Ball Aerospace Earth Survey Satellite Wraps Up 17-Year Mission; Cary Ludtke Comments
May 10, 2013 No Comment
A Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.-built satellite has concluded its Earth monitoring mission after 17 years in space after initially being intended for a five-year mission. Radarsat-1 launched in 1995 for the Canadian government to collect images of Earth’s geologic features by circling the planet every 101 minutes, Ball Aerospace said Thursday. The Radarsat-1 was [...]
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Lockheed Demonstrates Anti-Munitions Ground Laser System; Tory Bruno Comments
May 9, 2013 No Comment
Lockheed Martin announced that in the past two months, it has tested its area defense anti-munitions system against free-flying Qassam-like rockets. During the demonstration in March and April, the ADAM system was able to destroy eight small-caliber rockets at 1.5-kilometer ranges, according to a Lockheed statement. “High-energy lasers complement kinetic energy systems and have unique attributes, including [...]
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Northrop Grumman Corp. has identified a new type of lunar lander that the Golden Spike Co. can use for future commercial human spaceflight. The low-mass ascent pod nicknamed Pumpkin has a pressurized compartment and propellant tanks with foldable ascent thrusters and landing gear, according to a Northrop statement. Preliminary sketches show it can fit a payload fairing five [...]
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LGS Innovations has won a $4.1 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop laser technology intended to measure distance from a target by illuminating the target and analyzing backscattered light, Military & Aerospace Electronics reports. John Keller writes DARPA wants the Laser Radar Technology program to develop light detection and ranging technology [...]
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Exelis to Build Antennas for NASA Atmosphere Study Program; Paul Eyring Comments
May 2, 2013 No Comment
ITT Exelis has won a contract to develop antennas for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to use for multinational atmospheric studies. Exelis will provide 25 multiband global navigation satellite systems for studies on meteorology, ionospheric research, climatology and space weather, Exelis said Thursday. Paul Eyring, Exelis senior director of programs for antennas, sensors and microelectronics, said the [...]
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TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has won $4 million in funding to deliver satellite modems for the U.S. Army. The Army made the order through its $5 billion world-wide satellite systems contract vehicle, according to a statement from the Annapolis, Md.-based mobile technology provider. “Secure, reliable satellite communications are critical to the operations of our military,” said Michael Bristol, TCS government [...]
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Boeing’s Insitu To Help Navy Operate UAS in Afghanistan, Contingency Missions
April 30, 2013 No Comment
A Boeing subsidiary has won a $7,826,247 contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Navy operate and maintain the branch’s ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems. Insitu will help the Navy collect electro-optical/infrared and mid-wave infrared images during land-based operations in Afghanistan and other locations worldwide during contingency operations. The Navy awarded the modification under a previously [...]
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DRS Technologies has won a $15.5 million contract to design and build a new targeting system for the U.S. Army to locate and mark GPS- and laser-guided munitions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, incrementally-funded contract covers the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Joint Effects Targeting System Target Location and Designation System program, DRS said Monday. JETS [...]
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