News & Deals

Read about the latest Metro Denver EDC news & business deals in the region.

Students to send hundreds of leaf-sized spacecraft to the moon

July 24, 2019   Fifty years ago today, the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, safely returning the first astronauts to set foot on the moon.  Now, students from Colorado and across the world will continue that legacy of exploration via the Great Lunar…

United Launch Alliance Wins Multi-Year Competitive Contract Award to Launch Critical National Security Space Missions for the U.S. Space Force

August 10, 2020   Centennial, COLO. -  The U.S. Space Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract to launch 60 percent of the missions on its newest launch procurement contract. This contract resulted from a competitive…

Satellite mission selected to explore binary asteroid

June 20, 2019 BOULDER —A team led by CU Boulder landed a coveted finalist spot in a new NASA program that will launch small satellites into space to explore the origins and evolution of the solar system. The CU Boulder group has proposed a mission that will send two of these miniature craft to…

Ozmens’ SNC Selected for NASA Tipping Point Contract for its Groundbreaking Technology to Produce Oxygen on the Moon

November 17, 2020   SPARKS, Nev.. - Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, has been selected for a contract as part of NASA’s Tipping Point solicitation to further develop its carbothermal reduction process, which harvests…

Amy Guttmann Joins Metro Denver EDC as Director of Marketing & Brand Strategy

March 21, 2019   The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (EDC) recently named Amy Guttmann as the organization’s first director of marketing and brand strategy. The Metro Denver EDC, an affiliate of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, is a nonprofit and private economic development…

SES Selects United Launch Alliance to Launch Two C-Band Satellites to accelerate C-Band clearing

August 5, 2020   LUXEMBOURG., -  SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, has selected U.S.-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch two C-band satellites. This launch is part of the company’s accelerated C-band clearing plan to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s…