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Carmaker model may yield cheaper drone wingmen: Air Force Research Lab

The Air Force Research Laboratory hopes a common car manufacturing technique might unlock the solution for building affordable autonomous drones that can be fielded...

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Vigilant Aerospace Awarded Contract to Develop Detect-and-Avoid System for the US Air Force’s New Long-Endurance UAS – Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc.

Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc., a provider of multi-sensor detect-and-avoid safety systems for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM), announced that it...

First Intuitive Machines lunar lander ready for launch

HOUSTON — Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander is complete and ready to ship for a launch next month as executives say they’re cautiously optimistic...

IonQ, AFRL keep partnership going with two-system deployment deal – Inside Quantum Technology

By Dan O'Shea posted 02 Oct 2023 IonQ’s unveiling of two new quantum computer models last week grabbed...

Rigetti wins five-year deal with AFRL for quantum foundry services – Inside Quantum Technology

By Dan O'Shea posted 20 Sep 2023 Rigetti Computing has earned a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)...

DARPA Taps RTX to Attune AI Decisions to Human Values

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RTX's (NYSE: RTX) BBN division received a contract award to support DARPA's "In The Moment" program. ITM aims to develop the foundations...

Artificial intelligence flies XQ-58A Valkyrie drone

WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence software successfully flew an XQ-58A Valkyrie drone, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced Aug. 2.The U.S. lab led the three-hour...

Launch of Air Force Research Lab navigation satellite delayed again

WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory has pushed the launch of an experimental navigation satellite until next spring due to the delayed debut...

Defense Innovation Unit teams with companies on space-based internet

WASHINGTON — As the Defense Innovation Unit works to demonstrate a space-based internet capability that could help the Pentagon achieve its vision for a...

US Air Force plans self-flying F-16s to test drone wingmen tech

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s next big step toward establishing a network of drone wingmen could come in a small fleet of experimental...

SpaceX mission may herald era of low-cost, reliable space transport

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s interest in using space launch vehicles to quickly transport cargo and personnel around the globe has its origins in the...

DARPA Developing Wing-In-Ground Effect Cargo Seaplane

The new X-plane will be a large flying boat similar in size and capacity to the C-17. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working...

Chinese rocket, not Falcon 9, linked to upper stage on lunar impact trajectory

Long March launch of Chang'e 5 T1

In a case of celestial mistaken identity, a spent upper stage that will crash on the far side of the moon in March is now linked to a Chinese launch in 2014, not a SpaceX launch of an Earth and space science satellite in 2015, illustrating the difficulties in tracking objects beyond Earth orbit.

The post Chinese rocket, not Falcon 9, linked to upper stage on lunar impact trajectory appeared first on SpaceNews.

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