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  • NASA Launches SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission
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    NASA Launches SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built spacecraft lifted off Friday onboard the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to deliver 7,000 pounds of scientific instruments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. NASA said Saturday the Dragon space vehicle’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks SpaceX’s eighth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the Commercial Resupply Services contract […] More

  • FBI Vet Brian McCauley Joins Brainwave Science Advisory Board; Krishna Ika Comments
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    FBI Vet Brian McCauley Joins Brainwave Science Advisory Board; Krishna Ika Comments

    Brian McCauley, formerly a deputy assistant director and special agent at FBI, has joined the advisory board of Brainwave Science, a provider of brain fingerprinting technology. The 30-year U.S. government veteran was most recently responsible for FBI’s international operations in more than 100 countries and for the agency’s legal attache offices, Brainwave Science said Friday. […] More

  • Parsons Salt Waste Processing Facility Project Receives DOE Recognition; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments
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    Parsons Salt Waste Processing Facility Project Receives DOE Recognition; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons‘ $2.3 billion Salt Waste Processing Facility project in South Carolina has received an award from the Energy Department for the company’s project management practices. Deputy Energy Secretary Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall presented the award in recognition of the company’s efforts to complete the project at an earlier date and limit costs, Parsons said Friday. Mary Ann Hopkins, Parsons group president […] More

  • Northrop Grumman to Spearhead Projects Aimed at Future Cyber Workforce; Kathy Warden Comments
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    Northrop Grumman to Spearhead Projects Aimed at Future Cyber Workforce; Kathy Warden Comments

    Northrop Grumman is set to hold several cyber defense competitions in the U.S., Middle East and Europe in April as part of the company’s cyber education and workforce development goals. “Globally, we face a critical shortage of trained professionals ready to take on the job of securing our systems and networks,” Kathy Warden, corporate vice president and […] More

  • Louise Clements Joins ICF as EVP, Olson Group Lead
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    Louise Clements Joins ICF as EVP, Olson Group Lead

    Louise Clements has been appointed as ICF International‘s executive vice president, group lead for the consulting services contractor’s ICF Olson group lead and a member of the company’s executive leadership team. ICF said Monday the former MRM/McCann president of the North America East division holds 26 years of marketing, advertising and engagement experience from previous roles in digital marketing, sales and operational organizations […] More

  • NVTC to Auction One-on-One Meetings with Virginia’s Business Leaders
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    NVTC to Auction One-on-One Meetings with Virginia’s Business Leaders

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council will auction off some prominent executives in the government contracting industry as part of a fundraising event scheduled on April 25. CXO Auction attendees will electronically bid for opportunities to meet with c-level regional and industry executives to gain insight on various businesses, NVTC said Monday. The event aims to raise money for the council’s […] More

  • National Association of Corporate Directors Convenes Military Officials
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    National Association of Corporate Directors Convenes Military Officials

    The National Association of Corporate Directors has gathered retired and current military officers during its annual From Battlefield to Boardroom program intended to help soldiers transition to the private sector. With support from KPMG and CACI International, the program provides insights on the roles and responsibilities of a corporate director and discusses oversight and stakeholder management issues, […] More

  • Ruby Jones to Serve as Turner Construction Community, Citizenship Compliance Director
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    Ruby Jones to Serve as Turner Construction Community, Citizenship Compliance Director

    Turner Construction Company Regional Director of Community Affairs Ruby Jones has taken a new role as the company’s community and citizenship compliance director. Jones coordinates with the human resources and operations groups in an effort to assist the company comply with the Labor Department‘s office of federal contract compliance programs federal laws and regulations and serve […] More

  • DARPA Christens Leidos-Built ‘Sea Hunter’ Autonomous Ship Demonstrator
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    DARPA Christens Leidos-Built ‘Sea Hunter’ Autonomous Ship Demonstrator

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has christened an autonomous vessel demonstrator that a Leidos-led team designed and built for DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone joined several DARPA and Defense Department officials during the christening of a prototype unit for the Sea Hunter ACTUV at a dockside ceremony held Thursday in Portland, Oregon, […] More

  • Leidos, Immunovaccine Form Zika Vaccine Development Partnership; Jerry Hogge Comments
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    Leidos, Immunovaccine Form Zika Vaccine Development Partnership; Jerry Hogge Comments

    Leidos and Canada-based clinical vaccine developer Immunovaccine have forged an agreement to jointly develop a preventive agent against the mosquito-borne Zika virus in an effort to halt the spread of the disease that has affected much of Latin America within the past year. The companies said Thursday Immunovaccine will use its DepoVax platform to create an anti-Zika vaccine and […] More

  • Polycom’s Sean Berg: Public Sector Agencies Seek Collaboration Tools for Unified Communications, Workflows
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    Polycom’s Sean Berg: Public Sector Agencies Seek Collaboration Tools for Unified Communications, Workflows

    Sean Berg, vice president for Polycom’s public sector business, has said a “workplace of the future” concept continues to evolve for public sector agencies as mobile device use grows and millennials enter the workforce. Berg told Public Sector View in an interview posted Thursday that one trend he observes is growth in usage of video collaboration platforms that […] More

  • Navy Issues RFI on Portable Bomb Detector Tech
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    Navy Issues RFI on Portable Bomb Detector Tech

    The U.S. Navy has begun its search for industry sources of technology designed to detect unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. In a FedBizOpps notice published Monday, the military branch said its Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland is interested in detection systems that ordnance disposal personnel can stow in backpacks or cargo pockets. NSWC seeks a detector that […] More