Contracts
Linquest gets $500 million contract from U.S. Space Force for analysis support
The U.S. Space Force awarded LinQuest Corp. a $500 million contract for analysis work over five years.
Space Force extends Peraton’s contract for orbital analysis services
Peraton received a $10 million five-year contract extension from the U.S. Space Force for orbital analysis services.
ManTech gets $20 million contract extension for Space Force launch systems engineering
SMC awarded a six-month extension while it reviews bids for launch systems engineering and integration services.
DoD increases progress payments to contractors to shore up cash-strapped suppliers
Pentagon spokesman: DoD is working to help increase cash flow to the defense industrial base.
Op-ed | Small businesses, beware of DoD technical support contracts
Small businesses are the backbone of the defense industrial base. So why do government contracting methods sometimes harm, rather than help, small businesses?
Air Force ‘hopeful’ Congress will support new strategy to phase out Russian rocket engines
If the House NDAA language ends up becoming law, it would set things back at least two years, said Claire Leon, director of the Launch Enterprise Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center, in Los Angeles, California.
Army rolls out new plan to modernize communications networks and weapons
Frustration over lagging modernization has reached a tipping point in the U.S. Army as rising powers like Russia and China are arming their militaries with advanced weapons and electronic warfare systems.
Aerojet Gets $18M To Advance Electric-propulsion Work
Aerojet Rocketdyne has received am $18 million NASA contract to continue work on an electric-propulsion system.
Lockheed Gets Extension for ISS Logistics Support
NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a one-year contract extension valued at $23 million to continue supporting efforts to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
GAO Denies Protest of TASC Geospatial Apps Contract
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by Vencore Inc. of a contract awarded to TASC worth as much as $25 million to prescreen and negotiate apps for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Iridium Teams Up with Telematics Solutions Firm
Iridium Communications has signed a partnership agreement with telematics solutions provider Appareo Systems to provide machine-to-machine communications services globally via the Iridium satellite constellation.
MDA To Supply Subsystem For Boeing-built Satellite
MDA Corp. won a contract worth $5.2 million to provide a communications antenna subsystem for an unspecified Boeing-built satellite.
L-3 Wins 1st NGA Contract, Worth as Much as $218M
NGA has awarded L-3 Communications a contract worth as much as $218 million to operate and sustain the agency’s communication infrastructure.
SSL Takes Hispasat Contract Away from Orbital Sciences
Hispasat selects Space Systems/Loral to build the Amazonas 5 in a move that cancels the planned Amazonas 4B satellite that Orbital was expected to build.
U.S. Air Force Extends Lockheed Contract on Milstar, DSCS
The Air Force said awarding the work to another company would result in at least $250 million of duplicate costs.
