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  • NSA, Parsons Hold Cyber Exercise for US Military Cadets, Midshipmen; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA, Parsons Hold Cyber Exercise for US Military Cadets, Midshipmen; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has helped the National Security Agency facilitate a daylong event that aimed to prepare U.S. military students to guard information technology networks and data against cybersecurity threats. The company said Monday it produced cyber-attack and defend simulations, scoring software and 60 challenges for cadets and misdhipmen who took part in the NSA Cyber Exercise Live Fire event […] More

  • Parsons Launches Fellows Program for Technical Professionals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Launches Fellows Program for Technical Professionals

    Parsons has formed a Fellows Program in a move to recognize the company’s top technical professionals and encourage innovation in helping customers address technical challenges. Members of the Fellows Program will be appointed based on their expertise in a scientific, engineering or technology discipline; industry recognition and awards; and contributions to Parsons’ projects and programs, among […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests CBP Remote Video Surveillance Platform in Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests CBP Remote Video Surveillance Platform in Texas

    A General Dynamics business unit has tested in Texas a remote video surveillance platform designed to support border security operations. General Dynamics Information Technology partnered with Parsons’ government services business to help the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection field six Relocatable-Remote Video Surveillance Systems in McAllen and Laredo, Texas, the company said […] More

  • Joseph Averkamp Joins Parsons as VP, Systems Product Sales Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joseph Averkamp Joins Parsons as VP, Systems Product Sales Lead

    Parsons has appointed Joseph Averkamp, formerly chief technology lead at Conduent‘s tolling and intelligent transportation systems business, as a vice president and systems product sales lead. Parsons said Thursday Averkamp will support business development and marketing growth efforts of the company’s systems group within the eastern U.S. region. He holds more than 28 years of industry experience in the areas […] More

  • Eric Redman Named VP, Systems Product Sales Lead at Parsons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Redman Named VP, Systems Product Sales Lead at Parsons

    Eric Redman, former vice president of sales and marketing at Neology, has joined  Parsons as VP and systems product sales lead. Parsons said Tuesday Redman brings 20 years of software and hardware market experience to his new position and will oversee business development and marketing strategies across the western U.S. region for the company’s infrastructure systems group. He previously […] More

  • Parsons VP Sunnie House Named California Transportation Foundation Board Chair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons VP Sunnie House Named California Transportation Foundation Board Chair

    Sunnie House, vice president and western regional manager within the North American rail business of Parsons, has been appointed to chair the California Transportation Foundation’s board of directors. She will lead the charitable organization that backs California’s transportation community through grant programs for industry workers and their families as well as scholarships for students pursuing transportation-related subjects, […] More

  • Civil Engineering Vet Brett Jones Named Parsons Business Devt VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Civil Engineering Vet Brett Jones Named Parsons Business Devt VP

    Brett Jones, a former vice president at engineering professional services company WSP, has joined engineering and construction services contractor Parsons as vice president of business development. Parsons said Thursday Jones will help the company pursue new business opportunities in Southern California and will focus on alternative and traditionally-procured projects in the transportation market in his new position. Jones’ 28-year civil […] More

  • Parsons Selected for Indiana Bridge Project; Mike Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Selected for Indiana Bridge Project; Mike Johnson Comments

    The Indiana Department of Transportation has selected Parsons to provide design services for the SR 249 bridge replacement project that will cross over U.S. 12 and two railroads in Portage, Indiana. Parsons said Tuesday it will also design a roadway and a traffic maintenance system as well as conduct National Environmental Policy Act studies, topographic survey and geotechnical investigations under the […] More

  • PSC Unveils 2018 Executive Panel, Board Members; Parsons’ Carey Smith Re-Elected Secretary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC Unveils 2018 Executive Panel, Board Members; Parsons’ Carey Smith Re-Elected Secretary

    The Professional Services Council has appointed new members and re-elected several executives to its 2018 executive committee and board of directors. Carey Smith, president of Parsons’ federal business unit, was re-elected secretary of the board of directors during the trade group’s annual meeting held Thursday, PSC said Monday. Smith will join Ken Asbury, president and […] More

  • Carey Smith Talks About Parsons' Williams Electric Purchase, Control System Business Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carey Smith Talks About Parsons’ Williams Electric Purchase, Control System Business Expansion

    Carey Smith, federal group president at Parsons, has said the company expects the acquisition of control system integration company Williams Electric to create new opportunities as the Pasadena, California-based engineering services contractor operates in the Middle East and other regions, the Pasadena Star-News reported Thursday. Smith told Pasadena Star-News she believes Parsons’ contractual relationships with federal […] More

  • Parsons Starts Huntsville, Alabama Facility Expansion; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Starts Huntsville, Alabama Facility Expansion; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons broke ground on a facility expansion in Huntsville, Alabama, last week to add a 25,000-square-foot building and 50 new jobs there. The engineering services contractor will use the additional facility to integrate hardware and software platforms for customers across the intelligence, defense and infrastructure sectors, the Huntsville city government said Wednesday. “Previously our space was becoming a […] More

  • DARPA Picks 8 Teams for Software Defined Radio Hackfest Event in November - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 8 Teams for Software Defined Radio Hackfest Event in November

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight team line-ups for a software defined radio hackfest in November which will be held at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, California. DARPA said Monday that participants of the Bay Area Software Defined Radio Hackfest include members of the academia, industry and SDR enthusiast community who […] More