Tag Archives: space

Airbus is restructuring its U.S. operations into a new business unit - Airbus U.S. Space and Defense - as part of a special security agreement with the U.S. government in an effort to further build up its presence in the space, defense and intelligence markets.

A General Atomics business unit has secured a potential six-year, $32.9M contract to develop spacecraft NASA will use on a mission to measure solar energy input to Earth. The company's electromagnetic systems group will help the space agency build and test the space vehicle for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 effort, NASA said Thursday.

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has been selected to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration develop an architecture for a new Earth observation satellite, Satnews reported Wednesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 1, 2020 — Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, said a new level of public-private collaboration that embraces a "commercial first" approach is key to innovate and modernize military space systems, ExecutiveBiz reported May 12.

General Atomics has integrated its nuclear technologies and materials division into its electromagnetic systems group to advance collaboration on critical programs and come up with new market opportunities in energy, space and advanced materials.

NASA is set to reveal the contractors it selected to develop human landing systems for a manned lunar mission in 2024. The space agency said Tuesday it will facilitate a teleconference on Thursday to make the announcement.

John “J.R.” Riordan, former professional staff member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has been appointed senior vice president of business development for Parsons’ (NYSE: PSN) space and geospatial business, SpaceNews reported Monday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 25, 2020 — Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and four-time Wash100 awardee, said government agencies increasingly turn to commercial platforms, imagery and services to perform missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 19.

Jean Marie Kranz, an advocate for space-related missions over the past three decades, has been appointed senior director of business development and strategy for NASA Houston operations at ASRC Federal.

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.