NASA has awarded 14 companies contracts worth approximately $372.2M combined to develop technologies for the agency’s lunar and Mars exploration programs. The proposals were selected under the fifth solicitation for the Tipping Point program and address three topic areas: lunar surface, cryogenic fluid management and closed-loop descent and landing capability.
Read More »Northrop Wins $690M Task Order to Build DIA Data System; Ginger Wierzbanowski Quoted
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $690 million task order contract by the General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to develop a suite of data systems for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the company announced Wednesday. Under the task order, Northrop will support the agency's Transforming All-Source Analysis with Location-Based Object Services program.
Read More »ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Launches NASA’s Perseverance Rover for Mars 2020 Mission
A United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Perseverance rover lifted off Thursday from a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as part of the Mars 2020 mission.
Read More »NASA Eyes Northrop for Mars Ascent Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract
NASA intends to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) innovation systems business to provide propulsion systems for the Mars Ascent Vehicle.
Read More »DARPA Selects BAE to Develop Semi-Autonomous Mission Planner; Chris Eisenbies Quoted
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen BAE Systems to create a semi-autonomous technology that would help military personnel to plan missions. BAE will develop the Multi-domain Adaptive Request Service software to facilitate automatic battlespace data collection across air, sea, land and space domains, the company said Tuesday.
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 »Lockheed Awarded Potential $4.6B NASA Orion Production IDIQ; Rick Ambrose Quoted
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $4.6B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from NASA to produce six Orion spacecraft to transport astronauts to the moon.
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 »SSL-Built Robotic Arm Supports NASA InSight Mission on Mars; Richard White Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 17, 2018 — SSL continues its support for NASA‘s space exploration efforts with the deployment of a robotic arm to perform operations as part of the space agency’s current InSight mission to study the interior of Mars, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 4. The Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) company said Dec. …
Read More »Peraton Supports NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Mission
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2018 — Peraton performed compatibility testing and validation of ground stations and spacecraft in support of NASA‘s Deep Space Network designed to track a Mars lander recently launched aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Peraton said Wednesday its team maintains and operates six DSN …
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