NASA’s Johnson Space Center plans to release a request for proposals for the fourth iteration of a contract to procure services to facilitate analytical and physical processing activities in support of cargo requirements. Cargo Mission Contract 4 has a potential ceiling value of $100 million and will cover engineering, maintenance and operations s...
NASA has issued a draft request for proposals for the third iteration of the Safety and Mission Assurance Services contract. The agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center plans to award SMAS III as a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an ordering period of five years and an option period of up to six months to exten...
Michael Drews, a more than two-decade Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) veteran, has been appointed vice president of NC3 advanced capabilities and mission strategy at the Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense contractor’s space business. He announced his new role in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. In this capacity, Drews will serve as a cross bu...
NASA is soliciting proposals for a follow-on contract that will provide for operations, maintenance and other support services needed at Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, and several agency locations. According to a solicitation notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov, the Wallops Range Contract has two areas of core requirements: prog...
Diana Lovati, formerly chief information security officer at Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business, has assumed the same role at True Anomaly, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. She joined the space security and sustainability company after a two-year stint at Ball Aerospace, where she was responsible for overseeing cybersecurity ope...
NASA plans to release a solicitation for the third iteration of its Safety and Mission Assurance Services contracting vehicle and expects the maximum ordering value for SMAS III to reach $226 million. According to a presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will procure services for independent surveillance, ...
Seven companies have landed positions on a potential $476 million contract to provide NASA with Earth observation data from commercial small satellites. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the provision of commercial smallsat data products and related services to support the space agency’s Earth science ...
NASA has issued a solicitation for On-Ramp III of the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract vehicle. According to a request for proposals posted on SAM.gov, the purpose of Rapid IV is to provide the government with a flexible way to acquire spacecraft and related technologies and services in support of various agency missions, including those...
Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business has received a potential 15-year, $486.9 million contract from NASA to build a sounder instrument for the space agency’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ball Aerospace & Technologies will provide spacecraft integration a...
NASA has begun soliciting insights on a draft request for proposals for the sixth iteration of the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract meant to serve as an acquisition vehicle for information technology products and services. The agency is seeking feedback from potential vendors on the draft RFP’s requirements, evaluation approa...
