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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded contracts to teams led by Accenture Federal Services, BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Kitware and Systems & Technology Research to support a research program that aims to automate search and analysis of multisource satellite imagery. A test and evaluation team for the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique program assessed and selected the awardees through a broad agency announcement.

NASA has indicated its intent to award Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a sole-source contract to continue helping the agency operate and maintain an Earth observation satellite built to primarily measure ice sheets, according to a SAM notice posted Tuesday.

SpaceX will provide launch services under a potential $109.4M contract for a NASA-funded mission that seeks to further study the heliosphere’s boundary that produces a magnetic barrier protecting the solar system. NASA said Saturday its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission will examine the neutral particles that pass through the barrier and study how particles become faster in space.

NASA has indicated its intent to solicit proposals for a potential $387M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for follow-on systems engineering work at multiple facilities. The agency expects to award its second iteration of the Systems Engineering Advanced Services contract by June 1 next year.

NASA has released the final request for proposals for the agency’s follow-on award for software engineering services in support of its component that handles the operations of systems designed for on-orbit and decommissioning activities.

Georgie Brophy, former director of strategic growth at General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) mission systems business, has joined Noblis as director of business development for the nonprofit's space systems portfolio.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC Federal, as an inductee of the 2020 Wash100 Award for driving the company’s revenue through major contract wins and ensuring the delivery of exceptional services to government clients. This is Gray’s sixth consecutive Wash100 Award.

George Morrow, former acting director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, has been named vice president of space strategy at ASRC Federal. He will be responsible for expanding ASRC Federal's business relationships in the government sector and growing its space-related offerings in adjacent markets, the company said Monday.

Science Systems and Applications Inc. has secured a potential five-year, $425M contract to support scientific research activities within a Goddard Space Flight Center subdivision focused on hydrosphere, biosphere and geophysics. SSAI will work with the Goddard HBG subdivision toward applying observations and technology platforms to various areas of study, the space agency said Thursday.

A subsidiary of ASRC Federal has secured a five-year, $350M contract to provide mission support services to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. “We are committed to further evolving our customer partnership to ensure mission success and deliver the services and solutions needed to support NASA’s space exploration and Earth Sciences missions,” said Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC Federal and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.