Maxar hires McClelland

Maxar Technologies said today it has hired Jim McClelland to lead its newly created mission architecture function.

"McClelland will have a role that spans Maxar's Space Infrastructure and Earth Intelligence businesses to bring the full breadth of the company's capabilities to bear for its customers," the company said. "McClelland will play a key role in the company's strategic initiative to diversify the Space Infrastructure business and further penetrate U.S. civil and national security markets, responsible for leading, managing and executing the architecture and satellite system engineering activities for new mission designs."

He most recently was chief technology innovation officer at Airbus U.S. Space and Defense. McClelland has also been an executive at OneWeb Satellites and Millennium Space Systems. He has also worked at DigitalGlobe, which is now part of Maxar.