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Boeing-Built Space Force Satellite Passes Design Review

Boeing-Built Space Force Satellite Passes Design Review

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Boeing and the U.S. Space Force successfully completed the first major engineering design review for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ communications satellite. This successful review demonstrates that Boeing is ready to proceed to the final system design phase. Production …
GKN Aerospace Leading Smart Manufacturing Project

GKN Aerospace Leading Smart Manufacturing Project

GKN Aerospace is leading the Smart Connected Shop Floor project as part of the UK’s Manufacturing Made Smarter Challenge. UK government and industry are jointly investing to support businesses to implement new technology to boost their manufacturing productivity.

GKN Aerospace is leading a cross-…

U-2 Flying Test Lab Rewrites Software in Flight

U-2 Flying Test Lab Rewrites Software in Flight

BEALE AFB, Calif. — The U-2 Federal Laboratory successfully leveraged Kubernetes during a local training sortie on a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California, on September 22. This represents the first time Kubernetes has flown on an operational m…

L3Harris, SpaceX to build and deliver missile warning satellites by 2022

SpaceX and L3Harris are building eight satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency to detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles. Official SpaceX Photos [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons Each company will build four satellites each and deliver them by September of 2022. Operating from low Earth orbit, each satellite is installed with an overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) […]

JASDF F-2 fleet said to be grounded last month

Japanese media Flash said that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force grounded its F-2 fleet for checks last month. By Toshi Aoki – JP Spotters [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons The grounding took place after a F-2B was found to have a hairline crack on a wing after post-flight inspections was […]
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