Six months after launching a prototype three-cubesat constellation to identify radio frequency (RF) emitter locations worldwide, startup HawkEye 360 has closed a $70 million round of financing to build and launch a commercial network and develop a line of RF analytic products.
The U.S. general in charge of protecting North America claims the space-based sensor layer is “absolutely key” in defending the nation against hypersonic glide vehicles, but it was not included in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget request.
The goal of the AI Exploration program is to investigate high-risk, high-reward topics to determine feasibility and whether an area is ready for increased investment as part of a larger DARPA program.
This was the first-time live F-35 track data was sent to the IBCS using both the F-35 ground station and the F-35 IBCS adaptation kit, which were both developed by Lockheed Martin, according to a company statement.
Lockheed Martin will integrate new sensors for missile tracking into the command and control hub for the Ballistic Missile Defense System under a $320 million contract, the company announced Aug. 6.
Citing progress with its $25 million Series B private placement, XTI Aircraft is to wind down an unusual crowdfunding campaign that has so far helped support development of its TriFan 600 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) business aircraft.
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket placed two U.S. and European telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit following a successful Aug. 6 launch from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Northrop Grumman’s 11th NASA-contracted Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) departed the six-person orbiting science lab Aug. 6, prepared for an extended stay in orbit to support a variety of commercial activities.
Participating Unmanned Aircraft Systems Service Providers connect to the flight information management system data exchange via open interfaces to provide the services drone operators need to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
India’s space agency is building a new communication satellite, GSAT-7R, for the country’s navy to facilitate the exchange of information between its aircraft, warships and other elements.
Using a Skyfront multi-rotor drone, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program team completed a 3.87-mi. inspection of Trans-Alaska Pipeline infrastructure without relying on a visual observer to monitor the aircraft.
For the first time, journalists have been permitted to tour Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense manufacturing, final assembly and test facility, where the company has produced 450 interceptors since 2007.
The ACMI pod, developed by the defense ministry’s Defense Potential Directorate and private company PT Tress, is ready for production after tests on prototypes showed it met all the requirements of the Indonesian Air Force, the ministry says.
With an eye on the growing smallsat market, Arianespace has unveiled the first of a planned series of dedicated small satellite rideshare missions direct to geostationary orbit.
ROCKWELL COLLINS has $40.2m U.S. Air Force contract for training system support center operations for E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Aircrew Training Device.
The first of 15 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pods ordered by the Navy will be used to verify aircraft installation compliance, including mass properties and ground procedures.
The agency previously selected 13 cubesats to piggyback rides on the first SLS-Orion mission, an unmanned flight known as Artemis-1 that is expected to launch in 2021.
The U.S. Air Force agreed to accept deliveries of KC-46 aircraft last January after a two-year impasse on the condition that Boeing correct two technical deficiencies.
Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Inc., Northridge, California, is being awarded a $167,338,657 firm-fixed-price contract for 263 full-rate production Lot 8 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles.
A $23.8 million contract awarded on Aug. 2 by the Air Force Research Laboratory launches the service’s experiment with a laser intended to shoot down swarms of small unmanned air systems, along with salvos of mortars and rockets.
UPS said last month that it had applied to the FAA for a Part 135 air carrier certificate to operate the WakeMed delivery service, which uses the M2 quadcopter supplied by Matternet, of Mountain View, California.
