GA-EMS to design nuclear thermal propulsion system for DRACO mission 19 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 19th, 2021 15:26)
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to design a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system.
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The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to design a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system.
The NTP is part of DARPA’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) programme.
The company will lead the design of the system, which will be demonstrated on-orbit to allow a rocket to operate in ‘cislunar space’ by 2025.
General Atomics acquires data analytics company CCRi 5 April 2021 (Last Updated April 5th, 2021 12:31)
US defence company General Atomics (GA) has announced the acquisition of software engineering and data analytics company Commonwealth Computer Research (CCRi).
CCRi provides custom software development and information engineering solutions. Credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.
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US defence company General Atomics (GA) has announced the acquisition of software engineering and data analytics company Commonwealth Computer Research (CCRi).
The transaction value was undisclosed.
General Atomics CEO, president and chairman Neal Blue said: “The inclusion of CCRi within the GA group will accelerate the delivery of actionable intelligence through the dynamic conversion of data to knowledge.
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General Atomics, Rocket Lab to Launch Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System Our Bureau 1528
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch the GA-EMS developed Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite carrying the Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS) hosted payload.
The contract was awarded to GA-EMS by the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) under a USSF Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) delivery order, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The anticipated launch will occur between late 2021 and early 2022 using Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle.