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The Defense Department presented 15 public and private organizations with the 2016 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Awards during a ceremony held Friday at the Pentagon. DoD said Friday the awardees were chosen from the 2,424 nominations made by U.S. Guard and Reserve employees and recognized for their programs that aid military families during deployment. “These […] More
Lockheed Martin and the University of Colorado-Boulder have partnered to implement academic programs focused on space-based radio frequency technology. The company said Thursday it will invest $3 million in the partnership over four years and the Lockheed Martin Radio Frequency Research Center will collaborate with the university to develop curriculum to train future space engineers. RF engineers can help […] More
Fulcrum has been included in Inc. magazine’s 35th annual Inc. 5000 list that compiles a list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The 2016 Inc. 5000 list features companies that gained a three-year growth of 433 percent on an average and have aggregate annual revenue of $200 million, Fulcrum said Tuesday. “This award, received for the third […] More
IBM has selected five domestic and international organizations to receive public health-related pro bono consulting services worth a total of $2.5 million under the company’s Health Corps program. The winning projects aim to provide chemotherapy medicines in sub Saharan Africa, track and control Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases in Taiwan and Panama, perform health interventions in southeastern U.S. and […] More
Northrop Grumman has entered into a new partnership with Northland Community & Technical College to continue unmanned aerial systems efforts throughout the Red River Valley in North Dakota and Minnesota. The company said Tuesday it will donate the Bat medium altitude, multi-mission unmanned aircraft and related equipment to the university’s UAS maintenance and training program. The program aims to […] More
Purdue University has received more than $3.6 million in total grants from the National Science Foundation to equip the Department of Entomology’s facilities with new drawers and expand its specimen database. Purdue will also use the funds to provide researchers access to collections-based data in order to help them trace the history of insect-borne diseases, […] More
Fairfax, Virginia-based technology services contractor Sevatec has appointed industry veterans Jaswinder Matharu and Richard Roth to the company’s board of advisers. Matharu, a 20-year federal market veteran, led data warehousing and analytics firm Agilis International as president and CEO before its acquisition by Infogix in 2014, Sevatec said Wednesday. He also previously held the roles of CEO, chief […] More
Laurence Grayer of Veterans Moving Forward, Gregory Nixon of Cerberus and Josh Petty of Booz Allen Hamilton have made Trending 40’s list of top corporate counsels in Washington, D.C. for 2016. The legal professionals will be honored during a ceremony that will be held Sept. 21 at Crystal City, Virginia. Other honorees include Mitre‘s Julie Bowen, AT&T‘s Rishi Chhatwal, PwC‘s Eliza Nagle, Northrop Grumman‘s Charlton Walker […] More
The American National Standards Institute will collaborate with the State University of New York and Flatiron School to support a U.S. Education Department initiative that aims to provide low-income students access to new higher education and training models. ANSI said Tuesday the Educational Quality through Innovative Partnerships program seeks to assess the impact of partnerships on the accessibility of education programs for students from […] More
Leidos Holdings has named Gregory Dahlberg, Surya Mohapatra and Susan Stalnecker to its board of directors in conjunction with the closure of Leidos’ $5 billion merger with Lockheed Martin‘s information systems and global solutions business. The appointments of Dahlberg, Mohapatra and Stalnecker bring the total number of Leidos’ board members to 12, the company said Tuesday. “We’re delighted […] More
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey have begun to solicit applications from universities and schools that are interested to serve as partners of a geospatial sciences program. NGA formed the Centers of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences program with USGS in an effort to establish partnerships with the U.S. academic community in […] More
Arleen Malley Zank, former president and co-founder of systems integration and technology advisory firm Coronado Group, has joined cFocus Software as business development executive. Zank will oversee expansion efforts for cFocus Software’s SharePoint, cybersecurity and cloud businesses in an effort to help clients address cyber threats, cFocus said Tuesday. Jasson Walker, president and CEO of […] More
