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June 20, 2019
Machine Learning (ML) could help the U.S. military harness Precision, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data it can already access to detect spoofing or jamming efforts more quickly, a Marine Corps engineer said June 12. In focusing particularly on GPS technologies, industry and warfighters alike are not taking enough advantage of PNTdata that can be extracted…
June 19, 2019
Boeing is relocating the headquarters of its Space and Launch division to Titusville, in order to strengthen collaboration and integration across its portfolio. Space and Launch, a division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, currently has its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. In announcing the relocation of the headquarters to a region that includes Kennedy Space Center,…
June 18, 2019
Viasat and Arianespace modified their original ViaSat-3 satellite launch contract, signed in 2016. Under the new agreement, the two companies agreed to move the ViaSat-3 satellite from an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle to the next-generation Ariane 64 (A64) launcher. With this contract, Viasat will become the first commercial customer to commit to launch on…
June 18, 2019
Within a year of securing venture funding, Orbit Fab launched their hardware twice to the International Space Station (ISS) and supplied the station with water. Orbit Fab was awarded a contract with the ISS U. S. National Lab to test the key systems of their tankers in microgravity that include pumps, valves, and plumbing. Their in-space…