Dave Jungkind, former vice president at the SEAKR Engineering arm of RTX's Raytheon business, has been named the first chief revenue officer of Advanced Space, a Westminister, Colorado-based provider of space technology offerings. In his new role, Jungkind will manage national security programs and head the sales, marketing and business development teams. More

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems secured an award from Advanced Space to provide spacecraft and services in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Oracle spacecraft program. The General Atomics unit will construct an ESPA-Grande class satellite and conduct payload integration and space vehicle test for the spacecraft program, the energy and defense company said Thursday.  […] More

Advanced Space has completed the fourth operational readiness test of its NASA-funded small satellite that will validate technologies in cislunar space to support future manned missions to the moon. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment performed mission work at an environment simulating a near rectilinear halo orbit for one week, Advanced […] More

Advanced Space, in collaboration with NASA, completed a series of simulations for a technology demonstration mission aimed at testing the dynamics of a unique lunar orbit that have not been tested in spaceflight yet. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment team worked on the virtually simulated flights of a microwave-oven sized […] More

Advanced Space has received a $13.7M contract from NASA to produce and operate a small satellite designed to provide navigation support for logistical needs of NASA and partners while circling the Moon in a halo orbit.

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NASA has awarded Advanced Space a two-year contract to further develop a peer-to-peer lunar navigation system for potential government and commercial use. The company said Thursday work under the contract will build on a phase 1 six-month project and cover technical development of software and supporting systems. “As we increase the number of vehicles in space and missions to the […] More

Sierra Space will advance the development of a 35,000 lbf thrust upper stage engine under a 27-month, $22.6 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force. Work for the maturation of Vortex advanced upper stage engine or VR35K-A will involve designing flight-weight engine components through the use of component and integrated breadboard engine test data, […] More

PickNik Robotics will develop autonomous fault detection and maintenance technologies for space assets in support of NASA under two contracts. The robotics company said Thursday work under the Small Business Innovation Research program seeks to advance its services for autonomous manipulation, utilization and mission planning in space operations. The first SBIR contract covers the development […] More

Northrop Grumman will proceed with factory acceptance testing of key components of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability program. The company said Tuesday it completed preliminary design review, critical design review and initial software demonstration in the 12 months since it was awarded the contract by the U.S. Space Force. In April 2022, Northrop selected Ansys […] More

Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, has said the U.S. needs a space-based sensor layer that could help detect, track and counter ballistic missile threats. “To have a space-sensor layer, to be able to pick up this advanced threat … that’s an absolute must for us to get on board and develop that technology,” Kennedy said during a panel at the Reagan National Defense Forum.

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Neeraj Gupta, former senior vice president and general manager for space destinations at Sierra Space, has joined Voyager Space to serve as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for driving Voyager Space's strategy development and execution aimed at pursuing market expansion, technology innovation and sustainable growth, the Denver, Colorado-based aviation and aerospace company said Monday.

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Ray Munoz, formerly a board member and chief executive officer of Safran Data Systems, has been named CEO of Spectra Aerospace & Defense, a Georgia-based producer of advanced rugged electronics services for aerospace and defense platforms. Spectra said Monday that Munoz brings to the role 25 years of leadership experience in the international aerospace and defense markets and technical experience from his over five years of military service in the U.S. Navy.

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