Tom Afferton, president of Cyber Mission sector at Peraton, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the significant market growth and recent wins over the past year for the company as well as the work that industry is doing to address the most critical challenges facing our business today, including the impact of cybersecurity during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. […] More

Mike Bosco, senior vice president of Army Mission Solutions at Sev1Tech LLC, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the challenges of making the transition from the U.S. military to the public or private sectors as well as the drive for greater collaboration between the government and industry during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with […] More

Rocket Lab USA is set to send to space its Electron orbital launch vehicle to support the first of the two national security missions for the National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket is already on the launch pad and ready to lift off from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on Tuesday to carry […] More

Iridium Communications and AnsuR Technologies have partnered to offer the latter’s video transmission software application to public and private sector customers of the Certus broadband satellite service. AnsuR will serve as a value-added developer in the partnership and seeks to help ASMIRA application users compress videos to transmit content through the L-band satellite network, Iridium […] More

Mike Kushin, executive vice president and general manager of Information Warfare – High Consequence Missions for Parsons, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz to discuss his move to the company and the establishment of its Information Warfare sector in the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview. In addition, Kushin also shared his thoughts with ExecutiveBiz on the transition from Blackhorse to […] More

Glenn Hickok, president of Noblis MSD, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to explore the establishment of Noblis MSD from recent acquisitions, his vision for the company and its capabilities as well as the launch of “Run with Noblis Solutions,” the challenges of tech innovation and company growth for the […] More

Dawne Hickton, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Critical Mission Solutions for Jacobs, recently had the chance to speak with ExecutiveBiz in the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview. In the new Executive Spotlight with the two-time Wash100 Award recipient, Hickton discussed the company’s growth strategy and acceleration into its cybersecurity capabilities, recent senior […] More

Lockheed Martin has commenced preparations to launch a midsize demonstration satellite platform designed for communications, weather research and Earth observation missions, Via Satellite reported Friday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed's space business and a 2021 Wash100 awardee, said the company developed its LM 400 satellite bus hybrid in a push to help customers address evolving mission environments.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured a contract to provide the Department of Energy with two units of thermoelectric generators designed for deep space missions. The company said Friday it will fabricate, deliver and test a couple of Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators that would support possible missions to explore Saturn’s moon Titan and Neptune’s largest moon Triton. 

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CACI International has handed over to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory a laser communications transmitter designed to send data across 200 million miles at optimized speeds.

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Lockheed Martin has sent the Orion capsule to NASA’s exploration ground systems team for final preparations ahead of the unmanned Artemis I mission to lunar orbit that will launch later this year. The spacecraft concluded assembly operations and testing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 awardee, said ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket will be on the launch pad for its maiden flight by the end of 2021, SpaceNews reported Thursday.

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