HX5 has received a potential seven-year, $376.8 million contract to provide engineering, research and scientific support services to NASA‘s Glenn Research Center. NASA said Thursday the Glenn Engineering and Research Support contract has a two-year base period slated to commence April 1, followed by a two-year option, another on...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 8, 2018 ” An SSL-built spacecraft developed for NASA‘s in-orbit satellite servicing effort has completed the space agency’s mission preliminary design review that would advance the program to the Key Decision Point C phase, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 21. The Maxar Technologies busines...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 27, 2017 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has secured a funding opportunity with NASA to mature its proposed Dragonfly dual-quadcopter vehicle in the aim to fulfill requirements under the New Frontiers program, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The lab said Thursday the...
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A Yulista Holding subsidiary has secured a potential three-year, $264 million contract to help NASA operate and maintain aircraft at multiple agency facilities. Yulista Tactical Services will provide aircraft maintenance and flight operations services as well as engineering and operational support for airframes, engines and suppo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 5, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has collaborated with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to complete the critical design review on the second Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the JPSS-2 assessment also looked into its capability...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 21, 2017 ” Space Systems Loral will conduct a study on a propulsion and control module for NASA‘s Deep Space Gateway project over four months as part of a contract from the space agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) business unit said Wednesday its concept for the po...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 8, 2017 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has scheduled the liftoff of its eighth cargo resupply mission with NASA on Nov. 11 as part of efforts to continue the delivery of supplies and hardware to astronauts at the International Space Station, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The space agency said Tuesday a company-built...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 6, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), Sierra Nevada Corp. and Space Systems Loral will perform research on power and propulsion technologies for deep space missions under a $2.4 million NASA program, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The space agency said Thursday the companie...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 30, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has rolled out a sunshield subsystem for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope that utilizes five NeXolve-manufactured layers made of Kapton that work to protect the observatory’s optics, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it ha...
