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Aerospace Corporation

US
commercialFounded 1960
El Segundo, Virginia, United States
www.aerospace.org/
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The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center.

Mentioned as: The Aerospace CorporationTechnical ProductDec 23, 2019Retired Air Force four-star Paul Selva joins Aerospace Corp. board of trustees

Roger Thompson, a senior engineer at The Aerospace Corp., indicated that Air Force Space Command leaders debated the terminology change before adopting SDA.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralNov 14, 2019Air Force: SSA is no more; it’s ’Space Domain Awareness’

The two NRO cubesats were manifested as AeroCube 14 and use The Aerospace Corporation’s AeroCube bus.

Mentioned as: The Aerospace CorporationTechnical ProductNov 2, 2019Air Force, NRO cubesats fly to International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman resupply mission

Rogue Alpha and Rogue Beta were designed, built, and tested by The Aerospace Corporation, a nonprofit federally funded research and development center.

Mentioned as: the aerospace corporationNarrative GeneralNov 2, 2019Air Force, NRO cubesats fly to International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman resupply mission

The Aerospace Corp. has approximately 4,000 employees in major locations in El Segundo, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and the Washington, D.C. region.

Mentioned as: The Aerospace Corp.Technical ProductSep 20, 2019Air Force awards Aerospace Corp. $1.08 billion contract for space support services in FY20

The Aerospace Corp. was founded in 1960 and is a nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC).

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipSep 20, 2019Air Force awards Aerospace Corp. $1.08 billion contract for space support services in FY20

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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipSep 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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 27, 2019Water propulsion technologies picking up steam

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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative FinancialAug 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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipAug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipAug 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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 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.

Mentioned as: aerospace corpOrg RelationshipAug 21, 2019NASA awards Aerospace Corp. contract worth up to $621 million

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

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 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.

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2019AeroCube 10, jam-packed with experiments, deploys from Cygnus

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

Mentioned as: Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralJul 14, 2019The Aerospace Corporation finds new purpose in space

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

Mentioned as: The Aerospace CorporationTechnical ProductJul 14, 2019The Aerospace Corporation finds new purpose in space
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