Tag: Aerospace
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General Orbit Advances Magnetic Navigation for GPS Denied and Autonomous Systems
General Orbit is advancing next-generation navigation systems through a software-defined approach to magnetic sensing, designed to deliver reliable positioning in environments where traditional GPS-based systems are limited or unavailable. By combining compact hardware with machine learning-driven processing, the company is addressing long-standing challenges associated with magnetic navigation, including interference, integration complexity and system scalability. General…
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Flexcompute and Northrop Grumman Reduce Space Mission Preparation Time with AI Physics Models
Flexcompute, the physics company, and Northrop Grumman have developed a foundational AI infrastructure powered by NVIDIA technology that fully automates a simulation workflow to accurately predict thruster impingement effects during space docking in real time. This AI Physics model features built-in uncertainty estimation and is designed to address some of the most complex spacecraft plume…
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Voyager Technologies Partners with Yonsei University to Advance VISTA Space Park
Voyager Technologies announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. The strategic cooperation will advance the Voyager Institute for Space, Technology and Advancement (VISTA) science park ecosystem, fusing commercial innovation with international partners to advance in-space research and manufacturing. “The commercial space economy is an international story,” said Jeffrey Manber,…
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CACI International Secures $231 Million Contract to Support US Special Operations Command
CACI International Inc announced that it has been awarded a base year technology task order with four option years valued at up to $231 million, continuing nearly two decades of service to the U.S. Special Operations Command. CACI will deliver accurate, near-real-time satellite communications support, providing program visibility to the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)…
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Opterus Secures NASA SBIR Contract for Solar Sail Deployment System
Opterus has received a $10.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract from NASA to provide the structural deployment system for the agency’s next solar sail spacecraft. Opterus is developing a system to deploy and control a 1,600-square-meter sail, roughly the size of a hockey rink, using four 30-meter composite booms and integrated…
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Simsbury Manufacturer Plays Critical Role in NASA’s Artemis II Crewed Lunar Mission
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD), which employs approximately 500 people in Simsbury, CT and 300 in Moorpark, CA has designed, manufactured, and rigorously tested mission-critical hardware supporting NASA’s Artemis II mission; the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years. Artemis II will carry four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby,…
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Infleqtion and NASA Deliver Next-Generation Quantum Capabilities to ISS
Infleqtion, a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral-atom technology, is providing upgraded quantum hardware to the International Space Station (ISS) via NASA’s Northrop Grumman-24 (NG-24) cargo mission. The upgraded physics package for the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), developed in collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), may enable record-breaking in-orbit…
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Firefly Aerospace Partners with NVIDIA for On-Orbit Processing on Ocula Moon Imaging Service
Firefly Aerospace, a market-leading space and defense technology company, announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to enable rapid on-orbit processing in lunar orbit for Firefly’s Ocula Moon imaging service. As part of the collaboration, an NVIDIA Jetson module was embedded on high-resolution Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory telescopes and delivered to Firefly’s spacecraft facility ahead of integration…
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Phantom Space Acquires Thermal Management Technologies to Advance Orbital Data Centers
Phantom Space Corporation, a leader in responsive space transportation, announced it has completed the strategic acquisition of Thermal Management Technologies, a pioneer in advanced satellite thermal components. The acquisition strengthens Phantom’s vertical integration strategy and directly supports the rapid development of Phantom Cloud, the company’s orbital data center constellation. TMT brings decades of proven success…
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Redwire Corporation Awarded ESA QKDSat Quantum-Secure Spacecraft Contract
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, announced that it has been awarded a contract to develop a quantum-secure satellite under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat), within ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Partnership Projects program. Redwire will manufacture and deliver its European-built Hammerhead spacecraft,…