Tecolote Research has secured a U.S. Space Force contract worth $148.1 million to provide acquisition and financial consulting support and related services for Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space programs. The Department of Defense said Wednesday SSC conducted a competitive procurement process for the firm-fixed-price contract with one...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a.k.a. NATO, the post-World War II alliance between the U.S. and 31 other nations, has been steadily honing its focus on the space domain over the last decade or so. Its first piece of policy on space came in 2012, though it was another seven years until the organization followed...
James Johnson, former CACI International (NYSE: CACI) executive, has joined Parsons as senior vice president for systems engineering and analysis, according to his LinkedIn announcement Tuesday. He will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations for Parsons’ engineering services business and overseeing delivery, execution and staffing w...
Safran Defense and Space, a subsidiary of Safran Group, has booked a $275 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply Laser Target Locator Module II systems. The Department of Defense said Monday the cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract also covers the delivery of associated spare parts, contractor logistical support and mai...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential $200.2 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to build the second site for a radar capability designed to facilitate object detection and tracking in geosynchronous orbit to provide space domain awareness for the U.S. military and its allies. The Department of Defense said Friday the sole-sour...
Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
The U.S. Army has procured mounted assured positioning, navigation and timing systems from an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business under a $96.8 million award. Collins Aerospace will deliver MAPS devices to the service branch, Army Watercraft and Marine Corps System Command as part of the recently executed MAPS Generation II delivery order 4, the Army said...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) business will upgrade the U.S. Navy’s MK 15 Close-In Weapon Systems under a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $159.9 million. Raytheon will supply MK 15 Mod 31 SeaRAM upgrade kits and associated hardware to the service branch over a three-year period, the Department of Defense said Friday. The military and aerospace ...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business unit has appointed Amy Johnson, a more than two-decade business and engineering leader in the defense and space industry, as vice president and general manager of space, cyber and intelligence systems. In a LinkedIn post announcing her appointment, Johnson said her 25 years at General Dynam...
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have secured $1.76 billion in contract modifications from the U.S. Space Force to provide launch services under the second phase of the National Security Space Launch program. The Department of Defense said Friday the modifications awarded by Space Systems Command are for launches planned between fiscal year 2022 an...
