Ball Aerospace and NASA's team at Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the primary camera system for the space agency's next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope. The Wide Field Instrument is constructed to be capable of providing a field of view over 100 times larger than Roman’s Hubble Space telescope predecessor while retaining the same resolution. More

Watsonx.ai, a geospatial foundation model IBM built from NASA’s satellite data, was made available on open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face in an effort to expand use of the space agency’s Earth science data for geospatial intelligence and advance climate-related innovation. Sriram Raghavan, vice president of IBM Research AI, said in a statement published Thursday, […] More

Microsoft has collaborated with NASA to host an education day dedicated to promoting space-related careers to students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft’s federal business and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the inaugural Space Education Day allowed students to explore NASA’s […] More

Pixxel has raised $36 million in a Series B funding round and will use the money to continue building hyperspectral satellites designed to collect Earth imagery. The financing event, which brings Pixxel’s total venture capital funds raised to $71 million, also supports the development of an artificial intelligence-based space data analytics platform, the company said […] More

Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has been appointed to the board of directors of software company Synthetaic. He brings to Synthetaic’s board nearly four decades of experience within the U.S. Intelligence Community and expertise in the field of GEOINT, the company said Monday. Synthetaic develops software that helps organizations accelerate the […] More

Photo by monticello from Shutterstock.com Acquia is a software development firm specializing in cloud-based digital experience management services and solutions. The company empowers thousands of brands and clients through its software-as-services, allowing different-sized companies to build, operate, and optimize digital experiences. Meet Acquia leaders and executives right here. About Acquia Photo from Acquia Official Website […] More

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a large aerospace and defense company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. The company specializes in developing cutting-edge technology and security solutions for space, land, air, sea, and cyber domains. Northrop Grumman’s operations are enabled by agreements granted by different federal government agencies. Below are the top government contracts awarded to Northrop […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to unveil Pamela Melroy, deputy administrator of NASA, as the latest government official to be inducted into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 for her transformative representation in programs that drive the agency mission forward and encourage commercial innovation. Melroy is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel who received Senate confirmation […] More

Ensco will highlight its suite of mission-critical technology offerings during the 2023 SpaceCom, a three-day global commercial space event kicking off on Feb. 21 in Orlando, Florida. The Springfield, Virginia-based engineering and technology company said Monday its representatives will feature Ensco systems designed for spaceport operations, maintenance, sustainment, systems engineering and integration, launch range safety, mission […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to name Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as a 2023 Wash100 Award recipient.  The Wash100 is a list compiled annually by Executive Mosaic of the most influential and impactful executives working in the government contracting sector. Wash100 Award winners represent the best and brightest minds in GovCon, and they gain […] More

NASA has selected Blue Origin‘s New Glenn heavy-lift rocket to send to space a pair of identical small satellites to observe the magnetosphere around Mars. Blue Origin secured a task order under the $300 million Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission in late […] More

Jim Bridenstine, former NASA administrator and Wash100 Award winner, has joined the advisory team of Venus Aerospace, a startup focused on developing reusable hypersonic space planes and aircraft. As a part of Venus Aerospace, Bridenstine will apply his experience as the 13th administrator of NASA, a member of Congress on the Armed Services Committee and a Navy pilot, the […] More