We are excited to continue providing expertise to SSC’s efficient and effective space system acquisition program and to define and integrate space programs for delivery to the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations’ Space Order of Battle and architectures,” said Patrick Murphy, president and CEO of Axient.Īxient will provide engineering and technical assistance to develop, deliver, and integrate the space enterprise in partnership with mission stakeholders, to support a multi-domain, contested fight. “Axient is pleased to partner with SSC’s Space Systems Integration Office to continue the development of the future space enterprise. The $94.5 million, five year contract, is a new prime task order to Axient. They have three children.On May 1, El Huntsville, AL-based Axient announced that it was awarded the Technical and Engineering Support (STS-3) task order to deliver services to the Space Systems Integration Office of Space Systems Command (SSC).
Whitson and his wife, the former Stephanie Olson of Marietta, Ga., live in Huntsville. From 1984 to 1988, he was a contract administrator for the Defense Logistics Agency at McDonnell Douglas in Huntington Beach, Calif.Ī native of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Whitson earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1983.ĭuring his career at NASA, he has received various awards and honors, including the 2002 Marshall Procurement Supervisor of the Year, a Marshall Director’s Commendation in 2000, NASA Contract Manager of the Year in 1998, and the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal in 1997.
From 1991 to 1993, he was a procurement analyst at NASA Headquarters in Washington. During the assignment, he worked with the Product Marketing organization at the Georgia Power Company in Atlanta, assisting the group in developing, launching and managing different products.Įarlier in his NASA career, Whitson held various supervisory positions in Marshall’s Office of Procurement. In 2001, he was selected to participate in a NASA Headquarters Industry Rotation Program for one year. From 2002 to 2004, he managed procurement activities and contracts for the Space Shuttle Projects Office and the Flight Projects Directorate.įrom 1998 to 2002, Whitson was chief of the Research and Development Support Division of the Office of Procurement, responsible for procurement activities for several Marshall organizations. He assumed his position in the last quarter of 2008.įrom 2004 to 2008, Whitson was manager of the Engineering Support Office in Marshall’s Office of Procurement, responsible for planning and directing procurement of products and services for the Engineering Directorate. He will help oversee more than 150 civil service and contract employees and will supervise more than 900 active contracts, grants and cooperative agreements valued at more than $30 billion. Whitson will share responsibility for all stages of the Marshall Center’s contracting process, including solicitation, evaluation, negotiations, awards and contract management - both at Marshall and at associated contractor facilities. Whitson has been appointed deputy director of the Office of Procurement at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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