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  • NASA Taps Logical Innovations for Johnson Space Center Business Mgmt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Logical Innovations for Johnson Space Center Business Mgmt Support

    Logical Innovations has received a five year, $42 million contract from NASA to provide financial and business management services for the Johnson Space Center. The space agency said Thursday the contract requires program, resource and data management as well as accounting, data entry, analysis, reporting and other business support services. Contract work will support the space center’s office of […] More

  • Cooper Standard Adds Former General Dynamics Exec Sonya Sepahban to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cooper Standard Adds Former General Dynamics Exec Sonya Sepahban to Board of Directors

    Sonya Sepahban, formerly senior vice president of engineering, development and technology at General Dynamics’ land systems business unit, has joined the board of directors of Novi, Michigan-based automotive systems and components supplier Cooper Standard. “Sonya brings a unique combination of technology and innovation expertise with strong financial acumen, extensive operational experience and demonstrated leadership skills, […] More

  • Cambridge International Systems Lands IT Security Support Contract With NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cambridge International Systems Lands IT Security Support Contract With NASA

    Cambridge International Systems has received a five-year contract from NASA to provide information technology management and other technical services in support of the Johnson Space Center’s Base Information Technology Security Program. The space agency made the award under the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 contract vehicle, […] More

  • NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Habitat Module After ISS Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Habitat Module After ISS Integration

    NASA will test a Bigelow Aerospace-developed human-rated expandable habitat to collect data for deep space habitat designs after the structure is installed on the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will be attached to the space station’s Tranquility node using the Canadarm2 robotic arm on April 16 during an estimated four-hour attachment period, NASA said […] More

  • Draper Lab Secures Avionics Software Devt Support Contract by NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Lab Secures Avionics Software Devt Support Contract by NASA

    Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has landed a three-year, $38.7 million contract from NASA to provide avionics software development and operations support services. The Advanced Guidance, Navigation and Control and Avionics Technology Development and Analysis II contract covers research, design analysis, simulation, integration, testing and certification services, the space agency said Friday. Draper Laboratory will provide software development support to the […] More

  • Energy Systems Group Begins NASA Johnson Center Power Plant Construction; Greg Collins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Systems Group Begins NASA Johnson Center Power Plant Construction; Greg Collins Comments

    Energy Systems Group has kicked off construction work on a combined heat and power plant for NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as part of an effort to meet the facility’s energy requirements. NASA expects the plant to supply nearly 70 percent of JSC’s electric demand and operate as an independent microgrid to power International Space Station Mission Control and […] More

  • Raytheon Gets NASA Johnson Center Prime Contractor of the Year Award; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets NASA Johnson Center Prime Contractor of the Year Award; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon has been selected by NASA to receive its contractor of the year award in the large business category for the company’s support to the agency and the Johnson Space Center. NASA recognized Raytheon’s collaboration with small businesses under a contract to help run JSC’s Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory and Logistics and Mockup […] More

  • Boeing: NASA Astronauts Test CST-100 Training Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing: NASA Astronauts Test CST-100 Training Systems

    Boeing has built devices that NASA intends to use to prepare four astronauts for a planned 2017 manned flight test of the company-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The company said Thursday it offered astronauts Bob Behnken and Eric Boe a trial run of training equipment designed for management of CST-100 switches and display panels. “We have been learning about the spacecraft displays through […] More

  • NASA Taps Exceed Resources for Admin, Secretarial Support at Johnson Space Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Exceed Resources for Admin, Secretarial Support at Johnson Space Center

    Exceed Resources has received a $73 million performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from NASA for administrative and secretarial support services at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA said Friday the contract has a five-year period of performance that starts Aug. 2, 2015 and ends in May 2020. According to the space agency, Exceed Resources Inc. will perform work under the JSC Administrative Support Services […] More

  • NASA Extends Wyle's NASA Space Crew Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Extends Wyle’s NASA Space Crew Support Contract

    Wyle‘s science, technology and engineering business unit in Houston has received a $75 million contract modification from NASA for continued support to the Johnson Space Center’s human health and performance directorate. The modification brings the contract’s value to nearly $1.5 billion and extends Wyle’s support until at least the end of April 2015, NASA said Thursday. Wyle STE Group […] More

  • Rick Hieb: Lockheed, SGT Partner on NASA Space Mission Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Hieb: Lockheed, SGT Partner on NASA Space Mission Support Contract

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with aerospace services firm SGT to provide NASA mission planning and flight operations support for the International Space Station and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle programs. Under the integrated mission operations contract, Lockheed will help NASA train flight controllers and crews, as well as prepare and execute missions at the agency’s Johnson […] More

  • Linde to Supply NASA With Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Oxygen; Cliff Caldwell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Linde to Supply NASA With Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Oxygen; Cliff Caldwell Comments

    Linde will supply NASA with approximately 360,000 tons of liquid nitrogen and 64,000 tons of liquid oxygen to support the operations of six research and space flight centers across the U.S. The company said Monday the agency uses nitrogen for pressurization, purging, inerting and pneumatic actuation, while oxygen is used as oxidizer for cryogenic rocket engines. The research and space […] More