Dean Bellamy, former vice president of space strategies and development at Peraton, has been named executive vice president of Redwire‘s national security space business. The retired U.S. Air Force colonel will be responsible for setting space development goals and ensuring that requirements from national security customers are met, Redwire sa...
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has proposed a set of requirements to address the panel’s national security concerns over the ownership of Mometus as part of a review process for the proposed merger between the space infrastructure services provider and Stable Road Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SRAC). Santa Clara, California-bas...
Melanie Kyle Gingrich, formerly senior director of government products at recruitment company Monster Worldwide, has been named as the first vice president of training and development for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body. Gingrich will oversee programs intended to educate and train contractors that want to comply wit...
Shift5 has launched a tool that could help the Department of Defense and platform operators and owners perform predictive maintenance functions on defense weapon systems. The company said Friday its platform consists of Shift5 Gauge Cluster, Shift5 Engine and Shift5 Intake components that can be tailored to deliver data-driven insights needed to pre...
Mike Gold, former associate administrator for space policy and partnerships at NASA, has joined Redwire as executive vice president of civil space business development and external affairs. Redwire said Tuesday that Gold will build on his experience handling space innovation, regulatory issues and relationships between public and private sector...
Matthew Travis, former deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will serve as the first CEO of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body starting April 1. CMMC-AB said Monday that Travis will lead day-to-day operations of CMMC-AB in line with the Department of Defense’s cybersecurity vetting ...
Redwire, a space infrastructure company backed by AE Industrial Partners, has agreed to merge with Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: GNPK) and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange once the transaction is completed. The boards of directors of Redwire and Genesis Park, a special purpose acquisition company, have approved the merger deal that...
The State Department has named General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business as the prime contractor on a potential $210 million foreign military sale of Stryker armored fighting vehicles to North Macedonia through a government-to-government transaction. The FMS request covers 54 Strykers including the platform’s M1126 infantry carr...
Will Roper, former assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, has joined the board of advisers of air combat training technology developer Red 6 to share his expertise in support of the company’s Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System. “His in-depth knowledge of ...
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has acquired Canada-based satellite ground equipment provider UHP Networks in a deal that includes $24 million worth of shares as an upfront payment. As part of the agreement, Comtech will pay an additional $5 million in cash and/or stock contingent on fulfillment of certain conditions over the next 12 month...
