Blue Origin has secured a position on the NASA Launch Services II contract vehicle as an “on-ramp” awardee, which provides Jeff Bezos' space venture an opportunity to compete for orders to help the agency deploy spacecraft using its New Glenn rocket.
Read More »ULA, SpaceX Win Launch Service Phase 2 Contracts; Will Roper Quoted
The U.S. Space Force has awarded United Launch Services and SpaceX firm-fixed-price contracts to perform launch services under the second phase of the National Security Space Launch program.
Read More »Lt. Gen. John Thompson: Space Force Plans Launch Service Phase 2 Contract Awards This Summer
Lt. Gen. John “JT” Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, said the U.S. Space Force is on schedule to award this summer contracts to two launch service providers under the second phase of the National Security Space Launch program, Via Satellite reported Thursday.
Read More »NASA Awards $967M in Artemis Lander Dev’t Contracts to Dynetics, Blue Origin, SpaceX
Blue Origin, Leidos’ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary and SpaceX have won 10-month contracts worth $967M combined to design and build human landing systems for NASA's Artemis moon mission in 2024.
Read More »Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose: US Has ‘Capability’ for Moon Shot
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 27, 2020 — Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space segment and a 2020 Wash100 winner, has said the U.S. has capability to take astronauts back to the moon, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday.
Read More »NASA Adds Five Firms to $2.6B Lunar Payload Services Contract; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
Five companies have won spots on NASA’s potential $2.6B Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract, bringing the total number of awardees to 14.
Read More »Blue Origin Signs Teaming Agreements to Pursue NASA Human Landing System Dev’t Program
Blue Origin has teamed up with three other companies to build and offer a delivery system for NASA's mission to put astronauts on the moon by 2024. Jeff Bezos' aerospace company said Tuesday it will collaborate with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Draper to create a Human Landing System in support of the Artemis program.
Read More »NASA Selects 14 Firms for Lunar, Mars Exploration Tech Development Projects
NASA has awarded 14 companies contracts worth approximately $43.2M combined to develop technologies for the space agency’s lunar and Mars exploration programs.
Read More »Tory Bruno: ULA Submits Bid for USAF Launch Service Phase 2 Competition
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has said ULA proposed the Vulcan Centaur rocket system as part of its bid for the second phase of the U.S. Air Force's Launch Service Procurement program.
Read More »BGOV: DoD’s ‘Other Transaction’ Awards Could Exceed $7B by End of FY 2019
The Department of Defense obligated more than $4B on “other transaction” agreements in the first seven months of fiscal year 2019 and could record $7B or more in OTA obligations by the end of FY 2019, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday.
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