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Governor Ralph Northam, 73rd Governor of Virginia

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer Jr. has been named CEO and executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.

Vandenberg Space Force Base to Welcome New Commander for Main Unit Col. Anthony Mastalir, commander of Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, talks to military members in late May. On Friday, Mastalir will relinquish command and Col. Robert Long will take the helm of Vandenberg’s primary unit. (Michael Peterson / U.S. Space Force photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully June 9, 2021 | 7:53 p.m. The primary unit at Vandenberg Space Force Base will gain a new leader after saying farewell to another during a change of command ceremony Friday. ...

Vandenberg Space Force Base accounts for a $4.5 billion economic impact annually in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, but that value could grow in the coming decade to reach $6 billion based on forecasts.

Sometimes, the arc of an entrepreneur’s startup concept dovetails unexpectedly with the headlines. Mike Crandall saw this happen to an extent during his Air Force service, but even more so with Digital Beachhead, the risk assessment and security company he founded in 2015.  In December 2020, commercial firms, government agencies and prime contractors were caught off-guard by the discovery of a cyber breach, allegedly perpetrated by the Russian hacker outfit CozyBear. The exceptionally complex supply chain attack saw the hackers insert malicious code into the commercial software applic...