Anna Forrester

A subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates will support the research efforts of NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other institutions on the asteroid Psyche as an industrial partner on a potential Discovery mission. MDA said Thursday Space Systems/Loral will participate in work on concept design studies with Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator on the project and director of Arizona State University’s School […] More

BANC3 has received $15 million in contracts for support services to the U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center and Communications-Electronics Command. The company said Thursday it will provide research, software development, engineering and sustainment services in support of CERDEC and CECOM technology programs. “We are honored by the opportunity to continue serving the Army and this important mission, […] More

A team of ICF International and ASI Government will provide training to federal acquisition professionals as part of the Office of Management and Budget‘s Digital Service Contracting Professional Training and Development Program. The companies said Thursday they will work with the U.S. Digital Service and Office of Federal Procurement Policy to support a six-month pilot program that will train an initial group of […] More

A Unisys-led consortium in Belgium has received two four-year contracts worth $53 million combined to support the European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. The company said Thursday its Consortium U2 subsidiary and partner Uni Systems will provide IT services in support of eu-LISA’s border management, asylum management and internal security programs. […] More

Texas-based small business Logical Innovations Inc. will provide technical and administrative support to NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California under a potential five-year, $26.6 million contract. NASA said Thursday the one-year base period of performance for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Center Administrative Technical Support Services II contract commences Nov. 1. CATSS II covers support services for Armstrong’s resource, acquisition and financial management offices; […] More

The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems and Integrated Device Technology have collaborated to develop a space-grade microchip that works to support high-speed, high-volume data transfers during space operations. IDT said Wednesday its 240 Gbps CPS-1848 RapidIO switch serves as the foundation for BAE Systems Inc.’s RADNET1848-PS technology. Ian McDonald, director of space products and processing at BAE Systems Inc., noted that the microchip supports efforts […] More