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NASA could purchase rides on small commercial lander platforms beginning in late 2018 to initially deliver 22 pounds of scientific payloads to the Moon starting 2021, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The space agency looks to procure small instruments for the lunar flights, as well as lunar landers with a payload capacity of up to 2,204 pounds. […] More
The Washington Business Journal has listed Herndon, Va.-based ViON as the 53rd-largest government technology contractor in the D.C. area. The cloud service provider said Thursday the recognition was based on its 2017 revenue and workforce, which supports ViON’s government clients in fixing technical problems to boost business productivity. “We attribute our growth within this sector […] More
The five Iridium Communications satellites that Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm SpaceX launched Tuesday have entered the testing and validation phase. “Three of the [Iridium NEXT] satellites from this launch will be going directly in to service in our sixth orbital plane, where the other two will serve as spares,” Iridium Chief Operating Officer Scott Smith said in a […] More
The General Services Administration will host an interactive event on June 18 to showcase its current work on its Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services special item numbers and modernization plan. The HASC Stakeholder Event will provide discussions featuring speakers from the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Homeland Security and GSA, according to a GSA […] More
El Segundo, Calif.-based Phase Four has received an order from NASA for an integrated propulsion assembly for small satellite missions. Phase Four’s Chief Executive Officer Simon Halpern said the order reflects the agency’s focus on small satellites as a platform for space exploration and scientific research. “With this contract, we will provide small satellites with the […] More
Sacramento, Calif.-based firm Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a new in-space engine that will potentially be used for future robotic operations on the moon. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Wednesday the ISE-100 engine accumulated 75 individual tests, 774 pulses and over 500 seconds of hot-fire time during the evaluation period. ISE-100 will now enter the certification phase, which […] More
East Hartford, Conn.-based firm Pratt & Whitney has invested approximately $100 million to support its defense programs at its West Palm Beach facility in Florida with the aim to generate 215 new jobs through 2022. The investment will be used to expand the site and develop new equipment for manufacturing new technologies, the United Technologies […] More
Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm SpaceX has launched five satellites for Iridium Communications along with two Earth observation spacecraft from NASA and the German Research Center for Geosciences as part of a ride-share agreement. Iridium said Tuesday the launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is the sixth out of eight Iridium NEXT deployment missions that SpaceX agreed […] More
U.S. Congress has complied with the Trump administration’s request to move forward with a review of the proposed sale of more than 120,000 precision-guided weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported Wednesday. The report said the administration has pushed for increased arms exports as part of efforts toward U.S. job growth, […] More
Cubic’s mission solutions business unit has introduced at the 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference the modified M3X networking modules from subsidiary DTECH Labs‘ product range. The San Diego, Calif.-based firm said Tuesday the updated modules feature a raised angle connector to interconnect without using an external Ethernet or power cable. The modules are also designed to […] More
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate will host a live Facebook Tech Talk on May 29 to initiate a discussion on a program designed to commercialize technologies that stem from government-funded projects. DHS announced that it will present how the Transition to Practice program is accelerating the process of developing and distributing […] More
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that an agreement between the Virginia Information Technologies Agency and Science Applications International Corp. will generate 40 information technology jobs in Clinton, Dickenson County. “These jobs will be key to helping the Commonwealth modernize its technology infrastructure and support the changing IT needs of our citizens, businesses and visitors,” Northam […] More
