Greg Pelton, most recently the chief product officer of artificial intelligence company Pryon, will join Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) to succeed the retiring Hermon Pon as chief technical officer. Pelton will oversee Iridium’s technology development and engineering functions and technical aspects of its product and service offerings, ...
NASA has started its search for additional U.S. companies that are willing to transport private astronauts to the International Space Station on two separate short-duration missions slated to occur in the 2022-2023 timeframe. These two new flight opportunities for the private sector came one month after NASA and Axiom Space signed an agreement to co...
Tony Mitchell, formerly vice president of business development and strategy at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics group, has been appointed VP of advanced technology and strategy at military electronics supplier CAES. He will be responsible for coordinating CAES’ independent research and development projects and its partnerships with governme...
Mark Vandroff, senior vice president of business development at Fincantieri’s U.S. subsidiary, has been named CEO of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine business in a move that takes effect July 7. He will succeed Jan Allman, who has led the FMM organization over the past seven years and will transition to a new role as SVP...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has initiated measures on how the Department of Defense should work toward addressing China-related security challenges. The directive builds on recommendations from the Pentagon’s China Task Force, which launched in February and delivered an initial assessment in April, the department said Wednesday. DOD collabo...
Army Contracting Command has awarded Merck (NYSE: MRK) a one-year, $1.2 billion contract to deliver nearly 1.7 million courses of molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral agent intended to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the full contract amount was obligated on the firm-fixed-price contrac...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), CACI International (NYSE: CACI), Capstone, Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Serco Group’s North American division have received a $109.8 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy for a range of technical support services. The award exercises the three-year opt...
Stephen Steg, co-founder and chief technical officer of Blue Canyon Technologies, has been named CEO of the small satellite and mission services provider, more than five months after its acquisition by Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). Steg succeeds former Blue Canyon CEO George Stafford, who will transition into an advisory role, the company said ...
Doug Kumbalek, most recently vice president of strategic growth at System High, has received a promotion to serve as the company’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer. He will oversee System High’s strategic plan to create an impact on the national security sector and lead innovation efforts through its analytical researc...
WCC Global will provide the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives with geographic information systems, project management, communications support and other services under a five-year, $82 million contract. The management consulting firm said Tuesday it teamed up with Nickol Global Solutions and XL Associa...
