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  • Lockheed to Provide Commercial Launch Services for EchoStar's Comm Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Provide Commercial Launch Services for EchoStar’s Comm Satellite

    Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services subsidiary will support the launch of EchoStar‘s Jupiter 2 or XIX communications satellite in late 2016 aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. EchoStar said Wednesday the SSL-built EchoStar XIX is a Ka-band satellite that works to provide satellite Internet service to North American customers of HughesNet. The satellite will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force […] More

  • USAF Launches 10th Boeing-Built GPS IIF Satellite Aboard ULA Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Launches 10th Boeing-Built GPS IIF Satellite Aboard ULA Rocket

    The U.S. Air Force‘s latest Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite has completed its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The service said Wednesday the 10th GPS IIF satellite joins others in the Air Force Space Command-operated constellation that provides positioning and navigation services globally. “[This] is a testament to […] More

  • NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Sign Combustion Engine Testing Agreement; Julie Van Kleeck Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Sign Combustion Engine Testing Agreement; Julie Van Kleeck Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA for the testing of a rocket engine that Aerojet intends to offer as a replacement for the RD-180 engine produced by Russia. NASA will configure a test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to facilitate staged combustion trials on Aerojet Rocketdyne’s […] More

  • ULA's Craig Cooning, Tory Bruno: RD-180 Ban Undermines Rocket Development Business Case - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Craig Cooning, Tory Bruno: RD-180 Ban Undermines Rocket Development Business Case

    United Launch Alliance Chairman Craig Cooning and CEO Tory Bruno believe the congressional ban on RD-180 engines hurts the business case for further Boeing and Lockheed Martin investment on rocket development, SpaceNews reported Friday. Warren Ferster writes that the ULA executives have indicated the need for 14 of the Russia-made engines to participate in competitions under the U.S. Air Force‘s […] More

  • Boeing Completes NASA Critical Design Review on CST-100's Ground Segment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes NASA Critical Design Review on CST-100’s Ground Segment

    Boeing has completed NASA’s ground segment critical design review of its CST-100 crew space transportation system as part of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA said Dec. 10 that Boeing underwent a three-week review of its ground-based operation processes and system designs for the spacecraft, including planned assembly and processing facilities at the Kennedy […] More

  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed MUOS-3 to Expand Navy Satellite Comms Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed MUOS-3 to Expand Navy Satellite Comms Coverage

    The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team has encased the latest Mobile User Objective System satellite within its payload fairing ahead of the scheduled Jan. 20 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Iris Bombelyn, vice president of narrowband communications at Lockheed, said Friday the MUOS-3 satellite will work to expand the coverage of the MUOS mobile satellite communications network. She […] More

  • Boeing Reports Progress Toward CCtCap Certification Goal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Reports Progress Toward CCtCap Certification Goal

    Boeing has passed a NASA certification baseline review the space agency conducted for the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program. NASA said Monday this is the first of several Boeing must go through to complete full certification of its human space transport systems. The review evaluated Boeing’s CST-100 space capsule design, the Atlas V rocket and the operational systems needed for the launch. […] More

  • NASA's Kathy Lueders: Commercial Crew Program Industry Partners Offer Updates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA’s Kathy Lueders: Commercial Crew Program Industry Partners Offer Updates

    Boeing, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp. and SpaceX have reported their current statuses on their respective agreements with NASA under the Commercial Crew Program for space transportation systems. “Our partners’ detailed progress on launch and spaceflight capabilities expands domestic access to space,” Kathy Lueders, manager of the Commercial Crew Program, said Friday. NASA said these industry partners are working with […] More

  • Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin moved closer to the completion of the Mobile User Objective System constellation with a new satellite delivery to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 5. MUOS-3 is the third spacecraft in the satellite array and is due for further tests before it is loaded onto an Atlas V rocket for  launch early next year. The […] More

  • Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch

    Boeing has received signal confirmation that its eighth GPS IIF satellite in space has started to prepare for full operations after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The GPS IIF-8 satellite launched aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket and is the last launch for the U.S. Air Force program this year, Boeing said Wednesday. “The schedule this year […] More

  • Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite

    United Launch Alliance has launched the latest global positioning system satellite to join the on-orbit constellation that will provide timing and navigation services for a U.S. Air Force program. The company said Wednesday that an Atlas V 401 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carried the GPS IIF-8 satellite to space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president for the […] More