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Lockheed Martin to Commence Satellite Integration for DARPA’s Military Space Program

April 26, 2020 @ 06:24 AM

Lockheed Martin will commence the first phase of satellite integration on DARPAs Blackjack program, a constellation of low-earth-orbiting (LEO) spacecraft to keep the US Military perpetually connected and informed. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)s Blackjack program aims to demonstrate a global high-speed communications network in LEO to replace expensive geo-synchronous orbiting satellites that will provide the US DoD connected, autonomous, and persistent coverage employing multiple payload types and missions
DARPA asks BAE to Develop Machine Learning-powered Global Awareness Service

April 23, 2020 @ 07:11 AM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked BAE Systems to develop machine learning analytics services as part of its Geospatial Cloud Analytics (GCA) programme. “BAE Systems aims to develop machine learning analytics as a service – a first-of-its-kind, cloud-based model for the government – that can leverage commercial and open source data to deliver constant worldwide situational awareness for a diverse range of challenges
S.Korea May Pick KAI Surion Under Attack Helicopter Procurement

April 22, 2020 @ 08:48 AM

South Koreas arms procurement agency is reportedly favouring “locally-built, cost-effective” Surion marine attack helicopter over western counterparts under its project to procure 24 gunships. Defense Acquistion Programme Administration (DAPA) concluded a year-long study analysing offers from five bidding companies: Bell Textron (AH-1Z Viper), Boeing (AH-64E Apache Guardian), Turkish Aerospace (T-129 Atak), Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky (S-70i), and Korean Aerospace Industries or KAI (Surion Marine Attack Helicopter)
Germany Informs US Regarding Purchase of 45 Boeing Fighters

April 20, 2020 @ 11:03 AM

German Defense Minister has Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer reportedly informed Mark Esper, US Secretary of Defense, regarding its plan to acquire 30 F/A-18 Super Hornets and 15 EA-18G Growlers for Luftwaffe. The German minister emailed her US counterpart informing him of its decision on Thursday, Der Spiegel magazine reported on April 19
South Korea to Receive Second Global Hawk Recon Drone this Week

April 19, 2020 @ 11:44 AM

South Korean Air Force (SKAF) will receive its second Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance drone this week, US Ambassador to Seoul, Harry Harris said in a tweet today. An image accompanying the Tweet showed a Global Hawk drone parked in a hangar with the national flags of the US and South Korea hanging on a wall behind
Iran Presents a Dozen New Long-Range Combat Drones

April 18, 2020 @ 07:25 AM

Iran unveiled 12 new long-range combat drones on Saturday in Tehran. “The drones possess automatic landing and take-off capabilities
GA-ASI Conducts MQ-9 ‘Ferry Flight’ Delivery to Air Base in New Mexico

April 10, 2020 @ 07:03 AM

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that it flew a MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to an air base in New Mexico for delivery, as opposed to shipping drone parts for later assembly
UK to Get MQ-9 Launch and Recovery Element

April 8, 2020 @ 06:01 AM

General Atomics Aeronautics Systems (GA-ASI) has won a contract to provide MQ-9 contractor logistics support launch and recovery element (LRE) to the United Kingdom. "GA-ASI has been awarded a not-to-exceed $8
DARPA Plans Bioelectronic ‘Travel Adapter’ to Cure Diarrhea, Jet Lag

April 7, 2020 @ 06:15 PM

The US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has initiated a new project to develop a
NASA, GA-ASI Demo SkyGuardian Military Drone For Commercial Use

April 7, 2020 @ 10:02 AM

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) partnered with NASA to demonstrate commercial uses of large Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) such as the SkyGuardian military drone, in National Airspace System (NAS)

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