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  • NASA Enlists 3 Companies to Develop Fabrication Lab Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Enlists 3 Companies to Develop Fabrication Lab Prototypes

    NASA has awarded three companies $10.2 million in total grants to develop ground-based prototypes of a multimaterial fabrication laboratory. Interlog, Techshot and Tethers Unlimited will aim to deliver the prototypes within an 18-month period as part of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships  initiative, NASA said Friday. The agency plans to select partners to further mature resulting […] More

  • NASA Solicits Development Ideas for In-Space Material Fabrication Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Development Ideas for In-Space Material Fabrication Lab

    NASA is looking for industry partners that can help the agency develop concepts for the development of an in-space laboratory to fabricate multiple materials for exploration missions. The agency said Thursday the FabLab solicitation, issued as part of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration broad agency announcement, will consist of three phases with the goal to build a multimaterial fabrication […] More

  • Peggy Nelson: Northrop Employees Build 'FabLab' to Advance Aerospace Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peggy Nelson: Northrop Employees Build ‘FabLab’ to Advance Aerospace Ideas

    Northrop Grumman has opened a new aerospace technology laboratory at its Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, Calif. that more than 70 company employees developed the idea of and helped create. The Fabrication Laboratory, dubbed “FabLab,” will house both engineers and non-engineers in an environment that is intended as a collaborative environment to share ideas on and […] More