Arqit has fielded its QuantumCloud platform on an Amazon Web Services offering as part of efforts to bring its encryption keys generation tool to a larger group of customers. The deployment of QuantumCloud on Amazon Simple Storage Service will make the cloud-based encryption service available to AWS customers and enable Arqit to support its clients’ […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS operated compute and machine learning services on a satellite in low-Earth orbit as part of a space experiment meant to test a method for gathering and analyzing space data using the cloud in support of decision-makers. “Providing AWS edge capabilities onboard […] More

SOSi announced on Tuesday that the industry leader in transformational technology solutions for the Department of Defense has received two new task orders worth $31.3 million through the $385 million Mission Partner Environment Network Engineering Services or MPE-ES contract provided by the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Information Systems Agency. “We’re proud to apply […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite at Amazon Web Services, discussed how the federal government and industry look for ways to improve connectivity in space using cloud computing, which he said has unique capabilities ranging from artificial intelligence to data analytics. He said during a fireside chat aired by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce […] More

Boeing has completed the construction of a Mesa, Arizona, facility to make composite aircraft components for military customers. The company said Tuesday its research and development division, Phantom Works, will operate the 155,000-square-foot Advanced Composite Fabrication Center beginning in the fall. ACFC personnel will use advanced manufacturing and digital engineering methods in support of new combat […] More

Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace has received a five-year, $68.6 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with positioning, navigation and timing systems designed to be installed on vehicles. Army Contracting Command received only one bid for the Mounted Assured PNT procurement contract through an online solicitation, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. The system […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS is introducing cloud computing tools and other technologies to meet the space industry’s need for data processing capabilities, SiliconANGLE Media reported Wednesday. “Decision-makers need to make real-time decisions,” Crosier, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, told the publication in an […] More

Amazon Web Services‘ global infrastructure was selected by Japanese space technology developer Warpspace to support the development of an optical inter-satellite communication relay network service. Warpspace said Thursday it uses AWS’ Kubernetes conformant service, relational database platform and other related offerings to help create workloads for WarpHub InterSat, which will provide communication service for low-Earth […] More

Ambit Group and a Koniag business unit have secured contracts to help update the Department of Defense’s central platform for storing and accessing acquisition-related information resources. DOD said Friday the Washington Headquarters Services awarded an $8.8 million contract to perform data repository refactoring work for the Defense Acquisition Visibility Environment. The department added Koniag will provide […] More

Ensco will showcase its suite of technology offerings designed for military positioning, navigation and timing applications at an upcoming four-day conference in San Diego. The company said Wednesday its PNT platforms are designed to work in limited GPS settings and will be on display at exhibit booth 119 during the Institute of Navigation’s Joint Navigation […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS and AlchemistX selected 10 startups for a four-week program meant to provide mentoring, technical and business development support to help such companies further develop their space technology platforms. The AWS Space Accelerator, which started the application process in March, will kick […] More

Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies will conduct a twenty-month study of an atmospheric composition instrument for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite system for Earth observations. NASA said Wednesday Ball Aerospace & Technologies and Raytheon Intelligence & Space were chosen for the Geostationary Extended Observations ACX instrument Phase A Study that will inform the […] More