Charles Stark Draper Laboratory will continue to help NASA develop and operate avionics software under a follow-on contract worth potentially $49 million over five years. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based nonprofit research and development organization will support the aeroscience and flight mechanics division within the Johnson Space Center’s engineering directorate as part of the Advanced Guidance, Navigation […] More

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has received $14 million in two awards to produce computer chip packaging for the Department of Defense's military systems. DOD said Tuesday its Defense Production Act Title III office awarded a $10 million contract to Draper while its Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment office entered into a $4 million agreement with the company for the effort.

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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has received a follow-on contract to continue developing a biothreat detection tool for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.

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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has signed a multiyear agreement to develop guidance, navigation and control software that Stratolaunch will use on a liquid rocket-powered reusable air vehicle for hypersonic tests.

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Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith told CNBC in an interview published Tuesday about the company’s partnership with three other companies to build a landing system that will bring astronauts to the moon.

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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory is developing technologies designed to support NASA’s robotic and manned missions to the moon by 2024, SpaceNews reported Thursday.

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Draper Laboratory has received a grant of undisclosed sum from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop miniature robots that will provide navigational support to rescue operations, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.

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The Army Research Laboratory has established a regional hub on the Northeastern University campus in Burlington, Massachusetts to conduct science and technology projects. ARL Northeast is located at NU’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security and will collaborate with multiple companies and academic researchers in efforts to build homeland security and defense technologies […] More

Draper will work to develop an implantable device to help give a sense of feeling and proprioception to patients that use prosthetic limbs under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded program. Draper said Tuesday the University of Texas-Southwestern has conducted tests on the Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces program that involved electrode component in animal studies that will proceed to human-based […] More

Herndon, Virginia-based satellite communications provider iDirect Government has named technology and defense industry veterans David Aronoff, Jill Kale and Mitch Herbets to the board of directors. “We welcome all three board members and look forward to their counsel as we continue to execute on our strategic plan and drive growth,” John Ratigan, president of iDirectGov, […] More

The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded six contracts to develop additive manufacturing prototypes as part of efforts to protect military technologies from a possible breach or compromise, Defense News reported Thursday. General Electric, Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems segment, Mercury Systems, ReLogic Research, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Charles Stark Draper […] More

An industry team led by Leidos’ Dynetics business has submitted its proposal for a human landing system that will support NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon slated for 2024.

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