An industry team led by Leidos’ Dynetics business has submitted its proposal for a human landing system that will support NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon slated for 2024.
Read More »Draper to Mature DNA-Based Biothreat Detection Tech for ODNI
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has received a follow-on contract to continue developing a biothreat detection tool for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.
Read More »Draper to Develop Flight Software for Rocket-Powered Stratolaunch Vehicle; Neil Adams Quoted
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has signed a multiyear agreement to develop guidance, navigation and control software that Stratolaunch will use on a liquid rocket-powered reusable air vehicle for hypersonic tests.
Read More »Draper Lab Gets $83M Navy Contract for Trident II D5 Missile Research Services
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has secured a $83.4M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy to carry out research efforts to help the Trident II D5, a submarine-launch ballistic missile, achieve guidance requirements.
Read More »Draper Advances Tech Development Efforts in Support of NASA’s Lunar Missions
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory is developing technologies designed to support NASA’s robotic and manned missions to the moon by 2024, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »Draper Lab Gets $66M Modification on Navy Trident Missile Guidance Tech Contract
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has received a three-year, $65.5 million contract modification to produce guidance technology for the U.S. Navy‘s submarine-launched ballistic missile systems. Draper will also conduct failure verification, test, repair and recertification of inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies and electronic modules of the Trident D5 MK 6 guidance system, the …
Read More »Draper Lab to Provide Test Support for Space & Missile Systems Center’s GPS Directorate
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has received an $11.1 million contract to support modernized receiver test assets of global positioning systems directorate at the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center. Draper Lab will also provide support services for the SMC GPS directorate’s test and verification branch under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department …
Read More »Draper Lab to Help MDA Test Guidance, Navigation & Control Tech
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has secured a five-year, $36.9 million contract perform technical and analytical services in support of the Missile Defense Agency‘s efforts to evaluate, maturate, integrate and test guidance, navigation and control technologies. The Defense Department said Wednesday Draper Lab will also aid research analysis on sensors; modeling and simulation; radiation …
Read More »Draper Lab Receives $54M Navy Contract for Trident Missile Guidance System Production
The U.S. Navy has awarded Charles Stark Draper Laboratory a five-year, $53.5 million contract to produce the MK 6 guidance system for Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missiles. Draper Lab will also support failure verification, test, repair and recertification of inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies and electronic modules under the contract, the Defense Department …
Read More »Lockheed Vet Joanne Maguire Joins Tetra Tech Board of Directors
Joanne Maguire, former executive vice president for space systems at Lockheed Martin, has joined Tetra Tech as a member of the California-based consulting and engineering services company’s board of directors. Tetra Tech said Wednesday she will be assigned to the company’s corporate governance and strategic planning and enterprise risk committees. Maguire previously held various executive roles at Lockheed …
Read More »DARPA Partners With 4 Firms to Develop Battery-Powered Atomic Clocks
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded separate contracts to Physical Sciences, OEwaves, HRL Laboratories and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to support a program that seeks to develop battery-powered atomic clocks, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Tuesday. John Keller writes HRL Laboratories secured a $775,159 contract for phase one work under the Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability program …
Read More »Draper Lab to Help Navy Develop Multi-Chip Microprocessors
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has been awarded a five-year, $25.2 million contract by the U.S. Navy to support the controlled technical services work of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren division. Under the program, Draper will aid in the development of miniature multichip processors and other related technologies, the Defense Department …
Read More »Draper Lab Helps Update Army’s Guided Airdrop Cargo Delivery System
The U.S. Army and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have collaborated to update and test an autonomous military platform designed to deliver supplies and equipment to U.S. troops who operate in remote or dangerous areas. Draper said Jan. 12 it helped the Army’s Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center demonstrate laboratory-built navigation software for the Joint Precision Airdrop System. The …
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