Uyen Dinh, a former Department of Homeland Security official, has joined geospatial intelligence company BlackSky to serve as vice president for government relations and strategy. Dinh will contribute over 20 years of experience in national security, cybersecurity and geospatial intelligence to BlackSky's government engagements, the company said Tuesday.
Read More »Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, Presents Tony Frazier, President of Radiant Solutions, His Fourth Wash100 Award
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Tony Frazier, president of Radiant Solutions, with his fourth Wash100 Award on Tuesday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Frazier for leading the company’s efforts to support government missions with emerging technology. We are honored to present the most coveted award in government contracting to Tony Frazier of Radiant Solutions.
Read More »Analytics Industry Vet Chris Incardona Appointed Native Public Sector VP
Chris Incardona, a 25-year data analytics veteran in both the government and commercial sectors, has been named senior vice president of the public sector business at New York-based technology company Native.
Read More »Tony Frazier on DigitalGlobe’s Open Source Collaborations and His New Gov’t Solutions SVP Role
Tony Frazier became senior vice president of DigitalGlobe‘s government solutions business earlier this year and oversees the geospatial imagery provider’s work with U.S. government customers. Frazier, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, joined DigitalGlobe through its 2013 combination with GeoEye, where he led communications and marketing initiatives in an SVP …
Read More »Executive Profile: Tony Frazier, Gov’t Solutions SVP at DigitalGlobe
Tony Frazier serves as senior vice president of government solutions at DigitalGlobe, where he oversees the company’s business with the U.S. government and leads product strategy, business development and analytic services delivery functions. He previously led DigitalGlobe’s Insight line of business, which helps organizations apply imagery and other geospatial analysis tools to make decisions. He joined …
Read More »DigitalGlobe Preparing for Post-GeoEye Merger Satellite Launch in 2014; Jeffrey Tarr Comments
Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe Inc. is working to complete its third WorldView-class satellite for a scheduled launch in mid-2014. WorldView-3 is included in the company’s EnhancedView contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and is built to provide spectral diversity and multiple short-wave infrared bands for clear imaging through air-born particulates, …
Read More »DigitalGlobe Builds Third WorldView-3 Satellite for 2014 Launch; Jeffrey Tarr Comments
DigitalGlobe Inc. is on track to complete its third worldview-class satellite for a scheduled launch in mid-2014, according to a company statement. WorldView-3 is included in the company’s enhanced view contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and is meant to offer spectral diversity and multiple short-wave infrared bands for clear …
Read More »GeoEye Expanding Stereo Satellite Imagery to India; Christopher Tully Comments
GeoEye has won a six-figure order to provide satellite imagery to a government agency in India for a freight railway corridor development project, the company said Tuesday. RITES, an Indian government enterprise, made a six-figure purchase of the GeoEye-1 satellite services through the National Remote Sensing Centre, which acts as GeoEye’s …
Read More »Report: Satellite Finds China's 1st Long-Range Transport Jet
The GeoEye 1 satellite and IKONOS spacecraft have taken pictures of a new jet believed to be China’s first long-range transport plane, Wired reports. David Axe writes the Xian Aircraft Corp.-made Y-20 has not flown yet and requires new engines. John Pike, an analyst for Globalstrategy.org, told Wired the Chinese …
Read More »GeoEye Opens UAE Subsidiary to Grow Middle East Sales; Dr. Rao Ramayanam Comments
GeoEye Inc. has opened GeoEye Middle East Limited, a subsidiary sales office in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the company has announced. “We opened the Abu Dhabi office to meet the growing needs of our customers in the Middle East, to best serve our resellers in the region …
Read More »GeoEye to Provide Japan with High-Res Satellite Imagery; Christopher Tully Comments
GeoEye Inc. has partnered with Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary Japan Space Imaging Corp. to provide a major Japanese ministry with access to comprehensive high-resolution satellite imagery of all of Japan through GeoEye’s EyeQ™ platform, according to a company statement. “This agreement with JSI to serve a Japanese ministry marks an important milestone …
Read More »Executive Profile: Steve Wallach, GeoEye SVP of National Security Strategy
Steve Wallach joined GeoEye in January 2011 and serves as senior vice president of national security strategy. His responsibilities include providing oversight and guidance on National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and GeoEye’s relationship with the executive branch and congressional affairs. He has over 30 years of experience primarily in the defense, intelligence and …
Read More »Lockheed Testing GeoEye-2 Satellite Integration
Lockheed Martin is conducting a test on the GeoEye-2 imagery satellite to evaluate performance of the integrated satellite and establish a performance baseline prior to entering environmental testing. Spacecraft environmental testing will occur later this year to evaluate the overall satellite design, workmanship and survivability during launch and on-orbit operations, …
Read More »GeoEye Adds New Govt Networks to NGA Web Hosting Service; Chris Incardona Comments
GeoEye has updated a web hosting service for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, connecting additional government networks to the service for acquiring unclassified Earth imagery through both classified and unclassified government networks. The company said the EnhancedView Web Hosting Service has provided customers online access to geospatial intelligence and base maps …
Read More »Executive Spotlight: GeoEye COO Bill Schuster on Public & Private Sector Leadership, MKT Opportunities
GeoEye Chief Operating Officer Bill Schuster has managed space applications and communications systems operations for more than 28 years across the private and public sectors. He spent his last 14 of 22 years of CIA service assigned to the National Reconnaissance Office, where he worked with advanced surveillance and reconnaissance systems, before holding executive …
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