Satellite imagery provider Planet Labs expects to complete its pending merger with dMY Technology Group (NYSE: DMYQ) on Tuesday and receive post-closure proceeds of approximately $590 million. Shareholders at the special purpose acquisition company voted Friday to approve the combination of the two companies, which will subsequently do business as P...
Robert Lightfoot, vice president of operations at Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) space business area, has been promoted to lead the segment as executive vice president. He will assume his new position on Jan. 1 and replace Rick Ambrose, who intends to retire in March after a more-than-20-year career at Lockheed and will support transition effor...
Voyager Space has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Space Micro, a San Diego-based maker of satellite communications, electro-optical and digital systems, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to help the latter expand its technology portfolio in support of defense, civil and commercial customers. “The satellite constellation market stand...
Sierra Space has raised $1.4 billion in a round of Series A financing led by General Atlantic, Moore Strategic Ventures and Coatue, and the Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary will use the new capital to further develop the Dream Chaser reusable orbital spaceplane. Accounts and funds managed by AE Industrial Partners and BlackRock Private Equity Partners...
Stephen Ambrose, chief climate scientist of Science Applications International Corp., will moderate a fireside chat session with Michael Berkowitz, a founding principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst, at GovConWire’s virtual forum on Thursday, Nov. 18. Ambrose was appointed to his current role in July and oversees an SAIC program aimed at helpin...
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...
Dawne Hickton, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Critical Mission Solutions for Jacobs, was presented her 2021 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent 4×24 membership dinner. This marks the second consecutive year that Dawne Hickton has received the most prestigious and respected award in all of go...
Lisa Starkweather, formerly the director of programs at Cyber Defense Technologies, has joined Virginia-based security consulting firm Avint as chief operating officer. She will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Avint’s business that aims to help federal customers secure cyber and physical systems, the company said Wednesday. Sta...
Jason Mello, formerly a U.S. Air Force official within the service branch’s scientific research office, has been named president of the space transport services subsidiary at Firefly Aerospace. He is responsible for leading what will serve as the launch service provider’s main business development organization for military, civil and com...
Carahsoft Technology will provide public sector customers access to Puppet’s infrastructure automation platform and related tools through its existing contracts with federal, state and local governments and reseller partners. Puppet Enterprise is designed to help federal agencies speed up the deployment of new applications while maintaining infras...
