GovCon Wire, ExecutiveBiz’s sister site and lead wire service for the Executive Mosaic digital media umbrella, has covered more than 25 moves in August directly affecting the U.S. government marketplace. And people say August is a slow news month! We have summarized and listed seven of the most recent moves …

GovCon Executive is always trying to grow its coverage area to provide GovCon executives with the most relevant and up-to-date news in the industry. Recently, the website has expanded its coverage area to include announcements of executives being named to the board of directors of GovCon companies. Greg Brown, Motorola …

JoAnn Jacques is assistant vice president and director of Spectrum’s envision labs unit, where she aligns the company’s services and products with new technologies and processes from the private and public sectors. As head of programs in the unit, she works with the company’s operations directors to promote continual growth …

Jeff Trauberman is vice president for space, intelligence and missile defense systems at Boeing, where he leads government operations activities. According to the company, those activities include core and adjacent business growth in the areas of satellite and space systems, intelligence, integrated missile defense and cyber information systems. The 18-year …

The Air Force accepted control of the fourth Boeing Co.-built wideband global satellite communications satellite Wednesday, the company announced Thursday.  After several on-orbit tests, the Air Force assumed control of the WGS military communications satellite, which was launched Jan. 19. Boeing said the spacecraft is the first in the program’s …

Boeing Co. received the first on-orbit signals from a medium-power satellite recently launched from Kazakhstan, the company announced Monday.  The Intelsat 22 satellite launched Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Seattle-based aerospace firm said the spacecraft sent initial contact 15 hours and 40 minutes after its launch. Controllers at the Mission Control …

The Defense Department is currently on short-term leases for many commercial satellites, but industry executives are suggesting the Pentagon could benefit from additional leasing options it is yet to pursue, Defense Systems reports. Richard DalBellow, Intelsat vice president for legal and government affairs, said at Tuesday’s Satelllite 2012 conference that …

Avaya announced today that Gary B. Smith has joined the company’s board of directors. Smith is the first non-affiliated director since the company became privately held in 2007. Smith currently serves as president and CEO of Ciena Corporation, which he joined in 1997 to help launch its international business. Prior to …

Commercial firms that form the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee are looking to develop better methods for sharing information on cybersecurity threats, according to SpaceNews. The group started a pilot program at the beginning of this week to develop a repository of cyber threat information that is sector specific. NSTAC …

Cisco announced earlier this week the successful in-orbit test of its Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) technology. The commercial IP router in space was launched aboard Intelsat’s IS-14 GEO satellite. The IRIS program is designed to build a router that is radiation tolerant for use in space. If successful the …

Tom Eaton was in the satellite industry for 11 years before coming to Arrowhead. Today he serves as president of Arrowhead Global Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapRock Communications. In the following Q&A, Eaton talks about the integration between Arrowhead and CapRock, a leading provider of remote communications, and …