Rep. Derek Kilmer and the Washington State Procurement Technical Assistance Center will host a workshop Feb. 24 to discuss federal government contracting practices with state businesses and organizations. Jerome Punderson, Naval Sea Systems Command director of contracts, will serve as the keynote speaker for the event in the Carwein Auditorium at the University of Washington-Tacoma’s Keystone Building, […] More

Leaders from Earth-imaging firm Planet have detailed the potential of geospatial data from its Dove satellites to support government operations at an event in Washington, D.C., Space News reported Wednesday.

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A team of NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers has begun integrating a thermal protection system onto the crew module of the agency’s Orion deep-space exploration vehicle. NASA plans to conduct a maiden test flight for the Orion spacecraft by Dec. 4, Lockheed said Wednesday. The test’s goal is to evaluate if the heat shield will […] More