NASA has unveiled a five-part plan to expand commercial research and development opportunities aboard the International Space Station to support low-Earth orbit missions. The agency said Friday it looks to industry partners to drive space exploration and support NASA’s ongoing LEO activities through services such as astronaut training and tech...
KBR's government services unit has secured a five-year, $200M contract to help NASA manage operations at the launch range of Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia....
Three small businesses received separate contracts worth potentially $253.5M combine to help NASA send payloads to the lunar surface under the two-phase Artemis program....
NASA has awarded eight U.S. firms a total of $4M to investigate concepts that will aid existing and future space transmission systems. The goal of their five-month research period is to gain data that will assist near-Earth missions that are scheduled to begin in the mid-2020s. The agency said Thursday that it plans to develop...
NASA has awarded $106M in total contract funds to 129 small businesses to further develop technology platforms that may help sustain human presence on the moon and Mars. The companies submitted 142 innovation proposals to develop, demonstrate and deliver space-based systems for planetary missions under the second phase of NASA’s Small Business...
Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC) secured a potential six-year, $292M contract to provide safety, mission assurance and engineering services to multiple NASA programs and projects. SAIC will work with the agency on the International Space Station, Extravehicular Activity Project Office, Orion and Commercial Crew Programs un...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2019 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) will perform under an exercised contract option by NASA to continue support for Ames Research Center operations and aerospace tests, bringing the program’s total potential value to $178M, ExecutiveBiz reported March 22. The company said March 21 the option extends its...
NASA plans to release in April a draft request for proposal for a potential 10-year, $6B follow-on contract vehicle for spacecraft systems and related services. The Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract will provide a means for NASA and other federal agencies to procure commercial offerings in support of science and technology missions, according...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 11, 2019 ” Chenega Corp. partner Praetorian Standard Inc., a disabled veteran-owned business, secured its first contract on the heels of a mentorship agreement between the two companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NASA said Feb. 28 it selected PSI, which Chenega’s security and support solutions business has me...
Thirteen companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $300M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to build facilities for NASA within the state of California. The Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract covers design, construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, demolition, building information modeling services, the...
