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  • Ann Marie Fudge Joins Northrop Grumman's Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ann Marie Fudge Joins Northrop Grumman’s Board of Directors

    Northrop Grumman has added Ann Marie Fudge, a former chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands at WPP Group, as a member of its board of directors. Fudge is the 13th member of Northrop’s board, the company said Thursday. “Her global leadership and track record of success across a range of industries and the public sector […] More

  • Joni Fernbaugh Joins Noblis as Business Dev't Director; Pat Brosey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joni Fernbaugh Joins Noblis as Business Dev’t Director; Pat Brosey Comments

    Joni Fernbaugh, formerly director of strategic and clinical programs at IMS Health, has been named director of business development at Noblis. Fernbaugh will also serve as a subject matter expert for the nonprofit science and technology organization’s health innovation-related missions, Noblis said March 7. “Her practical experience managing oversight of federal health strategic planning and operations […] More

  • New IBM Initiative Aims to Address Public Health Issues - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New IBM Initiative Aims to Address Public Health Issues

    IBM has introduced a new initiative to pick heath organizations that will $500,000 in healthcare engagement and expert assistance in an effort to help address public health challenges. The company began to solicit health projects from civil, governmental and social sector organizations for IBM’s health and technology team to solve, IBM said Tuesday. IBM intends […] More

  • USAID Jordan Awards $51.7M Contract to Abt Associates for Healthcare Services Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Jordan Awards $51.7M Contract to Abt Associates for Healthcare Services Support

    Abt Associates has landed a $51.7 million contract from the United States Agency for International Development – Jordan to help support maternal and child healthcare services with focus on Syrian refugees in Jordanian communities. Abt Associates said Friday the contract requires the implementation of the Health Service Delivery Activity program alongside the Ministry of Health and non-government […] More

  • Boeing, Mubadala Form R&D Alliance to Further Aerospace Manufacturing; Bernard Dunn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Mubadala Form R&D Alliance to Further Aerospace Manufacturing; Bernard Dunn Comments

    Boeing and Mubadala Development Company have formed an alliance in an effort to create research and development programs to assist aerospace manufacturing capability in the United Arab Emirates, Gulf News Journal reported Thursday. The two companies agreed to a five-year agreement that provides Boeing access to the Aerospace Research and Innovation Center at Khalifa University and the Masdar […] More

  • Elbit Systems of America Unveils Cloud-based Public Safety Applications Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems of America Unveils Cloud-based Public Safety Applications Suite

    Elbit Systems of America has launched WideBridge Cloud applications suite, a system of cloud-based public safety broadband communications services. The Elbit Systems subsidiary said Friday the suite is designed to give first responders access to broadband communication tools that allow real-time voice, video and data services through P25 Land Mobile Radio and LTE devices. The company added WideBridge […] More

  • Cobham to Integrate RFHIC GaN Tech into New RF Products - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham to Integrate RFHIC GaN Tech into New RF Products

    Cobham will integrate the gallium nitride technology of RFHIC Corp. in South Korea into the former’s radio-frequency products as part of a new strategic partnership. The companies will jointly build GaN high-power amplifier modules set for installation in a prototype 175-kilowatt solid-state transmitter, Cobham said Wednesday. Bob McArthur, vice president for Cobham’s integrated electronic solutions business, […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Powers Lockheed Missile in Army Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Powers Lockheed Missile in Army Test

    An Aerojet Rocketdyne-built propulsion system has supported Lockheed Martin‘s PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missile during a U.S. Army-led flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Thursday. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday its MSE propulsion system integrated on the PAC-3 MSE missile works to function as a rocket motor and provide energy management support to the […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Expand Arizona Space Tech Production Facility; Rick Kettner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Expand Arizona Space Tech Production Facility; Rick Kettner Comments

    Orbital ATK has announced plans to expand the engineering operations of its space systems business in Gilbert, Arizona, and expects the project to create up to 155 new jobs. The company said Friday the project will add roughly 60,000 square feet of engineering space to its manufacturing complex for civilian and military satellites. “Orbital ATK has been developing satellites in the Gilbert area for […] More

  • Lockheed's Systems Made Simple Lands VA Claims Processing Task Order; Horace Blackman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Systems Made Simple Lands VA Claims Processing Task Order; Horace Blackman Comments

    Systems Made Simple has been awarded a five-year task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs process disability claims and streamline the delivery of benefits to retired service personnel. The Lockheed Martin-owned company won the task order through the Transformation Twenty One Total Technology contract worth approximately $262 million, Lockheed said Thursday. Systems Made […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Develops Multi-Mission Submersible UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Develops Multi-Mission Submersible UAV

    A team of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory researchers has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle the research team designed to submerge into or launch from deep waters to perform various missions. APL said Thursday its force projection sector and research and exploratory development unit collaborated to build a Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System prototype. Lab researchers used […] More

  • Siemens Unveils 3 Cybersecurity Ops Centers for Industrial Facility Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Unveils 3 Cybersecurity Ops Centers for Industrial Facility Protection

    Siemens has unveiled three Cyber Security Operations Centers located in Milford, Ohio, in the U.S. and in Lisbon, Portugal, and Munich, Germany, for industrial facilities protection. The CSOCs will house industry security specialists tasked to monitor facilities around the globe for cyber threats, send out warnings to companies regarding incidents and coordinate possible countermeasures, Siemens said […] More