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General Atomics, Honeywell, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration are conducting field tests on a sense-and-avoid system to support unmanned aircraft operations in the National Airspace System, Aviation Today reported Monday. Juliet VanWagenen writes that the government-industry team began the third series of flight tests this summer through the use of live and virtual environments to […] More
Microsoft is working with NASA on Project Sidekick to provide virtual training and assistance to the crew of the International Space Station through the company’s HoloLens technology. The space agency said June 26 the project aims to leverage commercial technology for the ISS crew’s empowerment and efficiency. Sam Scimemi, director of the ISS program at NASA, noted the project […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s Synoptics subsidiary unveiled its new titanium-doped sapphire offering, which is designed for use as material in short-pulsed laser devices, at the Laser World of Photonics event from June 22 to 25. Kevin Stevens, director for research and development of crystal growth at Synoptics, said in a statement released Monday that the Ti:Sapphire material works with lasers that have a wide tunability range. Northrop said […] More
International Data Corp. reports that the global cloud IT infrastructure market achieved a 25.1-percent year-over-year growth in sales revenue to reach $6.3 billion in the first quarter. IDC said Thursday spending also grew from 26.4 percent of overall first-quarter IT infrastructure spending last year to almost 30 percent this year. The growth is due to increasing demand […] More
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has provided laser frequency stabilization reference flight units to NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in support of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On space mission. The company said Thursday the flight units of the GRACE Follow-On spacecraft’s Laser Ranging Interferometer payload works to facilitate increased accuracy of measurement changes in Earth’s water resources. Ball Aerospace delivered […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed initial on-orbit validation tests of its upgraded XR-5 Hall Thruster using Boeing‘s X-37 unmanned space plane as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4. The five-kilowatt XR-5A Hall Thruster includes performance and operating range modifications based on the results of XR-5’s initial low-rate production and flight programs, Aerojet Rocketdyne said July 1. […] More
The Department of Veterans Affairs is field-testing new mobile applications that work to help healthcare providers and patients connect with the VA’s Vista electronic health records system, FCW reported Wednesday. Adam Mazmanian writes that the Mobile Blue Button and Summary of Care apps as well as the upcoming Patient Viewer app work to provide mobile access and control to […] More
A subsidiary of Elbit Systems will support the Smart Vest joint soldier modernization program of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg under a five-year, $150 million prime contract with the Dutch defense ministry. The company said Thursday Elbit Systems Land and C4I will supply digital soldier systems that work to bolster safety, survivability, effectiveness and other capabilities in the […] More
Technavio projects that the global smart security market will climb in value at a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent through 2019 due to the increasing number of terrorist attacks around the world. “Terrorism has increased significantly in areas like the Philippines in the last few years, resulting in an increased number of deaths from […] More
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
The U.S. Air Force has selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a new way to catch advanced persistent threats inside a network under a $7.1 million Air Force Research Laboratory contract, Defense Systems reported Tuesday. Kevin McCaney writes that the service tasked MIT to apply transparent computing technology to help IT personnel tag and track network activities, as […] More
Black Box Corp. has received an eight-year, $103 million contract with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department for data network, telecommunications and shared airport tenant services at Miami International Airport and general aviation airports in the county. The company said Monday the contract provides managed services for airport tenants and passengers. Jeff Barton, vice president of sales for Black Box’s […] More
