Northrop Grumman's deep-sensing and targeting technology installed on a Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft was able to collate multidomain data and analyze information from commercial satellites. The findings during a test flight were part of a demonstration featured at the U.S. Army's Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event in Yuma, Arizona. More

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The U.S. Department of Defense has been involved in the space arena for a long time. It has been putting satellites into orbit for 50 years and launching rockets for 70 years. However, since procurement timelines for technologies at the DOD can be notoriously slow, the department instituted the Space Development Agency in 2019 to […] More

Aware has partnered with data capture company Anyline to integrate the former’s mobile biometric authentication framework Knomi into the electronic know-you-customer process for a large Pakistani bank.  Anyline will capture and digitize identification documents’ data while Aware will help with the identity verification process by providing biometric technology, the authentication company said Thursday.  The team […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business has expanded its GhostEye family of radars with the addition of a variant designed for medium‐range air defense operations. The new GhostEye MR radar is developed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense in collaboration with Kongsberg Gruppen’s defense and aerospace unit and is available for integration with the National Advanced […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $65 million contract to commence the full-rate production of Link-16 for the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of combat helicopters. The company said Wednesday it will integrate the military tactical data link network into the AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft to enable fleet crews to share data and communications […] More

Maxar Technologies and NASA have completed the critical design review phase of a mission intended to demonstrate robotic satellite refueling and in-space manufacturing and assembly. The space agency said Friday its On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing 1 or OSAM-1 achieved mission CDR completion in February, less than a year following the CDR milestone for the […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin $102 million to update the sensor systems of 25 Apache helicopters used by the Egyptian government. The company said Friday it will convert Egypt’s Apaches from D-model to E-model configuration, which includes the Gen III Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor and the Gen III Day Sensor […] More

Capella Space is looking to demonstrate satellite interoperability with the Space Development Agency‘s new space architecture through a laser communications technology. Capella said Tuesday it will attempt to achieve optical inter-satellite link compatibility between its commercial synthetic aperture radar satellites and the National Defense Space Architecture. The company’s new SAR offering will use technology designed […] More

A spacecraft built by General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has completed a NASA-sponsored in-orbit demonstration of miniature atomic clock technology. The company said Tuesday its Orbital Test Bed satellite hosted the Deep Space Atomic Clock to test the payload’s ability to consistently track time for long-duration space exploration. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced DSAC and […] More

NASA has launched a Northrop Grumman-made satellite to expand an existing system that tracks changes on the Earth’s land as part of an effort initiated in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey. Landsat 9 launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, the space agency said Tuesday. […] More

NASA has tasked Ball Aerospace to study two architecture concepts designed to modernize instruments of Earth imagery satellites. The company said Monday it will assess how constellation and single satellite concepts can accommodate new spectral bands and orbit parameters as well as enhanced spatial resolution for the Landsat Next program.  Ball will seek to determine […] More