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Charles River Analytics has received a potential two-year, $1 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a new system for the assessment and diagnosis of vestibular indicators of soldier operational readiness. Charles River said Monday the follow-on ADVISOR contract will fund work to create an in-field vestibular assessment platform that features electromyography, integrated video oculography, […] More

SpaceX has pushed back from the spring of 2017 to May 2018 the first manned flight of its Dragon spacecraft designed to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Andy Pasztor writes the delay comes as SpaceX works to develop new fueling processes for its fleet of […] More

BAE Systems handed over an amphibious, ship-launchable and ship-recoverable combat vehicle prototype to the U.S. Marine Corps during a ceremony held Tuesday at the company’s York, Pennsylvania-based facility. BAE said Tuesday its Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 is designed to meet the Marine Corps’ force protection, water and land mobility, lethality, transportability and survivability requirements for a production-ready platform. The service branch […] More

Boeing has handed over NATO’s updated E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, the first of 14 the company is contracted to modernize for the intergovernmental military organization through a $257 million modernization effort. The company updated the communication navigation surveillance/air traffic management digital flight deck and avionics systems of the E-3A to help NATO comply with air […] More

Thales Alenia Space’s ELiTeBUS 1000 satellite system has been added by the rapid spacecraft development office to the Rapid III catalog managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The satellite platform’s inclusion in the catalog would allow the joint venture of Thales and Leonardo-Finmeccanica to respond to future request for proposals for platforms and services under […] More