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  • Lockheed’s Stephanie Hill Promotes STEM Among Youth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Stephanie Hill Promotes STEM Among Youth

    Lockheed Martin executive Stephanie Hill, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 list for 2015, has said one of her goals is to raise awareness of the benefits of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education among young people, The Daily Record reported Monday. Hill, vice president and general manager of Lockheed’s information systems and global […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Wins AFCEA International Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Wins AFCEA International Award

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat’s senior vice president of U.S. government sector, has received an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association award for her advocacy to help further women empowerment in the work space. The AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter selected the executive for the award to honor her leadership of the Women in NOVA program over the past three years, […] More

  • Lou Von Thaer Keynotes K-12 Intro to STEM Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lou Von Thaer Keynotes K-12 Intro to STEM Event

    Lou Von Thaer, president of the national security sector business at Leidos, will be a co-keynote speaker at a company-sponsored symposium on how parents can best engage kids in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Von Thaer, a Wash100 inductee, headlines the WashingtonExec 2015 K-12 STEM Symposium on March 7 with Evan Glazer, principal at Thomas […] More

  • Lockheed, Orange County Public Schools Launch STEM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Orange County Public Schools Launch STEM Program

    Lockheed Martin, Orange County, Fla.’s public school district and a nonprofit organization have partnered to launch a new STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education program, Orlando Business Journal reported Monday. Matthew Richardson writes Lockheed is scheduled to announce the program on Thursday at Walker Middle School, Orlando, in partnership with Project Lead the Way. Project Lead the […] More

  • HughesNet, National 4-H Council Launch 2015 STEM Program; Mike Cook Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HughesNet, National 4-H Council Launch 2015 STEM Program; Mike Cook Comments

    Hughes Network Systems’ HughesNet satellite Internet service and National 4-H Council have jointly unveiled a new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) educational program for American youth. The partnership is meant to grant sponsorship to two young innovators for a trip to the  4-H National Youth Science Day event in Washington, D.C., under the Innovation […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Continues Support for Energy Sector Through STEM Talent - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Continues Support for Energy Sector Through STEM Talent

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has highlighted the company’s partnership with the Energy Department, universities and industry in addressing the challenges in the energy sector and encouraging careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Hewson said Tuesday in her address during the first anniversary of DOE’s Minorities in Energy project that Lockheed supports the agency in meeting the energy needs […] More

  • Raytheon, Student Veterans of America Award $10k Scholarships to 3 Vets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Student Veterans of America Award $10k Scholarships to 3 Vets

    Raytheon and Student Veterans of America will award $10,000 in scholarships to three student veterans who will take cybersecurity and engineering university courses. Damien Calderon of the U.S. Army, Megan Freeman of the U.S. Navy and Edward Thiemann of the U.S. Air Force have received study grants under the annual joint scholarship program, Raytheon said Tuesday. “These scholarships will help them […] More

  • Stephanie Hill: Lockheed, DC School District Partner for STEM Grant Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephanie Hill: Lockheed, DC School District Partner for STEM Grant Program

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with the District of Columbia Public Schools for a new grant program aimed at increasing students’ access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The multiyear initiative offers D.C. public elementary, middle and high schools a chance to work with Project Lead The Way and implement STEM courses, Lockheed said Friday. […] More

  • Northrop Taps UC Colorado Springs for Defense Cyber Research Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Taps UC Colorado Springs for Defense Cyber Research Grant

    Northrop Grumman has awarded a $70,000 research grant to the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs to study and develop cybersecurity and resiliency technologies for Defense Department systems. The company said Thursday UCCS College of Engineering and Applied Sciences will perform research over a nine-month period as part of the university’s partnership with Northrop on research and development in the fields […] More

  • Raytheon Awards Zumwalt Scholarship to the Son of a Retired Naval Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Awards Zumwalt Scholarship to the Son of a Retired Naval Officer

    Raytheon Co. has presented the first Raytheon-Zumwalt scholarship to Harrison Ballard, the son of a retired Naval officer. Ballard will receive a $20,000 grant and pursue a science degree at Duke University in 2018, Raytheon said Monday. The Raytheon-Zumwalt scholarship has been established in honor of Adm. Elmo Zumwalt Jr., former chief of Naval operations, to […] More

  • Army Announces Nat'l Winners of eCYBERMISSION STEM Student Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Announces Nat’l Winners of eCYBERMISSION STEM Student Competition

    The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, on behalf of the Army Educational Outreach Program announced Friday the winners of the 2013-2014 national winners of the eCYBERMISSION competition. The Army Educational Outreach program said that the online competition, administered by the National Science Teachers Association, aims to build student interest in science, technology, engineering […] More

  • John Hopkins APL Wins Howard County Volunteer of the Year Award; Will Roncal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Hopkins APL Wins Howard County Volunteer of the Year Award; Will Roncal Comments

    John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory was chosen to receive April 2 the Howard County’s Volunteer of the Year Award for its all-volunteer college preparation program launched in 2009. Will Roncal and Karla Roncal, the husband-wife duo that spearheaded the College Prep Program, received the award at a ceremony at the county’s George Howard Building, […] More