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Here is a photo of the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), or Canadarm (Canadarm 1). Backdropped against Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, Endeavour's Canadian-built robot arm appears amidst elements of the International Space Station.
Read MoreHarris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has been awarded an eight-month study contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Wright Patterson AFB, to develop a new modular communications architecture for satellites that weigh less than 400 kilograms.
Read MoreFrom a story written by Andrew Williams in gas2.0's online site, a group of University of Michigan students have set a new world record for the longest flight by a fuel-cell powered plane... actually, a UAV.
Read MoreOmnitron Systems Technology has introduced their new X.21 and RS-530 serial Crypto Circuits fiber optic extension devices.
Read MoreHypres is currently developing a family of reprogrammable all-digital receivers, transmitters, and transceivers.
Read MoreSomething that not everyone thinks about when envisioning life on the ISS, that being smelling dangerous chemicals. NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air.
Read MoreThis is an interim update to the author’s World Spacecraft Digest 1957-2007 and covers the period August – October 2008.
Read MoreTechnology is generally taking up a smaller footprint, everything from iPods to phones, and Honeywell [NYSE:HON] has contributed its share to provide the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory with a mini momentum control system for space missions.
Read MoreCommunications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) has been awarded a $1.4 million contract to design, develop and test high-power Ka-band traveling wave tubes (TWTs) and amplifiers for the U.S. Air Force in order to support airborne communications applications.
Read MoreWavestream Corporation, a manufacturer of new-generation solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs), today announced it has completed delivery of initial orders for 196 Ka-band SSPAs for the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 1 and is well underway on fulfilling follow-on orders for more than 240 additional units.
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