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FADA-CATEC uses 3D printing to slim down the CHEOPS satellite

2018-12-06
The Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (FADA-CATEC) has collaborated with the Spanish engineering company CiTD in the design, development, and manufacture of new aerospace components through 3D printing for the European Space Agency CHEOPS satellite.
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U.S. DoD orders 255 Lockheed Martin F-35 military combat aircraft in $22.7B deal

2018-11-16
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., part of Lockheed Martin Corp., in Fort Worth, Texas, won a $22.7 billion contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver 255 of its F-35 fifth-generation military combat aircraft. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, issued the contract modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price advanced acquisition contract (N00019-17-C-0001) for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters designed to perform ground-attack and air-superiority missions.
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America’s latest AV testing site adds cloud provider

2018-04-11
The newly operational American Center for Mobility (ACM), designed for all-weather testing of connected and autonomous vehicles, will use Microsoft as its data infrastructure and cloud resources provider.
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High-altitude pseudo satellites: new battle for inner space, part I

2018-12-12
Richard Gardner reports on the growing pace of activity and interest in High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS). The concept of using a high-flying, unmanned, solar-powered air vehicle, to provide persistent services that previously could only be enabled by using space satellites, has been featured before but now the momentum has moved up several notches as aircraft enter the production phase, and with growing competition entering this all-new market.
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