The Defense Department and its partners will hold the next demonstration of the highly anticipated drone swarming concept this fall, according to a top general.
The company s software-defined Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology will offer military users an agile new signal from low Earth orbit (LEO) that is not dependent on existing satellite navigation systems, said Nicholas Paraskevopoulos, Northrop Grumman s chief technology officer.
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WASHINGTON: Northrop Grumman has nabbed its first contract under DARPA’s high-profile Blackjack program demonstrating military uses for small, cheap, low-orbiting satellites with an award to develop alternate capabilities when GPS signals are jammed or degraded.
Blackjack is widely seen by the satellite industry as a boot-strap into a lucrative DoD market for smallsats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). DoD sees LEO constellations as potentially providing a host of services to warfighters in highly-contested conflict zones both as alternatives to today’s uber-expensive handful o
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There is absolutely no doubt that at some point in our future sentient robots will become a permanent part of our lives. We already see the early stages of what will eventually become a human-made life form, and for some that’s reassuring, while for others pretty damn frightening. 1 photo
More or less intelligent drones are currently flying in our skies, other types of robots are learning to work as teams, and there are organizations out there who are also trying to make them capable of operating underground. One of the ones doing this is, of course, DARPA.
Pamela Melroy, a 1979 Bishop Kearney High School graduate who became the third woman to pilot a space shuttle mission and the second to command one, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to help lead NASA.
Two months after taking office, Biden nominated Sen. Bill Nelson to head up the space agency. On Friday, he put forward retired astronaut Melroy for the No. 2 spot.
“It’s a great honor to be nominated by President Biden to support Senator Nelson and help lead NASA. The agency is critical in America’s fight to combat climate change and maintain leadership in space,” Melroy said in a statement.
Biden to nominate former space shuttle commander for NASA s number 2 spot ANI | Updated: Apr 17, 2021 06:14 IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): US PresidentJoe Biden is set to nominate eight leaders to key administration posts, including former space shuttle commander Pamela Melroy for the post of Deputy Administrator in NASA, the White House statement said on Friday.
Melroy, a retired US Air Force test pilot, is an aerospace executive with government and industry experience across civil, commercial, and national security space. It s a great honour to be nominated by @POTUS to support @SenBillNelson and help lead NASA. The agency is critical in America s fight to combat climate change and maintain leadership in space, Melroy tweeted.