[Satellite TODAY 11-24-11] Retired U.S. Army Col. Patrick Rayermann has been hired by Orbital Sciences to serve as its senior director of corporate strategy and development, the company announced Nov. 22.

   Rayermann will be responsible for identifying strategic and budgetary challenges for Orbital’s government customers and supporting new solutions developments to overcome these obstacles. Orbital said that Rayermann, a longtime advocate of military satellite programs, would be one of the company’s leading representatives to government organizations involved in military satellite communications, as well as other national security space markets.

   Rayermann began his active-duty military career in 1981. During his 30-year career in the Army, he served in numerous leadership roles supporting the U.S. Department of Defense’s exploitation of space capabilities with a focus on satellite communications.