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  • Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Eye 3D Printing for Rocket Engine; Steve Cook Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Eye 3D Printing for Rocket Engine; Steve Cook Comments

    Dynetics and Aerojet Rocketdyne are using 3-D printing technology to build a new rocket engine in an effort to replace the current Russian-built engine used to send Atlas V to space, Nextgov reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber reports that the project started two years ago before the White House, Defense Department and Congress indicated plans to replace the RD-180 engine due to tension with the Russian government. “Going […] More

  • Lockheed-Built CLIO Satellite Launches Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built CLIO Satellite Launches Into Space

    A satellite that Lockheed Martin designed and built for the U.S. government launched into space Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The CLIO satellite took off aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V launch vehicle, Lockheed said Tuesday. CLIO incorporates Lockheed’s A2100 satellite bus with solar arrays, propulsion system and core electronics. More

  • Report: ULA, Blue Origin Form Rocket Engine Development Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: ULA, Blue Origin Form Rocket Engine Development Team

    United Launch Alliance will announce on Wednesday a collaboration with Blue Origin to develop and offer a rocket engine for U.S. space programs, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes the partnership seeks to replace Russian-made RD-180 engines that are used on ULA’s Atlas V rockets to lift off U.S. military satellites. Frank Kendall, the Defense […] More

  • Blake Larson: Atlas V Launch Showcases ATK Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blake Larson: Atlas V Launch Showcases ATK Tech

    ATK sought to highlight its engineering services portfolio after the recent launch of an Atlas V rocket that vaulted the Boeing-made GPS IIF-7 satellite to orbit. “The Atlas V and GPS programs encompass the scope and scale of ATK’s highly engineered products and affordable innovation,” Blake Larson, president of ATK’s aerospace group, said Aug. 1. “Both military and civilian GPS […] More

  • Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch

    A commercial launch services team of Ball Aerospace & Technologies, DigitalGlobe, Exelis and Lockheed Martin has completed payload fairing assembly work on the WorldView-3 remote sensing satellite ahead of its scheduled launch next week. Ball said Tuesday the DigitalGlobe Earth observation satellite will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base via the Atlas V launch vehicle to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial data for […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne, Ball Aerospace complete Common Upper Stage Service study for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne, Ball Aerospace complete Common Upper Stage Service study for NASA

    Aerojet Rocketdyne and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., announced recently that they have completed a study on the development of a common upper stage service for NASA, designed for enhanced performance of NASA Launch Services and paving the way for additional missions. The new common upper stage has the potential to be integrated onto several spacecraft–including […] More

  • Joy de Lisser: ATK Extends Work for Boeing-Lockheed JV Under $178M Launch Vehicle Hardware Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joy de Lisser: ATK Extends Work for Boeing-Lockheed JV Under $178M Launch Vehicle Hardware Subcontract

    ATK will provide hardware to the United Launch Alliance for the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles under a potential $178 million subcontract. ATK said Wednesday the order is for the U.S. Air Force‘s Phase 1 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program and includes large composite structures such as payload adapters, interstages and nose cones. ULA is a 50-50 joint venture of Boeing […] More

  • Lockheed-Boeing JV to Use Curtiss-Wright Ethernet Switch on Launch Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Boeing JV to Use Curtiss-Wright Ethernet Switch on Launch Vehicles

    Curtiss-Wright‘s defense solutions unit will provide Ethernet switches to the United Launch Alliance for Atlas V and Delta IV rockets under a $2 million contract, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture selected Curtiss-Wright’s rugged commercial off-the-shelf Parvus DuraNET 3000 for the U.S. Air Force‘s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. ULA will use the switch pre-launch […] More

  • Kathy Lueders: NASA Commercial Partners Adhere to Spacecraft Development Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathy Lueders: NASA Commercial Partners Adhere to Spacecraft Development Schedule

    NASA‘s commercial partners have completed the design reviews of their respective spacecraft and rockets intended for the agency’s program to transport mission crews to low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Space Exploration Technology continue to develop space transportation systems and prepare for tests in 2014 under the second round of their commercial crew […] More