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  • Robyn Gatens: Orbital ATK's Next Cargo Mission to Space Station Rescheduled for April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robyn Gatens: Orbital ATK’s Next Cargo Mission to Space Station Rescheduled for April

    NASA has postponed Orbital ATK‘s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station to address booster problems on the launch vehicle that will be used to launch a company-built spacecraft, Space News reported Wednesday. Space News’ Jeff Foust quoted Robyn Gatens, deputy director of NASA’s ISS division, as saying the investigation on the booster engine for the Cygnus OA-7 mission will push back the launch no sooner than mid-April. […] More

  • Orbital ATK Cygnus Concludes 6th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Cygnus Concludes 6th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission

    Orbital ATK has concluded its sixth cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station which also marked the company’s return to flight operations at NASA‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The company said Monday the Cygnus spacecraft, nicknamed S.S. Alan Poindexter, has completed its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere as part of the OA-5 mission. Cygnus arrived at the space station in […] More

  • William Lynn: Partnerships With Israeli Firms Help DRS Field Tech Platforms in Support of US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    William Lynn: Partnerships With Israeli Firms Help DRS Field Tech Platforms in Support of US Military

    William Lynn, chairman and CEO of DRS Technologies, has said partnerships with Israel-based firms have helped DRS facilitate the integration and deployment of Israel-made technology platforms in the U.S. market in support of the U.S. military. Lynn told Defense News bureau chief Barbara Opall-Rome in an interview published Monday that DRS has secured a potential $400 million […] More

  • Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Concludes 5th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Concludes 5th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time after it performed three in-orbit scientific missions and delivered approximately 7,900 pounds of scientific experiments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The atmospheric re-entry of the space vehicle, also known as S.S. Rick Husband, loaded with 4,087 pounds of items for disposal marks the company’s […] More