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  • BAE to Establish Combat Vehicle Innovation Center for Collaboration With University of Melbourne - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Establish Combat Vehicle Innovation Center for Collaboration With University of Melbourne

    BAE Systems plans to establish an AMV35 vehicle innovation and manufacturing center in Australia that will facilitate collaboration with the engineering faculty of a nearby University of Melbourne campus. The creation of the facility, which will potentially be located at the Fishermans Bend technology hub, is dependent on the company’s bid to be the Australian army’s provider […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Unit Distributes $101K in Gulf Coast School STEM Grants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Unit Distributes $101K in Gulf Coast School STEM Grants

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has provided $101,000 in grant funds to support 26 science, technology, engineering and math programs in two Gulf Coast states. The company said Tuesday it has awarded more than $911,000 to different STEM projects and initiatives to over the past 10 years. Edmond Hughes, vice president of human resources and administration at […] More

  • Siemens Plans New STEM Education, Training Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Plans New STEM Education, Training Initiatives

    Siemens‘ philanthropic arm has announced plans to launch new educational and training programs to boost student engagement in science, technology, engineering and math. The company said Thursday these initiatives will replace Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology that ended in 2017 after 19 years of providing annual scholarship opportunities to high school students. Siemens Foundation […] More

  • NASA Center to Host Opening Event of High School Robotic Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Center to Host Opening Event of High School Robotic Competition

    NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will host the kickoff event of a national robotic competition for students in grades 9 through 12 on Saturday. The opening ceremony for this year’s FIRST Robotics, managed by the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology organization, will take place at the Davidson Center for […] More

  • BAE, University Partner for Postgraduate Engineering Apprenticeship Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, University Partner for Postgraduate Engineering Apprenticeship Program

    BAE Systems has partnered with Cranfield University in the U.K. to offer an apprenticeship program that aims to help graduate engineers obtain a masters-level qualification. BAE’s level 7 apprenticeship program’s academic activities are scheduled to commence Monday and will cover topics such as operations management, design-based innovation and cost engineering, the company said Thursday. An initial group of 76 […] More

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Microsoft to Launch IT Academy at Marine Corps Base Quantico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Microsoft to Launch IT Academy at Marine Corps Base Quantico

    A partnership of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Microsoft will launch an information technology academy meant to train transitioning service members at the U.S. Marine Corps‘ installation in Quantico, Virginia. The ERAU-Microsoft Software and Systems Academy will be unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Marine Corps’ National Museum on Jan. 8, the military branch said Saturday. The […] More

  • Raytheon, University of Arizona Partner on STEM Program for Native-American Students - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, University of Arizona Partner on STEM Program for Native-American Students

    An employee resource group at Raytheon has partnered with the University of Arizona to mentor and inspire Native-American students toward science, technology, engineering and math careers. Raytheon American Indian Network members facilitate monthly workshops that offer  hands-on activities revolving around STEM to high school and middle school as part of the university’s Native Student Outreach for Access […] More

  • CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship

    CH2M has pledged a donation of $1 million to create an endowed professorship within the Oregon State University’s College of Engineering. The company said Thursday an endowed professor will be appointed to teach at the college for a term of up to five years through the CH2M Hill Professorship in Civil Engineering Fund. Scott Ashford, dean of OSU […] More

  • Northrop to Back Interdisciplinary Research Projects of 3 Australian Professors; Ian Irving Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Back Interdisciplinary Research Projects of 3 Australian Professors; Ian Irving Comments

    Northrop Grumman has selected three Australia-based professors to receive multiyear research grants and conduct a collaborative studies in the areas of cognitive radio systems, engineering, human machine interactions and quantum communications. The company said Tuesday it offered initial grants worth approximately $56,000 to Robert Malaney of the University of New South Wales; Roberto Sabatini of the Royal Melbourne Institute of […] More

  • Seattle-Based Nonprofit Code.org Raises Funds for Computer Science Education Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Seattle-Based Nonprofit Code.org Raises Funds for Computer Science Education Programs

    The Seattle-based Code.org nonprofit organization has secured $12 million in funds from investors such as PwC, Infosys and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Times reported Monday. Hadi Partovi, co-founder and CEO of Code.org, said the organization plans to use the money to update its computer science curricula and train more teachers to educate K-12 students […] More

  • Air Force Accepts STEM Scholarship Applications for 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Accepts STEM Scholarship Applications for 2018

    The U.S. Air Force is accepting scholarship applications from students who aim to pursue a science, technology, engineering and math degree. The military service said Monday it offers between $25,000 and $38,000 a year to help students major in one of the 19 STEM disciplines through the branch’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service […] More

  • Army, Ten80 to Co-Host STEM Education Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, Ten80 to Co-Host STEM Education Event

    Ten80 Education and the U.S. Army has launched an educational program with the goal to engage high school students in science, technology, engineering and math. The Army Marketing and Research Group said Tuesday the STEMFest event will offer an opportunity for students to hone their teamwork, leadership and critical thinking skills with through a series of interactive […] More