Maxar Space Systems has appointed technology executives Frank Pelkofer and Melissa Kornspan as chief operating officer for spacecraft production and COO for operations transformation, respectively. In separate LinkedIn posts published Wednesday, Pelkofer and Kornspan said they look forward to partnering to further advance space technology. According...
ARKA Group has closed its purchase of Maxar Technologies’ radar and sensor technology, or RST, group in a transaction that expands its synthetic aperture radar, moving target indication and geospatial intelligence capabilities designed to address emerging threats facing the U.S. government and its allies. The defense and space manufacturing compan...
Maxar Technologies’ intelligence business has appointed industry executives Matt Santangelo, Matt Jenkins and Peter Wilczynski to its leadership team to drive innovation and growth initiatives. Maxar Intelligence said Tuesday Wilczynski joined the company in early summer as chief product officer, while Santangelo and Jenkins have been named chief ...
Maxar Technologies was awarded the Commercial GEOINT Access Portal contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for the delivery of web-based commercial imagery and product offerings to users. NGA said the five-year, sole source contract valued at approximately $359 million is a follow-on to the Global-Enhanced GEOINT Delivery award. Ac...
Matthew Krynovich, a more than 20-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has joined Maxar Technologies as vice president of business development. He announced his appointment at Maxar in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Krynovich brings to the role his knowledge as a sales and business development leader and decades of experience across stra...
Maxar Technologies’ intelligence business has named Lisa Henke, a veteran technology executive, as chief of technology and innovation for the U.S. government. Henke announced her promotion at Maxar Intelligence in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. She most recently served as USG account executive for Army and Space Force programs, according to h...
Norm Laudermilch, former chief operating officer at BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), has joined Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) to serve as chief information security officer of the Westminster, Colorado-headquartered space technology company, he announced via LinkedIn. According to him, he will be responsible for all aspects of Maxar’s cybersecurity,...
Tony Frazier, former executive vice president and general manager of public sector earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), has been named CEO of LeoLabs, a space visualization company that tracks objects in low Earth orbit. He will succeed LeoLabs co-founder Dan Ceperley, who will assume the chief operations officer post responsible a...
Arvind Srinivasan, a technology industry veteran, has joined Maxar Technologies’ intelligence business as chief technology officer. In this capacity, he will oversee Maxar Intelligence’s technology strategy and help advance the development of digital and geospatial intelligence platforms, the company said Thursday. Dan Smoot, CEO of Maxar Intell...
Maxar Intelligence sold RF Solutions to HawkEye 360 in a bid for the latter to gain two radio frequency satellites and a global database ranging from 1.4 GHz to 40 GHz. HawkEye said Monday that it will have a total of 23 satellites as a result of the acquisition of RF Solutions, formerly Aurora Insight....
