A Government Accountability Office report says the Defense Department has initiated steps to create a procurement strategy for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program in order to allow more than two U.S. launch providers to compete for military satellite launch contracts. GAO said in a report released Friday DoD has started to collect …
Read More » U.S. Army engineers have demonstrated a gun-based tool that works to counter threats from mortars, artillery, rockets and unmanned aerial systems, the Army website reported Monday. Researchers at the Army Research, Development and Engineering Center used the Extended Area Protection and Survivability platform to target two outlaw-class drones at approximately 1500 …
Read More » Engineers at the U.S. Army have developed a gun-based platform designed to counter threats posed by unmanned aerial systems, mortars, artillery and rockets, the service branch said Thursday. A research team at New Jersey-based Picatinny Arsenal received funding from the military branch’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center to develop the …
Read More » NASA has received initial signals from its first soil moisture observation satellite, which is designed to aid in weather forecasting and global famine early-warning operations. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory-built Soil Moisture Active Passive observatory lifted off Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA said Saturday. A Delta II rocket built …
Read More » The U.S. Air Force has launched a Lockheed Martin-built satellite into orbit for the military’s terrestrial and space weather program. The 19th defense meteorological satellite lifted off from the United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V launch vehicle on April 3 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Air Force said …
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