Tag Archives: SLS

Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has been awarded a nine-year, $1.79B follow-on contract to produce 18 more RS-25 cryogenic engines to power Space Launch System rockets NASA intends to use on Artemis exploration missions.

A new McAleese & Associates report says Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business recorded $7B in sales during the second quarter of 2019, reflecting a 2 percent increase from the prior-year period.

NASA has chosen Boeing (NYSE: BA) to manufacture up to 10 core stages and eight upper stages to power the  Space Launch System on the agency's third to 12th deep-exploration missions under the Artemis program.

Bechtel has been awarded a 44-month, $383M contract to design, construct, test and commission a second mobile launcher at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. NASA said Wednesday it will use the ML2 to assemble, process and launch the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft on missions moon and Mars. The platform will be built to support KSC's exploration ground systems.

Todd May, director of NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center, has been named vice president of space strategy for KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services arm. He will formally join KBRwyle in July and will also lead the unit’s systems analysis and services division that serves federal civilian and defense customers, the company said Wednesday. KBRWyle President Byron Bright said …

Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies has landed a potential eight-year, $1.12 billion contract from NASA to provide mission systems operations support at the Johnson Space Center. NASA said Friday the indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract encompasses technical, managerial and administrative services for spaceflight programs. SGT will also provide assistance to the International Space Station Program that …

Dynetics has received a potential 11-year, $221.7 million contract from NASA to design, build and test a universal stage adapter for integration into the Space Launch System rocket. NASA said Thursday it will use the adapter to connect the SLS rocket to the Orion spacecraft for Exploration Mission-2, a possible first crewed and second …

Airbus‘ defense and space business has been awarded a potential $212 million contract by  the European Space Agency to produce a second service module for the Orion spacecraft that Lockheed Martin currently builds for NASA. Airbus said Thursday the second European service module will be built to provide propulsion, power and thermal control as well as water …

All Points Logistics has secured a potential five-year, $165 million contract from NASA to provide a range of information technology support services to the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama and Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana. NASA said Thursday the MSFC Information Technology Services II contract covers IT planning, policy, service integration, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 16, 2016 — Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) continues to work with NASA to analyze data from a second qualification test on the company-built booster engine for the Space Launch System, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The space agency said Friday initial test results indicate that the booster functioned according to objectives at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, …