Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies, or EACOWT, has appointed Joe Uglialoro as chief operating officer and Chris Hetmanski as chief technology officer, effective immediately. The Eutelsat Group subsidiary said Wednesday Uglialoro will remain as general counsel while taking on his new role as COO. Hetmanski was promoted to C...
James Swartout shared on LinkedIn Friday he has been selected as vice president for strategic development at Ursa Major. The aerospace company said Swartout will leverage over two decades of leadership experience and strategic expertise into his new role. Who Is James Swartout? The new Ursa Major VP served as the chief of staff and se...
The Aerospace Corp. has elected former Department of Defense officials William LaPlante and Frank Calvelli to the board of trustees. “Outpacing the threats our nation faces in space will require a heightened focus on rapid acquisition and deployment and on ensuring critical capabilities connect end-to-end,” Steve Isakowitz, president and...
HawkEye 360 has named eight national security experts to its advisory board’s class of 2025. The signals intelligence data provider said Tuesday its newly appointed advisers are Mike Gilday, a retired U.S. Navy admiral; Christopher Miller, former acting secretary of defense; and Mike Studeman, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral. The returning me...
In terms of communications, Department of Defense leaders recognize that U.S. military operations are going to require a varied patchwork of systems and approaches. Both private and public networks have their places in certain environments and for specific purposes; sometimes, one Pentagon leader suggested at a conference in mid-2024, using exi...
Timothy Grayson has assumed new responsibilities as senior vice president and chief architect of the defense systems sector at Leidos. He confirmed his role in a LinkedIn post Monday. In his new post, he will support the defense systems sector leadership and help the company ensure that it can meet customers’ needs. “We have the...
The Department of Homeland Security plans to release a solicitation in January for a follow-on, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to operate a federally funded research and development center focused on systems engineering. According to a notice published Thursday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, the recompete IDIQ contrac...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has recruited Kris Mork, a former Guidehouse director, to serve as chief data officer of its health and civil segment. Mork confirmed their new role in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. The biomedical and health informatics expert will drive Leidos’ data strategy and governance in support of its customers in the healthcare and...
Dr. Timothy Grayson understands how to leverage complex technology to deliver actionable solutions for warfighters. The seasoned technologist has gained experience in the public and private sectors, at major government contracting companies and big defense and intelligence agencies alike. Dr. Grayson is a proven program manager who is not only ...
Chris Fall, vice president for applied science at Mitre, has been appointed to the board of directors at Arlington, Virginia-headquartered nonprofit cybersecurity organization CRDF Global. Mike Dignam, CEO of CRDF Global, said in a statement published Monday that Fall’s experience in science, technology and energy domains “brings enormou...
