Kay Sears, vice president and general manager of the military division at Lockheed Martin's space business and a previous Wash100 awardee, said bringing in nontraditional contractors and partnering with other companies helped Lockheed secure a contract from the Space Development Agency to build satellites for the Transport Layer, SpaceNews reported Monday.

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Kay Sears, military space general manager and vice president at Lockheed Martin“™s space division, has said threats posed by adversaries to U.S. space assets create “a perfect storm“ that prompts the government and companies to rapidly build new space capabilities, National Defense reported Wednesday. “We’ve got new organizations being formed to address the challenges. “¦ […] More

Kay Sears, former president of Intelsat General and a 28-year satellite communications industry veteran, has been named vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment. Her appointment takes effect April 4 and she will oversee the organization’s strategic planning, expansion initiatives, advanced technology development and work with commercial and government customers in her […] More

Intelsat General — a subsidiary of the satellite services conglomerate Intelsat S.A. — moved its headquarters in the summer of last year to Tysons Corner, Va, which also houses offices for the parent company. Kay Sears has led Intelsat General as president for 9 years and the business was one of 14 contractors selected for a potential […] More

Executives from Boeing, Intelsat and SpaceX and SSL Federal gathered Tuesday at the National Space Symposium to discuss government innovation and industry consolidation trends in light of the current fiscal environment, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Kay Sears, president of Intelsat General, told the forum audience that spending cuts have actually resulted […] More

In her role at Intelsat, Kay Sears is president of a wholly-owned subsidiary called Intelsat General.  Intelsat General was formed after the Gulf War when the commercial satellite community rallied to support the military in a substantial way.  “There was a realization that the government sector was a very important customer for satellite communications,“ says […] More

A Lockheed Martin-built satellite communications platform has completed multiservice operational test and evaluation and is slated to become fully available across tactical warfare systems.

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Commercial firms that form the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee are looking to develop better methods for sharing information on cybersecurity threats, according to SpaceNews. The group started a pilot program at the beginning of this week to develop a repository of cyber threat information that is sector specific. NSTAC is currently made up of […] More

Skot Butler, president of Intelsat General, has said he thinks there will be a demand for multi-band satellite communications services within the Defense Department in an effort to provide users with more choices, Space News reported Tuesday. Butler told SpaceNews editor-in-chief Brian Berger in an interview that the U.S. Air Force“™s Wideband Analysis of Alternatives seems to […] More