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  • KBR's Government Business to Help NASA Build Satellite Ranging Stations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR’s Government Business to Help NASA Build Satellite Ranging Stations

    KBR‘s government services arm has received a potential $48M contract to build, deploy and commission satellite laser ranging stations for a NASA project aiming to sustain a global network of space geodetic technique instruments. The agency said Friday KBRwyle will manufacture up to six stations under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the Space Geodesy Project. Work will involve completing […] More

  • UP Aerospace Helps NASA Launch Space Tech Demo Payloads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UP Aerospace Helps NASA Launch Space Tech Demo Payloads

    NASA has launched three space technology demonstration payloads on a UP Aerospace-built rocket as part of the agency’s Flight Opportunities program. UP Aerospace’s SpaceLoft 12 suborbital launch vehicle carrying the instruments lifted off Wednesday at Spaceport America in New Mexico, NASA said Thursday. The mission tested the deployment sequence and entry performance of the Adaptable Deployable […] More

  • ULA Prepares for Final Delta II Launch With ICESat-2 Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Prepares for Final Delta II Launch With ICESat-2 Mission

    United Launch Alliance has started preparing for the Sept. 15 launch of a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft via the Delta II 7420-10, marking the rocket’s last launch into space. ULA said Wednesday the Delta II configuration rocket will carry NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 to space, where it will monitor the changes in the ice […] More

  • Carahsoft to Resell Senzing's AI-Based Software via NASA SEWP Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Resell Senzing’s AI-Based Software via NASA SEWP Vehicle

    Senzing and Carahsoft Technology have partnered to offer public sector customers an artificial intelligence-based platform designed to search for identities across multiple data sources. Carahsoft serves as master government reseller of the Entity Resolution 2.0 software through NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-wide Procurement vehicle, Senzing said Wednesday. The technology is built to help clients identify criminal and fraudulent activities, […] More

  • BGOV: Federal Spending on Cloud Services to Reach $6.5B in Fiscal 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BGOV: Federal Spending on Cloud Services to Reach $6.5B in Fiscal 2018

    Federal contract obligations on cloud services are expected to rise by approximately 32 percent to $6.5B in fiscal 2018, up from $4.9B in the previous fiscal year, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. BGOV estimates the Defense Department to record approximately $2B in fiscal 2018 cloud services spending and civilian agencies to spend $4.4B on such contracts […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Conduct Second Evaluation of RS-25 Engine; Eileen Drake Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Conduct Second Evaluation of RS-25 Engine; Eileen Drake Quoted

    NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have completed a second ground-based assessment of an engine controller for the Space Launch System exploration rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday the RS-25 engine underwent eight minutes of test firing as part of an effort to verify its flight readiness and the performance of its modified components. The engine features modernized hardware that include a vibration […] More

  • Boeing Invests in Space Connectivity Tech Maker BridgeSat; Brian Schettler Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Invests in Space Connectivity Tech Maker BridgeSat; Brian Schettler Quoted

    Boeing‘s venture capital arm has invested in BridgeSat through a recent Series B funding round to help the latter company accelerate deployment of an optical system for space-based connectivity services. Brian Schettler, managing director of Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures organization, said in a statement released Monday the company seeks to facilitate digital transition in satellite communications through […] More

  • NASA Seeks Power & Propulsion Tech Proposals for Deep Space ‘Gateway’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Power & Propulsion Tech Proposals for Deep Space ‘Gateway’

    NASA has issued the final solicitation for proposals to develop a power and propulsion element of the Gateway program. The agency’s proposed Gateway will serve as the orbital outpost for manned and robotic exploration missions to the moon, Mars and other deep space destinations, NASA said Thursday. “We believe partnering with U.S. industry for the […] More

  • NASA Wants Input on Service-Based Air Traffic Mgmt Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Wants Input on Service-Based Air Traffic Mgmt Plan

    NASA wants input from the aviation industry and related sectors on the agency’s plan to formulate a service-based air traffic management system meant to support autonomous and collaborative flight operations. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says NASA looks to levearage fast-time and human-in-the-loop simulations that will focus on the National Airspace System’s northeast region as part of the eXploration initiative’s increasing […] More

  • Bell, NASA Enter Into UAS Flight Demo Cooperative Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell, NASA Enter Into UAS Flight Demo Cooperative Agreement

    Textron’s Bell subsidiary has signed a cooperative agreement with NASA to design, build and integrate an unmanned aircraft system for the agency’s planned 2020 flight demonstration effort in national airspace. Bell will lead a team composed of Textron Systems, Xwing and the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere to demonstrate potential commercial missions […] More

  • NASA, Northrop Set October Launch Date for Ionosphere Exploration Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Northrop Set October Launch Date for Ionosphere Exploration Spacecraft

    Northrop Grumman and NASA jointly aim to launch on Oct. 6 a space vehicle built to explore an atmospheric region where the weather conditions of Earth and space meet. Ionospheric Connection Explorer will lift off aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, according to a NASA blog article published Wednesday. The ICON mission was targeted to launch […] More