Boeing Defense, Space & Security has named Aaron Weis, a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, as chief information officer. In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, Weis announced departing Google Public Sector, where he was a managing director for technology, to take on the CIO role at Boeing. “This is an amazing opportunity, and I’m incredib...
The Potomac Officers Club is thrilled to announce Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, as a keynote speaker for the 2025 Air and Space Summit. The July 31 event is an unparalleled opportunity to gain insights from a leader who is redefining how the...
Space Systems Command has awarded BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems a $1.2 billion contract to deliver 10 missile-tracking satellites beginning in fiscal year 2029 for the second phase of the medium Earth orbit Resilient Missile Warning Tracking program. With the increasing sophistication of threats, the need for advanced defense capabilities in...
Adam Liddle announced on LinkedIn Wednesday that he has been selected vice president of business development at Special Aerospace Services and the SAS Flight Factory. Career Highlights The executive joins SAS after nearly two years at L3Harris Technologies, where he served as director of business development for special missions. He s...
Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, was presented with the 2025 Wash100 Award during a recent visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Garrettson founded the Wash100 Award in 2014 to honor the most notable executives shaping the future of the government contracting industry. These impact...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has selected a Palantir subsidiary to provide Space Command and Control Data Platform, or Space C2 Data Platform, solutions in support of Department of Defense and Joint Force missions. Palantir USG secured the $217.8 million delivery order under the Data Software Services indefinite-delivery/indefi...
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded contracts to CACI, General Atomics and Viasat to develop the Enterprise Space Terminal Phase 2 prototypes. The SSC said Thursday the three companies will develop space laser communication terminal prototypes in Phase 2 of the $100 million EST program. Enablin...
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...
KBR has promoted Mark Kavanaugh, most recently a senior vice president, to president of defense, intelligence and space. Kavanaugh announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. In this capacity, he will oversee KBR’s science and space, national security solutions, and defense and technology solutions, or DTS, portfolios und...
The U.S. Space Force has added Rocket Lab USA and Stoke Space to the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, Phase 3 Lane 1 contract as part of the first on-ramp process for the launch services procurement vehicle. The service branch said Thursday Space Systems Command, or SSC, will award a $5 million firm-fixed-price task...
