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  • NASA Taps Metis Flight Research Associates for $63M Aerospace Modeling, Simulation Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Metis Flight Research Associates for $63M Aerospace Modeling, Simulation Contract

    Metis Flight Research Associates has received a potential five-year, $62.8 million contract to support aerospace systems modeling and simulation efforts at NASA‘s Ames Research Center. The Aerospace Modeling and Simulation III contract’s 45-day phase-in period will begin on April 23, followed by one base year and four option years, NASA said Saturday. Work covers software development, systems administration, […] More

  • Startup Firm Relativity Enters Agreement to Use NASA Stennis Test Stand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Startup Firm Relativity Enters Agreement to Use NASA Stennis Test Stand

    NASA‘s Stennis Space Center and launch vehicle provider Relativity have entered an agreement that authorizes the startup to use one of Stennis’ test stands exclusively, Space News reported Wednesday. The Commercial Space Launch Act agreement grants the exclusive use of the E-4 Test Complex to Relativity for 20 years. The complex features four cells for engine […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Support NASA's Test for a Future Mars Missions Parachute - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Support NASA’s Test for a Future Mars Missions Parachute

    NASA will test a supersonic parachute system for potential use in future Mars missions through the launch of a suborbital sounding rocket supported by Orbital ATK under a contract from the space agency’s Heliophysics Division. Orbital ATK has received the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations contract and will provide mission planning, engineering and field operations services […] More

  • Dynetics-Led Team Passes Preliminary Design Review of SLS Rocket Universal Stage Adapter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics-Led Team Passes Preliminary Design Review of SLS Rocket Universal Stage Adapter

    Dynetics and its industry partners have cleared a preliminary design review of a Universal Stage Adapter that will work to support cargo transportation aboard NASA‘s Space Launch System rocket. The USA will be used to carry cargo during the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft, dubbed Exploration Mission-2, which is scheduled for launch by […] More

  • FBI Vet Timothy Gallagher Named Kroll Cyber & Investigations Practice Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Vet Timothy Gallagher Named Kroll Cyber & Investigations Practice Managing Director

    Timothy Gallagher, a more than 20-year FBI veteran, has been named as a managing director within Kroll‘s cybersecurity and investigations practice. Kroll said Monday Gallagher brings investigative experience in the areas of financial fraud and cyber-related crimes to his new position. He previously managed the FBI’s Newark, New Jersey office and led a multiagency task force that worked to […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Crew Module Engines for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Crew Module Engines for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has produced and delivered engines that Boeing will integrate into spacecraft the latter company is building under NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. Boeing will install MR-104J engines on the CST-100 Starliner crew module inside the  Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday. Each Starliner capsule is designed for reuse up […] More

  • Orbital ATK Gets NASA OK to Commence Landsat 9 Development Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Gets NASA OK to Commence Landsat 9 Development Work

    Orbital ATK has received the green light to begin development work on NASA’s land remote sensing satellite designed to gather space-based images and data that can support agriculture, disaster relief and land use mapping research efforts. The company said Thursday the approval came after it completed a critical design review, which showed that the Landsat […] More

  • NASA Extends Teledyne's ISS Ground Operations Center Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Extends Teledyne’s ISS Ground Operations Center Support Contract

    A Teledyne Technologies subsidiary has received a contract extension to provide ground operations support for the International Space Station through NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center and Johnson Space Center. The company said Tuesday Teledyne Brown Engineering will continue to help the agency prepare missions, train crew and flight controllers crew and manage spaceflight operations requirements under the extended Mission Operations […] More

  • Leidos Awarded NASA Glenn Research Center Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Awarded NASA Glenn Research Center Support IDIQ

    Leidos has received a potential five-year, $35.3 million contract to provide operational safety, occupational health, mission assurance services at NASA‘s Glenn Research Center. The company will also help manage the center’s safety and mission assurance directorate manage aeronautics and space flight systems and ground support equipment programs. NASA said Wednesday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains a 45-day […] More

  • Northrop-Built Webb Observatory to Enter Final Test Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Built Webb Observatory to Enter Final Test Phase

    Northrop Grumman engineers are set to conduct final tests on NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope after they have unloaded optical and scientific instruments from a shipping container at a company facility in Redondo Beach, California. The company aims to ensure that the space observatory is ready for its mission before it heads to a Kourou, French Guiana, launch site, NASA said Monday. […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Wednesday that she believes the company will continue to be a part of every mission to Mars. Hewson mentioned the InSight lander and the Orion deep space exploration spacecraft as two of Lockheed’s projects with NASA that seek to support the company’s involvement in future missions to the […] More

  • Report: NASA Studies ISS Commercial Use Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA Studies ISS Commercial Use Opportunities

    NASA is exploring ways to create more opportunities for commercial entities to use the International Space Station, Space.com reported Monday. Robyn Gatens, ISS deputy director at NASA, said during an agency presentation that NASA has begun to develop policy and study the required legal or programmatic changes to expand the commercial use of ISS. The space […] More