“The involvement of the military massively augments our velocity on the commercial side because the military’s expectation of an airplane is fundamentally the same as the FAA’s. They want a safe, reliable, repeatedly produced aircraft,” said BETA founder and CEO Kyle Clark.
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“There’s a transformative vertical lift industry that’s emerging and we need to be partners in it,” said AFWERX Director Col. Elliot Leigh.
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“This isn’t a thought experiment anymore,” Lt. Col. Bryan Ralston said. “We’ve actually done something and seeing how it works and how we can adapt these technologies.”
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“We can’t do our best work unless we’re involved a lot earlier,” said Mandy Long, CEO of BigBear.ai.
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The company will use its sensor simulation software product Spectral, which can be used to “place sensors anywhere on a platform to visualize the sensor field of view, occlusion, and coverage,” Nicholas Pisciotta told Breaking Defense ahead of the contract announcement.
By Jaspreet Gill
Under a new grant, the company will demonstrate to the Air Force’s National Air and Space Intelligence Center its ability to take very high resolution images at night using a thermal infrared sensor.
By Theresa Hitchens
While the company currently is using already available data from satellites like NASA’s Landsat and ESA’s Sentinel-2, Hydrosat also intends to launch its own constellation of 16 microsats to low Earth orbit (LEO).
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The company has demonstrated the capability to do ‘pattern of life’ monitoring, staying over a 40 kilometer area for more than four days, said CEO Ryan Hartman.
By Theresa Hitchens
Sergio Gallucci, SCOUT co-founder and chief technology officer, told Breaking Defense that its new AFWERX contract is focused on demonstrating its software for integrating and streamlining unclassified data from multiple satellites.
By Theresa Hitchens CEO Pieter Fossel explained how the temperature of the ground, for instance, can be a critical factor for helicopter-borne special operations missions.
By Theresa Hitchens
After years of research and development efforts, tech startups want to see the Pentagon commit to real production work.
By Valerie Insinna
“The commercial space sector is driving the market, and “Space Systems commanders are eager to facilitate these companies and bring their unique solutions into our programs of record,” says Joy White, executive director of the new Space Systems Command.
By Theresa Hitchens
“There are so many building block technologies that need to happen first. So, it’s a bit silly, but the appeal of the theoretical end result is undeniable,” says Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia.
By Theresa Hitchens
The current approach “is more akin to innovation tourism—with the DoD sampling the local fare of the United States’ various tech hubs—than a bona fide strategy for bringing emerging technologies into the department,” the report notes.
By Brad D. Williams
