The U.S. Air Force has issued funds to help Charles River Analytics develop an augmented reality tool that will work to improve users’ situational awareness capabilities concerning space-based assets.
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Charles River Analytics has received a $1.3 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a tool for U.S. military commanders to understand and address potential space threats. The company said Tuesday it designed PICASSA to help users collect, analyze and interpret space situational awareness data as part of DARPA’s Hallmark program. PICASSA …
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Lockheed Martin‘s energy unit seeks development and manufacturing partners from the solar industry who can help develop the company’s flow battery technology, PV Tech reported Tuesday. John Battaglini, director of business development at Lockheed Martin Energy, said the company sees four primary applications for its future long-duration energy storage offering …
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El Paso Electric has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to support construction of a five-megawatt solar facility at the Holloman Air Force Base in Otero County, New Mexico. EPE said Wednesday the facility will be built to generate enough clean energy to power approximately 1,700 homes annually as well as …
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The Energy Department has selected 43 small businesses to collaborate with 12 national laboratories to develop next-generation clean energy technology as part of the $8 million second round of the Small Business Vouchers pilot program. The small businesses will each receive vouchers worth up to $300,000 and the opportunity to work with the various …
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Boeing has handed to the U.S. Navy a system the company designed to store fuel cell energy derived from solar, wind and other renewable resources. The service branch will install the system on its microgrid at a Naval Facilities Engineering Command facility in California to test the platform’s capability to supply electricity for …
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Barbara Humpton became chief operating officer of Siemens Government Technologies — the German conglomerate’s U.S. federal subsidiary — in December 2014 after three years as head of business development for the organization. The 25-year GovCon sector veteran and senior vice president at SGT has been with the subsidiary since its start in 2011 and …
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The solar panels built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series have been tested, approved and sent to Lockheed Martin‘s facility in Denver to be incorporated onto the spacecraft. NASA said Tuesday that the solar array, which contains five sections that come together to resemble …
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Boeing and NRG Energy have partnered to build a solar plant in Dandan, Guam that will be designed to deliver up to 25 megawatts of locally-based renewable energy. Boeing will provide construction, procurement and engineering services to the project with the goal of helping Guam achieve its clean energy goals …
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David Buemi serves as vice president of federal energy solutions at Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. where he leads the firm’s marketing and government markets group. Buemi has held executive management positions over 28 years in the clean energy, information technology and consumer products industries and has worked in the photovoltaics …
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Siemens Government Technologies will lead team comprising of Bechtel and AECOM to support renewable energy installations under a $7 billion program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Defense Department aims to deploy three gigawatts of renewable energy using geothermal, wind, biomass and solar technologies by 2025, Siemens said Wednesday. The Siemens team was …
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A Lockheed Martin spacecraft built for NASA is set for a June 26 launch on a mission to explore the sun’s energy activity and how it affects space weather. NASA’s interface region imaging spectrograph explorer (IRIS) will go into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and observe the sun continuously for …
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Siemens AG has won a $1.3 million contract with the Canastota Board of Education in New York to upgrade the district’s school facilities and enact energy efficiency measures, OneidaDispatch.com reported Wednesday. Nick Will writes that work under the energy performance contract will start at the Roberts Street School, where the …
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Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) will help the U.S. Army design and develop concepts for a new modular shelter system that collects solar energy, the company said Tuesday. The company won a $1 million single-award cost-plus fixed-fee contract that has a six-month base period and a one-year option. Goals …
Read More »Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. today announced it will work with NASA to develop a mission concept for demonstrating solar electric propulsion in space under a $600,000 study contract. Ball said the mission concept studies will identify technology gaps and look to implement technical solutions for transportation using solar electric …
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