Josh Watters has been named vice president of defense programs and manufacturing services at the defense and government systems division of Hughes Network Systems, according to his LinkedIn post Tuesday. He joins the satellite network and communications company from Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), where he worked for over two decades, m...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2022 — Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of defense and intelligence systems division at Hughes Network Systems, has underscored the possibility of applying a 5G standard to non-terrestrial networks amid the Department of Defense’s continued support to 5G testing and experimentation initiatives, Execut...

Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of defense and intelligence systems division at Hughes Network Systems, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He shared how the company has been able to drive digital transformation efforts to stay ahead of innovation in the federal landscape. Lober also discussed the...

Tim Braswell, a 25-year human resources professional, has joined Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) as chief people officer. He will be responsible for Spire’s HR functions supporting 375 workers across the globe and spanning recruitment, talent development, health and wellness and employee systems, the space data provider said Tuesday. Braswell previously...

ExecutiveBiz featured Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of the defense and intelligence systems division of Hughes Network Systems, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed the importance of network management within the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, the advancement of space t...

Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, will equip the helicopters developed by the Italian aerospace company with Hughes Network Systems-made satellite communication system to connect the aircraft with the JV’s ground station in Fucino, Italy. Hughes said Monday its HeloSat beyond-line-of-sight satcom capability will be insta...

Hughes Network Systems plans to offer satellite communications platforms to the U.S. Air Force through the company’s prime position on a $950 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development of an all-domain military information sharing system. Germantown, Maryland-based Hughes said Tuesday it was one of the compani...

The U.S. Air Force has named 29 additional contractors as awardees on a potential $950 million contract to build and operate systems across land, air, sea, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains as part of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program. The vendors will compete for task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qu...

Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives, announced on Thursday that Michael LaRouche, president of National Security and Space at Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), had received a Wash100 Award, the most respected award in all of GovCon, for ...

Lizy Paul, director of technical strategies for communications and networking solutions at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business, has been appointed chair of the National Spectrum Consortium. NSC elected Paul to succeed Salvador D’Itri in the leadership position for a two-year term, the consortium said Monday. ...