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    Lockheed, Army Put Extended-Range Rocket Through System Qualification Test

    Lockheed Martin's extended-range variant of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System met a set of criteria during a flight test held at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. ER GMLRS was fired from the U.S. Army's High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher and hit targets at a maximum range of 150 kilometers, reflecting performance in terms of flight trajectory, long-range flight and accuracy from launch to impact. More

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    NASA, SpaceX 6th Commercial Crew Completes Mission; Bill Nelson Quoted

    The sixth rotation mission of SpaceX and NASA's Commercial Crew Program has landed safely off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida after 186 days in orbit. The four-member team, who flew on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon spacecraft, consists of astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg of NASA, Sultan Alneyadi representing the United Arab Emirates, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. More

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    NASA, SpaceX 6th Commercial Crew Completes Mission; Bill Nelson Quoted

    The sixth rotation mission of SpaceX and NASA's Commercial Crew Program has landed safely off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida after 186 days in orbit. The four-member team, who flew on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon spacecraft, consists of astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg of NASA, Sultan Alneyadi representing the United Arab Emirates, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. More

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    HPE, Los Alamos National Lab Test ‘Crossroads’ Supercomputer Ahead of Fall 2023 Rollout

    Los Alamos National Laboratory is in the process of testing Crossroads, the successor to a supercomputer used by the National Nuclear Security Administration to monitor U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The Hewlett Packard Enterprise-built Crossroads will replace Trinity, the first platform under NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing Program, as part of continuous upgrades to support large data sets for stockpile simulation and computation. More

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    REI Systems, TechSur Form JV to Offer Government IT Services

    REI Systems has formed a joint venture with Herndon, Virginia-headquartered software company TechSur Solutions to provide information technology products and services to U.S. government customers. FusionEdge Solutions was established through the Small Business Administration's Mentor-Protege Program as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business supporting the civilian, defense and health sectors. More

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    Orion Space Solutions Unveils Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation

    Orion Space Solutions has established a consortium of experts from the government, industry and academia to advance the development of quantum technology for space and national defense applications. The Consortium for Space Quantum Innovation will facilitate research, development and deployment of an integrated ecosystem of quantum spacecraft, sensors and data platforms to address current and future needs in cislunar space. More