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  • Lockheed Starts Orion Crew Capsule Construction for Exploration Mission-2 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Starts Orion Crew Capsule Construction for Exploration Mission-2

    Lockheed Martin has begun construction work at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a spacecraft designed to transport astronauts to the moon as part of Exploration Mission-2. The Orion crew capsule will launch aboard the Space Launch System rocket as part of EM-2 mission that is expected to establish the framework for […] More

  • NASA, Media Fusion Develop SLS Flight Virtual Reality Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Media Fusion Develop SLS Flight Virtual Reality Software

    NASA has collaborated with Media Fusion to produce a virtual reality software platform that will allow users to experience the scale of the Space Launch System. The software is designed to run on Oculus Rift VR headsets and simulate the SLS rocket’s Exploration Mission-1 flight from a launch pad located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the agency said Saturday. Anyone […] More

  • NASA Evaluates RS-25 Engine Flight Controller for Future SLS Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Evaluates RS-25 Engine Flight Controller for Future SLS Rocket

    NASA has performed a certification test on a flight controller for a future Space Launch System deep space rocket as part of a series of tests on components built using advanced manufacturing approaches. The space agency said Wednesday the flight controller was integrated on the RS-25 developmental engine for a 365-second full-duration test held at the […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Complete SLS Engine Hot-Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Complete SLS Engine Hot-Fire Test

    NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have completed the final hot-fire test of an engine technology the company developed for use on the Space Launch System rocket. The eighth RS-25 engine test this year occurred at NASA’s Stennis Space in Mississippi and evaluated the performance of an engine component produced using a three-dimensional printing method, the space agency said Wednesday. The 3D-printed pogo […] More

  • EnerSys, SEAKR Support NASA's Orion Spacecraft Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EnerSys, SEAKR Support NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Devt Program

    NASA has reported that EnerSys‘ advanced systems business and SEAKR Engineering respectively manufacture lithium-ion batteries and space-qualified electronics for the Orion spacecraft. EnerSys and SEAKR are two of the 250 businesses that operate in Colorado and support the agency’s deep-space exploration programs, NASA said Tuesday. Lockheed Martin is building the Orion crew vehicle as the program’s prime contractor. EnerSys’ Longmont facility […] More

  • NASA Reviews Launch Schedule for 1st Integrated Orion-SLS Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Reviews Launch Schedule for 1st Integrated Orion-SLS Flight Test

    NASA has concluded a comprehensive review of the potential launch schedule for an integrated flight test of Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. The space agency said Thursday it assessed the impact of manufacturing and supply challenges on Orion’s first European service module as well as tornado damage that affected the space agency’s New Orleans-based Michoud […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne-Built Engines for NASA Space Launch System Now Ready for Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne-Built Engines for NASA Space Launch System Now Ready for Integration

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has developed four engines that will support NASA‘s maiden flight for the Space Launch System. The company said Wednesday that the RS-25 engines are now ready to be integrated on the SLS rocket’s core stage in preparation for the Exploration Mission-1 mission. “These four EM-1 engines have … powered 21 shuttle flights with the […] More

  • Orbital ATK Conducts SLS Rocket Booster Avionics Qualification Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Conducts SLS Rocket Booster Avionics Qualification Test

    Orbital ATK has finished a qualification test on the avionics system of solid rocket boosters that the company is producing for NASA‘s Space Launch System. The test series validated the avionics system’s performance in expected and abnormal conditions as well as the platform’s capacity to start booster ignition, control the booster during flight and terminate the flight, […] More

  • Dynetics to Begin Construction Work on Aerospace Structures Facility in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics to Begin Construction Work on Aerospace Structures Facility in Alabama

    Dynetics is scheduled Tuesday to break ground on a new facility in Decatur, Alabama, that will be used to build and test aerospace structures as part of the company’s expansion efforts. The complex will consist of three buildings to support hardware integration and testing work on aerospace structures and is expected to be completed in […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed Activate Orion Crew Module for Initial Power-On Test; Mike Hawes Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed Activate Orion Crew Module for Initial Power-On Test; Mike Hawes Comments

    NASA and Lockheed Martin have powered up the company-built Orion crew module at the space agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time. Engineers installed and tested vehicle management computers, power and data units and flight software on the spacecraft as part of the initial power-up event, Lockheed said Tuesday. “Orion was designed from the beginning to […] More

  • NASA Seeks Solar Electric Propulsion Vehicle Concept Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Solar Electric Propulsion Vehicle Concept Studies

    NASA has asked industry to submit concept studies on solar electric propulsion vehicle platforms designed to support future deep space exploration missions. A draft broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps says the agency seeks study proposals to support the development of concepts and approaches related to the power and propulsion element under the Next Space Technologies […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests 4th RS-25 Engine Controller for NASA Space Launch System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests 4th RS-25 Engine Controller for NASA Space Launch System

    Aerojet Rocketdyne tested the fourth and final RS-25 engine controller needed for NASA’s Space Launch System. The company said Wednesday the testing for the fourth RS-25 controller was done at Stennis Space Center, which follows the third controller test done in July to check engine thrust and mixture ratio precision. The four RS-25 engines are designed to provide above […] More