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    Sarah Schacht Named Operations Manager of Identity Ecosystem Steering Group

    Sarah Schacht, a principal consultant at Smarter Civic, has been appointed as operations manager at the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group. The private sector-led organization said Thursday Schacht will help grow IDESG’s Identity Ecosystem Framework registry and foster collaborations with companies, government agencies and civil organizations in the areas of privacy, security and identity management. “We are excited to […] More

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    Patrick Binning to Lead Johns Hopkins APL’s Natl Security Space Mission Area

    Patrick Binning, formerly a program manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been appointed as mission area executive for national security space at APL. Binning will lead the organization’s efforts to build space-based technologies for the national security sector, APL said Thursday. He is an aerospace industry veteran with 25 years of program management, research,  development, technology transfer, satellite operations and […] More

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    Lockheed Gets Manufacturing Leadership Council Awards; Joe Rappisi Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received four awards from the Manufacturing Leadership Council in recognition of the company’s manufacturing systems and programs in three categories. The council recognized Lockheed’s automated drilling and fastening systems integration that uses structured light scanning to develop three dimensional models of the C-130 airframe components, Lockheed said Monday. Lockheed also earned recognition for […] More

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    Joseph Leonard Joins HII as Large Surface Combatant Program Customer Affairs Corporate Director

    Joseph Leonard, former chief of staff of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations’ assessment and naval warfare integration segments, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries as its large surface combatant program’s customer affairs corporate director. HII said Friday Leonard will report directly to Dan Holloway, HII’s customer affairs corporate vice president, and will be responsible for the […] More

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    Lockheed Donates $1M to Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans & Military Families; Greg Larioni Comments

    Lockheed Martin has donated $1 million to Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families in support of the institute’s entrepreneurship programs for retired service personnel. Lockheed made the donation during the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities training program at Syracuse University, the university said in a news release published Monday. The company will provide […] More

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    Metalogix Appoints Charlie Hopkins, Gary Herman to Senior Public Sector Sales Roles

    Metalogix has appointed Charlie Hopkins — former account manager at IBM‘s federal software group — as federal civilian sales director and Gary Herman — a senior director of sales and business development at WORX Technologies — as senior partner account manager. The Washington-headquartered cloud management software provider said Tuesday Hopkins and Herman will support Metalogix’ expansion efforts in the public sector […] More

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    Accenture, Air Force Unit Career Program Partner to Assist Job-Seeking Veterans

    Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary has partnered with the 502d Air Base Wing’s Career Skills Program at Joint Base San Antonio to offer transition assistance for military servicemen that seek civilian employment. Accenture Federal Services said Friday it will provide apprenticeships, on-the-job training, job shadowing and employment skills training to service members to help them enter the civilian workforce. CSP […] More

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    Northrop Sponsors Space Camp Attendance for 80 Middle School Students, 48 Science Teachers

    Northrop Grumman will sponsor 80 middle school students and 48 science teachers from the U.S., Australia and the U.K.for them to attend Space Camp July 24 through July 29 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Space Camp will feature space shuttle missions simulations, astronaut training simulators and activities such as rocket building and launches for the students, […] More

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    Aarish Gokaldas: OGSystems to Offer Engineering, Analytics Support Through Navy’s SeaPort-e Vehicle

    OGSystems will vie for task orders to provide research and development, engineering, prototyping and logistics services to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s SeaPort Enhanced contract. The company said Thursday the SeaPort-e program has an ordering period of three years and designed to support 22 functional service areas at the Navy. Aarish Gokaldas, executive partner and market development lead at OGSystems, said […] More

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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons to Continue MDA Systems Engineering Support

    Parsons will support weapons systems development efforts at the Missile Defense Agency under a five-year, $455.1 million contract awarded in June. The company said Thursday the contract covers all phases of systems engineering for six MDA weapons systems. “Parsons has been proud to provide technical, engineering, analysis, and modeling and simulation support to the MDA and its predecessors […] More

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    Fulcrum to Provide Program Mgmt, Professional Services to USSOCOM; Jeff Handy Comments

    Fulcrum will provide program management, engineering, technical and professional services to the U.S. Special Operations Command under a potential $900 million contract the command awarded in June. The company will support global special operations forces as part of the SOCOM-Wide Mission Support Group contract, which includes a five-year ordering period, Fulcrum said Tuesday. Fulcrum CEO Jeff Handy said the company’s […] More

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    Lockheed’s Systems Made Simple Recognized for VA Client Engagement Support; Horace Blackman Comments

    A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has received the 2016 Spotlight Award from the Association of Management Consulting Firms in recognition of its work on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ My HealtheVet Sustainment program. Systems Made Simple accepted the award in the customer engagement category during AMCF’s awarding ceremony and dinner held June 23 in New York City, […] More