David Broadbent spent over two decades at Raytheon, working across various divisions and sharpening his expertise in defense, space, intelligence and commercial cyber in a slew of leadership positions. Toward the end of his run at that company, Broadbent developed a strong interest in the space environment, and was appointed president of space syst...
AeroVironment has completed its acquisition of BlueHalo to advance its position as a global defense technology company with integrated capabilities across ground, air, maritime, cyber and space domains. “We are excited to complete the acquisition of BlueHalo and move forward as an even stronger and more unified AV that provides the scale, tale...
Teledyne Technologies appointed George Bobb III as president and CEO, effective immediately. Bobb succeeds Edwin Roks, who announced his retirement after two decades at the company, Teledyne said in a press release Monday. Roks will remain as special adviser to Robert Mehrabian, executive chair of Teledyne, until Aug. 31. Who is Teledyne...
Palo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire Protect AI for an undisclosed sum to expand its capabilities to help government agencies and enterprises protect their ecosystems of artificial intelligence models, agents and related tools from security risks. Palo Alto Networks said Monday it expects the transaction to close by the first quarter of its fisc...
Leidos has appointed Josh Salmanson, a federal IT industry leader, as vice president of its defensive cyber practice. The company said Wednesday Salmanson will leverage Leidos’ full-spectrum cyber capabilities to accelerate the delivery of high-value platforms designed to improve the cyber defense postures of government and commercial clients....
Cherokee Federal has appointed Alisa Perkins, a more than 20-year finance executive, as chief financial officer. “Alisa Perkins is a proven financial executive whose expertise in strategic financial management, capital optimization, and stakeholder engagement will significantly contribute to our mission and vision,” Steven Bilby, preside...
Lockheed Martin has appointed Evan Scott, a 26-year company veteran, as chief financial officer. The defense technology company said Thursday Scott succeeds Jesus “Jay” Malave, who stepped down from the CFO role to pursue other opportunities. “Over his 26 years at Lockheed Martin, Evan has earned the utmost respect as an experience...
Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies, or EACOWT, has appointed Joe Uglialoro as chief operating officer and Chris Hetmanski as chief technology officer, effective immediately. The Eutelsat Group subsidiary said Wednesday Uglialoro will remain as general counsel while taking on his new role as COO. Hetmanski was promoted to C...
Maxar Space Systems has appointed technology executives Frank Pelkofer and Melissa Kornspan as chief operating officer for spacecraft production and COO for operations transformation, respectively. In separate LinkedIn posts published Wednesday, Pelkofer and Kornspan said they look forward to partnering to further advance space technology. According...
Technology investment firm Silver Lake has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Intel’s Altera business, which makes pure-play field programmable gate array, or FPGA, products. In addition to the transaction, Intel said Monday that tech executive Raghib Hussain will assume the role of Altera’s CEO on May 5. Focusi...
