Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has received a two-year, $437.5 million contract option to continue providing support services to NASA‘s Johnson Space Center. This award brings the total potential value of Jacob’s JSC Engineering, Technology and Science contract to $1.46 billion and extends the performance period...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) targets May 19 to launch the Iridium-6 rideshare mission aboard SpaceX™s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Iridium said Monday the mission is the sixth Iridium NEXT launch overall and would increase the total...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2018 ” NASA™s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected SSL, a subsidiary of Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), to design and build a critical system for spacecraft designed to perform investigative flybys to explore Jupiter™s Europa moon, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. SSL said Tuesday it will develop the Rem...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2018 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has tested the SR 118 rocket motor technology in preparation for the Ascent Abort 2 Flight Test, which seeks to assess a system designed to keep astronauts safe if a problem occurs during spacecraft ascent, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Orion prime contractor ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $247.5 million contract to design, build and test a supersonic aircraft for NASA. NASA said Tuesday the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract calls for the development of a Low-Boom Flight Demonstration aircraft, dubbed X-plane, designed to travel at a speed of about 940 miles per hour at 55,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 29, 2018 ” Thales will collaborate with NASA to develop concepts on a traffic management platform for unmanned aircraft systems in an effort to accelerate their integration into the national airspace, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the Space Act Agreement with NASA, which could ...
Navarro Research and Engineering has received a potential five-year, $80 million contract to continue providing environmental compliance and operation services at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The company will provide environmental restoration, multimedia environmental compliance, sustainability and program manageme...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 14, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will soon move forward to the final test phase on NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope to prepare it for transport to the Kourou launch site in French Guiana, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NASA said Monday Northrop will conduct the final tests on the observatory...
Chris Corgnati, a 25-year U.S. Navy veteran, has joined PAE ISR as chief operating officer. PAE ISR is a joint venture of PAE, Battlespace Flight Services and American Operations Corp. that delivers ISR platforms and services to U.S. agencies, NATO and other international institutions. Chico Moline, president of PAE™s national security solution...
Tom Vice, formerly president of aerospace systems sector at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Reno, Nevada-based Aerion Supersonic as president and chief operating officer. Vice will report to Brian Barents, Aerion chairman and CEO, and oversee the development, certification and delivery of the firm™s AS2 supersonic aircraft, the company...
