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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Developing Space-Based Solar Power Beaming Capability

October 28, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Northrop Grumman, Power beaming, Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is developing space-based solar power transmission capability using high-efficiency solar cells to collect

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U.S. Researchers Transmit Energy with Laser in ‘Historic’ Power-Beaming Demonstration

October 28, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Laser, Power beaming, PowerLight Technologies, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), USA

U.S. researchers have demonstrated the first long-range, free-space power beaming system which transmits energy through free space with laser technology.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Teams with NASA to Develop Novel Rocket Engine Technology

October 26, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Rocket engine

Aerojet Rocketdyne has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to design and manufacture a

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Northrop Grumman Utilizes Dozens of Unmanned Vehicles to Deliver Unique Performance in DARPA Swarm Test

October 26, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments DARPA OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Northrop Grumman, Unmanned Vehicle (UxV), USA

Northrop Grumman Corporation demonstrated progress toward successful heterogeneous unmanned vehicle (UxV) swarming with the test of Rapid Integration Swarm Ecosystem

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U.S. Missile Defense Agency Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Mature Hypersonic Defense Component Technology

October 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerojet Rocketdyne, Hypersonic flight, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), USA

Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract worth up to nearly $19 million by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to

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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Demonstrates Preburner for Advanced Liquid Rocket Engines

October 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC), Rocket engine, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA

The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for

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Pentagon Announces Draft RFPs for 5G Technology

October 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments 5G, Pentagon, USA

The U.S. Department of Defense on Oct. 23 announced that in November it will issue a draft Request for Proposals

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Kratos to Develop Virtual Prototyping Holodeck for U.S. Army

October 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Cross Reality (XR), Kratos, U.S. Army, USA, Virtual Prototyping Holodeck (VPH)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to develop a Virtual Prototyping

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NNSA Signs $600 Million Contract to Build its First Exascale Supercomputer

October 23, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Cray Inc., El Capitan supercomputer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Supercomputer, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has signed a contract valued at $600 million with Cray

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Reaction Engines Tests Precooler at Airflow Temperature Conditions Representing Mach 5

October 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Hypersonic flight, Reaction Engines, Reaction Engines Skylon, Single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO), Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE), UK, USA

Reaction Engines has successfully tested its innovative precooler at airflow temperature conditions representing Mach 5, or five times the speed

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