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Col. Pamela Melroy (left) and Dava Newman (right). Photo: Gilmour Space Technologies

Finance

Gilmour Space Appoints Senior Space Experts to Advisory Board

By Annamarie Nyirady | July 19, 2018

Australia and Singapore rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies has appointed two high profile women to its advisory board. Col. Pamela Melroy and Dava Newman will join its advisory board, as...

Government/Military

SES GS Senior Director Appointed to FAA Committee

By Annamarie Nyirady | July 18, 2018

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has appointed SES Government Solutions (SES GS) Senior Director of Business Development Paul Damphousse to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Commercial Space Transportation Advisory...

Finance

Goonhilly to expand Australia and Asia-Pacific Business with Bob Gough

By Annamarie Nyirady | July 16, 2018

Goonhilly Earth Station, a U.K. space company, announced the appointment of Bob Gough as Australia and Asia-Pacific head of business development. Based in Australia, Gough will spearhead commercial expansion for...

Finance

Northrop Grumman CEO Will Step Down

By Annamarie Nyirady | July 13, 2018

Northrop Grumman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wes Bush announced today that he is leaving the company in 2019. Northrop Grumman’s board of directors has already elected President and...

Finance

DigitalGlobe Taps Retired Air Force Colonel to Lead Defense Programs

By Jeffrey Hill | July 6, 2018

DigitalGlobe has appointed U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Mike Edwards vice president and senior advisor for defense programs, the Maxar Technologies-owned imagery satellite operator announced July 5. Edwards will report...

Finance

Eutelsat Names New Managing Director of Middle East Operations

By Annamarie Nyirady | July 5, 2018

Eutelsat promoted Ghassan Murat to the role of managing director of Eutelsat’s Middle East office, according to a July 5 statement by Eutelsat’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional...

Dave Ryan. Image credit: Northrop Grumman

Finance

Viasat Appoints New Lead for its Global Constellation Roadmap

By Helen Jameson | June 20, 2018

Viasat has appointed Dave Ryan to lead its space systems business, effective immediately. Ryan will provide strategic guidance and oversight for the satellite system design, fabrication, test and operations of...

Launch

Space, Satellites and Tea: An Interview with Richard Branson

By Mark Holmes | June 19, 2018

It is early afternoon and I am about to speak with Richard Branson, another of the world’s iconic business people who is looking more and more to space for exciting...

From left Firefly director Mark Watt, Firefly CEO Tom Markusic, Firefly vice president of business development Les Kovacs, and Firefly co-founder Max Polyakov. Photo Credit Firefly Aerospace

Finance

Firefly Welcomes New VP of Business Development

By Adrienne Harebottle | June 15, 2018

Firefly Aerospace has appointed Leslie Kovacs as vice president of business development. Kovacs has more than 30 years of space launch industry experience, most recently at United Launch Alliance (ULA) as director...

Chris Pogue, president of MDA Government

Finance

In Organizational Shift, MDA Creates New Government Division

By Adrienne Harebottle | June 12, 2018

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, has appointed Chris Pogue to serve as president of the newly created MDA Government division. In addition, MDA has announced an organizational shift to better align...