Postal Service Seeks Info on Potential Mail Delivery Drone Sources
The U.S. Postal Service has issued a request for information to seek potential sources of unmanned aircraft systems that can be used in mail delivery and data collection.
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Lt. Gen. John Thompson: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Certified for Two National Security Orbits
Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, said the service branch certified SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to perform national security launch missions for “certain orbits,†SpaceNews reported Saturday.
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Marine Corps Looks at Bell-Made Drone for Naval Ship Protection
The U.S. Marine Corps is looking to use a Bell-made unmanned tiltrotor aircraft for efforts to protect naval ships, according to officials, Military.com reported Wednesday.
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Rocket Lab Installs New Platform at Second Launch Complex
Rocket Lab has completed and installed a new launch platform at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport for launches of the Electron vehicle.
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Sunflower Lab Unveils Blockchain-Based Asset Tracking Tech
Sunflower Lab developed an asset tracking and management tool under a partnership with blockchain service provider Rubix.
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Descartes Labs to Build Data Refinery for New Mexico’s Environmental Efforts
Descartes Labs is working to develop a geospatial data platform that would help New Mexico meet greenhouse gas reduction goals.
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Report: Raytheon Preps Combat Aircraft for ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Mode 5 Requirement
Raytheon plans to equip military aircraft with an identification friend or foe interrogator system to comply with an IFF mandate by June 30, 2020, Avionics International reported Wednesday.
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Lifeboat Distribution Adds Turbonomic to GSA IT Schedule 70 Vehicle
Lifeboat Distribution has partnered with Turbonomic to offer the latter’s application resource management services through the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle.
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Lockheed to Use Qorvo-Made Power Amplifiers for Q-53 Radar Update
Lockheed Martin has selected Qorvo to provide gallium nitride power amplifiers for a U.S. Army-employed phased array radar.
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Kratos to Test Valkyrie UAS Payloads Early Next Year
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions plans to commence payload tests of the XQ-58A unmanned aircraft system by next year’s first quarter, Flight Global reported Thursday.
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Tenable’s James Hayes: Vulnerability Management Key Step to Cyber Risk Mitigation
James Hayes, vice president for global government affairs at Tenable, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that government agencies and other organizations should consider vulnerability management as a “fundamental first step†to reduce the risk of cyber attacks.