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An Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft has deployed four small satellites from Spire Global above the International Space Station’s orbit as part of a secondary mission, Space News reported Saturday. Jeff Foust writes the spacecraft, nicknamed S.S. Alan Poindexter, launched four Lemur-2 satellites to help Spire build a constellation of cubesats designed to collect weather and ship tracking data. S.S. Alan […] More

The tenth littoral combat ship that Austal built for the U.S. Navy has completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Austal said Thursday the service branch concluded on Nov. 18 the acceptance trials on the USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) vessel that include tests on the ship’s systems and related equipment. The completion of the […] More

Microelectronics Advanced Research Corp. has secured a $15.5 million contract modification to continue to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency establish a network of multi-university research centers in the U.S. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification covers the fifth year of  MARCO’s support for DARPA’s Focus Center Research Program-Semiconductor Technology Advanced Research Network. DARPA will obligate $7.7 million in fiscal 2016 […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the public safety and security market will reach $456.56 billion by 2021 from $247.53 billion in 2016, or a compound annual growth rate of 13 percent. The report cites the rise in criminal activities, natural disaster and cross border terrorism, public safety policies and regulations […] More