New Boeing DC Chief. Boeing has named Ziad Ojkali its new executive vice president of government operations in Washington, D.C., effective Oct. 1, succeeding Marc Allen who has served as the company’s acting chief lobbyist since June when Tim Keating abruptly departed the job that he had held for ...

Contract Extension. Customs and Border Protection plans to award a potential six-month, $72 million contract extension to PAE to continue providing maintenance and logistics support for most of the agency’s fleet of manned aircraft. PAE, the incumbent contractor for the work, is protesting in ...

Amid a shrinking number of small businesses participating in the defense industrial base, the Defense Department is reaching out for input from small businesses and other industry experts on barriers these companies face in contracting with the Pentagon. In the past decade there has been a more ...

Last summer, Amazon Web Services [AMZN] dove further into the space sector by establishing the AWS Aerospace and Satellite Solutions division. AWS signaled its serious intent by placing retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clint Crosier at the helm. Crosier, who has a long and distinguished career in ...

SICI Bill Imminent. Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) said last week he will be introducing a new cybersecurity bill “in the next few days” related to Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure. Katko called cybersecurity the “preeminent threat to our country today” and asked his colleagues on ...

 SDA and the Space Force. While Congress has mandated that the Space Development Agency (SDA) be integrated into the U.S. Space Force by Oct. 1 next year, that may happen sooner. SDA Director Derek Tournear and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall suggested that they are starting the transition early ...