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Leonardo: more and more technology in Drone Contest 2021

- - • The second competition, anticipated in spring by an innovative scientific presentation symposium, will be held in autumn in the Leonardo's Aircraft headquarters in Turin - • The Leonardo Drone Contest – a university competition on artificial intelligence, unique on the international scene – will take place in the 2021 edition as a real game between drones that, in cooperation with ground sensors, will compose the reality around them, in order to perform the mission and maximize the...

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CSO-2 Satellite in Orbit

Following the launch of CSO-1 in December 2018, the CSO-2 military observation satellite was successfully launched today by Arianespace using a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Featuring a very-high-resolution optical instrument built by Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), the satellite was developed by Airbus Defence and Space as prime contractor for the Armament General Directorate (DGA), with Fren...

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Thales Australia to deliver enhanced sonars for Collins Class Submarines

- - • Australia's Collins Class submarines will gain enhanced mine and obstacle avoidance capability under a contract signed between Thales Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia. - • The Australian designed and developed technology is tailored to the unique requirements of the Royal Australian Navy with optimised operational capability in warm shallow water. - • This contract expands upon the ongoing sonar upgrade of the Collins Class being rolled out to the fleet which includes a...

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Young Students Send Questions to Astronauts Aboard Space Station

Students from across the country will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:40 a.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 30, on NASA television and the agency's website. Astronauts Shannon Walker of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will answer prerecorded questions from pre-K and early elementary school students, who are part of the Noggin Kids community. Through t...

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Solar Orbiter en route to the Sun… via Venus!

Solar Orbiter will eventually be Walking on Sunshine, but for the moment, it's attracted by the siren song, "I'm your Venus, I'm your fire”. It will shortly reach Venus to perform its first flyby of five around the shiniest planet in the Solar System! Perhaps you recognized the two well-known song titles, which encapsulate the purpose and path of this unprecedented mission. Walking on Sunshine, first stop… Venus! As part of the European Space Agency's “Cosmic Vision” program, Solar Or...

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Northrop Grumman to Produce Additional Target Vehicles for US Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a production contract for 19 GQM-163A “Coyote” supersonic sea-skimming target (SSST) vehicles. The $ 57 million award could be worth up to $ 250 million with options for an additional 84 target vehicles. This brings the GQM-163A targets ordered to date to 200. “The Coyote is the only supersonic sea skimming target in production in the U.S.,” said Rich Straka, vice president, launch vehicles, Northrop Grumman. “This is our fourteenth...

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Airbus delivers the first A400M to the Belgian Air Force

The Belgian Air Force has taken delivery of its first of seven Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to the customer at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and subsequently performed its ferry flight to the 15th Wing Air Transport in Melsbroek (Belgium), where the aircraft will be based. This A400M, known as MSN106, will be operated within a binational unit composed of a total of eight aircraft, seven from the Belgian Air Force and one from t...

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Wärtsilä helps Wintershall Noordzee mitigate offshore hazards with next-gen marine traffic monitoring system

Wärtsilä Voyage has successfully completed its first commercial installation of the state-of-the-art Wärtsilä Navi-Harbour WebVTS 5.0 software application. The system was ordered by Netherlands-based Wintershall Noordzee B.V. to provide greater safety for their offshore installations in the North Sea. The order was placed in Q1 2020 and the project was finalised with full customer acceptance in November. The Wärtsilä Navi-Harbour WebVTS features an early warning system to avoid collisio...

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Leonardo's acoustic sub hunter technology adds dipping sonar in new demo

- - • Designed to listen for submarines using advanced acoustic technology, Leonardo's ULISSES ensures that the sea is no place to hide - • The addition of the new Firefly dipping sonar system from L3Harris Technologies brings additional range and accuracy to the ULISSES package - • For the demo the combined system was installed on a naval vessel while an Italian Navy NH-90 supported by dispensing sonobuoys - - - Leonardo has recently proven the newly-expanded capabilities of its ULI...

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US Navy Awards L3Harris Technologies $ 496 Million Next Generation Jammer Low Band Tactical Jamming System Contract

The U.S. Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) a five-year, $ 496 million contract to deliver prototype tactical jamming pods designed to extend U.S. Air superiority. The Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) is a high-powered, high-capacity airborne electronic warfare (EW) system. L3Harris' single-pod solution enables extended stand-off jamming capability, covers a broad spectrum and processes an increased number of threats. The system operates seamlessly with joint and all...

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Littoral Combat Ship 23 (Cooperstown) Completes Acceptance Trials

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 23, the future USS Cooperstown, completed acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. Trials included a full-power run, maneuverability testing, and surface and air detect-to-engage demonstrations of the ship's combat system. Major systems and features were demonstrated, including aviation support, small boat launch handling and recovery and machinery control and automation. Now that trials are complete, the ship will undergo final outfitting and fine-tuning before deli...

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NASA Awards Contract for Global Hawk Skyrange Program

NASA has selected Northrup Grumman Systems Corp. (NGSC) of San Diego to provide demonstration engineering, manufacturing, and technical support for the Global Hawk Skyrange program at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The firm-fixed price contract runs through Dec. 14, 2025, with a total value of $ 70 million with no options. The Skyrange program will obtain engineering, technical and fight operations, and maintenance support from NGSC for the program a...

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BT leads consortium to deliver 'Future Flight' drones project to revolutionise airspace

- - • BT led consortium wins Future Flight Challenge Fund project - backed by the Government's Industrial Strategy - to revolutionise the way people, goods and services use drone technology - • Project XCelerate will establish the UK's first commercial drone corridor in open and unrestricted airspace to prove how automated drones and manned aviation can safely co-exist - • Consortium will demonstrate flight trials across a number of key use cases including medical deliveries and rapid respon...

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Enel and Leonardo form a strategic collaboration for innovative sustainable solutions for the benefit of their customers

Enel and Leonardo have signed a letter of intent for a strategic collaboration focused on security, energy efficiency, satellite communications, and electric mobility. In addition to a series of activities that the two companies will provide in their respective reference businesses, the partnership will see the development and implementation of new features and technologies for specific offers dedicated to their customers. The collaboration will lead to the development of innovative solu...

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Lockheed Martin Flies Real-Time, Mission Enabling Kubernetes Onboard U-2

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully conducted a flight test mission featuring distributed processing onboard the U-2 Dragon Lady via Kubernetes containerization technology. The demonstration is a critical steppingstone toward creating a DevSecOps environment to enable the delivery of enhanced software capability to airborne assets in real-time. “The U-2 Kubernetes demonstration from mid-November not only advances the deployment pipeline for in-flight software upgrades but also operat...

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Leonardo launches the third group of key suppliers to its ELITE Leonardo Lounge

The third group of companies have now joined the “ELITE Leonardo Lounge”. The environment is reserved for high-potential companies from Leonardo's supply chain developed by ELITE of Borsa Italiana and enriched by content and services for Leonardo's suppliers. - - With the addition of the 23 new entries, the number of Leonardo's key suppliers to the ELITE programme rises to 67. The companies included in the ELITE Leonardo Lounge come from 13 different regions, with a combined revenue of 1.3...

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“Innovations for FCAS”: Airbus concludes cooperative pilot phase with startup companies in Germany

Airbus has concluded a pilot phase of the “Innovations for FCAS” (I4 FCAS) initiative which aims at involving German non-traditional defence players -covering startups, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and research institutes- in the development of Future Combat Air System (FCAS). This initiative which was launched in April 2020 was funded by the German Ministry of Defence. “The initiative shows that FCAS does not compare with previous larger defence projects. By implementing young and...

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L3Harris Technologies Awarded Third LRIP Order on US Army's Two-Channel Leader Radio Contract

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received a $ 57 million competitive award for its Falcon IV® AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios, along with related equipment and services, as part of the U.S. Army's two-channel Leader radio IDIQ contract. Delivery is expected to begin in early 2021. The versatile AN/PRC-163 enables warfighters to share information up and down the chain of command, integrating voice and data across the Army's Integrated Tactical Network (ITN). The radio enables ro...

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Thales and Google Cloud Join Forces to Deliver Breakthrough Capability for Enterprises to Control Their Data in the Cloud

Thales announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud that will accelerate the ability of enterprises to safely migrate sensitive data between public cloud, hybrid and private IT infrastructures. Together, the two companies will offer new capabilities that enable security teams to own and control their encryption keys while helping to fulfill heightened regulatory requirements amidst today's highly-distributed workforce. Building on a multi-year history of innovation around a variety of...

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Rolls-Royce to create global aerospace leader as part of review of Civil Aerospace footprint

Rolls-Royce is proposing to increase the scope of ITP Aero's supply chain activity, engineering and manufacturing capabilities. This comes as part of the ongoing detailed review of our Civil Aerospace facility footprint, as we focus on protecting key skills and technologies, reducing costs and positioning our business for recovery from the dramatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global commercial aviation. The actions we are proposing will enhance the position of ITP Aero, currently wh...

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ITT Enidine Selected by Bell for the Bell 360 Invictus Prototype for U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Program

ITT Inc.'s (NYSE: ITT) Enidine brand today announces its teaming arrangement with leading aerospace manufacturer Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, to produce passive vibration control technology for the Bell 360 Invictus. Enidine joins eight other elite aerospace teammates in Bell's mission to submit the Bell 360 competitive prototype to the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. - - As a teammate in Team Invictus, Enidine will work with B...

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ESA purchases world-first debris removal mission from start-up

ESA has signed an €86 million contract with an industrial team led by Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to purchase a unique service: the first removal of an item of space debris from orbit. As a result, in 2025, ClearSpace will launch the first active debris removal mission, ClearSpace-1, which will rendezvous, capture and take down for reentry the upper part of a Vespa (Vega Secondary Payload Adapter) used with Europe's Vega launcher. This object was left in a 'gradual disposal' orbit (ap...

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Inmarsat launches 2020 Superyacht Connectivity Report

Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has published its third Superyacht Connectivity Report, focusing on the future requirements of superyacht professionals and the growing demand for advanced satellite technology to enable new ambitions of yachting freedom and adventure. Providing a state-of-the-industry assessment of satellite communications usage within the superyacht fleet, the report confirms that demand for, and spending on, very small aperture ter...

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