NASA has issued a solicitation for On-Ramp III of the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract vehicle. According to a request for proposals posted on SAM.gov, the purpose of Rapid IV is to provide the government with a flexible way to acquire spacecraft and related technologies and services in support of various agency missions, including those...
Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business has received a potential 15-year, $486.9 million contract from NASA to build a sounder instrument for the space agency’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ball Aerospace & Technologies will provide spacecraft integration a...
NASA has begun soliciting insights on a draft request for proposals for the sixth iteration of the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract meant to serve as an acquisition vehicle for information technology products and services. The agency is seeking feedback from potential vendors on the draft RFP’s requirements, evaluation approa...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will lead two separate teams under a pair of NASA contracts to develop concepts for a passenger jet capable of reaching Mach 2 to Mach 4 speeds. Each industry team will create a nonproprietary aircraft design and a high-speed air travel roadmap for the next phase of the Advanced Air Vehicles...
NASA has started soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year, follow-on contract covering research operations, maintenance and engineering support services to Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The space agency intends to conduct a full-and-open competition for the Center Maintenance, Operations and Engineering II contract in support of ...
NASA is accepting industry proposals for the third iteration of its single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering safety and mission assurance engineering services. The SMAEC III procurement vehicle will support human spaceflight programs and projects at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and White Sands Test Faci...
NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) to deploy a pair of small satellites into low Earth orbit to help scientists understand how warming climate affects ice shelves in the Arctic and Antarctica. The Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment mission is targeted for a 2024 launch to gather data on heat emissions...
Peraton will support the maintenance and operation of communications systems for NASA’s Deep Space Network Program under a $513.5 million subcontract from agency-sponsored Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The company said Thursday it will maintain four antenna stations equipped with parabolic dish antennas and ultra-sensitive receivers at the Goldstone ...
Eleven companies have been named in the latest batch of NASA’s Tipping Point partners that will develop technologies that could support lunar surface and space exploration missions. The agency said Tuesday it expects to contribute a total of $150 million to fund the projects and each award recipient will shoulder at least 10 to 25...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) will provide flight crew operations, analyst training, mission preparation and execution support to the International Space Station and future human spaceflight programs under NASA’s potential nine-year, $1.93 billion Integrated Mission Operations Contract III. Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Barrios Technology will serve as major subc...
