“The U.S. Space Force has awarded Astrion’s Axient subsidiary a position on the second iteration of the Space Test Experiments, or STEP, program to design and field emerging technology experiments in orbit. Astrion said Wednesday Axient and 11 other awardees will compete for task orders under the 10-year, $237 million STEP 2.0 contr...
Astrion has appointed seasoned industry leaders to its new executive leadership team to drive innovation and advance growth initiatives. The company said Thursday the announcement of the new leadership team came a month after it closed its acquisition of mission engineering services provider Axient. Astrion CEO Dave Zolet said the company’s co...
Astrion, a portfolio company of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners, has finalized its purchase of Axient in a transaction that expands its capabilities aimed at helping defense and civilian agencies address critical challenges across systems engineering, digital, mission support and cybersecurity areas. In a statement published Thursday...
Astrion, a portfolio company of Brightstar Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire Axient for an undisclosed sum to expand its capabilities and presence in the defense and federal civilian market. Astrion said Wednesday it expects the acquisition to conclude in the third quarter of 2024, subject to government and regulatory clearances and other cust...
Eric Holstrom, formerly associate vice president of business development at LinQuest, has joined Huntsville, Alabama-based defense and aerospace company Axient as vice president of growth for the space segment. He oversees business development, capture management and growth strategy for the space segment portfolio....
Kristin Estok, formerly executive director of proposal operations at Axient, has been appointed vice president of business development operations at the Huntsville, Alabama-headquartered defense and aerospace contractor. She announced her new post Tuesday on LinkedIn and assumed the role after overseeing Axient’s proposal activities for variou...
Jason Galindo, a more than two-decade U.S. Army veteran, has been promoted to vice president of the aviation systems business unit at Axient‘s defense systems segment. He will oversee Axient’s aviation contract portfolio that covers customers including the Army PEO Aviation and the Air Force Special Operations Force Fixed and Rotary Wing...
Joel Abrahams, former executive director at Axient, was promoted to the role of vice president of the Air Force business unit in the defense systems segment at the defense and civilian mission support company. Axient said Wednesday Abrahams will be responsible for managing contracts across the company’s Air Force portfolio and overseeing a tea...
Jerry Boegler, vice president of growth for Axient‘s national security and space systems segment since June 2021, has been promoted to the chief growth officer role. He will lead strategy development, advise on merger-and-acquisition activity and supervise teams focused on business development, capture, proposal and pricing functions, Axient s...
Axient has appointed Tina Leighty as vice president of quality and change management and named Bryan West as VP of the company’s logistics engineering division. Leighty started her career at Axient in 2009 and held various roles of increasing responsibilities including head of the quality compliance department and post-merger integration manag...
