LeoLabs will support the innovation hub of the Department of the Air Force in developing and testing the capabilities of a new radar system designed to track objects in very low Earth orbit. Tony Frazier, CEO of LeoLabs, said the Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from AFWERX covers the delivery of an S-band-D […]
NASA is consolidating its field centers’ information technology support service requirements into a single contract, which the agency has awarded to CACI International. The NASA Consolidated Applications and Platform Services contract covers a potential eight-year service, with a maximum potential value of around $2 billion. It provides a 90-day phase-in period, a nine-month base term, […]
NASA has awarded Raytheon a contract valued at up to $506.7 million to develop instruments for the Landsat Next mission. The contract tasks Raytheon to provide three instruments, with an option for a fourth, along with related services, NASA said. Raytheon’s responsibilities span the entire lifecycle of the Landsat Next devices – from design and […]
NASA has ordered two 12U cubesat buses from RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies for the Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer mission, which will study high-altitude ice clouds in tropical and subtropical regions to improve the accuracy of climate forecasts. The satellite buses will carry PolSIR radiometers to monitor the full diurnal cycle of high-altitude ice clouds through […]
NASA has selected proposals to conduct concept studies for a mission designed to investigate the Earth’s surrounding space weather and its interaction with the planet’s atmosphere. The studies will support the Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling mission by shedding light on how changes in the lower atmosphere influence the upper atmosphere, where space weather phenomena such […]
The Department of Commerce announced that it has entered into a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with Rocket Lab, the parent company of space power provider SolAero Technologies, to support the development of a more robust and resilient supply of space-grade solar cells for use on spacecraft. Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, […]
KBR Wyle Services has secured a NASA contract valued at up to $75.3 million to provide critical safety and mission assurance services. Under the Safety and Mission Assurance, Audits, Assessments and Analysis Services cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, which also has an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision, KBR Wyle Services will work with NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. alongside various NASA […]
BlackSky Technology announced that it has secured a new one-year subscription contract from the National Reconnaissance Office for high-frequency Earth imaging and analytics services. The subscription renewal is aligned with a task order that BlackSky received in May 2022 under the NRO’s Electro-Optical Commercial Layer ordering system, which provides a five-year base and five one-year […]
NASA has tapped Amentum Services to provide mission-critical services at its Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 contract, valued at up to $256 million, encompasses a two-year base period with the possibility of three one-year extensions, NASA said. Under the contract that combines cost-plus-fixed-fee core requirements […]
NASA is sponsoring 10 new studies conducted by aerospace companies and internal research centers to develop cost-effective and faster ways to return Martian samples collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth under the Mars Sample Return Program. The selected companies include Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Blue Origin, Quantum Space, Northrop Grumman and Whittinghill Aerospace, […]
