James Myers, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has joined Applied Research Associates as vice president of program innovation and growth. In this capacity, he will seek defense-related opportunities and programs to enable ARA to deliver novel platforms for national security applications, the company said Tuesday. Myers “is the right person at the right...
Brent Abbott, a three-decade business development strategist in the space industry, has been appointed chief revenue officer at Rogue Space Systems. He will oversee the company’s defense and commercial sales, customer experience and marketing efforts as CRO, Rogue Space said Wednesday. Abbott previously served as CEO of NanoAvionics U.S. and helpe...
Vitesse Systems, a portfolio company of venture capital firm Trive Capital, has acquired Custom Microwave Inc., a provider of high-performance antennas designed for ground and space applications, for an undisclosed sum. “The proliferation of military and commercial satellites has resulted in increased demand for high performance antennas,” David...
Stephen Zhang, a nearly 13-year veteran of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and United Technologies Corp., has joined Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) to serve as the launch services provider’s first vice president of investor relations. He will manage Virgin Orbit’s overall investor relations functions and advise the leadership team on matters ...
Technical and Project Engineering has appointed Debbie Gallop, formerly a vice president of NeoSystems, to serve as vice president of finance. Debbie Gallop She will oversee financial and accounting operations in her new position and will lead the implementation of Deltek’s Costpoint enterprise resource planning software for TAPE as part of her in...
Shareholders at Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) approved the company’s proposed acquisition of Inmarsat that is expected to conclude in the second half of 2022, pending regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions. Richard Baldridge, president and CEO of Viasat, said in a statement released Tuesday the approval by Viasat shareholders marks t...
Arati Prabhakar, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed, Prabhakar will serve as Biden’s chief adviser for science and technology, a co-chair of the president...
In today’s increasingly online world, government agencies are harnessing the power of digitization and cyber capabilities to push modernization. Now, more and more critical government systems, infrastructure and operations are online — but are these components protected? Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International and a member of ...
Jay Atkinson, formerly director and assistant general counsel for mergers and acquisitions at General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been promoted to vice president and general counsel of the company’s Electric Boat subsidiary. Atkinson announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Monday. He joined the Reston, Virginia-based government co...
Leonardo DRS and Israel-based RADA Electronic Industries (Nasdaq: RADA) have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction to form a public company focused on providing advanced sensing and force protection systems in the defense market. The boards of directors of both companies approved the deal and both parties expect to close the transaction in the...
