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Aerospace Corporation

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The Aerospace Corporation is an American nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). It provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions to military, civil, and commercial customers, including the U.S. Space Force, NRO, NASA, and NOAA. Aerospace offers scientific and engineering support for launch, space, and related ground systems, as well as analysis and expertise to commercial space entities. Keywords associated with the Aerospace Corporation are: FFRDC, space missions, technical guidance, space systems, and space policy.

ngoFounded 1960
El Segundo, California, United States
www.aerospace.org/
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The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded The Aerospace Corp. a $1,080,000,000 modification to a previously awarded contract for systems engineering and integration support for national security space programs.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0Sep 20, 2019Air Force awards Aerospace Corp. $1.08 billion contract for space support services in FY20

The Aerospace Corp. launched the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration mission in 2017 with a mission objective to test water-fueled thrusters.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 27, 2019Water propulsion technologies picking up steam

An updated version of the water-fueled cold gas thrusters first flown by the Aerospace Corp. in 2017 launched on AeroCube 10 in early August.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Aug 27, 2019Water propulsion technologies picking up steam

AeroCube 10, equipped with Aerospace Corp.’s steam propulsion, launched from a Cygnus space tug on 2019-08-07.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 27, 2019Water propulsion technologies picking up steam

In 2011 The Aerospace Corp. won five NASA cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts for similar work with a combined maximum value of nearly $658,300,000.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.3Aug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

The nine NASA centers that received independent assessments from The Aerospace Corp. under the 2011 contracts include NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Glenn Research Center, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA Stennis Space Center, and NASA Langley Research Center.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Aug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

The Aerospace Corp. won a sole source NASA-wide Specialized Engineering, Evaluation and Test Services (NSEETS) contract with a maximum potential value of $621,000,000 over nine years.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0Aug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

The NSEETS contract continues work that The Aerospace Corp. began performing in 2011.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Aug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

The Aerospace Corp. is a nonprofit organization that operates a federally funded research and development center and has about 4,000 employees based in California, New Mexico, Colorado, and Washington, D.C.

GeneralCapabilityValue 2.5Aug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

Under the 2011 contracts The Aerospace Corp. provided independent assessments of NASA programs including evaluations of technical risk, cost assessments, schedules, and safety for NASA Headquarters and nine NASA centers.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Aug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

Aerospace Corporation has conducted a series of experiments studying the impact of radiation on solar cells.

GeneralValue 2.0Aug 8, 2019AeroCube 10, jam-packed with experiments, deploys from Cygnus

The Aerospace Corporation's two-satellite AeroCube 10 mission was released from the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft on August 7, 2023.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 8, 2019AeroCube 10, jam-packed with experiments, deploys from Cygnus

The Aerospace Corporation is a federally funded research and development center that supports U.S. government space activities.

GeneralValue 2.0Jul 14, 2019The Aerospace Corporation finds new purpose in space

The Aerospace Corporation was founded in 1960 to help the U.S. Air Force develop the first missiles, rockets, and satellites.

GeneralValue 2.0Jul 14, 2019The Aerospace Corporation finds new purpose in space

SMC is working with Aerospace Corp. to develop a satellite procurement approach called continuous production agility that leverages commercial satellite production lines.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 30, 2019Air Force space buyers trying to make change happen

Aerospace Corp. is working with SMC’s Space Enterprise Consortium to design a standard interface for vendors to ensure payloads are compatible with buses.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 30, 2019Air Force space buyers trying to make change happen

The Aerospace Corp. plans to build a more sophisticated cubesat to demonstrate additional multispectral mission capability.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.3Jun 6, 2019Aerospace cubesat produces nighttime imagery

Barbara Barrett was originally elected to The Aerospace Corporation board in 2006 and served until her confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Finland in 2008.

GovernanceValue 4.0May 21, 2019Former Ambassador Barbara Barrett tapped to replace Heather Wilson as Air Force secretary

The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit federally funded research and development center based in Los Angeles that advises the Department of Defense.

RelationshipsValue 2.0Apr 8, 2019Space industry in wait-and-see mode amid organizational shuffle

AeroCube 11 consists of two satellites developed by The Aerospace Corporation to test advanced imaging technologies.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.6Dec 16, 2018Rocket Lab launches cubesats for NASA
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