An experimental satellite that Orbital ATK built for the U.S. Air Force took off Saturday aboard United Launch Alliance™s Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Orbital ATK said Sunday the ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Experiment satellite that launched as part of the Air Force Space Command-11 mission hosted...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) targets May 19 to launch the Iridium-6 rideshare mission aboard SpaceX™s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Iridium said Monday the mission is the sixth Iridium NEXT launch overall and would increase the total...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2018 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has tested the SR 118 rocket motor technology in preparation for the Ascent Abort 2 Flight Test, which seeks to assess a system designed to keep astronauts safe if a problem occurs during spacecraft ascent, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Orion prime contractor ...
AECOM announced Wednesday it will partner with IFS to strengthen its supply chain using the latter™s IFS Applications, a software suite for critical business processes such as supply chain management, predictive maintenance and digital transformation. The integrated application suite will expand AECOM™s service offerings, increase efficien...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ESPCQgDok Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® has partnered with NASA for more than a decade to enable the next generation of commercial supersonic aircraft. http://lmt.co/2JfuObV...
On Thursday, March 22nd, the Potomac Officers™ Club hosted the 2018 Border Protection Innovations and Technology Forum, where keynote speaker Ron Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and chief of U.S. Border Patrol for the Department of Homeland Security, addressed a range of technological security challeng...
Chris Corgnati, a 25-year U.S. Navy veteran, has joined PAE ISR as chief operating officer. PAE ISR is a joint venture of PAE, Battlespace Flight Services and American Operations Corp. that delivers ISR platforms and services to U.S. agencies, NATO and other international institutions. Chico Moline, president of PAE™s national security solution...
Tom Vice, formerly president of aerospace systems sector at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Reno, Nevada-based Aerion Supersonic as president and chief operating officer. Vice will report to Brian Barents, Aerion chairman and CEO, and oversee the development, certification and delivery of the firm™s AS2 supersonic aircraft, the company...
Gary Wentz, formerly vice president of human and commercial systems at United Launch Alliance, has been appointed VP of government and commercial programs. He will oversee ULA’s efforts to help customers manage programs and missions, integrate hardware and launch space missions in his new position, the Boeing (NYSE: BA)-Lockheed Mart...
Weekly Roundup February 26 – March 2, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes This Week™s Wash100 Top Movers: GovCon Executives Outpace Government Counterparts Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO We™re now six weeks into the 5th Annual Wash100 season and this week GovCon Executives outpaced Gov...
