RTX’s Raytheon business and Italian space propulsion company Avio have closed a deal to advance the development of critical solid rocket motors to a production-ready state for the U.S. Defense Industrial Base. Bob Butz, vice
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected four organizations to receive federal funds over a two-year period to develop measurement approaches for additive manufacturing or the process of layering materials
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Stephen Lyon, former chief of force assessments at the U.S. Space Force, has assumed his new role as director of the National Space Defense Center and NSDC’s parent organization Joint Task Force-Space
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Gregory Robinson, director of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Program since 2018, is set to retire on Friday after 33 years of service at the agency. As Webb program director, Robinson leads approximately
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Leonardo has secured a four-year, $72 million contract to help the British navy design, build and test an uncrewed helicopter. The Italian aerospace and defense company will aim to produce a three-tonne demonstrator
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Isabella Casillas Guzman, administrator of the Small Business Administration, met with entrepreneurs and government officials during her two-day trip to Washington state last week to discuss federal contracting initiatives. She and Gov. Jay
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host an industry event on Aug. 16 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a forthcoming program that centers around propulsion technology envisioned to power a long-range
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Six members of Congress have called on the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency to require cryptocurrency mining companies to disclose energy consumption and carbon emissions. The Democratic lawmakers asked DOE
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Barry Grabow, acting mission area executive for national health at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory since August 2021, has been appointed to the role on a full-time basis. He aims to ensure
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The Department of the Navy highlighted its priority acquisition programs and contracting opportunities for small businesses at a roundtable held Thursday. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro led the discussion that was attended
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The U.S. Air Force has finished tests of the booster performance of a hypersonic weapon system that Lockheed Martin designed to help the service reach time-sensitive targets. USAF put the Air-Launched Rapid
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