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  • Robert Mehrabian: Teledyne to Help NASA Collect Hyperspectral Earth Imagery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Mehrabian: Teledyne to Help NASA Collect Hyperspectral Earth Imagery

    NASA has selected a Teledyne Technologies subsidiary to integrate a hyperspectral imaging technology with the Multi-User System for Earth Sensing platform. Teledyne Brown Engineering will also provide captured imagery to NASA through the multi-year, $15 million contract, the company said Monday. The German Aerospace Center developed the MUSES spectrometer to collect approximately 27 million square miles of […] More

  • DRS, NASA Goddard Scientist Develop Mid-Infrared Detector for Remote Sensing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS, NASA Goddard Scientist Develop Mid-Infrared Detector for Remote Sensing

    DRS Technologies and NASA have jointly developed a photon-counting mid-infrared detector that works to support remote-sensing applications in spaceflight and have been integrated into two new aircraft instruments. The space agency said Tuesday Goddard Space Flight Center scientist Xiaoli Sun worked with DRS to develop what NASA calls a “first-of-its-kind” detector, which is made of the mercury cadmium telluride alloy or HgCdTe. […] More

  • NASA Seeks New Tech for Future Space Missions; Steve Jurczyk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks New Tech for Future Space Missions; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    NASA has launched two solicitations worth nearly $50 million combined for new space technologies intended to advance science and human exploration missions. The space agency said Friday it plans to form a public-private partnership to develop and market commercial space systems under the tipping point technologies solicitation. Under this program with a submission deadline of […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Aims to Help Improve Agricultural Forecasts with Satellite Imagery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Aims to Help Improve Agricultural Forecasts with Satellite Imagery

    DigitalGlobe has partnered with a scientific consortium on a two-year international project that aims to deliver space-based data for small farm operators to monitor and predict crop yields. The company said Tuesday it uses satellite imagery to help smallholders generate output projections, as well as to offer evidence-based strategies to the agricultural sector in developing […] More

  • DigitalGlobe, Exelis Leaders Talk Remote Sensing Tech During Google Hangout - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe, Exelis Leaders Talk Remote Sensing Tech During Google Hangout

    DigitalGlobe and Exelis‘ Visual Information Solutions subsidiary co-hosted a Google Hangout Thursday to discuss the role of remote sensing, satellite imagery and cloud technologies could address environmental issues. DigitalGlobe said Thursday that Kumar Navulur and Bill Baugh from its strategic business development and advanced geospatial products sectors, respectively, discussed how these technologies helped both mitigate and assess the impact of environmental […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Ship DigitalGlobe Satellite for August Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Ship DigitalGlobe Satellite for August Launch

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies expects to deliver a commercial Earth-observing satellite at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in June, approximately two months ahead of the spacecraft’s scheduled launch in August. The company said Tuesday that it is close to completing post-environmental baseline tests and ground segment assessments on DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-3 remote sensory spacecraft . WorldView-3’s initial launch […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Completes Testing on DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Completes Testing on DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has performed internal environment assessments on a remote-sensing satellite the company developed for DigitalGlobe and designed to collect Earth imagery. DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 spacecraft features a Ball Aerospace technology that is built to monitor atmospheric conditions and photograph objects through haze, soot and dust, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. Cary Ludtke, Ball Aerospace […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Integrates Imagery Sensor Into DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Integrates Imagery Sensor Into DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has wrapped up integration work on DigitalGlobe‘s commercial satellite that is built to collect high-resolution images of the Earth. The WorldView-3 will be the fourth satellite in DigitalGlobe’s remote-sensing constellation and is scheduled for launch this summer at Vanderberg Air Force Base, Calif., Ball Aerospace said Monday. Cary Ludtke, Ball Aerospace […] More