Tim Lamb, president of physical security and fire protection services contractor Chenega Infinity, will transition into a new role of president for Chenega Corp.’s security strategic business unit in July to succeed the retiring Paul Raggio. At that time, Lamb will hold management and oversight responsibilities for seven Chenega-owned bus...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 ” NASA looks to launch an Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) Cygnus spacecraft on March 19 for the company’s seventh commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The space agency said Friday the spacecraft will be launched aboard a United Launch Allia...
Weekly Roundup January 30 – February 3 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Our fourth annual Wash100 list of Government Contracting™s Most Influential Figures hit the presses last week to recognize leaders in the public and private sectors and those from ma...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 1, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has closed a deal with SpaceX for the simultaneous launch of the former’s NEXT communications satellites and the NASA-GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences mission’s twin satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Five Iridium NEXT satel...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 30, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) has unveiled the spacesuit that the crew of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will wear during NASA missions to low-orbit destinations, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Wednesday the Boeing Blue spacesuit is designed to protect astronauts durin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 3o, 2017 ” EaglePicher has been chosen by Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) to produce a battery system with GS Yuasa Lithium Power-manufactured lithium-ion cells for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System-2, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. EaglePicher said Thursday it ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 27, 2017 ” NASA and the industry team working on the James Webb Space Telescope have resumed vibration tests following a shutdown of assessments in December due to a sensor reading anomaly, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The team comprised of Goddard Space Flight Center, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Orbi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA., January 24, 2017 — The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — rounds out speakers for their 2017 Internet of Things – Emerging Technologies Forum. The Internet of Things (IoT)”a term used to describe the set of physical objects embedded with sensors or actuators and connected to a ne...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 23, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has begun to develop an optical instrument assembly for NASA‘s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope to support the space agency’s dark energy and exoplanet research efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Scientists and engineers at Lockheed’s Advance...
Boston-based software firm Neurala has received $14 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital firm Pelion Venture Partners. Neurala will use the funds to meet customer demand and add built-in autonomous behavior and intelligence functions to its deep learning neural networks software that works to make cars, cameras and other d...
