Lockheed Martin is looking into alternative uses for a habitat module it is developing for NASA‘s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships program focused on research-and-development projects to identify new technologies, Space News reported Wednesday. Bill Pratt, NextSTEP program manager at Lockheed, told the publicaiton its cislunar habitat could be used to support other countries and companies that are looking to embark […] More

A consortium of Thales and Airbus Defense and Space has been awarded a contract by the French National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information to provide digital geographic data to the French defense ministry. Thales said Tuesday the consortium will work to build up the GeoMaps database using images generated by two Pleiades satellites. The contract, which […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business will install a point spectrometer developed by NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center for the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer. The space agency said Wednesday the OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer will work to help OSIRIS-REx identify water resources and organic materials on the surface of the Bennu asteroid by […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a one-year, $23 million extension to its cargo mission contract with NASA to provide cargo planning, processing and shipping services for missions to the International Space Station. The company said Monday it will continue to support the preparation of cargo such as science hardware, experiments, food and personal items to be sent to ISS […] More

Lockheed Martin has moved into the assembly, test and launch operations phase of spacecraft the company is building for a NASA asteroid research mission. NASA aims to launch the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer to collect samples from the Bennu asteroid, Lockheed said Tuesday. “We’re installing the electronics in the next few […] More

A camera system Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona developed for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has passed cryogenic testing at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Lockheed said Tuesday the near-infrared camera technology will act as JWST’s main optical instrument and is built to also align the primary mirror system of the […] More

Karen Dahut, an executive vice president at Booz Allen, has outlined several components and systems to drive innovation across an organization. Dahut, head of Booz Allen’s strategic innovation group, authored a blueprint that highlights methods for harnessing an organization’s capabilities and developing avenues for fresh ideas, Booz Allen said Thursday. “By taking the right steps and focusing their energies, […] More

Lockheed Martin will start building a spacecraft that NASA will use to collect particles from a near-Earth asteroid and return those samples to the planet for analysis. An independent review panel has validated Lockheed’s design plan for the spacecraft, instruments and ground system under NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer program, Lockheed said […] More

Erik Buice leads Northrop Grumman‘s health systems management unit as vice president and leads a team of more than 800 personnel who help federal health agencies manage their information technology systems. Buice’s career has included stops at firms ranging from large to small, including IT and consulting roles at companies such as CGI, Patriot Technologies, […] More

Lockheed Martin will manufacture cryogenic tanks in Louisiana by using technology originally intended to manufacture the Space Shuttle’s external tank in an effort to help meet liquefied natural gas demands. The company will leverage that technology and other program services for propellant handling, test and integration, composites manufacturing, production and tooling design to build the LNG […] More

Northrop Grumman has won a $7.3 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide life-cycle support for a mobile command, control and communications facility. The company will provide support for the AN/TYQ-23(V)4 tactical air Operations module and its related subsystems, Northrop Grumman announced Thursday. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will enhance the system’s multi-radar tracker and data communications […] More