Lunar Outpost, Masten Space Systems and ispace’s Europe and Japan businesses have received contracts totaling $25K to obtain rock samples on the lunar surface as part of a NASA program to support deep-space missions.

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Mike Gold, vice president of the civil space business at Maxar Technologies, has said NASA is collaborating with its traditional and new international partners through a mission to put U.S. astronauts on the moon by 2024.

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A new advisory panel of NASA has provided proposals during its first meeting to help advance commercial space activities, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. The NASA Advisory Council’s regulatory and policy committee convened on Nov. 16 in Washington to assess marketing concerns, advertising and export controls related to commercial space initiatives. Mike Gold, vice president for regulation […] More

Mike Gold, vice president of regulatory and policy at Maxar Technologies, has been named chairman of NASA Advisory Council’s regulatory and policy committee. Gold said in a statement released Thursday the newly formed panel will offer advice and insight to the NASA leadership team in support of the agency’s plans to leverage public-private partnerships and encourage […] More

Mike Gold, vice president of operations at Space Systems Loral, has said he believes public and private sector organizations should collaborate in efforts to strengthen the cybersecurity and encryption capacity of U.S. satellites, Washington Examiner reported Thursday. “In terms of encryption, one of the issues — and really opportunities — is to ensure that encryption […] More

Leidos has received a gold 2017 Edison Award under the tactical and industrial technology category for its support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. The company accepted the award during the 30th annual Edison Awards ceremony held Thursday in New York City, Leidos said Friday. Mike Chagnon, president of Leidos’ […] More

Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, said the USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier project presents a challenge because the ship will incorporate newer technologies, the Daily Press reported Thursday. “We’re now at the point where we have to tie all this new technology together and test it,” Petters told an audience at […] More

Dynetics and Maxar Technologies will collaborate to build a platform intended to support maneuvering, communications, attitude control and initial docking functions of NASA’s planned lunar gateway.

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A source selection statement issued by NASA Thursday shows that price and contract terms were the factors that helped Maxar Technologies win a  $375M contract to build and demonstrate a power and propulsion element for the agency’s proposed lunar Gateway space station, SpaceNews reported Friday.

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The Northern Virginia Technology Council has announced the roster of its board of directors for the trade association’s 2015-16 fiscal year. NVTC also announced Tuesday the election of 27 new and returning board members, and 16 three-year-term members to the board. Officers of the board of directors include: Chair: Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of Inova Center for […] More

Michael Sentonas has been elevated from his previous role as chief technology officer of CrowdStrike to president of the endpoint security-focused company. In this position, Sentonas will oversee CrowdStrike’s product and go-to-market strategies, including sales, marketing, product and engineering, threat intelligence and corporate development while supervising its CTO teams, the Austin, Texas-based enterprise announced on Wednesday. “Mike […] More

Michael Rogers, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran who formerly led the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, has been appointed a member of the board of directors at cybersecurity company Quantum Xchange. As a board member, the retired Navy admiral will offer his advice to the Quantum Xchange management team on innovation and […] More