Excalibur Successfully Unsheathed + Flown By Aurora
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Aurora) has successfully completed the first flight of the Excalibur Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
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Talk About Operating In A Vacuum — Just Ask Lockheed Martin
The first of a new generation of military communications satellites built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed final thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, California, facilities.
Read MoreEXPERTs Only Need Apply for This Test Bed
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space signed a contract for the development of the atmospheric re-entry test-bed EXPERT (EPERimental Re-entry Test-bed).
Read MoreKibo Kompleted
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced that the final space work on Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo," Japan's first manned space facility, has been completed.
Read MoreHappier Landings For UAVs
2d3, Inc. has developed a solution to visually assist a UAV during the critical, final phase of landing.
Read MoreSolar Cells Are Dye-Sensitized To Empower UAVs For USAF
From Science Daily, with a nod to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, information has been gleaned that dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the future as they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without the need for refueling.
Read MoreBoeing To Debut New 702B Satellite Design On July 16th
Boeing has signed a multi-satellite contract which is their first order for the Company's Boeing 702B satellite design.
Read MoreBall To Beget Second Standardized Spacecraft Bus For DoD
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded a $13.4 million U.S. Air Force contract to procure long-lead hardware for a second Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) spacecraft.
Read MoreWill WISE Work? Ball Believes So — Testing Started
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed environmental testing for NASA’s Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and has begun post-environmental performance testing.
Read MoreMore Solar Sensing To Be Built Into NPOESS By University Of Colorado For NASA
NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics for the development of the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor, or TSIS, a key instrument for the future National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, known as NPOESS.
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