National Instruments is rebranding itself as NI. With the slogan “Let’s Engineer Ambitiously”, the Austin based company has also updated its logo. You can read a letter from Eric Starkloff, president and CEO of the company (right), explaining the changes. He cites “the events of the last several months” as a catalyst for the move. ...
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Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) has been selected to participate in development of the US Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). ABMS is a command and control network designed to connect military platforms across the globe and better enable joint service operations. The contract is valued at up to $950 million over the next ...
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Astrobotic, a lunar logistics specialist, has been selected by NASA to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (Viper) to the south pole of the Moon in 2023. Under the terms of the $199.5 million contract – part of Nasa’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programme – Astrobotic will provide an end-to-end delivery for VIPER ...
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Google has released a Beta version of Android 11 for developers, it’s next major release of the operating system. There have been a number of developer previews before, but the new beta release is also accompanied with final SDK and NDK APIs for developers to try out with apps. The final, full release is scheduled for ...
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Preparatory testing for Ireland’s first space mission, EIRSAT-1, is taking place at the ESA’s Hertz antenna test chamber in Noordwijk, Holland. The Educational Irish Research Satellite 1 (EIRSAT-1) is being built by students and staff of University College Dublin, who are participating in ESA Education’s Fly Your Satellite! programme, reports the agency. The miniature satellite ...
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Northrop Grumman has been awarded a NASA contract to provide the first crew module for the Artemis Programme Gateway. The terms of the contract, which was first expected to be awarded back in 2019, cover “the preliminary design and development” of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO). This is to be deployed in lunar orbit ...
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Binder, the high-performance industrial circular connector specialist, has announced its 818 Series of M8 D-Coded connectors. They are aimed at connecting miniature sensors to Ethernet networks across applications that use the latest automation technology. Binder says the the connectors are specifically designed to support high data bandwidths, which are are becoming common in smart factories, ...
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It’s been a busy week for SpaceX. Following on from the Crew Dragon trip to the International Space Sstation, the company has confirmed the successful deployment of another 60 Starlink satellites. Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station yesterday, on what is the eighth Starlink mission. Following ...
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Astroscale US is addressing the GEO satellite life extension market with the acquisition of Effective Space Solutions R&D (ESS), developers of a Space Drone programme for satellite servicing. Specifically, the Denver-based U.S. unit of the Japanese parent company, Astroscale Holdings, has announced it is acquiring the IP, certain members of staff and other assets of ...
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