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The Aerospace Corp. has secured a potential $600,000 NASA grant to develop Brane Craft — a 1-meter square spacecraft that could envelop space debris and remove them from Earth’s orbit. The nonprofit said Monday Brane Craft was among the 13 concepts that the agency selected for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program which aims to foster the creation of new […] More
Aviana Molecular Technologies has been selected to build sensors for installation in NASA‘s extra-terrestrial mission vehicles as well as repurpose the devices as biosensors. NASA awarded a grant to the startup diagnostic company in conjunction with the University of Central Florida for the sensor development project as part of the agency’s Small Business Technology Transfer initiative, Aviana said Monday. The […] More
Blue Origin has received a spot on NASA‘s contract for suborbital reusable launch vehicle flight and payload integration services with a maximum combined value of $45 million. NASA said Friday Blue Origin will work to integrate payloads into its New Shepard suborbital rocket and fly the spacecraft near the boundary of space as part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program. […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit and the Customs and Border Protection agency have tested a detect-and-avoid system that includes the company’s Due Regard Radar anti-collision system onboard CBP’s Guardian unmanned aircraft system. The company said Wednesday the DAA system also features a Honeywell traffic alert and collision avoidance tool and sensor tracker as it works to provide air traffic imagery for remotely piloted aircraft GA says […] More
NASA has awarded a five-year, $21 million contract to an ASRC Federal subsidiary for support services to the space agency’s leadership training initiatives. ASRC Federal Data Solutions will work to help NASA develop curriculum and knowledge sharing services for the agency’s efforts to develop and train its technical workforce, ASRC Federal said Tuesday. The Academy of Program/Project and Engineering […] More
Orbital ATK has performed a hot-fire test on the updated first stage propulsion system of the Antares rocket with RD-181 main engines at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. NASA said Wednesday the test sought to assess the performance of the integrated first stage — including new engines, modified Stage 1 core, avionics, thrust vector control and pad fueling systems — in an operational environment. The Antares engineering […] More
NASA has detailed its plans to seek industry feedback for a future contract to support mission systems operations at the space agency’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. The center is looking for sources to provide services for mission control center systems, training systems, space vehicle mockup facility and flight operations directorate mission systems environments, according to a presolicitation notice issued […] More
A Honeywell business unit has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract potentially worth $54.5 million from NASA to provide safety and mission assurance, audits and assessment support services. Honeywell Technology Solutions will conduct a range of services, such as agency  and center audits, institutional safety assessments and hazard analysis, training and outreach, information system support, NASA said Friday. The contract covers support for […] More
Orbital ATK aims to build a rocket technology offering for the U.S. Air Force as part of the company’s push into the national security satellite market, Reuters reported Tuesday. Irene Klotz writes John Steinmeyer, director of business development at Orbital ATK, said at the Space Congress held Tuesday in Florida the company would base its “Next Generation Launcher” on solid-rocket […] More
Logical Innovations has received a five year, $42 million contract from NASA to provide financial and business management services for the Johnson Space Center. The space agency said Thursday the contract requires program, resource and data management as well as accounting, data entry, analysis, reporting and other business support services. Contract work will support the space center’s office of […] More
Northrop Grumman has delivered the Optical Telescope Element to NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to support the 18 hexagonal gold-coated beryllium mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope. The company said Tuesday the 21.5-foot OTE is made of graphite composite materials and is designed to support the Webb telescope’s deep space observation mission. Scott Texter, Northrop telescope manager for the aerospace systems business, said […] More
Lockheed Martin has shipped its asteroid sampling spacecraft to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final processing prior to the spacecraft’s launch toward an asteroid believed to hold answers about the solar system’s origin. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer spacecraft was transported Friday from Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado […] More
