Michael Gazarik, a vice president at Ball Aerospace, took a three-year seat at the NASA Advisory Council's technology, innovation and engineering committee in July.
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Ball Aerospace to Develop New Heliophysics Spacecraft for NASA
NASA has selected Ball Aerospace to develop a spacecraft that would help the agency study the atmosphere's outermost region that transitions into space as part of the agency's heliophysics science mission of opportunity. The company said Tuesday it will build the Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere or GLIDE spacecraft that would track the hydrogen-based ultraviolet light found in the region.
Read More »MDA Plans to Tap Lockheed for Ballistic Missile Defense Tech Integration Services
The Missile Defense Agency intends to award Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control business a sole-source contract to carry out design technical assistance and integration work for a ballistic missile interceptor to meet a foreign military sales requirement from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Read More »Ball Corp. Names Daniel Fisher as President, Promotes Two Execs to EVP Roles
Ball Corporation has appointed Daniel Fisher, senior vice president, as the company's president and member of its board of directors, effective 2021. Lisa Pauley, SVP of HR and administration, and Scott Morrison, SVP and chief financial officer, were also promoted to Ball's executive vice presidents and will retain their current responsibilities.
Read More »L3Harris to Provide Air Force With Ballistic Missile Training Systems
L3Harris Technologies will develop and deliver systems through which U.S. Air Force personnel would train to operate a new intercontinental ballistic missile, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. The company will perform this work as a subcontractor to support the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent missile under an existing $13.3B contract held by Northrop Grumman.
Read More »Google Helps US Voters Find Nearest Voting Locations, Ballot Drop Boxes
Google has updated search engine features to provide voters information about where they can find a voting facility or a drop box near their locations to cast votes in the presidential election. "Search for things like “early voting locations” or “ballot drop boxes near me” and you'll find details on where you can vote in person or return your mail-in ballot, whether you're voting early or on Election Day," Yunhan Xu, a Google product manager, wrote in a blog post published Friday.
Read More »Ball Aerospace Delivers Ozone Mapping Tech for NOAA’s Next Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite; Makenzie Lystrup Quoted
A Ball Aerospace-built ozone layer monitoring instrument has been shipped to a manufacturing facility for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite.
Read More »NASA Taps Ball Aerospace to Support Land Imaging Tech Studies
Ball Aerospace has been selected to conduct three research projects to explore sustainable land imaging platforms that could support Earth observation satellite operations under a joint NASA-U.S. Geological Survey program.
Read More »Lockheed, Ball Aerospace Conclude Transmission Test for Space Force Antenna; Maria Demaree Quoted
A team comprised of Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace has completed transmission testing for a next-generation antenna system that will serve as part of the U.S. Space Force’s modernized satellite control network.
Read More »Ball Aerospace, With Booz Allen, Wins Contract to Support GC3 Systems; Mark Healy, Michael Johnston Quoted
Ball Aerospace, which partnered with Booz Allen Hamilton, has been awarded a contract by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) to serve as the prime system integrator for the SpRCO Ground Command, Control and Communications (GC3) system, Ball Aerospace said Thursday. GC3 will support larger tactical command and control enterprise for the U.S. Space Force.
Read More »Ball Aerospace-Built Smallsat Completes On-Orbit Testing for NASA Propellant Mission; Makenzie Lystrup Quoted
Ball Aerospace has concluded on-orbit testing activities for a small satellite containing an Air Force Research Laboratory-developed nontoxic propellant as part of a NASA effort to deploy sustainable and environmentally friendly spacecraft.
Read More »Ball Aerospace Concludes Imaging Satellite Flights for NASA-USGS ‘Landsat’ Program; Makenzie Lystrup Quoted
Ball Aerospace has sent two small land imaging instruments to orbit for final flights as part of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat program.
Read More »Dave Balleweg, Wells Barlow, Humberto Ravelo Take New Leadership Roles at Advanced IT Concepts
Advanced IT Concepts has promoted Dave Balleweg, Wells Barlow and Humberto Ravelo to new leadership positions as the West Spring, Fla.-based technology services company aims to drive growth through a performance-based business model.
Read More »Air Force Taps Ball Aerospace for IR Focal Plane Array Characterization Project
Ball Aerospace has won a potential $7.7M contract from the U.S. Air Force to explore methods for analyzing the characteristics of infrared-based focal plane array technology and related devices.
Read More »Northrop-Ball Team Hits OPIR Satellite Payload Design Milestone
The team of Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace passed an early design test of a mission payload technology for potential use with the U.S. Air Force's future missile warning satellite system.
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