Skip Maselli, a more than 35-year intelligence and defense industry leader, has joined space data company Pixxel as vice president of public sector business in the U.S. He will report to Aakash Parekh, chief commercial officer of Pixxel, and oversee the development and execution of the company’s strategy to advance growth initiatives in the U.S....
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, as a recipient of the Wash100 Award for the second consecutive year in recognition of his leading role in cementing the satellite imagery company’s position as a key player in the government contracting sector through notable contract awards and i...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will provide satellite imagery products and services to U.S. allies under a five-year, $192 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is intended to support NGA’s Foreign Commercial Imagery Program covering synthetic aperture radar, 3D...
In 2022, the GovCon landscape saw announcements and completions of merger-and-acquisition deals at privately held, publicly traded and private equity backed companies that sought to expand what they could offer to their federal customers. Continuing reading below for Executive Mosaic editorial team’s rundown of transactions and insights from i...
Boston-based Advent International has agreed to purchase Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) in an all-cash transaction worth approximately $6.4 billion, including debt, that will take the satellite imagery contractor private, the two companies said Friday. The $53-a-share price of the deal is a premium of 129 percent to Maxar’s Thursday closing o...
Westminster, Colorado-based Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has acquired Wovenware, an artificial intelligence and software development company, for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its AI, 3D data production, software engineering and machine learning capabilities. Wovenware Co-Founders Christian Gonzalez and Carlos Melendez will conti...
Biggs Porter, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), will retire in 2023 and hold a consulting role after his retirement until March 2024 to help with the transition. Maxar said Thursday it has begun its search for Porter’s successor in the CFO role. Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of...
Christopher Worley, vice president of DoD Earth Intelligence Programs for Maxar, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about the company’s recent award from the National Reconnaissance Office and other growth initiatives related to working with the U.S. defense and intelligence communities. The Q&am...
The space divisions of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) have received 10-month contracts to study spacecraft designs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Extended Observations program with NASA. NASA awarded $5 million to each contractor to conduct concept development and technology...
Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has added GovCon industry veterans Howard Lance and Bill Ballhaus to its board of directors as part of cooperation agreements the defense and aerospace technology provider reached with two investors Mercury said Friday the agreements with Jana Partners and Starboard Value called for the temporary expansion of its board...
