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DigitalGlobe has reached the initial operational capability status for its WorldView-3 imagery satellite after the company completed the focusing stage of the spacecraft. The company on Tuesday released sample images of several areas in Madrid, Spain to show several usage cases for DigitalGlobe customers. “We are delighted that even in the early stages of calibration and commissioning WorldView-3 is revealing new […] More

A Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system underwent a flight test designed to evaluate the drone’s ability to connect with the U.S. Air Force‘s distributed common ground system. The RQ-4 performed more than 30 hours of endurance flight during recent interoperability assessments held at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More

Boeing will move forward on its work to build a fresh docking system for the International Space Station following completion of the technology’s critical design review. The company will design the NASA Docking System Block-1 to lock current and emerging aircraft system to the ISS’ docking adaptor, Boeing said Tuesday. “With this milestone, our team remains on […] More

Lockheed Martin has signed a cooperation agreement with EOS Space Systems to jointly develop, deploy and operate space-tracking sensor technology that they will house at a future site in Western Australia. The companies said Tuesday they want the planned facility to increase the tracking service’s capacity and commercial coverage to meet the demand for such data across the space […] More