The latest contract awarded by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) will see the agency continue to use SES’s high-performance satellite connectivity services for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems’ (RPAS) operations, SES and EMSA announced. Under the new agreement, SES’s managed connectivity service will allow end-users to receive and exchange RPAS data in near real-time and […]
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Lockheed Martin Appoints Long-Standing Employee To Head Skunk Works®
…he ensured the technical integrity of Aeronautics’ products and processes, supported technical concept development, and led the development and resourcing of more than 8,000 engineers. Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) announces John Clark’s appointment as the vice president and general manager of Advanced Development Programs (ADP) – also known as Skunk Works® – succeeding Jeff Babione who will retire at […]
Resolve Optics Experiences Solid Growth In Delivering Optics For Space Projects
Resolve Optics has reported on growth in the demand experienced for designing and supplying robust optical systems for a range of different space projects during the last 24 months. Many different types of optical imaging and sensing systems are used to observe and measure the Earth and the universe at large. However, designing optical systems […]
Exolaunch’s Hat-Trick With SpaceX’s Transporter Missions
In its third dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX, Exolaunch, global provider of launch, in-space logistics and deployment services, successfully integrated and launched 29 small satellites from customers across the globe. The company’s rideshare clusters aboard the SpaceX Transporter-3 mission were an amalgamation of microsats, cubesats (up to 16U) and PocketQubes. The combination of customers from […]
Spanish Navy’s Seeker UAS Passes Maneuvers Including Live-Fire
The Marine Infantry Brigade (BRIMAR), a part of the Tercio de Armada de Infantería de Marina (Marine Infantry Protection Force), deployed its Seeker aircraft from December 9 to 13 at the San Gregorio national training center in Zaragoza, during the FTX-BRIMAR 21 maneuvers. The Seeker UAS proved a vital asset in the campaign, where intelligence […]
Collins Aerospace HF Cell System Is Engaged By The Brazilian Army
Collins Aerospace has been selected by the Brazilian Army to provide its High Frequency (HF) Cellular communications system as part of the Brazilian Army Border Surveillance and Monitoring Strategic Program (SISFRON) to improve communications capabilities for forces operating in the Amazon region. By networking Collins Aerospace’s URG-IV HF fixed site radio stations with a Collins […]
Seeking To Shape NATO’s Future Surveillance + Control Are Northrop Grumman + Airbus
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Airbus Defence and Space, together with seven industrial players, have established ASPAARO, the Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advanced All-domain Resilient Operations. ASPAARO will bid to undertake the Risk Reduction and Feasibility Studies (RRFS) for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency as part of the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control […]
SpaceFund Invests In Rhea Space + Their Autonomous Space Navigation Tech
SpaceFund Inc. has invested in the rapidly growing astrophysics start-up company Rhea Space Activity (RSA). SpaceFund’s capital injection into RSA will energize the company’s ongoing development of scientific and engineering infrastructure needed to create a holistic, world-leading Lunar Intelligence (LUNINT) capability as soon as 2024. This capability will yield a vital product for the commercial […]