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  • MDA to Deliver Comms Subsystem for Sierra Nevada Cargo Delivery Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA to Deliver Comms Subsystem for Sierra Nevada Cargo Delivery Spacecraft

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has secured a multimillion dollar contract from Sierra Nevada Corp. to deliver a communications subsystem for spacecraft SNC is developing under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services-2 program. MDA said Wednesday its communications subsystem will work to provide on-board communication signal processing support for the Dream Chaser spacecraft. Dream Chaser is slated to perform six cargo delivery missions […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Completes Initial Hardware Tests on Dream Chaser Test Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Completes Initial Hardware Tests on Dream Chaser Test Vehicle

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed updates and initial hardware tests on the Dream Chaser flight test vehicle as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA. The company said Thursday it will ship the test vehicle to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center to undergo a second phase of flight tests that will involve tow-tests, pre-flight ground evaluations and free-flight tests in coordination […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils Jupiter-Exoliner System for Low-Earth Orbit, Deep-Space Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils Jupiter-Exoliner System for Low-Earth Orbit, Deep-Space Missions

    Lockheed Martin is developing a new spaceflight system consisting of the Jupiter space tug and Exoliner disposable supply module that the company hopes will support future cargo missions beyond low Earth orbit, Space.com reported Thursday. Mike Wall writes that Lockheed presented a concept video of the new system to show how it could be used for NASA missions to the International […] More

  • NASA Starts Commercial Resupply Services Program's 2nd Round; William Gerstenmaier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Starts Commercial Resupply Services Program’s 2nd Round; William Gerstenmaier Comments

    NASA has released a second request for proposals through its commercial space program for more companies to launch logistical and research payloads and help send supplies to the International Space Station. The Commercial Resupply Services 2 program includes at least six flights to and from ISS for each potential contract through 2020 and an option for additional flights through 2024, NASA said Friday. “To […] More