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Nova Space Solutions, a joint venture between Chugach Government Solutions and Amentum, has received an $822.7 million NASA contract for consolidated operations, services and maintenance infrastructure at Stennis Space Center and Michoud Assembly Facility. Commenting on the award, Dirk van der Vaart, president of Chugach Government Solutions, said in a statement Thursday, “Our [JV] with Amentum brings together Amentum’s […] More
Robert Harris, a U.S. Air Force veteran, announced on LinkedIn that he has been elevated to senior vice president of space solutions at COLSA. The executive will oversee the company’s corporate growth strategies across the civil and Department of Defense space sectors. Harris has been with COLSA for over six years. He most recently served as VP […] More
Viasat’s Inmarsat Government business will deliver fully managed low Earth orbit satellite-based services, including space relay services supported by geostationary and non-geostationary satellites, for its first task order under a previously awarded proliferated LEO SBS contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency. Valued at $3.5 million, the task order requires providing Ku-band LEO services through a partner […] More
NASA has issued a solicitation to provide technical integration support for multiple human space flight missions, including the International Space Station Program, Orion Program and Gateway Program. The Mission Technical Integration Contract, or MTIC, requires a range of services, such as program management, business management, configuration and data management, information technology, systems engineering and integration, […] More
Virgin Galactic and Redwire have teamed up to produce research payload lockers for the former’s Delta-Class spaceships to enhance microgravity research capabilities. The effort will leverage Redwire’s customizable plug-and-play lockers to streamline research and provide real-time data throughout flights, Virgin Galactic said Thursday. The lockers, designed for both automated and human-guided experiments, will feature flexible front panels […] More
Boeing has appointed John Mulholland, its vice president and International Space Station program manager, to lead the company’s Starliner program, a company spokesperson told Reuters. Mulholland took over the role from Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, commercial crew program, who is retiring in February. Before his ISS assignment in 2020, Mulholland led Boeing’s […] More
Serco Inc. has agreed to acquire Northrop Grumman’s mission training and satellite ground network communications software, or MT&S, business. The acquisition deal involves a cash payment of $327 million and will deliver a portfolio of U.S. defense service contracts with annual revenues of around $300 million, Serco said Thursday. Currently, the MT&S business provides advanced […] More
Nonprofit organization Aerospace Corp. will combine its space science expertise with Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence and machine learning tools in a partnership with Google Public Sector to deliver fast and accurate space weather forecasts. Using AI and advanced computing technologies can enable geomagnetic storm predictions days in advance, Aerospace said Tuesday. The federally funded company […] More
Array Labs, Umbra Space and Raytheon have entered into a teaming agreement to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced 3D Earth observation capabilities to commercial and government customers. Under the strategic partnership, the parties will combine their experience and expertise in space systems and advanced imaging capabilities to enhance the technologies that power Site3D, […] More
Viasat has secured a spot on NASA’s Near Space Network Services contract, which seeks to provide commercial ground and space relay support for the agency’s upcoming missions in low Earth orbit and up to 2 million kilometers from Earth. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract comes with a period of performance of five years and an option […] More
Mercury Systems, a technology company offering processing power to edge computing, has booked a $24.5 million contract for a data processing and storage subsystem for the satellite program of the Department of Defense. The Andover, Massachusetts-based company said Tuesday it will provide numerous advanced subsystems under a contract with an innovative space systems prime contractor. Mercury […] More
BAE Systems has completed delivery of NASA‘s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, observatory to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SPHEREx will be launched into space alongside the space agency’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH, mission in February aboard a SpaceX […] More
