Tag: aerospace
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Monument company tapped to build latest Air Force Academy satellite
A local company is going to help build an Air Force Academy satellite operated by cadets. The Department of Defense on Thursday approved a $17.7 million contract with Monument-based Geneva Technologies to build and test FalconSAT-11. The company will push the satellite’s bus, the chassis, through the design, assembly, integration and test phases. Work should…
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Monument company tapped to build latest Air Force Academy satellite
A local company is going to help build an Air Force Academy satellite operated by cadets. The Department of Defense on Thursday approved a $17.7 million contract with Monument-based Geneva Technologies to build and test FalconSAT-11. The company will push the satellite’s bus, the chassis, through the design, assembly, integration and test phases. Work should…
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NASA taps Colorado companies to lead development on telescope searching for life on other planet
NASA has selected two Colorado companies to help develop a future NASA space telescope that will look for signs of life on other planets. The flagship project, called the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will be the first space telescope purpose built to observe planets orbiting distant stars. It will seek to answer one of humanities ongoing…
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Colorado’s United Launch Alliance CEO resigns
Tory Bruno, the head of United Launch Alliance, has stepped down, the Centennial-based aerospace company announced Monday. Bruno left the company after leading it for 12 years to “pursue another opportunity,” said Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears in a statement, ULA board chairs representing Lockheed Martin and Boeing, respectively. “We are grateful for Tory’s service…
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Colorado Aerospace & Defense Economic Council works to grow industry in Colorado Springs and beyond
As Colorado Springs’ defense community faces potential headwinds with the loss of Space Command, the Colorado Springs Chamber & Economic Development Corp. has launched an initiative to help ensure local businesses are ready to compete for new opportunities, such as contracts on the proposed multi-billion-dollar missile defense system called Golden Dome. The chamber launched the…
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Colorado-built Dream Chaser loses NASA missions, delayed again
The Dream Chaser, the long-awaited reusable spaceplane inspired by the Space Shuttle, could be chasing its own dreams for a little while longer. NASA announced on Thursday that it significantly changed the terms of the contract it awarded in 2016 to Louisville-based Sierra Space, the aerospace and defense company behind Dream Chaser. The company and…
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Gov. Jared Polis says Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting Colorado’s exports, jobs
Kristi Burton-Brown: ‘If he wants to help businesses, he should stop increasing taxes on them and actually cut their taxes’
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Development of Leonardo da Vinci Museum underway in downtown Pueblo
North America’s first and only Leonardo da Vinci Museum is taking shape in the heart of downtown Pueblo, with an eye toward opening later this year. Since receiving final approval from the Colorado Economic Development Commission in February, development of the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) focused museum has been underway, and museum…
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Virginia-based government support services company acquires Colorado Springs firm
An out-of-state company that provides support to defense and civilian government agencies across the globe has acquired a veteran-owned defense support services firm in Colorado Springs. Delta Solutions & Strategies, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, was acquired Friday by Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC), an Alaska Native Corporation, in UIC’s largest acquisition to…
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Virginia-based government support services company acquires Colorado Springs firm
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An out-of-state company that provides support to defense and civilian government agencies across the globe has acquired a veteran-owned defense support services firm in Colorado Springs. Delta Solutions & Strategies, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, was acquired Friday by Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation…