ExecutiveBiz spoke with Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government policy and strategy at Inmarsat, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview posted Monday. She talked about the company’s growth strategies, the potential use of 5G and internet of things capabilities to develop global networks and the space technology mark...
President Joe Biden has signed into law a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that will direct cryptocurrency exchanges to notify the Internal Revenue Service of crypto transactions through the 1099-B form, NextAdvisor reported Monday. Crypto investors should bear in mind two things as they comply with the new law: keeping track of what the...
Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) has agreed to acquire Planetary Systems Corp. in a cash-and-stock transaction to further build up its space systems business and end-to-end offerings across launch and space hardware markets. Rocket Lab said Monday it agreed to pay $42 million in cash and 1,720,841 in shares of common stock to buy PSC...
Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) has appointed four members to the company’s public sector advisory council to offer their insights into cybersecurity challenges that government and industrial organizations face. The company said Monday its new PSAC members are T.J. White, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral; Renee Wynn, former chief information o...
BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) has received a five-year blanket purchase agreement to provide high revisit satellite imaging data in support of NASA’s Earth observation research efforts. “Helping NASA-backed researchers broaden their understanding around critical changes in the Earth’s ecosystems, oceanography, geographic and polar sciences is vitally ...
Mynaric, a Germany-based maker of laser communications systems for government and commercial aerial and spaceborne applications, targeted to raise $75.9 million through an initial public offering of 4 million American depositary shares at a price of $16.50 apiece. Mynaric said Friday it kicked off trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the...
Patrick Shanahan, former acting secretary at the Department of Defense, and 38-year General Electric (NYSE: GE) veteran William Fitzgerald have joined the board of directors at Spirit AeroSystems Holdings (NYSE: SPR). Shanahan, a previous Wash100 inductee, will be part of the audit and compensation committees where he brings leadership experience at...
Extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, and climate change is gaining greater importance across federal government agencies’ priorities and concerns. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. has experienced at least...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 12, 2021 — Anthony Robbins, vice president of the federal business at NVIDIA and a four-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the company and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) are looking to use artificial intelligence and digital-twin simulation to help federal and state forest service organizations better understand wildfires and ...
Atlas Executive Consulting has won a potential $241.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to analyze data and conduct financial reviews for Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic. The company will also help NIWC Atlantic create and maintain data universes, develop metrics and prepare documents under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity con...
