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TAG: U.S. Air Force

DroneShield RfPatrol body-worn C-UAS device with enrolled firmware upgrades. (Photo: DroneShield)

DroneShield releases major firmware release for its C-UAS devices

April 28, 2022

DroneShield has begun releasing a software update across its counter-unmanned-aerial-system (C-UAS) devices, including portable, vehicle-based and fixed-site devices. […]


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LIFT Aircraft advances to Phase 3 contract with US Air Force

April 11, 2022

LIFT Aircraft Co. has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to continue experimentation and flight test efforts […]


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DroneSentry-C2 with Nearmap location data. (Screenshot: DroneShield)

Nearmap and DroneShield join forces to protect against unmanned aerial threats

April 8, 2022

DroneShield Limited, an Australian/U.S. global leader in artificial-intelligence-based platforms for protection against advanced threats such as drones and […]


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At the ION GNSS+ 2021 conference in St. Louis, Missouri, the annual meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, Brad Parkinson bestowed Lakshay Narula with the division’s Bradford W. Parkinson Award for his Ph.D. thesis “Towards Secure & Robust PNT for Automated Systems” at the University of Texas at Austin. The award honors Parkinson, known as the “father of GPS,” for his leadership in establishing both GPS and the Satellite Division of the ION. Narula is now an applied scientist at Amazon Lab126 in Sunnyvale, California, where he researches robust navigation and state estimation methods for robots, from self-driving cars to aerospace applications. (Photo: ION)

The true value of inertial navigation: An interview with Brad Parkinson

March 8, 2022

A U.S. Secretary of Defense once predicted that navigation would eventually be based on inertial devices that were […]


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U.S. Air Force Airmen repair government-operated general-purpose vehicles at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Lauren M. Johnson)

Geotab wins contract for fleet telematics in U.S. Air Force vehicles

February 2, 2022

The U.S. Air Force will equip its 21,000 general-purpose vehicles with Geotab fleet-management technology after the company was […]


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PNT beacons can be deployed in orbit to penetrate the lunar surface and enable consistent wireless connectivity. (Image: Masten Space Systems)

Masten to develop beacon navigation system for the Moon

August 6, 2021

Masten Space Systems has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to develop and demonstrate a lunar positioning […]


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Northrop Grumman has successfully delivered an ESPAStar-D spacecraft bus to L3Harris in support of the NTS-3 mission. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

NTS-3 mission progresses toward launch in 2023

July 30, 2021

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) program is making major strides in developing a new navigation spacecraft for in-space […]


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Joby eVtol in flight in Northern California. (Photo: Joby Aviation)

US Air Force invests in flying cars

July 21, 2021

Are ‘”flying cars” unmanned aerial vehicles, manned aircraft, electric aircraft or just regular aircraft? Or perhaps a mix […]


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