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NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires.</b></font> But those computers will have their work checked the old-fashioned way with the first of several uncrewed demonstration launches beginning in 2009.
Read MoreEntries are now being welcomed for the 4th Global Trajectory Optimisation Competition. The competition seeks to find the best solution to an interplanetary trajectory problem and has proven to be a unique playground for researchers to test new ideas and to compare methods.
Read MoreNews came to SRA International, Inc. [NYSE: SRX] announcing that NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has chosen SRA's Spacecraft Command Language (SCL) to support the Constellation Program, which will develop the new systems and vehicles that will replace the Space Shuttle and provide for the nation's next generation of space exploration.
Read MoreScalable Network Technologies, Inc. (SNT) has introduced EXata™, an advanced wireless network emulator for test and evaluation of military and commercial on-the-move wireless communication networks.
Read MoreLuciad, based in Belgium, has a core product called LuciadMap. The company’s software components are the building blocks for mission-critical ATC/ATM and Air Command and Control systems.
Read MoreAAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced the Company's family of Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations (TADSS) has been selected to support training for Army National Guard units operating the RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). Awarded by the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation in Orlando, Florida, the initial order, valued at $11.9 million, includes 25 high fidelity Shadow Crew Trainers (SCT) and interactive multimedia instruction.
Read MoreGMV has been selected by Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) to provide an adaptation of its satellite flight dynamics software product, focusLEO, for the Glory scientific satellite program Orbital is executing for NASA.
Read MoreVirtutech, Inc. will have their Virtutech Simics deployed for the ground segment of the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective Object System (MUOS) program, thanks to General Dynamics C4 Systems.
Read MoreFailure Analysis has released its Oracol® telemetry behavior prediction service.
Read MoreDays before the launch of the first ATV 'Jules Verne' into orbit, ParallelGraphics announced that its software had been selected for the spacecraft crew and astronauts training of the ATV.
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