cyber
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Northrop Grumman, UTC Aerospace announce technology pact
PARIS AIR SHOW. Northrop Grumman and UTC Aerospace Systems announced at the Air Show that they would be joining forces to collaborate on products and systems to better serve their joint customers.
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Radiation testing of COTS data-acquisition electronics for space applications
Thanks to its proven reliability, cost-effectiveness and size, weight, and power (SWaP) optimization, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment is becoming increasingly attractive to system designers for use in space applications. As COTS equipment extends into mission-critical functions, the risks to the COTS electronics posed by space radiation need to be understood and mitigated.
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Thales Alenia Space acquires portion of Airstar Aerospace
PARIS AIR SHOW. Satelllite and spacecraft company Thales Alenia Space -- the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo -- confirmed that it has acquired a minority stake in French company Airstar Aerospace, a company that manufactures airships and flexible structures that are capable of operating at all altitudes.
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Homeland Security re-awards huge cybersecurity contract to Raytheon
WALTHAM, Mass. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has re-awarded its Development, Operations and Maintenance contract to support government computer networks -- the contract is known as DOMino -- to Raytheon. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract carries a value of up to $1 billion over five years.
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Ensuring readiness of parts for space
High-performance computing in satellites requires the use of advanced, commercial off-the shelf (COTS) technologies in an environment that has previously been the domain of parts produced in rad-hard foundries. The challenges of this environment require careful implementation of both hardware and software techniques to produce space assets with advanced capabilities and the operational reliability required by the warfighter.
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S2 Corp., Montana State University team to develop photonic processors for vision systems
BOZEMAN, Mont. S2 Corporation and Montana State University’s (MSU's) Spectrum Lab have been awarded a $1 million, 12-month research contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) to develop an efficient, high-data-rate photonic computational engine for 2-D image processing.
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Using calibration to reduce the cost of satellite design and test
What is now known as "NewSpace" introduces business challenges that older satellite programs did not encounter. One example is the creation of constellations of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites - much smaller and lighter (
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DARPA's road show to awareness: SDR Hackfest
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) representatives have hit the road in a yearlong campaign to raise awareness of what the agency calls the cyber-physical world, a world filled with an untold number of connected devices. DARPA's Software Defined Radio (SDR) Hackfest hopes to propel the rise in demand for and interest in the electromagnetic spectrum as well as raise awareness around spectrum vulnerabilities.
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Unmanned ground vehicle pilots drones for "eye in the sky"
By pairing sensors on an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with one or more unmanned aerial systems (UASs), Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) researchers in San Antonio, Texas, can create an "eye in the sky" to improve situational awareness in extreme environments.
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Secure satellite communications for warfighters on the move
Mobility, beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) capability, and data security requirements drive military satellite communications development today. Enabling these capabilities will provide warfighters with reliable and consistent communications throughout a mi...
Lisa Daigle, Assistant Managing Editor
Lisa Daigle, Assistant Managing Editor
Lisa Daigle, Assistant Managing Editor
Mariana Iriarte, Associate Editor