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Curt Kolcun serves as vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. public sector business vertical, a position he started in the summer of 2008 after five years as head of the software maker’s U.S. federal business. In this role, Kolcun is responsible for sales, contracting, citizenship and marketing efforts for the company’s U.S. government, education and public sector healthcare markets. Executive […] More
Melissa Koskovich serves as vice president for communications and marketing at Leidos, where she oversees the company’s communications, branding and advertising activities. Koskovich joined Leidos in 2006 — when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. — and helped to execute the company’s initial public offering. She later acted as lead communicator for Project Gemini — the separation of SAIC into two publicly-traded […] More
Garrett Pagon serves as president and co-founder of OGSystems, where he leads the company’s engineering and business development efforts. Pagon also leads OGS’ agile development and cloud computing programs and the firm credits him for work to secure contract awards from the Defense Intelligence Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, among other agencies. He served as a principal engineer of system architecture for […] More
Louis Berger has been selected to handle the air terminal and ground of U.S. air bases in South Korea. The company will perform the work at the Kunsan air base and Gimhae Republic of Korea air base for five years under the contract with the U.S. Transportation Command, Louis Berger said Wednesday. “We have a long history of strong partnerships […] More
Deltek‘s Ashley Bergander says that small businesses will see new business opportunities with three upcoming follow-on contracts for U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy training programs. Bergander, a research manager at Deltek, writes in a piece published Sunday in the Washington Post that the Aircrew Training and Rehearsal Support, Counter Narcotics and Global Threats Training Support Services and Weapons and Systems Integration Support […] More
Joe Nicholas serves as vice president and general manager of the intelligence business organization at Parsons Corp. He spent 26 years at Northrop Grumman, where he most recently directed a signal intelligence systems unit within the company’s information systems subsidiary. Nicholas has also managed national security support work for the U.S. Defense Department, National Intelligence […] More
Robert Hale, formerly comptroller and chief financial officer of the Defense Department, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton as fellow and senior executive adviser. Hale most recently served as the principal adviser on budgetary and fiscal matters to three defense secretaries, Booz Allen said Monday. “Bob Hale possesses all of the outstanding professional credentials, national and international stature, and […] More
Boeing has received signal confirmation that its eighth GPS IIF satellite in space has started to prepare for full operations after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The GPS IIF-8 satellite launched aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket and is the last launch for the U.S. Air Force program this year, Boeing said Wednesday. “The schedule this year […] More
United Launch Alliance has launched the latest global positioning system satellite to join the on-orbit constellation that will provide timing and navigation services for a U.S. Air Force program. The company said Wednesday that an Atlas V 401 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carried the GPS IIF-8 satellite to space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president for the […] More
John Toomer serves as the director for intelligence, information and cyber systems within Boeing‘s space, intelligence and missile defense, national security and space group in government operations where he is responsible for supporting government customer engagement and corporate public policy development. Prior to Boeing, Toomer served for 25 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as […] More
Boeing‘s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California late last week after spending 674 days in orbit and completing its third test mission for the U.S. Air Force. Ken Torok, the company’s director of experimental systems, said Friday the reusable unmanned space plane’s latest experimental mission for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office brings the program’s total […] More
Lockheed Martin has tasked Northrop Grumman to provide sensor payloads for the fifth and sixth geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites in the U.S. Air Force‘s Space Based Infrared System under a $422 million subcontract. “Northrop Grumman looks forward to joining our partner and prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, to produce the GEO-5/6 IR payloads,” Anne Ostroff, vice president of Northrop’s military and civil […] More
