Update: Amentum Shares Rise After Ascend Joint Venture Wins NASA COSMOS Contract
(Updates to add the company's latest stock move in the headline and in the first paragraph.)Amentum (AMTM) shares were up 2% in Tuesday trading after the company said its Ascend joint venture with Aerodyne Industries won NASA's Consolidated Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems contract for an undisclosed amount.The venture will deliver mission operations, systems, and training for NASA's Flight Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Amentum said Tuesday in a statement.Work under the contract will support several major NASA programs, including Orion, the Space Launch System, International Space Station operations, astronaut training, the Commercial Crew Program, and Artemis. Amentum said.Price: $20.63, Change: $+0.40, Percent Change: +1.98%
