Starlab Space, a joint venture of Voyager Space and Airbus, has named industry executive and former NASA astronaut Tim Kopra as CEO in a string of leadership appointments. Kopra, a U.S. Army veteran, will also serve on Starlab’s board of directors and bring to the role his experience in space exploration as he oversees the...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has dropped plans to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 aerial refueling fleet recapitalization program after it decided not to respond to a request for information. Lockheed partnered with Airbus on the recapitalization program, offering the LMXT strategic tanker based on the latter’s A330 Multi Role Tanker ...
Seven companies have landed positions on a potential $476 million contract to provide NASA with Earth observation data from commercial small satellites. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the provision of commercial smallsat data products and related services to support the space agency’s Earth science ...
Information technology services provider Integral Federal has named David Gillispie as vice president of technology and appointed Kristen Mullins as VP of human resources. Gillispie will serve as the company’s technology subject matter expert and help drive business growth strategy and technology road map, Integral Federal said Tuesday. His 30...
Tony Gingiss, formerly chief operating officer at Virgin Orbit, has assumed the COO role at satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP). He brings to the role more than two decades of production, operations and leadership experience in the defense and aerospace industries, Terran Orbital said Wednesday. Gingiss previously oversaw day-to-day o...
Emerging trends and developments across the global defense landscape have catalyzed a shift within the United States toward new strategies, new technologies and refocused priorities. With factors such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the commercialization of space and the looming peer and near-peer threat, U.S. defense leaders are rethinking what the...
The U.S. subsidiary of MBDA will manufacture common anti-air modular missiles for maritime use under a potential $145.56 million contract from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command. Under the four-year contract, MBDA Inc. will produce CAMM systems for installation on multi-mission surface combatant vessels of domestic and international cus...
Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Airbus and Leonardo will advance to the next phase of an estimated $1.15 billion acquisition program to replace the U.K. air force’s Puma HC.2 medium support helicopter platform, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. A British defense ministry spokesperson said the agency intends to ask all four c...
Morgan Keese, formerly director of communications at Airbus U.S. Space and & Defense, has been appointed chief of staff at the Arlington, Virginia-based contractor, she announced Monday in a LinkedIn post. She has been with the company since August 2019 and previously served as director of government relations. Keese spent three years within the...
Robert Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about company projects, such as building the militarized version of the H-145 aircraft, that he considers “most rewarding.” Geckle also discussed his strategic goals for the year, the m...
