(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems' Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite has been successfully launched, aiming to bridge critical gaps in current s
Airbus Defence and Space announced that Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, had awarded the company a €2.1 billion contract to develop SATCOMBw 3, the country’s next-generation secure military satellite communications system. The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag (federal parliament) approved the funding for the SATCOMBw 3 project on 26 June. The project is being […]
That's just one year after DARPA plans to test out its own nuclear power prototypes.
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) reached another milestone this week in its efforts to become the next commercial company to venture into space and provide NASA crew transport capabilities to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser spacecraft, described by many simply as a "mini space shuttle," is ready to begin approach-and-landing (ALT) tests this fall after the
IBM has announced a new roadmap for quantum computing, which includes plans to deliver 4,000+ qubit systems by 2025. This is the first time that a single computer will be able to use this many qubits.
Yeah. The A-37 was small. So was Napoleon.
A European spaceliner would launch like a rocket and travel at hypersonic speeds to carry people halfway around the world within a few hours.
US Army advances new communications network baseline
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lbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded an approximately $70 million contract to supply an Electronic Warfare (EW) solution to an international
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The move would expose the Pentagon's most secret sats.
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Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo 33%), and Telespazio, the joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), have
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, see some of the most extraordinary cosmic images ever captured by the Hubble Space telescope
Rocket scientists have a fascinating career. We interview one to find out the ins and outs of this job.
Since the House Armed Services Committee announced the proposal to separate orbital operations from the U.S. Air Force and instead establish a separate
In March 2012, NASA's Fermi space telescope could have collided with a Russian naval signals satellite, were it not for an untested maneuver.
With billions in defense contracts handed out annually, who are the key players profiting? View this graphic to find out.
This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew)Space is seen more and more as a new military frontier, and rival countries are investing heavy resources in space technology. Military satellites give the military real-time data of the movement of troops and arsenal in the enemy borders. They also facilitate high-bandwidth communication over secure channels, track […]
Is there a clandestine space program designed to save the elite from a global catastrophe?
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Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT, TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) announced today that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems UK Ltd. (“Elbit Systems UK”), was awarded a
The HIMARS rocket system is facing off against the Taliban, ISIS, China, and even Russia.
The archipelago’s southernmost island was once home to a terrifyingly intricate – and nearly invisible – system of state-of-the-art military installations. Only a few survive.
The sixth and newest U.S. military service may also be the one most appealing to and inclusive of women.
Learn the steps FamilySearch takes to add new records to its free website, from identifying at-risk documents to creating and indexing digital images.
