Steve Froelich has been appointed vice president for advanced concepts at the rotary and mission systems business segment of defense and aerospace company Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). He previously served as Lockheed vice president and general manager for RMS Australia and New Zealand, a position that he described on LinkedIn on Tuesday as “th...
York Space Systems has hired Jon Estridge, former staff member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to be its vice president of operations, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Monday. Estridge spent 27 years serving in various government positions, including in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Office of the Director of Natio...
The satellite communications industry is undergoing a major transformation. With a growing commercial presence, rising geopolitical tensions and an intensifying race for technological dominance, the space domain is poised for dramatic innovation and discovery. Executive Mosaic spoke with Intelsat CEO Dave Wajsgras in a new video interview to find ...
The U.S. Space Force has listed potential commercial satellite communications requirements for fiscal year 2024 and one of them is a follow-on for Inmarsat’s maritime services blanket purchase agreement in support of Department of Defense and federal agencies. According to a sources sought notice posted Friday on SAM.gov, the forecast to indus...
In January, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, released his three lines of effort designed to shape the future of the U.S. Space Force. The third, partnering to win, focuses on collaboration as a driving force behind successful U.S. space operations. Both public and private sector space l...
The Potomac Officers Club is getting extraterrestrial: it will host the 2024 edition of its annual Space Summit on March 5. Registration is now open for the truly out-of-this-world event! Space is the fastest growing and most increasingly competitive domain in the defense realm. The Department of Defense is pulling out all of the stop...
The U.S. space and defense business arm of Airbus has unveiled a new business line focused on helping the Department of Defense meet its demand for uncrewed aircraft systems to detect and counter threats. Brian Zarchin, a retired U.S. Army aviator, will oversee Airbus U.S. Space & Defense’s UAS business line, which will operate with...
Anne Guevara was elevated to the role of vice president of PM capabilities at BAE Systems‘ U.S. business arm, where she previously served as senior director of program excellence, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. She joined the company in June 2019 and led enterprise project management functions to transform its development, pr...
Michael Drews, a more than two-decade Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) veteran, has been appointed vice president of NC3 advanced capabilities and mission strategy at the Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense contractor’s space business. He announced his new role in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. In this capacity, Drews will serve as a cross bu...
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has won a potential $579 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force sustain a unified command and control capability for military satellite communications. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers sustainment and post-production development services for the Command-and-Contro...
