Leiden/ Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 12, 2010 - Space Shuttle Atlantis, ready for liftoff on Friday May 14th, will deliver ESA's spare hardware for the European Robotic Arm (ERA) to the International Space Station. The ERA hardware, including the spare elbow joint of the arm, will be launched as payload on the Russian-built Mini Research Module MRM-1. Bringing the ERA spare to ISS is a significant step towards the launch of the actual flight model of the robotic arm, scheduled in 2012, providing a robotic servicing system that will be used in the operation of external payloads on the Russian segment of the ISS.

Leiden, 23 February 2010 - Dutch Space, leading space company in the Netherlands, has been granted two new contracts for the delivery of solar panels for the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites. These satellites are part of the international Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program of the European Union and ESA. The contract for Sentinel-1, representing a value of EUR 13.4 million, has been closed with the Italian Thales Alenia Space. For Sentinel-2 Dutch Space was granted a EUR 10.3 million by EADS Astrium in Friedrichshafen.

Leiden, December 17, 2009 - Dutch Space, leading space company in the Netherlands, achieved the international environmental standard ISO 14001:2004. ISO 14001:2004 is considered the standard for a verifiable environmental management system, aimed at controlling and improving the environmental performance of companies. To achieve this norm, business management must meet strict requirements. Dutch Space is committed to continuous improvement of the environmental performance of the organization. With certification Dutch Space reaches one of its objectives that were voluntarily set early this year.

Leiden, The Netherlands / Dulles, VA, 12 November 2009   - Dutch Space, leading space company in the Netherlands, signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for the development of solar arrays for NASA's new cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) to be carried out under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) project. The more than USD 35 million contract covers the design, manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing of the solar arrays for nine pressurized cargo missions to the ISS.

Leiden/ Yuma, Arizona, 19 October 2009 - Dutch Space and the Netherlands Defense have signed an agreement on the delivery of 15 Smart Parafoil Autonomous Delivery Systems (SPADES). SPADES is a reusable parachute system that is capable to fully autonomously deliver supplies of up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs) to any desired location in remote or dangerous areas in support of military or humanitarian missions. The news was announced internationally during PATCAD, the esteemed biennial conference for precision airdrop technology in the US.

Amsterdam, 7 October 2009 - Today Lockheed Martin signed a 18.8 million US$ contract with Dutch Space and NLR for the development of a multi-ship, embedded training system for the F-35 Lightning II, known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Dutch Space and NLR, the National Aerospace Laboratory in the Netherlands, will execute the contract in an Integrated Project Team (IPT) which will lead to the initial implementation of embedded training in Block 3 aircraft in 2011. The embedded training system - providing multi-ship interaction, local and distributed weapons simulation, data link, data collection and off-board debriefing - is expected to become a standard feature in the F-35.