Jane Edwards

Polaris has launched at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference an unmanned ground vehicle the company and its partners proposed for the U.S. Army’s Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport program, Defense News reported Wednesday. Polaris partnered with Applied Research Associates and Neya Systems in September 2017 to offer the MRZR X unmanned vehicle for […] More

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket took off Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. Eastern time from a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of its inaugural test flight, Reuters reported Tuesday. The space vehicle has 27 engines that generated at least 5 million pounds of thrust during takeoff. The rocket’s two side boosters […] More

A new Deloitte report has identified eight technology trends that could help government agencies develop and adopt an enterprise-centered approach to information technology. Deloitte said Monday its annual report A Government Perspective: Tech Trends 2018 scored each trend based on its relevancy to agencies and the government’s readiness to implement such trends and found that “reengineering […] More

A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has secured a contract to provide and install environmental control systems aboard the Korea Aerospace Industries-built KF-X fighter aircraft. UTC Aerospace Systems said Tuesday its environmental control platform is an integrated system consists of air conditioning, liquid cooling, cabin pressurization and bleed air control components. UTC will also supply flow […] More

Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have agreed to team up for a potential $4.9 billion contract to provide the German military with new heavy-lift helicopters designed to replace its current fleet of CH-53G aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. The partnership came nearly two months after Germany cleared a plan to begin the competition for the contract that seeks to buy […] More

SpaceX has received a launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration for the maiden flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket that is set to take off Tuesday, Feb. 6, SpaceX reported Saturday. Falcon Heavy will lift off from launch complex 39a at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will carry as a payload a Tesla […] More