named AM General Exec Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Gen. Jack Keane Named AM General Exec Chairman

    Jack Keane, former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army and a retired four-star general, has joined AM General as executive chairman of the military and commercial vehicles manufacturer. AM General said Tuesday he will collaborate with President and CEO Andy Hove as well as the company’s parent corporation MacAndrews & Forbes to implement strategic growth initiatives. Hove said that […] More

  • Mitre Included in San Antonio Top Workplaces for 2016 List; Julie Gravallese Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Included in San Antonio Top Workplaces for 2016 List; Julie Gravallese Comments

    Mitre Corp. has ranked in San Antonio Express-News’ Top Workplaces list for 2016 in recognition of the company’s efforts to provide a working environment that addresses employee needs. The company said Monday it received positive reviews from its employees for its benefits package, work-life balance and work motivation. “We are excited to be considered one of the […] More

  • Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins Named to Cybersecurity Ventures' Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins Named to Cybersecurity Ventures’ Advisory Board

    Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins has joined the board of advisers at Cybersecurity Ventures and will provide advice to the latter company’s leadership team that includes founder and CEO Steve Morgan. Hipkins said Thursday that he aims to share root9B’s experience and assist Cybersecurity Ventures’ advisory board to help drive the future of cyber defense. “We are now placing a […] More

  • MEF Unveils List of Keynote, Featured Speakers at 2016 Global Networking Conference; Kevin Vachon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF Unveils List of Keynote, Featured Speakers at 2016 Global Networking Conference; Kevin Vachon Comments

    Over 110 executives from cloud service providers, communications, technology platforms vendors and defense companies will take part as keynote speakers at MEF’s four-day global networking conference that is set to kick off Nov. 7 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel in Maryland. “MEF16 will provide attendees an unparalleled forum to engage with the world’s […] More

  • Serco Inc. CIO Chris Sullivan to Address Shenandoah Valley Cyber Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Inc. CIO Chris Sullivan to Address Shenandoah Valley Cyber Workshop

    Chris Sullivan, senior vice president and chief information officer for Serco Inc., will share his perspective on cybersecurity at a workshop to be held on Thursday at Shenandoah Valley, West Virginia, Augusta Free Press reported Saturday. The Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center and Shenandoah Valley Technology Council will host the workshop with the goal to […] More

  • MBDA Shuffles Executive Leadership Positions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Shuffles Executive Leadership Positions

    MBDA has appointed Pasquale Di Bartolomeo, Dave Armstrong and Gianni Bongianni to new roles within the company in a series of executive appointments. The company said Monday Di Bartolomeo, executive group director for strategy, will take the additional role of managing director of MBDA Italia as successor to Antonio Perfetti, effective immediately. Di Bartolomeo was with Leonardo-Finmeccanica prior to joining MBDA in […] More

  • FERC's Larry Gasteiger to Join PSEG as Federal Regulatory Policy Chief - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FERC’s Larry Gasteiger to Join PSEG as Federal Regulatory Policy Chief

    Larry Gasteiger, chief of staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has been appointed as chief of federal regulatory policy at Newark, N.J.-based energy utility holder Public Service Enterprise Group. The energy company said Thursday Gasteiger will assume his new role in late October and will report to Tamara Linde, PSEG executive vice president and general counsel. “(Gasteiger’s) experience […] More

  • Capital Programs Mgmt Vet Jiri Maly Joins Louis Berger Services as President; Jim Stamatis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capital Programs Mgmt Vet Jiri Maly Joins Louis Berger Services as President; Jim Stamatis Comments

    Jiri Maly, formerly managing director of global infrastructure finance at investment banking firm CIBC World Markets, has joined Louis Berger’s services operating firm as president, effective Oct. 14. Louis Berger CEO Jim Stamatis said in a statement released Wednesday that Maly’s experience in capital programs and leadership roles will complement Louis Berger Services’ efforts to achieve earnings […] More

  • Broadcom, Harris Vet Bill Miller Joins NetApp as CIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Broadcom, Harris Vet Bill Miller Joins NetApp as CIO

    Bill Miller, former senior vice president and chief information officer at Broadcom, has joined NetApp in the same role of CIO and will be responsible for both the company’s information technology organization and ongoing transformation initiatives. NetApp said Wednesday Miller will manage the NetApp on NetApp and Customer-1 programs that aim to help the company’s engineering and field organizations update and demonstrate […] More

  • CSRA Receives ATCA Award for FAA UAS Digital Registration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Receives ATCA Award for FAA UAS Digital Registration Support

    The Air Traffic Control Association has awarded CSRA the Earl F. Ward Memorial Award in recognition of the company’s contribution to efforts in the quality, safety and efficiency of the country’s air traffic control. CSRA said Tuesday it received the award during the 61st ATCA Annual Conference and Exposition held in National Harbor, Maryland. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA […] More

  • Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon to Develop Landing Guidance Tool for F-35, Drones Under $255M Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon to Develop Landing Guidance Tool for F-35, Drones Under $255M Navy Contract

    Raytheon will work to develop and produce a Joint Precision Approach and Landing System for integration with the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft and unmanned aerial systems under the potential six-year, $255 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday the contract could reach $270 million in total value if the service branch exercises all options. […] More

  • Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts

    The Air Traffic Control Association has presented Raytheon the 2016 Industrial Award for the company’s work to help modernize ATC systems that manage the majority of the country’s civilian airspace. The company said Monday it received the award during ATCA’s 61st Annual Conference and Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. Raytheon worked with the Federal Aviation Administration on an 18-month […] More