The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has recently awarded a contract to Atos and OHB to supply the “Space Situational Awareness Center Expansion Stage 1” (Weltraumlagezentrum, WRLageZ, Ausbaustufe 1) to the German Federal Armed Forces. This system, located in Uedem, will enable the German Armed Forces to monitor […]
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DARPA’s Ouija Program Solicitation Aims To Quantify HF Noise + Improve Characterization Of The Ionosphere To Support Warfighter Capabilities
Warfighters depend on high-frequency (HF) radio transmissions to operate military systems across the space, air, ground and maritime domains. Current understanding of how HF waves propagate through the electromagnetically noisy ionosphere typically depends on ground-based methods. To more accurately understand HF propagation in space requires scientific measurements taken from within the ionosphere itself. DARPA’s new […]
Aitech’s New Space-Rated COTS-Based Products Will Be On Display @ The 37th Space Symposium
During the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado, Springs, Colorado, Aitech will be presenting their new space innovations, which heavily incorporate COTS technologies for scale and cost-efficiencies at Booth #307. The company will be showing… S-A6640: space-rated managed Ethernet switch that lowers costs and significantly improve time-to-market for several mission types, from smallsat constellations to manned […]
Aitech To Showcase Space-Related Offerings @ Space Symposium 2022
Aitech will showcase the firm’s latest technology innovations for space-rated environments at the 2022 Space Symposium (Booth #307) in Colorado, Springs, Colorado, from April 4-7, 2022. The company provides a full range of capabilities that can be employed in any space mission across all orbit levels, from near earth and low earth up to lunar […]
Receiving DoD Certification Is Viasat’s VISION Network Management Platform
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has revealed that their Visual Integrated Satellite communications Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) management software has successfully achieved Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) Integrated Waveform (IW) certification. With this certification, global defense customers using the VISION software will gain greater communications interoperability, scalability and flexibility across legacy […]
Gigabit Barrier Ignored — Kratos OpenSpace™ VWR For EO Delivers More Than 1 GBPS Performance
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has broken the gigabit throughput barrier with their OpenSpace™ virtualized wideband receivers, delivering more than a gigabit per second performance running solely on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) x86-based computers. This achievement drastically lowers the cost of downlinks, while raising performance for Earth Observation (EO) and Remote Sensing (RS) missions. […]
AI Supercomputing From Aitech For Next Generation Space Apps
Aitech has developed the S-A1760 Venus™, a powerful and the smallest radiation-characterized space AI GPGPU. The new, small form factor (SFF) system is rated for space flight and smallsat constellations used in Near Earth Orbit (NEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) applications. The COTS-based system is validated for use in these short duration and NEO/LEO […]
A First For RUAG Space As The Company Is Awarded An AFRL Contract For Satellite Power Subsystems
RUAG Space has been awarded a satellite power subsystem program by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). For AFRL, RUAG Space will develop a configurable Rapid Electronic Power Subsystem (Rapid EPS) for satellites that will dramatically cut the lead time and cost of the power subsystem. This project leverages aspects of RUAG Space’s overall […]
Innoflight Receives Funding From Private Equity Firm
The U.S.-based private equity firm, The Jordan Company (TJC), has invested in Innoflight as a majority stakeholder. The company is now backed by a firm with original capital commitments in excess of $14 billion and a 39-year track record of investing and contributing to the growth of many businesses across a wide range of industries. […]
New Family Of Digital Differential Measuring Systems Intro’d By Kaman
The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc. has announced that the KD-5600 family of digital eddy current measurement systems is ideal for use in COTS applications for fast steering mirrors, magnetic bearing active control, shaft vibration, image stabilization, and adaptive optics. Customers in the smallsat, semi-conductors, military/aerospace, high precision metal working and UAV/drone sectors […]