TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 12, 2016 ” In-Q-Tel and Zoomdata have partnered to address the big data management requirements of the intelligence community using the latter’s visual analytics platform under a new strategic investment and technology agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The agreement works to up...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2016 ” The Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer spacecraft will launch on Sept. 8 after NASA cleared it following a launch readiness evaluation, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported Tues...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2016 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will work with NASA to test a new insulation system that will be used to protect the Space Launch System during its Mars exploration missions, Executive Gov reported Tuesday. The space agency said Saturday the qualification tests will focus on three types of...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $114.3 million extension on the company’s Mission Operations, Systems Engineering, and Software II contract with NASA to continue to maintain a space observatory currently in low-Earth orbit. NASA said Thursday that Lockheed’s space systems segment will support the H...
REI Systems has appointed Shyam Salona, a co-founder and former executive vice president and chief technology officer, as its new CEO. The company said Tuesday Salona will succeed fellow co-founder and former CEO Veer Bhartiya, who will remain at REI as executive chairman. “I am excited to take on this new role within our compan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has provided the heat shield for the Orion crew module of NASA‘s Exploration Mission-1 and delivered the component to the Kennedy Space Center, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NASA said Saturday it then transported the heat shield to the Neil Armstr...
United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), will provide Atlas V 541 launch services to NASA for a follow-up rover mission to Mars. NASA said Friday it estimates that the Mars 2020 launch will cost $243 million, including spacecraft and planetary protection processing, rocket...
All Points Logistics has secured a potential five-year, $165 million contract from NASA to provide a range of information technology support services to the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama and Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana. NASA said Thursday the MSFC Information Technology Services II contract covers I...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 23, 2016 ” The Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 to begin its mission to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu, Executive Gov reported Monday. NASA said Thursday OSIRIS-REx will...
Michael Grasso, a 35-year veteran and former vice president of government relations at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Engility (NYSE: EGL) as senior vice president of business development and strategic planning for the government services contractor. Engility said Monday he will report directly to CEO Lynn...
