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Dawne Hickton, Critical Mission Solutions Business EVP & COO at Jacobs, Named to 2021 Wash100 for Expanding Cyber Capabilities; Driving Company Growth

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Dawne Hickton, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Critical Mission Solutions at Jacobs, as an inductee into the 2021 edition of the Wash100 Award for expanding the company's cybersecurity business and driving significant growth through contract awards. This marks Hickton“™s second consecutive Wash100 Award.

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by William McCormick March 3, 2021, 10:27 am
in News, Technology

Berry Aviation Forms UAS Research Group; Stan Finch Quoted

San Marcos, Texas-based Berry Aviation has opened a new division in Stillwater, Oklahoma, that is focused on conducting research into unmanned aerial systems to support the Department of Defense in the areas of propulsion, navigation and acoustic improvements. The company's newly created autonomous and unmanned aviation division has hired additional engineers to support work related to UAS and counter-UAS activities.

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by Jane Edwards February 19, 2021, 2:50 am
in M&A Activity, News, Space

James Taiclet: Lockheed-Aerojet Rocketdyne Deal to Drive Tech Integration Work for Federal Clients
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Air Force Seeks Info on F-15EX Fighter Jet Engines

The U.S Air Force is looking for potential sources of propulsion technologies that can be integrated into weapons systems installed in next-generation F-15EX fighter aircraft.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers May 19, 2020, 10:20 am
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GM Defense Seeks to Leverage Commercial Tech to Support US Military; David Albritton Quoted

General Motors' vision for its defense segment is to “reimagine“ ways of turning its commercial vehicles and other technology products into platforms that could be offered to the U.S. military and allied forces, Defense One reported Thursday.

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by Jane Edwards October 11, 2019, 6:32 am
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SAIC's Stephen Rigdon on Need to Rebuild Supply Chain for Navy Mk48 Torpedo

Production of Mk48 torpedoes went on hiatus for 20 years and Science Applications International Corp. is now starting to manufacture the propulsion system and other afterbody sections of the submarine-launched weapon at its Bedford, Ind.-based facility under a contract with the U.S. Navy, Seapower reported Tuesday.

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by Jane Edwards May 22, 2019, 3:13 am
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VT Halter Marine's Ron Baczkowski Describes Proposed USCG Polar Icebreaker

Ron Baczkowski, CEO of VT Halter Marine, said the company's proposed heavy polar icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard is based on a hull of German research vessel Polar Stern II, USNI News reported Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards May 10, 2019, 1:49 am
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Iridium CEO Matt Desch Calls for Regulatory Approach to Address Orbital Debris

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch said he believes the industry needs new regulations that would mitigate failed satellites and other space debris in orbit, Space Intel Report reported Wednesday. Desch, a 2019 Wash100 winner, said those regulations should include a policy that would ground satellite and rocket developers in the event of an in-orbit failure and require them to determine the cause of the problem.

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by Jane Edwards May 9, 2019, 11:55 pm
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Pratt & Whitney Gets $71M F-35 Propulsion Tech Support Order
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Boeing-Safran JV to Operate as Initium Aerospace; Stan Deal Quoted

Boeing and France-based Safran have unveiled a new joint venture to design, develop and service auxiliary power units or engines used to start aircraft and related systems while on the ground. Etienne Boisseau will serve as CEO of the new JV, Initium Aerospace, which will operate in San Diego to build APUs in collaboration with Boeing and Safran teams on production and engineering, Boeing said Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards February 13, 2019, 10:58 pm
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Tory Bruno: ULA Eyes National Security Payload Launch on Vulcan Rocket in 2022

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, told Ars Technica in an interview published Wednesday that the company expects to launch a national security payload aboard the ULA-built Vulcan rocket in 2022. He said ULA plans to perform certification flights in 2021 under the launch services agreement with the U.S. Air Force. “And we intend […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2018, 11:15 am
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures DARPA Propulsion Tech Development Contract

Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential two-year, $13.4M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop propulsion systems for a ground-launched tactical weapon platform. The contract was awarded in support of DARPA’s Operational Fires program that aims to build new mobile missile technologies, the company said Tuesday. The OpFires initiative seeks to meet the […] More

by Matthew Nelson December 12, 2018, 7:24 am