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Lockheed Martin Delivers 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/ April 12, 2016 Comments Off on Lockheed Martin Delivers 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently delivered the 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round (ELGTR), which gives warfighters the only live-fire laser-guided bomb (LGB) training solution available worldwide. Lockheed Martin has... Read More

Gremlins Takes Flight to Provide Air-Recoverable Unmanned Air Systems

https://www.darpa.mil/ April 3, 2016 Comments Off on Gremlins Takes Flight to Provide Air-Recoverable Unmanned Air Systems

Four teams initiate research into affordable, distributed technologies that could provide breakthrough tactical and strategic capabilities DARPA has awarded Phase 1 contracts for its Gremlins program, which seeks to develop... Read More

Program Aims to Facilitate Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites

DARPA March 28, 2016 Comments Off on Program Aims to Facilitate Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites

Servicing vehicle jointly developed with a commercial partner would leverage DARPA’s successes in space robotics and accelerate revolutionary capabilities for working with satellites currently beyond reach Servicing vehicle jointly developed with... Read More

SES and Panasonic Avionics Sign Milestone High Throughput Capacity Agreements to Provide Inflight Wi-Fi and TV over the Americas

www.businesswire.com February 25, 2016 Comments Off on SES and Panasonic Avionics Sign Milestone High Throughput Capacity Agreements to Provide Inflight Wi-Fi and TV over the Americas

LUXEMBOURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), one of the world’s leading satellite operators, and PANASONIC Avionics announced today two major, multi-year, High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity agreements serving aeronautical, maritime,... Read More

DARPA’s FLA Program Takes Flight

https://www.darpa.mil/ February 14, 2016 Comments Off on DARPA’s FLA Program Takes Flight

Program to develop fast, lightweight autonomous air vehicle completes first flight data tests They may not have zoomed flawlessly around obstacles like the Millennium Falcon did as it careened through... Read More

Orion Crew Module Processing Begins For First Mission Atop Space Launch System

By Linda Herridge NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center February 11, 2016 Comments Off on Orion Crew Module Processing Begins For First Mission Atop Space Launch System

The Orion crew module pressure vessel has arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is now secured in an upgraded version of a test stand called the “birdcage” inside... Read More

Elbit Systems Joint Venture with KBR, Affinity, Awarded a Contract Valued at Approximately £500 Million for the UK Military Flight Training Systems Programme

February 2, 2016 Comments Off on Elbit Systems Joint Venture with KBR, Affinity, Awarded a Contract Valued at Approximately £500 Million for the UK Military Flight Training Systems Programme

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) announced today that Affinity Flying Services Limited (“Affinity”), its UK joint venture with Kellog, Brown and Root Limited (“KBR”), was awarded... Read More

first SpaceDataHighway Laser Relay in Orbit

https://www.esa.int/ January 31, 2016 Comments Off on first SpaceDataHighway Laser Relay in Orbit

The European Data Relay System’s first laser terminal has reached space aboard its host satellite and is now under way to its final operating position. EDRS-A was launched on 29... Read More