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Dave Wajsgras, CEO of satellite services provider Intelsat and seven-time Wash100 awardee, recently said he sees the company’s multi-orbit strategy as having a significant impact on the industry. He told Constellations in an interview published Monday though Intelsat is the operator of over 50 satellites in geostationary orbit — such as the recently launched G-37/H-4 […] More
Nine small businesses have won positions on a five-year, $99.2 million contract to support a U.S. Marine Corps directorate responsible for developing and integrating warfighting systems. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract encompasses technical, analytical and engineering services to USMC’s Capabilities Development Directorate over an ordering period of five years, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Marine […] More
The Defense Innovation Unit has chosen a subsidiary of aerospace technology company Metrea to provide software for game engine-based U.S. Air Force pilot training. Metrea Simulations has been selected as the sole provider of Virtual Training for Air Dominance software to facilitate a synthetic training environment for USAF’s fighter and bomber pilots, the company said […] More
Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, said organizations looking to implement the latest version of the Transport Layer Security protocol, dubbed TLS 1.3, to improve encryption security should conduct a comprehensive reassessment of the entire security and traffic monitoring infrastructure. Implementing TLS 1.3 “requires a carefully planned transition that maintains both data transfer security and visibility […] More
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering will host an industry day on Sept. 20 to provide details on its new investment program to advance the domestic production of bioproducts for defense and national security applications. The Biomanufacturing Industry Day will be held in Berkeley, California, and discuss the strategic […] More
Krupal Patel, former global account manager at Amazon Web Services, has joined Maxar Technologies to serve as senior director of national security space business development, according to his LinkedIn post. He brings to the role knowledge in strategy, business development and satellite systems engineering. At AWS, he was a sales leader who handled its business […] More
Poland has declared basic operational capability for the Northrop Grumman-manufactured Integrated Battle Command System that supports its WISLA medium-range air defense program. Following the completion of a series of integration and testing, the milestone underscores that the IBCS has achieved initial combat capability and is moving forward to achieving initial operational capability, Northrop said Friday. […] More
The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce has selected Riverside Research as one of the five finalists for the Distinguished Service Award in the Veteran Service Organization of the Year under $1 million annual budget category. “Riverside Research is proud to be recognized by [NOVA Chamber]. Together, these honors reflect not only our commitment to growing our diversity […] More
The Honorable Dr. John Hillen has joined Enlightenment Capital‘s advisory board. A longtime player in both the government and industry spaces, Hillen will use his decades of military, national security and intelligence experience to provide insights to the aerospace, defense, government and technology-centered investment firm, Enlightenment Capital shared with ExecutiveBiz on Monday. “I am looking forward to […] More
Cognosante and Consensus Cloud Solutions have implemented a government enterprise cloud fax platform across five initial operating capability sites across the U.S. in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs. ECFax is a cloud-based digital faxing platform hosted on Amazon Web Services GovCloud and is designed to facilitate the secure exchange of digital data while […] More
Rolls-Royce has met initial goals in the testing period of a new engine that will power the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress bomber platform and expects the phase to conclude by the end of the year. The F130 tests taking place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi are part of risk reduction efforts for […] More
Ball Aerospace has concluded the testing of the first space vehicle for Space Systems Command’s next-generation operational environmental satellite system. The company said Thursday the Weather System Follow–on–Microwave satellite is scheduled for launch in early 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will provide the Department of Defense with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities. […] More
