Bobby Braun has won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics von Kármán award given annually to people who have distinguished themselves technically in the field of astronautics.
NASA named Richard Keegan as the agency's associate deputy administrator on Dec. 16. He replaces Charles Scales, who has held the position since April 2007. Scales is retiring.
Katrina McFarland is the new president of the Defense Acquisition University and will oversee new curriculum that reflects changing defense acquisition guidelines.
Top executives and leading contractors were honored Wednesday night as part of the annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards. The winners are kept a secret until the names are called from the podium.
Bill Scheessele of MBDi tells how the founders of companies appearing on Washington Technology's Fast 50 list took risks, learned from their failures and experienced great success as a result.
