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Swift Mission Operations Team awarded Robert H Goddard Quality and Process Improvement Award
Omitron’s Swift Mission Operations Team received the NASA/GSFC 2023 Robert H. Goddard Award for Quality and Process Improvement. The citation for the award reads: “For exceptional mission operations of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, directly enabling exciting scientific opportunities in the new era of multi-messenger astronomy.” Omitron developed and deployed the Swift Mission Operations Center (MOC) at Penn State University and has been successfully performing mission operations of the Swift Observatory for over 18 years, since launch in November 2004. “We are delighted to receive this prestigious award recognizing our teams’ exceptional performance and contributions to this important scientific mission”,
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NASA Enables Small Business to Achieve Big Results as OPR, LLC Named Small Business Contractor of the Year
OPR, LLC, a HUBZone Mentor Protégé Joint Venture between Pearl River Technologies LLC and Omitron Inc., is thrilled to announce its selection as the winner of NASA’s prestigious Agency-level Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year for the fiscal year 2022. This esteemed recognition highlights OPR’s exceptional contributions to NASA’s mission and its unwavering commitment to excellence. Throughout FY22, OPR played a vital role in several critical projects on the Flight Dynamics Support Services III (FDSS-III) contract including the preparation for launch of Artemis I, operated the Flight Dynamics Facility, provided flight dynamics support to JWST, as well as providing
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Omitron Announces Network Infrastructure & Architecture Business Line
Omitron announced a new business line on March 24th, 2023 in establishing its Network Infrastructure & Architecture Group. The group will be responsible for solving complex systems engineering and architecture issues, bringing cutting edge solutions to modernize our nation’s critical communications infrastructure, and providing state of the art IT services and support for Civil, DoD, and Commercial customers and partners. Mr. Fred Matney, with over 25 years of network engineering and architecture experience, will lead the new business line. His experience in building, mentoring, and leading high-performance technology and network engineering solutions across Civil, DoD, and Commercial customers positions Omitron
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Don Kidd Promoted to Vice President of DoD and IC Sector
Omitron Inc. announced the promotion of Don Kidd to Vice President of Omitron’s DoD/IC division. Mr. Don Kidd has a proven track record at Omitron—serving in business development and strategic planning roles, as well as serving as a subject matter expert at the National Space Defense Center (NSDC). At the NSDC, Don served as a senior advisor to the director of a cutting-edge operations center designed to protect and defend our Nation’s most critical space assets as part of the newest combatant command in the United States Armed Forces, United States Space Command. “This was a natural transition for Don
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OPR Receives JPSS-2 Launch Support Accolades
The JPSS-2 customer provided commendations to the JPSS Flight Dynamics Analysis Team, for providing outstanding support to the JPSS Program and JPSS Flight Project during preparation leading up to the JPSS-2 launch, as well as the launch and orbit raising campaign. Their foresighted preparation for the launch campaign and quick response to questions during the campaign were huge contributing factors to the success of the JPSS-2 launch and orbit raising campaign. The team was incredibly proactive leading up to the JPSS-2 launch on November 10. Well before launch, they identified the need and created an Orbital Ascent Trajectory Planner tool,
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Omitron Announces Roger Simpson as President
Founders Bruce Larsen and Fred Hawkins announce the promotion of Roger Simpson as Omitron’s President. Mr. Simpson will be responsible for Omitron’s daily operations, strategy, business development, and technology development activities for its Civil and DoD/IC sectors. Before being named President, Roger was the Director of Operations for DoD and IC Space Programs and Vice President of the DoD and IC Sector. Prior to joining Omitron in 2019, Roger dedicated 30 years to NASA and IC space operations, the last 11 years as a member of the Senior Executive Service. During his 30 years of government service, Roger served as
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OPR Receives Letter of Commendation for James Webb Space Telescope Flight Dynamics Support Services
On Jan 25, 2022, (OPR) a mentor protégé joint-venture with Omitron Inc. and Pearl River Technologies LLC receives a Letter of Commendation for exceptional performance in support of the James Webb Space Telescope from Karen Richon, the JWST Flight Dynamics Lead. “The management of the task and coordination between the analysis, development and operations groups was outstanding. Contractor management significantly contributed to a near-seamless integration of the civil servants into the JWST operations support. The civil servant team gained valuable experience in supporting launch and mission operations. The closer relationship between the 595 branch members and FDF operations members will
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NASA Team Award for Space Flight Awareness
On Thursday, April 15th 2021, members of the GSFC FDF Flight Operations team were presented the Team Award for Space Flight Awareness. The award was given as recognition for all of the recent work, analysis, and development of launch abort scenarios that have helped enable the recent and future crewed missions to ensure safe operations during a launch anomaly. The selection committee deemed those efforts demonstrated exemplary teamwork while accomplishing a particular task or goal in support of the human space program. Congratulations to the entire team and our Omitron team members!
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Omitron Appraised at ML2 of the CMMI V2.0 for Development
Omitron’s Civil Space Programs division is proud to announce that we have been successfully appraised at Maturity Level 2 (ML2) of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) V2.0 for Development (DEV). Congratulations to the team for another successful appraisal and demonstrating compliance with the upgraded V2.0 standard.
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