NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The launch of the unmanned Artemis I mission, NASA’s first step in returning to the moon, is carrying a host of critical components that power the flight computers, flight-control systems, and payloads on both the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft. NASA successfully launched the Artemis I from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, November 16.

SAN DIEGO, California. Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions has begun full-rate production of its Next Generation Troposcatter (NGT) communications system for the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, California. Boeing recently conducted a test of autonomous anti-jamming technology for the U.S. Space Force's Satellite Communications Program to protect military satellites, the company announced in a statement.

NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA's uncrewed Orion spacecraft launched with the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket during the early hours of November 16, 2022, on its way to the moon as an initial flight test of NASA's deep-space exploration program.  

DUBLIN, Ireland. The electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) market will increase by 11.6% each year through 2030 as demand for military countermeasures increases, a new report predicts.

PASADENA, Calif. Artificial-intelligence (AI) company Virtualitics announced a partnership with U.S. Air Force command Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) to establish a Center of Excellence focused on delivering AI-enabled software solutions for bomber and missile weapon systems to increase aircraft availability and mission readiness. 

SILVER SPRING, Md. Wideband Systems Inc. (WSI, a Delta Information Systems company) was chosen by the U.S. Navy to supply Wideband DRS8500X telemetry recorders for use as signal recorders for field use.  

TURKU, Finland. Artificial intelligence (AI) company MarshallAI has signed a cooperation agreement with the U.S. Army under which the pair will further develop the MarshallAI platform, which was designed to analyze the battlefield environment on behalf of a soldier in order to free up resources for the execution of other pressing tasks.

WAKEFIELD, Mass. The PICMG consortium has ratified the new COM Express 3.1 specification to support high-speed serial interfaces such as PCIe Gen 4 and USB4.

LORTON, Virginia. QinetiQ has won a contract for research, development, and engineering support for image processing and advanced optics technologies supporting the U.S. Army C5ISR Center, the company announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The global small satellite market is poised for an explosion in growth over the next five years, more than doubling from $3.68 billion in 2021 to $8.84 billion in 2027 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.73%, a new report predicts.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded BAE Systems a $17 million contract to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into a game environment as part of the "Fight Tonight" program to provide air operations planners the ability to more quickly plan complex air attack operations, the company announced in a statement.

RESTON, Virginia. Inmarsat Government has won a contract worth up to $410 million from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide satellite communications to support connectivity for the U.S. Army's Blue Force Tracker system, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen Raytheon Intelligence & Space to conduct uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management flight tests, the company announced in a statement.

LOWELL, Mass. The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) officially opened a state-of-the-art RF/Microwave Learning Lab UMass Lowell on November 7, a facility that will enable UMass Lowell to embed cutting-edge technology within engineering students’ educational interactions.