SPAINSAT NG programme successfully passes Preliminary Design Review (PDR)

SPAINSAT NG programme successfully passes Preliminary Design Review (PDR)

Important milestone successfully achieved on schedule despite Covid-19 Spanish industry assumes leadership of communications payload for first time, including integration of both satellites’ payloads in Spain Advanced technologies for Next Generation secu
Safran’s new-generation EuroflirTM 410 observation system chosen for NH90 helicopters to be deployed by French Special Forces

Safran’s new-generation EuroflirTM 410 observation system chosen for NH90 helicopters to be deployed by French Special Forces

Safran Electronics & Defense has won a contract from Airbus Helicopters to supply new-generation Euroflir™410 observation systems for ten NH90-TTH Caiman helicopters deployed by French Special Forces. These new Standard 2 helicopters will allow French forces to handle the full range of utility missions. The…

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Leonardo demonstrates helicopter-UAV teaming in the UK with its AW159 Wildcat

Leonardo demonstrates helicopter-UAV teaming in the UK with its AW159 Wildcat

 A UK first for seamless integration of a UAV into a helicopter’s mission system – allowing a helicopter crew to control a UAV from the cockpit as if it was one of the aircraft’s on-board sensors
 Teaming a helicopter with a UAV can significantly increase the situational awareness of the

U.S. Space Force GPS III SV04 Satellite to Launch Friday Night, Oct. 2

U.S. Space Force GPS III SV04 Satellite to Launch Friday Night, Oct. 2

The fourth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Airbus selected for ESA’s Moon lander study

Airbus selected for ESA’s Moon lander study

A new decade of European exploration – to the Moon and Mars Airbus to design the European Large Logistic Lander (EL3) EL3 to deliver scientific or logistic payloads to lunar surface European service offering to NASA
European Large Logistic Lander (EL3 )
European Large Logistic Lander (EL3 )
EL3’s journey: an independent, all-European solution

EL3, launched on an Ariane 64 from Kourou as a single payload of up to 8.5 tons, can be put on a direct trajectory to the Moon, similar to the…

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GA-ASI’S NEW SC2 SOFTWARE OFFERS  MASSIVE SAVINGS FOR GRAY EAGLE ER TEAMS Reduces Emplacement, Mission Launch Time and Ground Segment Footprint

GA-ASI’S NEW SC2 SOFTWARE OFFERS MASSIVE SAVINGS FOR GRAY EAGLE ER TEAMS Reduces Emplacement, Mission Launch Time and Ground Segment Footprint

Massive reductions in emplacement, mission launch time and overall footprint size are in the works for Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), thanks to new laptop-based interface called Scalable Command & Control (SC2) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI).…

Leonardo: panels for JUICE solar arrays leave the Company’s Milan plant, they are the largest ever built for an interplanetary mission

Leonardo: panels for JUICE solar arrays leave the Company’s Milan plant, they are the largest ever built for an interplanetary mission

 Another record for Leonardo, after the milestone of the photovoltaic panels built for the Rosetta mission

 Ten panels will accompany JUICE’s probe to discover possible oceans hidden under the surface of Jupiter's icy moons

 Photovoltaic panels represent one of Leonardo's key

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FN HERSTAL TO COMPLEMENT ITS AIRBORNE DIGITAL SUITE WITH NEWLY-DEVELOPED FN® D-POD TEST UNIT

Belgium-based designer and manufacturer of small caliber weapons and associated weapon systems FN Herstal introduces a newly-developed Ground Support Equipment (GSE) test unit, called FN® D-Pod TU, and offers optimized level of integration, operational capability and maintenance on rotary- and fixed…

Enhanced integration, operational capability and maintenance

The FN® D-Pod TU is composed of three complementary modules:

Q FN® D-Pod EMU (Digital Pod Emulator)

As an integration tool, the FN® D-Pod EMU fully emulates the behaviour of the pod and its weapons. It can be either used in an electronic workshop and connected to…

FN® D-Pod EMU
Q FN® D-AMS EMU (Digital Armament Management System Emulator)

The FN® D-AMS EMU’s main function is to emulate a Store Management System. It can operate, and ground fire, an FN® D-Pod without an aircraft,…

FN® D-AMS EMU
FN® D-MNT APP (Digital Maintenance Application)

The FN® D-MNT APP can be installed on any maintenance computer to which any digital product of FN Herstal’s fixed forward-firing solutions can be connected…

GA-ASI SELECTED FOR FURTHER SKYBORG VANGUARD DEVELOPMENT

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is pleased to announce the recent award of an indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) for the Skyborg Vanguard Program.

Skyborg is an autonomy-focused capability that aims to…

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“The Chinook is fast and maneuverable,” said longtime CH-47 flight engineer Ed Blantz. “It can carry a lot both inside and out. It’s just a workhorse.” (U.S. Army photo)

Chinook mechanic’s career gets off the ground

Even when Ed Blantz maintained CH-47 Chinook helicopters on the ground, he wanted to spend his career in the air. There was just one problem.

“Aircraft electricians don’t fly,” he said. “But flight engineers do.”

Blantz went back to school. Today he’

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