Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined security and risk management advisory firm The Chertoff Group as a senior adviser. She will advise on defense programs, critical infrastructure protection and homeland security initiatives as part of the senior a...
Sehlke Consulting, an Arlington, Virginia-based management consulting and professional services firm, has unveiled a new advisory practice focused on health care. The new practice is focused on helping clients align resources with their internal process improvements, readiness priorities and structural changes....
Janice Starzyk and Kirk Pysher, both former executives at International Launch Services, have joined Virgin Orbit to serve as vice president for government operations and VP for mission assurance, quality and safety, respectively....
President Joe Biden has issued a new memo that seeks to revitalize the workforce at national security and foreign policy agencies through the adoption of six core principles: modernization, transparency, integrity, diversity, service and accountability. The memo highlights the need for agencies to maintain their technological edge by addressing gaps...
The State Department has cleared a potential $85 million foreign military sale of Raytheon Technologies-built (NYSE: RTX) Block IIIA Standard Missile-2 systems to support Chile's anti-air warfare arsenal....
Astra has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company Holicity (Nasdaq: HOL) in a deal that would transform the Alameda, California-based small satellite launch services provider into a publicly traded company....
Private equity firm PMC Capital Partners has acquired Houston-based UniversalPegasus International, an engineering design and project management services provider to the energy sector, from Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) for an undisclosed sum. UniversalPegasus became part of HII in June 2014....
During Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event, leaders from the private and public sectors joined together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment. If you missed the Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the ...
Ellen Purdy, director of emerging capabilities and prototyping initiatives and analysis at the Department of Defense (DOD), recently discussed the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment. She spoke about how enablers such as partnerships and technological innovation can ove...
Firefly Aerospace has received a potential $93.3 million task order from NASA under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to bring a suite of 10 technology demonstrations and science investigations to the lunar surface in 2023....
