Steve Adlich, former president of Tyonek Native Corp.’s aviation services and manufacturing divisions for the past seven years, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Edge Autonomy. He will oversee plans and initiatives to advance Edge Autonomy’s global manufacturing and unmanned aerial system technology businesses, the company sai...
John “JD” Parkes grew up attending defense trade shows with his father, who was a legacy Kodak commercial and government systems executive, so he’s always had an inherent understanding of the government contracting landscape. After Parkes earned an image science degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology, he immediately began a career ser...
The U.S. Space Force has released a pair of draft requests for proposals to describe a competitive “dual-lane” procurement approach for the third phase of the National Security Space Launch program. Space Systems Command, USSF’s technology development and acquisition arm, will provide NSSL Phase 3 details at a two-day industry even...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for advancing strategic partnerships with agencies, industry and academia and prioritizing the development of a joint cyberspace capability to...
Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space business area, has been named to Executive Mosaic’s 2023 Wash100 list of highly esteemed leaders who shape the government contracting narrative at the intersection of federal and commercial sectors. This marks the third time that he has been recognized as a Wash100 Award winne...
The U.S. Space Force is looking to buy a 12th military satellite communication system to join the Wideband Global SATCOM constellation using defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. A Space Systems Command spokesperson was quoted by SpaceNews as saying Congress allocated an additional $442 for the WGS program, which h...
Space Systems Command has awarded Ball Aerospace a five-year, $78.3 million contract modification to manufacture a second satellite for the U.S. Space Force‘s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave program. Ball Aerospace will build the next WSF-M satellite with a passive microwave-imaging radiometer and energetic-charged particle sensor instrumen...
The U.S. Space Force has begun seeking proposals for a potential five-year, $350 million contract for the procurement of innovation, integration and information support services. A notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov states that the 3IS III contract covers information technology, wargaming and combat training support services for Space Delta 12 and its...
The commercialization of space has skyrocketed in recent years; the ubiquity of launch, the proliferation of commercial satellites in space and the rise of military activity in the domain has simultaneously accelerated space innovation and increased competition across the globe. For the U.S. government, industry’s growing footprint in space is unl...
Kevin Mortensen, vice president of business development, strategy and growth for Air and Space Force solutions at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary since 2021, has transitioned to a new role as VP of space and cyber initiatives. Mortensen wrote in a LinkedIn post his new role involves early-stage collaboration and consultation with customers to hel...
