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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 »NASA Adds Five Firms to $2.6B Lunar Payload Services Contract; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
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.
Read More »PwC: US Aerospace & Defense Industry Generated $244B in 2018 Sales
A new PwC report says the U.S. aerospace and defense industry recorded $244B in 2018 sales and was the A&D exports leader last year with $132B in revenue.
Read More »NASA Picks 13 Firms for Space Tech Development Partnerships
NASA has selected 13 companies that will work with the space agency’s centers to further develop space technologies for use in future lunar and Mars exploration missions.
Read More »Aerospace Industry Vet Stephanie Koster Joins Vector as Finance Chief
Stephanie Koster, formerly a director and treasurer at suborbital vehicle manufacturer Blue Origin, has been named chief financial officer of space technology provider Vector.
Read More »Maxar to Build Lunar ‘Gateway’ Propulsion Element Under $375M Contract; Dan Jablonsky Quoted
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has received a potential $375M contract to build and demonstrate a power and propulsion component for NASA’s proposed lunar space station intended to support the agency’s planned 2024 moon landing. Maxar said Thursday it will lead a team that includes Draper and Blue Origin to develop …
Read More »Air Force Seeks Bids for Launch Service Procurement Phase 2 Contracts
The U.S. Air Force has issued a solicitation for the second phase of the Launch Service Procurement program, which seeks to award fixed-price contracts to two domestic commercial service providers that can launch national security payloads through 2027. “We must move forward now. We are answering Congress’ 2014 directive to …
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