Executive Mosaic has announced that David King, group president for Dynetics at Leidos, has received the first Wash100 Award, the most respected and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), of his long career in the federal sector for his leadership and innovation as Dynetics works to expand the Leidos Innovations Center’s technical capabilities. 

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Aerojet Rocketdyne and Dynetics have completed a second hot-fire test on the F-1 rocket engine’s gas generator at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The companies carried out the test series under the Advanced Booster Engineering Demonstration and/or Risk Reduction contract that aims to reduce risks in rocket boosters for the Space Launch System program, the companies said Wednesday. Aerojet […] More

David King, the newly-appointed CEO at Dynetics, said the company has been “making great progress” on its initiative to enter the hardware market, AL reported Wednesday. “I want us to continue to do great work for our customers,” he told AL’s Lucy Berry in a discussion of his priorities and goals for Dynetics. “Maintaining the way we do business and […] More

Ronnie Chronister, a former deputy commander at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, has joined Dynetics as director of the company’s army and missile defense programs. He has served in SMDC’s no. 2 civilian post for two years and led a 5,000-employee organization that is responsible for developing and operating the military branch’s […] More

Dynetics will provide hardware development support to Raytheon for the U.S. Air Force‘s Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program, which will replace the current AN/TPS-75 radar system. “We are proud to be one of Raytheon’s partners on this important project that will help protect our warfighters in the field,” Greg Lester – executive vice president for defense, space and intelligence programs at […] More

Boeing has chosen aerospace engineering firm Dynetics to provide a thrust vector control exhaust gas heat exchanger and three structural simulators for the NASA Space Launch System program. Dynetics said Wednesday it will manufacture the flight hardware and simulation platforms for the SLS core stage at its Huntsville, Alabama facility, and then deliver the systems […] More

Warren King, former chief executive officer of the Australian Defense Materiel Organization, has joined the international advisory board of Northrop Grumman. King was recently responsible for the organization’s projects and commercial programs that include maintenance and supply initiatives for Australia’s military, Northrop said Wednesday. David Perry, vice president and chief global business development officer at Northrop, said the company […] More

Cubic‘s transportation systems business has agreed to integrate its payment processing technology into Calgary’s parking service in an effort to help users manage their transportation account. The Calgary Parking Authority and Cubic intend for the partnership to help customers process parking and transit payments with a common smart card or mobile application, Cubic said Monday. “Users already engaged with […] More

The public-private partnership between Xerox and the City of Indianapolis reports increased revenue from its 2010 project to upgrade the city’s parking meter system. Xerox said Thursday the ParkIndy project has led to revenues of $2.7 million and a $12 million reinvestment on city infrastructure improvements. These solar-powered parking meters accept payment via credit card or phone applications such as […] More

Intelsat CEO and Wash100 awardee David Wajsgras said in an interview that customers are already interested in buying capacity from the medium Earth orbit constellation that the satellite services provider intends to build. One of those potential customers is the U.S. government, which seeks to ensure global communications redundancy for civilian as well as military users via an additional network.

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Intelsat CEO David Wajsgras recently said that his company is considering an investment in a medium-Earth orbit constellation and intends to make a decision regarding the effort before the end of the second quarter. Wajsgras, a former Wash100 awardee, made the remarks at the SATELLITE 2024 conference, where he noted that, if Intelsat proceeds with the MEO investment, other parties may provide outside financial support.

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David Krumm, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general with over three decades of executive leadership experience, has joined the board of directors of robotics and autonomous company Auterion Government Solutions. AGS President Errol Farr said Tuesday, “Krumm's decades of military service in the U.S. Air Force brings an extensive level of expertise and experience to our board that will be invaluable as we execute our growth strategy.”

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