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GA-ASI tests Air-To-Space Lasercom System for Military Drones
February 22, 2020 @ 08:41 AMGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has ground tested its Airborne Laser Communication System (ALCoS) which is compatible with military drones such as the MQ-9 Reaper, by establishing a link with a satellite in Geo-synchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)
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China to Develop Multiple Carrier Rockets
October 21, 2019 @ 05:29 AMChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) announced the development of solid-propellant and liquid-propellant carrier rockets, on Saturday. ChinaRocket, the commercial space wing of CALT, said it is designing two types of solid-propellant carrier rockets — Smart Dragon 2 (SD-2) and Smart Dragon 3 (SD-3) — and at least one liquid-propellant type, the Flying Dragon 1 (FD-1), China Daily reported on Monday
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BAE Wins $171M to Perform Maintenance & Repair Works on US Navy’s...
September 19, 2019 @ 07:43 AMBAE Systems has won a $170.7 million contract from the US Navy to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyers in its San Diego shipyard
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US Space Fence Detects Break-up Fields from Indian Anti-satellite Test
May 22, 2019 @ 05:26 PMThe United States Air Force Space Fence system detected the breakup field from an anti-satellite test conducted by India during a scheduled endurance exercise of the new space surveillance radar. As a US satellite, MICROSAT-R was expected to pass through the un-cued surveillance fence, Space Fence automatically issued a "breakup alert" indicating there were multiple objects within close proximity
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Lockheed Martin Working on $25000 Per Flight Hour Operating Cost of F-35
April 18, 2019 @ 12:08 PMLockheed Martin is working on achieving a $25,000 Cost per Flight Hour (CPFH) for its F-35 joint strike fighter by 2025. The CPHF target is comparable to the cost to sustain legacy aircraft, while providing a generational leap in capability; a Lockheed Martin release said adding that the target will be deliver 80 percent mission capable rates in the near term
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BAE Systems To Develop Autonomous Software For Air Mission Planning
March 22, 2019 @ 12:06 PMThe United States (US) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded BAE Systems a Phase 3 contract worth $3.1 million to continue developing autonomy software to improve the resiliency of air mission planning for the military
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China Develops its Most powerful Satellite Launch Rocket
March 7, 2019 @ 08:26 AMChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corp has developed the country's most powerful solid-propellant rocket engine which will be used in the new upgraded variant of the Long March 11. “The engine is based on its predecessor, which is used with China's Long March 11 carrier rocket and features advanced composite materials built into its casing
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US Air Force Awards $739M Worth Contracts For Satellite Launch Missions
February 20, 2019 @ 05:05 AMThe US Air Force has awarded multiple contracts worth total $739 million for launch missions under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, announced Tuesday evening by the Department of defense. The first contract worth over $441 million is awarded to United Launch Services (ULS) to deliver the SILENTBARKER, SBIRS GEO-5, and SBIRS GEO-6 missions to their intended orbits
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ISRO Launches GSAT-7A Military Communications Satellite
December 19, 2018 @ 12:50 PMIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the GSAT-7A, a military communications satellite, from the second launch pad of Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota located in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. The GSLV-F11 rocket will inject GSAT-7A into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) and it will be placed in its final Geostationary Orbit using the onboard propulsion systems
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DARPA Device to Provide Physical, Electromagnetic, Cyber Situational Awareness
December 4, 2018 @ 02:33 PMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Squad X Experimentation program demonstrated the ability to extend and enhance the situational awareness of small, dismounted units. The US Marine squads improved their ability to synchronize maneuvers, employing autonomous air and ground vehicles to detect threats from multiple domains – physical, electromagnetic, and cyber – providing critical intelligence as the squad moved through scenarios, DARPA said in a statement late November this year
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles