NASA has awarded a contract to a subsidiary of The Aerospace Corp. to support the extravehicular activities project office within the space agency’s Johnson Space Center. The Aerospace Corp. said Thursday Vaeros‘ human space flight directorate will work to help NASA consolidate contracts and assist in the management of future acquisitions, maintenance of proprietary data and mitigation […] More

The Aerospace Corp. has launched a study that aims to make position, navigation and timing services more resilient through the development of a user-device platform that will work to combine PNT signals from multiple sources. The nonprofit organization said Monday it will use an open-source method to develop a user-device system designed to collect PNT […] More

Aerospace Corporation has appointed Edward Bolton, a retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. and previous senior vice president of Aerospace Special Studies. to succeed Rand Fisher as systems planning, engineering and quality senior vice president. Bolton has been with the Air Force for 37 years and held a number of positions within the department, including deputy assistant secretary for […] More

Edward Bolton, a retired U.S. Air Force major, has been appointed as Aerospace Corp.‘s next vice president of special studies effective April 11. The 37-year Air Force veteran will eventually take the role of senior vice president for systems planning, engineering and quality on July 1 to succeed the retiring Rand Fisher, Aerospace Corp. said Thursday. […] More

The Aerospace Corporation has appointed Heidi Shyu as the newest member of its board of trustees. Shyu brings experience from her previous roles as the assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology at the U.S. Army and as an acquisition executive, science adviser to the secretary and senior research and development official for various offices, the company said Tuesday. Prior […] More

An Aerospace Corp.-built CubeSat has reached orbit after it lifted onboard the Atlas V rocket at California-based Vandenberg Air Force Base Thursday. NASA said Saturday the CubeSat spacecraft is part of the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration mission that will work to assess the capability of the miniature satellite to perform laser-based data transfer at a […] More

The Aerospace Corp. has promoted Scott Yeakel, formerly principal engineer at the nonprofit organization’s national systems group, to general manager of the group’s systems engineering and launch division. Yeakel will be responsible for the delivery of enterprise-level support services to the company’s clients in the National Reconnaissance Office, Aerospace said Tuesday. The two-decade U.S. Air […] More

The Aerospace Corp. has promoted Timothy N. Jones, formerly principal engineer at the firm’s national intelligence division, to general manager of NID. Jones will oversee all intelligence operations for the company’s clients and will report to Catherine Steele, senior vice president of national systems unit, Aerospace said Thursday. Prior to returning to Aerospace in 2014, […] More

Bernard Chau is set to leave The Aerospace Corp. as vice president of national intelligence operations. Chau is pursuing other opportunities after his 23 years of service in the company, Aerospace said Monday. The seven-year corporate officer previously served as VP of the national systems group.   More

Ed Swallow, a 12-year Northrop Grumman veteran, will join The Aerospace Corp. on April 4 as vice president of the nonprofit organization’s civil and commercial group. The nonprofit organization said Thursday it also appointed Randy Kendall, vice president of civil and commercial operations, to succeed the retiring Ray Johnson as VP of the space launch business area on July 1. […] More

The Aerospace Corporation moved its corporate headquarters to the Washington, D.C., area effective March 21. The location in Chantilly, Virginia, is closer to key customers and stakeholders, Aerospace said Thursday. There is also a plan to invest $100 million in its former HQ at the El Segundo campus in California.

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BAE Systems has signed a nine-year agreement with Vertex Aerospace to increase the availability of the U.S. Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier II fleet. "This new contract with Vertex Aerospace ensures we can continue to apply our expertise to support the U.S. Marine Corps in their crucial operations,” said Tom Fillingham, senior vice president of US Programs at BAE Systems Air.

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