MetroStar’s Cedric George Honored for Advancing Readiness, Empowering Veterans, and Delivering Mission-Critical Impact

The NVC recently celebrated its 2025 Distinguished Service Awards, recognizing veteran leaders and mission-driven organizations shaping the Greater Washington region. Among the honorees was Veteran Employee of The Year, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Cedric George, MetroStar’s Vice President of Strategy and Growth and a 32-year U.S. Air Force veteran.

Continued Work with the Air Force

George brings three decades of logistics, sustainment, and innovation leadership to a new era of training and readiness. At MetroStar, he helps the Air Force modernize how it equips and prepares maintainers—putting safer, smarter tools in the hands of the people who keep aircraft mission-ready.

That work includes guiding adoption of the Integrated Respirator Information System (IRIS), a next-generation wearable developed with PEO Mobility and Air Force maintainers. With ActionStreamer as a partner, IRIS transforms inspections—even hazardous tasks inside fuel tanks—into real-time, AI-powered insight. The result: more than 35,000 work hours projected back to airmen each year and roughly 7,000 aircraft-availability days returned to the mission. The outcome is practical and human-centered, showing fewer risks, stronger teams, and better decisions.

As George often notes, simulators sharpen pilots and tools like IRIS help AI learn to think like maintainers. Every sortie and every inspection become a lesson that feeds the next. Readiness is not a checkbox, but rather an ecosystem that adapts.

Tangible Results at MetroStar

Over the past year, George has focused and scaled MetroStar’s Air Force portfolio. He led an overhaul of account planning, expanded the companies opportunities by millions, and helped secure key modernization contracts. His leadership continues to strengthen MetroStar’s standing as an innovative, trusted partner in defense transformation.

George also fuels a culture of service. He champions veteran hiring and helps guide MetroStar’s Annual D-Day Commemoration, building partnerships across the defense community. As a producer of MetroStar’s award-winning podcast, Civvies—now in its third season with more than 25 bi-monthly episodes and over 24,700 YouTube views—he elevates veteran voices and helps translate service experience into leadership in industry.

Service Beyond the Uniform

George’s commitment to veterans and families reaches across the National Capital Region. In the past year, he has mentored transitioning service members, supported military families through the academy application process, and advised veterans on career growth. He also contributes time and resources to Habitat for Humanity ReStore, supporting the construction of three homes across the region. Within MetroStar, he advances the company’s V3-certified veteran workforce initiative, supporting more than 200 veterans.

Looking Ahead

Awards are snapshots, but George’s work is a throughline. He ties MetroStar’s commitment to national defense with the lived experience of veterans and their families. He shows that modernization is not just a technology story, it’s a people’s story: training AI to learn from human expertise, turning feedback loops into safety nets, and designing systems that return time and readiness to the mission.

MetroStar congratulates all this year’s honorees—including ZeroMils, Sherpa 6, Kentro, Women Veterans Interactive Foundation, and The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program—whose efforts make the Greater Washington business community stronger, more resilient and more humane. And a last major kudos to the other finalists in Veteran Employee of the Year category, including MetroStar’s own, Stephanie Holman and Andy Gill.

About MetroStar

MetroStar is a venture-backed, AI-enabled solutions company, delivering next-generation solutions to U.S. government agencies. Focused on mission acceleration and cutting-edge technology, MetroStar equips agencies with the tools and strategies needed to navigate the future of national security, including AI, digital transformation, application modernization, and enterprise IT.