Hello, Guest!
  • Friday, November 22, 2024
Firefly Aerospace logo_1200x628
Firefly Aerospace logo/Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace to Compete for Launch Service Missions Under $700M NRO Contract

Firefly Aerospace has been qualified to compete for task orders under a potential 10-year, $700 million contract to provide its Alpha rocket to launch small satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.The company said Thursday it will serve as a launch service provider under the Streamlined Launch Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract to deploy NRO satellites to low Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, said the company has doubled the size of its launch facilities, installed automated carbon composite technologies and fine-tuned operations to address the growing demand for its Alpha rocket.The small launch vehicle has a payload capacity of over 1,000 kg and can be paired with Firefly’s Elytra vehicle to support relocation, space domain awareness, and de-orbiting services.Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Space Summit on March 5 to learn how new technologies, commercial investments and adversarial threats are shaping the future of space. Click here to register!

Video of the Day

Related Articles

Leidos Books $267M Army C5ISR Hardware Sustainment Support Contract Contract Awards

Leidos Books $267M Army C5ISR Hardware Sustainment Support Contract

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will help the U.S. Army sustain and upgrade its command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance hardware systems under a potential $267 million follow-on indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services task order covers hardware sustainment, modernization, refresher training, and logistics services in support of the Army Communications-Electronics Command,

CACI Lands $239M Army Network Modernization Task Order; John Mengucci Quoted Contract Awards

CACI Lands $239M Army Network Modernization Task Order; John Mengucci Quoted

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will help the U.S. Army modernize its Global Secret Internet Protocol Router network under a potential five-year, $239 million task order. The company said Wednesday it will support the service branch’s network modernization effort by deploying commercial-based software and hardware to facilitate the secure transfer and access of users to sensitive

Amentum Secures $245M Navy Task Order for Microelectronics Facility R&D Support; Jill Bruning Quoted Contract Awards

Amentum Secures $245M Navy Task Order for Microelectronics Facility R&D Support; Jill Bruning Quoted

Amentum will support the U.S. Navy by providing research and development, systems engineering, testing, analysis and technology maturation and insertion support to help assess and improve microelectronics laboratories and facilities under a potential five-year, $245 million task order. The company said Monday the task order awarded by the U.S. Air Force will specifically support the