Mark Baird, a retired Air Force brigadier general, has been named president of Virgin Orbit’s VOX Space subsidiary. He brings to the role over three decades of aerospace experience as VOX Space works to further advance the delivery of launch services in support of customers in the national security community, the company said Tuesday. “Mark...
Andrew Rabinowitz, an asset management executive, has been appointed co-CEO and board member of New York-based risk management firm K2 Integrity, effective Sept. 20. He will oversee the firm together with Jeremy Kroll, co-founder, president and co-CEO of K2 Integrity, with a focus on launching new offerings, strengthening operations in support of bu...
Arcline Investment Management-backed Quantic Electronics has bought BEI Precision Systems and Space Company, a developer of sensor technology for use in land, sea, air and space domains. BEI’s products include position feedback sensors and frequency reference systems designed to support U.S. government missions, Arcline said Tuesday. Quantic a...
Phantom Space has acquired Micro Aerospace Solutions for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to build up its mass manufacturing capabilities for satellites, propulsion systems, launch vehicles and other space transportation technologies. Melbourne, Florida-based MAS has been developing microsatellites, propulsion systems, thruster design, computer...
Spectra A&D Holdings, a portfolio company of Vance Street Capital, has acquired Galleon Embedded Computing for an undisclosed amount to expand technology offerings for the aerospace and defense market. Oslo, Norway-based Galleon supplies embedded computers, servers, data recorders, network attached storage devices and board-level components to t...
Santa Monica, California-based technology company Red 6 has won a potential five-year, $70 million contract to integrate its Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System into the U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon trainer aircraft. The company said Monday it will also equip a fourth-generation military aircraft with AR technology after completing T-38 integrat...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary will maintain and overhaul the main rotor blade of Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army under a five-year, $116.5 million contract. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract and will determine work locations and funds upon issuance of each order, the Depart...
Rees Johnson, a security technology veteran, has joined Forcepoint as chief product officer to help accelerate the company’s strategy of delivering secure access service edge platforms meant to help government agencies and commercial clients protect data. He brings over two decades of experience in software as a service migration strategy, network...
Castellum has purchased Specialty Systems Inc., a government contractor headquartered in Toms River, New Jersey, for an undisclosed sum. SSI, which was founded by CEO Emil Kaunitz in 1978, supports the U.S. Navy at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey in software engineering, program support, cybersecurity, network and systems engineering ...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its 6th Annual Army Forum on Thursday to share the most recent news, initiatives and developments regarding how the U.S. Army is driving future capabilities to meet the demand and speed of the digital battlefield from the perspective of the elite executives addressing the challenges first hand. Following an opening...
