TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 25, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received recognition from NASA‘s Johnson Space Center as its large business prime contractor of the year for the company’s work with small businesses on JSC programs, GovCon Executive reported Friday. Raytheon said Friday it currently provides support for the Neutra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 19, 2016 ” Unisys (NYSE: UIS) will provide flight simulation hardware and software support to NASA‘s Langley Research Center under a five-year, $38.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. NASA said Friday the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes systems design, development, validation, modificati...
Jan. 11 – Jan. 15 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson America’s space program appears to be the place where government and industry are taking concrete steps toward increased public-private partnerships as a means to spur innovation on both ...
NASA has awarded Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), Sierra Nevada and SpaceX a second round of potential multi-billion dollar contracts to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station through 2024 in support of efforts to end U.S. reliance on Russia for access to space by 2017, agency officials said Thursday. Each new Commercial Resupply...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 11, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) let NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Eric Boe do a trial run of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft using company-built training devices, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Boeing said Thursday these devices are equipped with CST-100’s switches and display panels to prepare the...
A Jacobs Engineering Group subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $355 million contract to operate and maintain NASA‘s ground-based aerospace facilities at Ames Research Center. Jacobs Technology will provide testing and support services to the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels and the Arc Jet Complex under the indefinite-delivery/in...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a potential eight-year, $485 million contract to continue to provide operational support services for NASA™s Enterprise Applications Competency Center. The follow-on, cost-plus-performance-fee contract was awarded through the Enterprise Applications Service Technologies prog...
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) will continue to perform engineering and science services for NASA’s Huntsville, Alabama-based Marshall Space Flight Center under a one-year, $127.8 million contract modification. Jacobs said Tuesday the company started its science and engineering and technician support to MSFC on Oct. 3, 2015 and will...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 4, 2016 ” The segmented primary mirror of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope is halfway to completion after Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) finished the installation of its ninth flight mirror, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. NASA said Tuesday the mirrors used are built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies, which ...
Peerless Technologies has appointed defense and intelligence community veteran Brent Gerity as president of its newly acquired subsidiary QED Systems. In a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, the company said Gerity will oversee QED’s next phase of growth while maintaining continuity in program execution, strengthening customer relationships and support...
