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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Echodyne seeks clearance for Super Bowl radar test
Kirkland, Wash.-based Echodyne, a radar-focused startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is seeking the Federal Communications Commission’s expedited approval to have its drone-detecting radar system used in an experiment planned during the NFL’s Super Bowl in Atlanta. The request, made in … Continue reading
Vulcan builds drones to protect African wildlife
One of the legacies left behind by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder who passed away last October, is a drone development program aimed at providing aerial intelligence for Africa’s anti-poaching efforts. The program takes a share of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Drones, Elephants, Environment, Paul Allen, Philanthropy, Science, Vulcan
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Swarm raises $25M for space-based IoT network
A year after making a $900,000 mistake, Swarm Technologies is raking in $25 million in a funding round aimed at getting a constellation of sandwich-sized satellites up and running for the Internet of Things. Getting the constellation in orbit could open up a … Continue reading
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Tagged FCC, Internet of Things, Satellites, Space, Swarm Technologies
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Blue Origin breaks ground on Alabama factory
Civic leaders and space executives tossed shovels of dirt today to celebrate the groundbreaking for a $200 million rocket engine factory to be built in Alabama by Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. “It’s a great day here … Continue reading
New Horizons sends sharper view of space snowman
NASA’s New Horizons probe has already shown that its icy target, more than 4 billion miles away on the solar system’s edge, looks like a cosmic snowman — but a higher-resolution version of the picture reveals the snowman to have an eerie pair … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 MU69, Kuiper Belt, NASA, New Horizons, Space, Ultima Thule
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Boeing hands over first two tankers to Air Force
Boeing executives today added an extra twist to what was expected to be a cut-and-dried ceremony to hand over its first KC-46 tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerospace, Air Force, Aviation, Boeing, KC-46, Military, Technology
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