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

Boeing has selected Exelis to manufacture composite components for the company’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Exelis will build composite airframe substructures intended to help reduce fuel usage and weight  of the airplanes, Exelis said Thursday. “This award is a result of our performance and partnership with Boeing – a relationship that spans more than 40 years,” […] More

Force 3 , a Cisco gold-certified partner, will serve as a subcontractor to Valador under a potential five-year, $5.3 billion contract covering information technology equipment and services for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA aims to centralize its procurement procedures under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Commodities Enterprise Contract, Force 3 and Valador said Thursday. Mike Greaney, chief revenue officer […] More

Mike Zembrzuski serves as executive vice president of the ISG business group at Six3 Systems, the McLean, Va.-based C5ISR, intelligence, cybersecurity and technology contractor founded in 2009 in partnership with GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC. A retired U.S. Army commander, Zembrzuski has spent more than 20 years providing security protective services and serving as a foreign area officer, […] More

Speaking Monday at Space Foundation’s Cyber 1.0 Conference in Colorado Springs, former Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said current laws outlining the functions and roles of the defense and intelligence communities regarding cybersecurity are inadequate, and changes to the existing directives would be under debate until a “catastrophic event” occurs. McConnell, who is currently […] More

Mike McConnell, former director of national intelligence, believes the United States is not moving quickly and effectively enough to secure the nation“™s networks. Speaking at the “Cyber 1.0“ conference, McConnell said prior to leaving the federal sector, he advocated for the creating of an “independent specified command“ that would be responsible for securing civilian and […] More