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Horiba expands virtual AV vetting with physical body testing
2021-12-02
Horiba expands virtual AV vetting with physical body testing
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ULA’s Vulcan Centaur will launch Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser spaceplane
2019-08-20
United Launch Alliance (ULA) will supply launch vehicles for the Dream Chaser Cargo System. Starting in 2021, Dream Chaser – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems’ reusable spaceplane – will launch aboard ULA's Vulcan Centaur rockets for six NASA cargo resupply and return services to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Space launch providers submit proposals for National Security Space Launch program
2019-08-16
Four companies – Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) – recently submitted proposals for the U.S. Air Force's Phase 2 Launch Services Procurement (LSP) competition. Two of those companies will be awarded with up to 34 launches over a five-year period under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program.
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Raytheon, DARPA push forward with hypersonic weapon design
2019-08-02
The team completed a successful baseline design review that establishes the technical approach for a critical design review, which moves the system a step closer to development and use.
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NASA's Orion Spacecraft is complete, assembled, and ready for integration ahead of final testing
2019-07-23
Technicians and engineers from Lockheed Martin, NASA, and supporting contractors meticulously assembled the capsule into its finished state, including installing the capsule's avionic computers, harnesses, propulsion system and its 12 engines, 11 parachutes, its large 16-foot-diameter heat shield, and forward bay cover.
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Made In Space is set to make in space
2019-07-17
Once in orbit, Archinaut One will use additive manufacturing techniques – or 3D printing – to create two 32-foot beams extending out from each side of the spacecraft. As manufacturing progresses, each beam will unfurl two solar arrays that generate up to five times more power than traditional solar panels on spacecraft of similar size.
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Orion launch abort system passes full-stress flight test
2019-07-09
The system is designed to lift the crew module off the launch vehicle’s engine stack in case of an emergency and steer it away from danger. According to NASA coverage, engineers have confirmed that the LAS can “outrun a speeding rocket.”
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Dragonfly will be NASA’s next solar system explorer
2019-06-28
Dragonfly, which might be called a rotorcraft lander, is under development by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and has the appearance of an Earth-bound vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or drone.
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New Zealand and LeoLabs establish the first low-Earth orbit regulatory platform
2019-06-26
The rapid shift of commercial focus toward LEO has resulted in thousands of new satellites. An expected growth in satellite constellations requires space-faring nations such as New Zealand to engage in monitoring and regulating satellite activity.
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MTSI’s latest project gives fixed-wing aircraft vertical cargo lift capabilities
2019-06-21
The Rapid Aerial Extraction System (RAES) pod is a self-contained device that can attach to an ordnance pylon on any fixed-wing aircraft and enable it to provide vertical lift recovery capability like that of a helicopter.
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Lockheed Martin announces latest hypersonic progress at Le Bourget
2019-06-17
Lockheed Martin successfully flight tested the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The captive carry flight – announced during the 2019 International Paris Air Show – marks Lockheed Martin’s most recent demonstration of hypersonic technology development.
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Can the Air Force reach a 24-hour launch window?
2019-06-13
In a “sources sought” notice titled Rapid Space Launch Initiative, the service is reaching out to American space launch companies to identify technical risks and challenges and develop demonstrations that would result in a launch within 24 hours of a “call up,” versus weeks or months.
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NASA opens the International Space Station for commercial business
2019-06-10
The shift towards commercialization runs parallel to the agency’s Artemis program goals of landing a woman on the Moon by 2024 – which will also involve significant support from traditional and New Space companies.
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Wind River and Airbiquity partner to update autonomous and connected vehicle software through cloud-based, over-the-air technology
2019-06-04
Through this work, Wind River and Airbiquity look to enable secure and intelligent software updates and data management for these vehicles through over-the-air (OTA) programming technology. The work may also lead to similar solutions for traditional aerospace and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) industries.
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SAE rolls out classroom version of Introduction to Automated Vehicle Safety in Shanghai
2019-06-03
Designing for safety in automated vehicles has complex requirements – many of which are surrounded with misconceptions. As the leader for training mobility engineers, SAE is providing a two-day classroom seminar: Introduction to Automated Vehicle Safety: Multi-Agent, Functional Safety, and SOTIF.
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OmegA rocket sustains explosion during first static test, Northrop Grumman maintains test was a success
2019-05-31
Although Northrop Grumman officials acknowledged during a post-test press conference that the incident needs to be “looked into,” they stated that the thrust profile could be “very normal, nominal.” A following statement labeled the test a success and announced that OmegA is on track for its first test launch in 2021 and operational service in 2022.
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Lockheed Martin’s “non-operational” Space Fence detects Indian anti-satellite operations while still in test mode
2019-05-30
When India’s MICROSAT-R was scheduled to pass through the surveillance fence, Space Fence’s gallium nitride-powered S-band ground-based radars detected multiple objects within proximity of each other and issued an automatic “breakup alert.”
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NASA selects power and propulsion module for upcoming lunar Gateway
2019-05-24
Maxar Technologies Inc. will design, build, and perform a spaceflight demonstration of the power and propulsion element spacecraft with Blue Origin, LLC and the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
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New university-led Air Force Center of Excellence focuses on securing autonomous systems operating in contested environments
2019-05-22
The researchers at the COE for Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments – all of which histories of innovation for Department of Defense problems of interest – will focus on the availability, integrity, and effective use of information by leveraging its diverse expertise in dynamics, mathematics, control theory, information theory, communications, and computer science.
