Everything from your cell phones, televisions, missileguidance systems and war fighter situational awareness systems depend on satellite-based networks. So why is America’s presence in space in jeopardy? According to Norm Augustine’s Augustine Commission report, if NASA’s current program and budgetary constraints are followed, the space shuttle will be phased out in 2011. The International Space [...]
Suzan Zimmerman We sat down with SVP of Corporate Development of QinetiQ North America, Suzan Zimmerman, on October 15, 2009. During our previous interview with Zimmerman this past July, we focused on wartime contracting. However, this time around we got to take a closer look at Zimmerman from a different perspective. She told us about [...]
More than two years ago, Richard White packed his bags and headed to Washington, DC. His mission: to help Harris Corporation, an international communications and IT company headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., establish a greater presence in the Washington, DC area. As vice president of Harris’s Washington operations, White has been busy building up its Government [...]
If the recent election protests in Iran taught us anything, it’s this: Social media is radically changing the way citizens around the world interact. That’s something Alec Ross knows first-hand. He frequently cites a term for it: 21st century statecraft. As senior advisor to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Ross’s job is to maximize [...]
Recently, the Department of Defense’s Brigadier General Michael Brogan weighed in on a heated topic: poaching of federal contractors. For other takes on the issue, here are some additional perspectives: Renny DiPentima, former CEO, SRA “Poaching” was a constant issue when I was CEO, including “poaching” by the government. While poaching by other government contractors [...]
In the history of take-offs, it’s not the most auspicious. Or historic. But on Tuesday, Ares 1-X rocket is slated to launch at Kennedy Space Center. The launch comes on the heels of a less than enthusiastic plug by the Augustine Commission, a blue-ribbon panel that spent this past year reviewing the future of the [...]
It’s tempting to think of cybersecurity in the abstract, as something to address someday. If anything drives home the point that the time to act is now, it’s a piece just posted on Harvard Belfer Center by Melissa Hathaway. Hathaway outlines a series of recent events that offer ample proof of the critical nature of [...]
