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Siemens to Install Solar System at Army’s New Mexico Range; Judy Marks Comments

Judy Marks, Siemens

The Army has awarded Siemens a $16.8 million task order to install a solar power system at an Army rocket range in New Mexico, Siemens announced Wednesday. Siemens said its federal business organization, Siemens Government Technologies, will install Army’s largest-to-date solar power system at White Sands Missile Range under an energy savings performance contract. President [...]

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NASA Extends SAIC Johnson Center Engineering Contract

NASA has awarded two six-month contract options to SAIC Inc. for technical and engineering services at the Johnson Space Center, NASA announced Thursday. The options have a total value of $32.9 million and bring the total contract value to $365.1 million. NASA extended the contract in April 2011 for an additional year and two six-month options [...]

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Schafer Starts Work Under $40M Deal with DHS Nuclear Detection Office

Schafer Corp. reported it has begun work on a task order worth $40 million over 2.5 years with the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. DNDO serves as the U.S. government’s primary avenue for implementing domestic nuclear detection efforts. Under the contract, Schafer is providing operation, scientific and engineering support for DNDO’s headquarters and [...]

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SAIC to Construct NASA Office to Hold Intl Space Station Systems

SAIC Inc. has won a follow-on contract worth a potential $11 million for the construction phase of the Marshall Space Flight Center‘s facilities management office, the company announced Thursday. NASA awarded the contract, which has a one-year base performance period and four one-year options for construction, engineering and building commissioning services. The center will operate major components [...]

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ITT Exelis Wins Additional $3.2M for Satellite Sensor Production

ITT Exelis announced it has been awarded an additional $3.2 million for the production of satellite-based precipitation measuring sensors. The additional award brings the total contract value to $50 million. The sensors are for the Global Precipitation Measurement program. The program uses a network of satellites to measure precipitation and produce data on the Earth’s water and [...]

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Ball Aerospace Delivers PAA Units to Lockheed Martin

Photo: Jim Oschman, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

  Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has delivered two phased array antenna engineering development units for the Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle to prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The Orion PAA design leverages three dozen Ball Aerospace phased array designs delivered for space, airborne, ground and marine applications, as well as an additional 11 fixed beam array products [...]

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ATK Snags $20M to Provide Solar Array Tech to NASA Spacecraft

ATK has won a $20 million contract from the Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide its solar array technology to power a logistics space vehicle being used under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply System contract. The contract calls for ATK’s UltraFlex solar arrays to power Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft, which will incorporate a larger pressurized cargo module capable of carrying [...]

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