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The Aerospace/Defense Industry serves, as its name represents, two main markets: Aerospace, which largely comprises the production, sale, and service of commercial aircraft. And Defense, which is dependent on the nation’s need for military weapons and systems designed to operate on land, sea, and in the air.
The ‘CAPEd’ Crusader: Goddard Technologist Advances CubeSat Concept for Planetary…
Although scientists are increasingly using pint-size satellites sometimes no larger than a loaf of bread to gather…
Video: NASA’s Mission Control, Houston, Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Mission Control recognizes a half century of human spaceflight leadership from Houston on June 3, as it continues…
Robosimian: A Robot Created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robosimian, a robot created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, exits the vehicle it had just driven as part…
Crowd-Sourced Formal Verification Program Generates Thousands of Software…
The initial phase of a DARPA program that used publicly accessible online games to accelerate the verification of…
Boosting Confidence in New Manufacturing Technologies
Additive manufacturing, including emerging “3D printing” technologies, is booming. Last year an astronaut on the…
Year in Space Starts for One American and One Russian
Three crew members representing the United States and Russia are on their way to the International…
Wanted: Technologies to Enable Automated Lookouts for Unmanned Surface Vessels
DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program seeks to develop a new type…
ALIAS Prepares for Accelerated Take-Off
Phase 1 research includes planned ground and flight demonstrations to help mature capabilities faster
In the…
Tern Continues Progress toward Enabling Small Ships to Host Their Own Unmanned Air…
DARPA chooses two performers to work on new systems that would cost-effectively provide capabilities on par with…
Team Returning Orbiter to Duty After Computer Swap
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, at Mars since 2006, made an unplanned switch on Wednesday from one main…