Aevum – an aerospace startup – recently released its rocket-launching drone designed to send small satellites into orbit without a pilot or a launchpad. Called the RAVN-X, after flight testing it is scheduled to launch […]
NIST’s Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QEDC) recently launched a new research committee focused on the national security applications of quantum science. The committee will focus on identifying specific uses, standards and enabling technologies – along […]
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have issued a request for information (RIF) for the Landsat Next project. Landsat Next will offer sensors for land observations with high-spectral and […]
The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter satellite – built by The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) – has received the Small Satellite Mission of the Year award by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The HARP spacecraft […]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. have formed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to develop innovative, compact, and robust telescopes for nanosatellites. The project will combine LLNL’s Monolithic Telescope […]
iRocket – a New York based startup building autonomous small reusable rockets – has signed a Phase II RAPID Other Transaction Agreement contract with the U.S. Air Force to transport micro, nano, cube, and other […]
The US Air Force will be working with AI start-up, Hypergiant, to build prototypes of a network of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), named the “Chameleon Constellation.” The network’s machine learning/AI capabilities will […]
Researchers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC) have developed a lightweight fuel tank for small-scale satellites. MiniTANK is a joint effort involving the AMRC and Oxford-based Added Value Solutions (AVS) UK […]
The US Space Force has announced the initial operational capability and operational acceptance of its Space Fence radar surveillance system. Located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the system will be the most sensitive […]
The European Defense Agency (EDA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are partnering on two new projects that will explore unknown or potentially hazardous environments: using drones to monitor disaster-stricken regions or toxic spill sites; […]
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