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NASA supersonic passenger aircraft concept contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
March 01, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials are looking to bring back the days of supersonic air travel for commercial passengers, announcing this week a contract award for the preliminary design of a ?low boom? flight demonstration aircraft. It will be the first in a series of ?X-planes? in NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency?s Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
Avionics
Aerospace systems research, tech development contracts awarded by NASA - News
October 23, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials awarded contracts to 11 companies under its Basic and Applied Aerospace technology (BAART) multiple-awards contract, to support research and technology development for aerospace systems located at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Comms
Miniature optical communications demonstrated by NASA CubeSat in orbit - News
October 22, 2015
EL SEGUNDO, California. The Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) CubeSat spacecraft from NASA and The Aerospace Corp., is now in orbit and operational and ready to demonstrate optical communications in space.
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NASA CubeSat initiative accepting applicants for next round - News
August 20, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, which provides access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA centers, accredited educational institutions and non-profit organizations. Applicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 24.
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Propulsion and communications aerospace research contracts awarded by NASA - News
July 29, 2015
CLEVELAND. NASA chose 13 aerospace companies to deliver advanced propulsion and communications system technologies under ongoing long-term aerospace research activities at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Unmanned
Alien ocean submarines, asteroid satellite swarms among concepts receiving NASA research funding - News
July 06, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials chose seven technology proposals to move forward under Phase II of the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The choices were based on the potential of each to transform future aerospace missions, present new capabilities, or substantially improve today's methods for building and operating aerospace systems.
Unmanned
Open systems architecture flown on NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft - News
June 18, 2015
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft flew with a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture implemented by Northrop Grumman engineers to enable the ability to quickly and cost-effectively adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).
