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The CSO-2 ‘Composante Spatiale Optique’ features a very-high-res optical instrument built by Thales Alenia Space and is intended for French defense applications including surveillance, reconnaissance and observation

Sierra Nevada Corporation worked closely with engineers at Models and Tools to design the mission critical wing tooling, the rotation of which allows for access and installation of critical components

The Airbus Defense and Space campaign focused on operational flexibility and aircraft agility, testing lower altitude flying and early stage transition to the stratosphere of the solar-electric Zephyr.

Cluster 2 has up to ten times the collection capacity of Cluster 1 already in orbit, allowing HawkEye 360 to offer increasingly robust space-based RF data insights and improved geolocation accuracy

Five separate cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts have been awarded by AFRL, totalling over $130 million with an available ceiling of over $400 million.

Thales Alenia Space will design and manufacture the HALO primary structure - the pressurized module, the vestibule pressure control, part of the meteoroid protection system as well as the NASA docking systems interface

Lockheed Martin’s SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military space satellite built on the modernized, modular LM 2100™ combat bus, providing enhanced power and resilience

QinetiQ’s £2.3 million contract to build the OGS will provide a solid platform to undertake experimentation into free-space optical communications

Satellite will monitor global sea levels and provide critical data for scientific research and lay the framework for future generations

Boeing will provide a secure and resilient satellite communications architecture as well as a satellite payload prototype

PredaSAR is building and will operate the world's largest and most advanced constellation of SAR satellites