NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return
Mars Ascent Vehicle Launching with Samples: This illustration shows a concept of how the NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle, carrying tubes containing rock and soil samples, could be launched from the surface of Mars in one step of the Mars sample return mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption ›
The award moves NASA and ESA a step closer to realizing Mars Sample Return, an ambitious planetary exploration program that will build upon decades of science, knowledge, and experience.
NASA has awarded the Mars Ascent Propulsion System (MAPS) contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Elkton, Maryland, to provide propulsion support and products for spaceflight missions at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Coupled with the successful touchdown of the Mars Perseverance rover, this award moves NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) one step closer to realizing Mars Sample
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IDTechEx Explores Thermoelectric Perpetual Submarine
An IDTechEx report shows how remarkable new applications are driving the increase in interest in thermoelectric power generation. The Matrix smartwatch is one but here is something completely different.
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A Submarine That Never Runs Out of Power is America s Latest Stealth Ammo
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United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is building a submarine that will never run out of power. According to a recent report in Forbes, the defence agency has given contracts to a company named Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Martin Defense Group to build a demonstration version of the new unmanned underwater vehicle, named Manta Ray. In order to achieve the indefinite power supply, DARPA has awarded a contract to Metron for the submarine s energy-harvesting system to power it indefinitely, allowing it to carry out missions lasting months or years without having to return to base or refuel.
US Navy eyes future targeting capability for Triton UAS
26 January 2021
by Gareth Jennings
The US Navy (USN) is to equip the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with a targeting capability for third-party maritime platforms.
The US Navy is looking to enhance its newly introduced Triton UAS with a third-party targeting capability, having issued a sole-source notification for Northrop Grumman earlier in January 2021. (DVIDS)
A service spokesperson told
Janes
on 25 January that a sole-source notification was posted on beta.SAM.gov, the US government procurement website, some days ago, in anticipation of Northrop Grumman upgrading the navy’s Triton systems, formerly known as Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS).