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Agencies Turn to Plug-and-Play Tech; ServiceNow’s Jonathan Alboum Quoted

Some federal agencies including the U.S. Postal Service and the International Development Finance Corporation are now adopting preconfigured, plug-and-play technologies to speed up deployment and meet their operational requirements, FedTech Magazine reported Thursday. Jonathan Alboum, federal chief technology officer at ServiceNow, said the use of plug-and-play systems not only reflects the transition to a service- […] More

by Jane Edwards October 28, 2022, 11:43 am
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NASA Picks Rocket Lab to Power Mobile Space Robots With Solar Panels

Rocket Lab has secured a contract with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to provide solar panels that will power small, autonomous robots programmed to work as a team to explore and collect data on lunar and planetary surfaces. For the effort, the contractor said Friday it will use the inverted metamorphic multi-junction solar cells that its recently […] More

by Kacey Roberts October 17, 2022, 11:48 am
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DARPA Kicks off 2nd Field Experiment for Off-Road Autonomous Vehicles

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has mapped out a second off-road landscape course for combat ground vehicle teams under its Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency program. The latest field experiment is scheduled to be held at Camp Roberts in California, and to run from Sept. 15 to 27, DARPA said Friday. DARPA […] More

by Regina Garcia September 19, 2022, 12:05 pm
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NASA Taps Microchip Technology to Develop Next Gen Spaceflight Computing Processor

NASA has selected Microchip Technology, a Chandler, Arizona-headquartered semiconductor manufacturer, to develop a high-performance spaceflight computing processor for the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory under a $50 million firm-fixed-price contract. Microchip Technology will design and build the HPSC processor over three years to boost the computational capacity of existing spaceflight computers in support of future […] More

by Naomi Cooper August 16, 2022, 11:44 am
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SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 25th Resupply Mission to International Space Station

A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket took off Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver over 5,800 pounds of crew supplies, science experiments and other cargo to the International Space Station as part of the company’s 25th resupply services mission to the ISS. The spacecraft is expected to arrive […] More

by Jane Edwards July 15, 2022, 11:56 am
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Xplore Announces Venture Funding, Completes Milestones on Government Contracts

Xplore has secured $16.2 million in venture financing and completed milestones on contracts with federal customers, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday its investors include Alumni Ventures, Starbridge Venture Capital, KittyHawk Ventures, Brightstone Venture Capital, Private Shares Fund, Lombard Street, Gaingels, Helios Capital, […] More

by Jane Edwards February 28, 2022, 11:49 am
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Ball Aerospace, NASA Conclude Critical Design Review of SPHEREx Observatory

Ball Aerospace helped NASA complete the critical design review of a satellite designed to map the sky and support scientists’ study on the cause of cosmic inflation in the universe’s earlier stages. The company said Wednesday it designed, integrated and tested the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer […] More

by Nichols Martin February 24, 2022, 11:55 am
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Microsoft Provides Azure Quantum Service for NASA’s Space Communications Scheduling

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has chosen Microsoft’s Azure Quantum cloud ecosystem to speed up the scheduling of spacecraft communications. The company’s Azure Quantum team created a product designed to address JPL’s scheduling issues associated with the Deep Space Network, which NASA uses to communicate with spacecraft, Anita Ramanan, a senior software engineer for the Azure […] More

by Nichols Martin January 28, 2022, 12:20 pm
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ONL Taps Frequency Electronics to Support Next-Gen DOD Atomic Clock Program

The Office of Naval Research has awarded New York-based precision timing manufacturer Frequency Electronics a potential five-year, $20.26 million contract for a compact mercury ion atomic clock. ONL will use Frequency Electronic’s clock on the Next Generation Department of Defense Atomic Clock research and development program being conducted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, […] More

by Angeline Leishman January 11, 2022, 11:37 am
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NASA Seeks Feedback on Commercial Options to Support Surface Deformation & Change Mission

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a request for information on potential business models that the agency could pursue with the U.S. space industry to support a mission meant to perform low-frequency radar observations of the Earth’s changing surface. JPL is seeking potential industry partners that could help develop a concept of a public-private partnership […] More

by Jane Edwards November 22, 2021, 11:46 am
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NASA Concludes Navigation Clock Demo Aboard General Atomics’ Orbital Test Bed

A spacecraft built by General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has completed a NASA-sponsored in-orbit demonstration of miniature atomic clock technology. The company said Tuesday its Orbital Test Bed satellite hosted the Deep Space Atomic Clock to test the payload’s ability to consistently track time for long-duration space exploration. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced DSAC and […] More

by Nichols Martin October 13, 2021, 11:50 am
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Lockheed to Develop Aeroshell for NASA’s Mars Sample Retrieval Spacecraft

Lockheed Martin has received a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build a protective capsule for the Mars Sample Retrieval lander. The company said Tuesday it will develop an aeroshell that will protect the lander from extreme heat during its journey in deep space, landing sequence and descent to Mars to facilitate […] More

by Jane Edwards June 23, 2021, 11:49 am

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