EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS), the parent company of broadband satellite services provider Hughes Network Systems, has closed its purchase of Dish Network in a transaction that strengthens its position as a global terrestrial and non-terrestrial connectivity provider to government and business customers. The combined entity will be based in Englewood, Col...
Michael Foster, former head of solutions engineering at CrowdAI, was appointed as chief data officer of the U.S. Central Command. The military branch is banking on Foster’s expertise in artificial intelligence model development, big data management and spatio-temporal analytics to reach its goal of becoming a data-centric organization, CENTCOM...
Rob Zitz, an executive with an impressive combination of public and private sector experience, has secured the chairman role in Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 Space Mission Assurance Group. It is Zitz’s 11th consecutive year leading the group, which is concerned with the government’s collaborative work with private industry to complete and exce...
Seven companies have landed positions on a potential $476 million contract to provide NASA with Earth observation data from commercial small satellites. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the provision of commercial smallsat data products and related services to support the space agency’s Earth science ...
EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS), the parent company of broadband satellite services provider Hughes, and Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) have signed an all-stock merger agreement with the goal of establishing a global connectivity provider to businesses, governments and consumers. The boards of directors at both companies unanimously approved the deal and all p...
The National Reconnaissance Office has released a draft request for proposals to seek information on commercial companies that could provide remote sensing capabilities through electro-optical cameras, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. “Actually, it just was announced this morning, on the electro-optical side a draft RFP came out re-looking at th...
Thomas Bell Takes Helm as Leidos CEO; Maxar Goes Private Following Advent Deal Completion; Executive Mosaic Names Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 2023 Wash100 Popular Vote Winner; Q&A With Xage’s Matt Heideman Click to Unmute...
John Heller on Amentum Supporting BWXT-Led $45B DOE Hanford Site Cleanup Work; Maxar Shareholders OK Advent’s Acquisition Offer; Matthew Heideman Promoted to Xage Government Segment Head; Q&A With Gary Hix of Hitachi Vantara Federal Click to Unmute ...
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....
Wow — we are officially six weeks into the popular vote contest for the 2023 Wash100 Award. That’s just about half of the competition, which lasts from late January through the end of April. We have seen some thrilling developments thus far, the weekly totals alight with surprising comebacks and hairpin races. Before we dive into...
