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FCI Enterprises has appointed Joseph Chioda as chief growth officer, the Chantilly, Va., company announced Thursday. “I look forward to working closely with Joe as we execute our strategic plan and continue to expand into new customers and diversity our capabilities,†said Michael Gulino, who was named president and chief executive officer two weeks ago. “Joe brings […] More
David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat‘s public sector business, has said public sector organizations may encounter challenges in adopting DevOps in their information technology systems due to a culture that focuses on long-term initiatives. TechTarget reported Tuesday that Egts believes the procurement culture in government is used to multiyear programs supported by a waterfall approach. Peter […] More
El Segundo, Calif.-based Phase Four has received an order from NASA for an integrated propulsion assembly for small satellite missions. Phase Four’s Chief Executive Officer Simon Halpern said the order reflects the agency’s focus on small satellites as a platform for space exploration and scientific research. “With this contract, we will provide small satellites with the […] More
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will support U.S. and allied space missions and commercial satellite communications and operations for national security through several contracts worth an estimated $55 million combined. The company said Wednesday it will provide products and services for applications such as cloud-optimized architectures, end-to-end service assurance, satellite command and control and signal […] More
Sacramento, Calif.-based firm Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a new in-space engine that will potentially be used for future robotic operations on the moon. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Wednesday the ISE-100 engine accumulated 75 individual tests, 774 pulses and over 500 seconds of hot-fire time during the evaluation period. ISE-100 will now enter the certification phase, which […] More
Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm SpaceX has launched five satellites for Iridium Communications along with two Earth observation spacecraft from NASA and the German Research Center for Geosciences as part of a ride-share agreement. Iridium said Tuesday the launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is the sixth out of eight Iridium NEXT deployment missions that SpaceX agreed […] More
David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s North American public sector, has said information technology departments seeking to increase efficiency can combine containers with agile development and DevOps processes, GCN reported Tuesday. “You can have your developers working very, very quickly on focusing solely on the application, and by using DevOps and agile principles on […] More
Iridium Communications has received approval from the International Maritime Organization’s maritime safety committee to provide Global Maritime Distress Safety System mobile satellite services. Iridium said Monday it plans to start providing GMDSS services by early 2020 through its satellite network and will collaborate with the International Mobile Satellite Organization to facilitate the delivery of such services through […] More
NASA has granted its Group Achievement Award to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory personnel and external partners who contributed to a Mercury mission that concluded three years ago. The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, or MESSENGER, mission, which was intended to orbit and examine the planet Mercury, lasted for over four years […] More
ExecutiveBiz talked with Gene Colabatistto, president of defense and security at CAE, about his aviation systems experience, the Air Force’s pilot shortage and the path to flight training simulator standardization. “If you were to buy a new electronic tablet or laptop, you would expect that within a few minutes you’d be able to send an […] More
Cubic‘s Global Defense business is set to exhibit six training platforms during the U.S. Army Association’s LANPAC Symposium and Exposition, which will take place May 22 to 24 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The company said Monday it will showcase these technologies during the international event, which seeks to emphasize the Army’s role in the Indo-Asia-Pacific theater and the Joint Force. […] More
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has entered into a partnership with Michael S. Santelli and Philip T. Sweeney, two government contracting executives, to field acquisition opportunities for technology-enabled federal services companies, the New York, N.Y., private equity firm said Monday. “We are excited about partnering with WCAS as we re-enter the federal government services marketplace,†[…] More
