Anil Wirasekara, senior financial executive at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), has been appointed interim chief financial officer of the company after CFO William McCombe stepped down from his role. Maxar said Monday McCombe will stay as an adviser for a transition period and Wirasekara will temporarily perform CFO duties until the c...
Mike Greenley, formerly sector president at L3 Technologies™ (NYSE: LLL) Wescam subsidiary, has been appointed group president of Maxar Technologies™ (NYSE: MAXR) MDA business unit in a move that takes effect Jan. 15. Greenley will directly report to Howard Lance, Maxar president and CEO, and oversee MDA™s approximately 1,900 employee...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2017 ” Rob Zitz, chief strategy officer of Space Systems Loral‘s government systems unit, has said the new company that resulted from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates‘ acquisition of DigitalGlobe will leverage intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings in its push toward the ...
Executives from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates and DigitalGlobe have been appointed to the senior leadership team at Maxar Technologies “ the new company formed through MDA’s $3.6 billion acquisition of the Earth imagery services provider. William McCombe, senior vice president and chief financial officer at ...
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has closed its approximately $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe to create a new company that will work to provide integrated satellite, imagery and geospatial services to the commercial and government markets. MDA said Thursday the newly combined entity will be renamed Maxar Technologies Ltd. ...
Greg Heckler, deputy program manager for capability development for NASA’s SCaN program, spoke on a podcast about the O2O, the LCRNS and the surface network system The official described the current moment as the “platinum era of satellite communications,” noting that U.S. companies are making major investments in LEO, MEO and GEO ...
Intuitive Machines will acquire Goonhilly and COMSAT Deal expands Intuitive Machines’ lunar and cislunar infrastructure capabilities Acquisition strengthens push toward integrated space communications services Intuitive Machines is acquiring U.K.-based Goonhilly Earth Station and Goonhilly USA, doing business as COMSAT, to strengthen its integ...
The Defense Intelligence Agency has released a presolicitation notice and draft request for proposals for the potential $800 million Data Science, Operations, Requirements, Exploitation and Enhanced Engineering, or DORE3, contract. What Is the Scope of the DORE3 Contract? According to the notice published Thursday on SAM.gov, the DIA’s Vi...
Dan Jablonsky, chairman and CEO of Ursa Major Technologies, will join Sierra Space as CEO, effective March 2. Sierra Space said Thursday that its founder, Fatih Ozmen, who has been serving as interim CEO, will continue to serve as chair of the board. “Dan brings tremendous experience leading complex aerospace and defense organizations at scale...
“Intuitive Machines has secured a $175 million strategic equity investment from global institutional investors to accelerate the expansion of its satellite communications and in-space data processing capabilities. Recent strategic investments in space infrastructure underscore the accelerating momentum behind next-generation satellite communic...
