Tag Archives: Ball Aerospace

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a five-year, $43 million contract to build a command and control system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's next space weather observatory. The company will develop, deploy and operate ground infrastructure of the Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 satellite that is scheduled for 2025 launch, NOAA said Friday.

SpaceX has secured a contract to help NASA deploy spacecraft as early as June 2024 for an astrophysics mission that aims to discover more about the universe through observations in near-infrared light. NASA said Friday it expects to spend $98.8 million on launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer mission or SPHEREx.

David Kaufman, chief operating officer of Ball Aerospace, has been promoted to succeed the retiring Robert Strain as president of the Boulder, Colorado-based spacecraft and payload developer in a move that takes effect Jan. 1.

Ball Aerospace President Rob Strain will serve as a subcommittee member on the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) Space Advisory Committee (SAC), the company announced Monday. "This advisory panel will be critical in shaping the nation's path forward in space exploration, technology development and strategy at a time when the space domain is evolving quickly and in unforeseen ways," said Strain.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 21, 2020 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) helped demonstrate a phased array antenna system during a transmit test for the U.S. Space Force's Multi-Band, Multi-Mission program, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 2.

Applied Composites Holdings, a portfolio company of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, has made its fifth acquisition with its purchase of composite structures provider Alliance Spacesystems for an undisclosed sum.

Four companies and one nonprofit research organization have won spots on a potential $6B multiple-award  contract from NASA to provide spacecraft and mission support services to the federal government.

The U.S. Air Force has included 18 additional companies as awardees on a potential five-year, $950M contract to develop, test, integrate and demonstrate elements of the Advanced Battle Management System, the service reported Wednesday.

NASA has awarded Ball Aerospace a $96.9M delivery order to construct a spacecraft bus intended to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitor weather-related phenomena in space.

Deirdre Walsh, former chief operating officer in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has been appointed vice president of Washington, D.C. operations at Ball Aerospace.