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  • Leidos Appears in ‘Best for Vets’ List for 4th Consecutive Year; Ann Addison Comments
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    Leidos Appears in ‘Best for Vets’ List for 4th Consecutive Year; Ann Addison Comments

    Leidos has landed the 22nd spot on Military Times’ Best for Vets Employers 2017 list for the fourth consecutive year in recognition of the company’s efforts to hire and retain former military personnel. Ann Addison, chief human resources officer of Leidos, said in a statement published Tuesday veterans make up 20 percent of the company’s workforce and that the award reflects […] More

  • Intel’s Melvin Greer to Receive BDPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
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    Intel’s Melvin Greer to Receive BDPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award

    Melvin Greer, director of data science and analytics at Intel, will receive the Lifetime Achievement from Black Data Processing Associates in recognition of his contribution to the information technology sector. BDPA will present the award to Greer during the 39th Annual National Technology Conference and Career Fair that is set to kick off on July 26 in Cincinnati, […] More

  • Amazon Vet Peter Cohen Joins Fortinet Board
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    Amazon Vet Peter Cohen Joins Fortinet Board

    Peter Cohen, a 17-year veteran of Amazon and co-founder of Xendota, has joined the board of directors at Sunnyvale, California-based cybersecurity firm Fortinet. Cohen said in a statement published Tuesday he aims to help “provide strategic counsel on the cloud technology priorities, partnerships and innovations that will help contribute to the company’s continued momentum with enterprise customers.” He currently […] More

  • Cubic to Showcase C4ISR Platforms at GEOINT Symposium in Texas; Mike Twyman Comments
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    Cubic to Showcase C4ISR Platforms at GEOINT Symposium in Texas; Mike Twyman Comments

    Two Cubic business units will demonstrate a range of cross domain, virtual training and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems at an upcoming U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation-hosted symposium in San Antonio, Texas. The company said Wednesday its mission solutions and global defense businesses will showcase the technology offerings at the annual GEOINT Symposium that will be held from […] More

  • Jeff Kerridge Named Senior VP of Business Development at AECOM
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    Jeff Kerridge Named Senior VP of Business Development at AECOM

    Jeff Kerridge, a 31-year nuclear industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of business development in the Nuclear & Environment (N&E) Strategic Business Unit within AECOM’s Management Services group, the company announced Tuesday “Jeff’s understanding of the nuclear industry for the U.S. Department of Energy and U.K. Ministry of Defense is invaluable,” said John Vollmer, […] More

  • U.S. Consumer Spending Rebounds for Biggest Increase in 4 Months
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    U.S. Consumer Spending Rebounds for Biggest Increase in 4 Months

    In line with wage and salary increases the previous month, U.S. consumer spending saw its biggest increase in four months in April, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. This increase was the largest since December. Consumer spending, which accounts for over two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, increased 0.4 percent. In April, households spent more on both goods […] More

  • Orbital ATK Gets $90M Contract to Supply Northrop Bomber Aircraft Components
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    Orbital ATK Gets $90M Contract to Supply Northrop Bomber Aircraft Components

    Northrop Grumman has awarded Orbital ATK a potential five-year, $90 million contract to manufacture aircraft composite parts in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s B-2 Spirit aircraft modernization effort. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce 17 hot trailing edge structures and provide non-recurring engineering services for B-2 bombers. The contract has an option for follow-on orders. Steve Earl, vice president and general manager of […] More

  • Doug Kitani: IAP to Support Military Customers Under Potential $37B Army IDIQ
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    Doug Kitani: IAP to Support Military Customers Under Potential $37B Army IDIQ

    IAP Worldwide Services will provide a range of customized technology platforms and services to the Defense Department under a potential U.S. Army contract vehicle worth up to 37.4 billion over 10 years. The company said Friday it aims to support military customers in the engineering; logistics; research, development, test and evaluation; education and training; and command, control, communications, computers, […] More

  • GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons
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    GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons

    The GEO Group has secured two potential 10-year contracts from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to continue to house criminal aliens at company-owned facilities. GEO said Friday the contracts were awarded through the Criminal Alien Requirement 16 procurement vehicle and are expected to generate $664 million in combined revenues throughout the full 10-year periods. The company will provide […] More

  • Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Washington Submarine; Matt Needy Comments
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    Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Washington Submarine; Matt Needy Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the USS Washington submarine to the U.S. Navy after the underwater vehicle  completed a round of Board of Inspection and Survey sea trials. The company said Friday that USS Washington, dubbed SSN 787, received the highest score among all new construction Virginia-class submarines under the Figure of Merit scoring system. “The score is a reflection […] More

  • Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agencies Can Advance IT Modernization Through ‘Agile’ Acquisition Methods
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    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agencies Can Advance IT Modernization Through ‘Agile’ Acquisition Methods

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said federal agencies should establish agile acquisition approaches and boost commitment to IT workforce training and acquisition initiatives as they seek to update their information technology systems and make changes to the acquisition process. Puvvada wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Thursday that agencies should should facilitate […] More

  • Optum, VA Pick 3 Teams to Develop Medical Tech for Military Vets with Brain Injuries
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    Optum, VA Pick 3 Teams to Develop Medical Tech for Military Vets with Brain Injuries

    The Department of Veterans Affairs and Optum have selected three finalists from the “Demo Day” competition of the 2nd annual Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion to pilot medical technologies that can help clinicians to prevent, diagnose or treat veterans who have experienced traumatic brain injuries. Optum said Friday The Daptly Display, Save a Warrior and King-Devick Technologies were selected out of 15 […] More