Top 10 Most Read Articles of 2021
Despite global challenges, 2021 has been a year of innovation and expansion within the world of defense and security technology. Here is our round-up of the 10 most read articles on Defense Advancement this year:
Category archive
More in Space
Page 7
Next Generation Interceptor Completes System Requirements Review
The Missile Defense Agency-approved System Requirements Review is the first major technical review for the Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies homeland defense interceptor program
Final US MDA Satellite Design Milestone Completed
L3Harris Technologies has now begun building the demonstration satellite for U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program
Connecting European Defense & Security Forces
Airbus will offer new communication services - using the OneWeb constellation - to select European and U.K. armed forces, and civil protection & security forces
SDA Approves Missile-Tracking Satellite Design
Following the successful completion of the final design review, L3Harris Technologies will continue with development and integration of four satellites for Tracking Layer Tranche 0 program
CERES Reconnaissance Space System Launched
The CERES system from Airbus Defence and Space and Thales will improve situational awareness and provide in-depth information to support military operations for the French Armed Forces
US Army Pursues Collaborative SAR Research and Development
The Army and ICEYE will explore low-cost, on-orbit, Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) related concepts, including imagery tasking and uplink, SAR satellite downlink and ground station(s), and image processing and dissemination
Counter-Communications Systems Upgrade for US Space Force
L3Harris Technologies will upgrade 16 Block 10.2 versions of Counter-Communications Systems, the Space Force’s only ground-based space control platform providing warfighters with modular open-standards for electronic warfare
Hypersonic Missile Tracker Completes MDA Critical Design Review
Northrop Grumman’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor satellites will provide continuous tracking and handoff to enable the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to target enemy missiles launched from land, sea or air
Advanced Cyber Resiliency Capabilities for Future Space Systems
Redwire and BigBear.ai will demonstrate the use of simulation, emulation and hardware in the loop to establish a realistic test environment in which to evaluate space-based cyber-physical systems for the SpaceCREST initiative
New Cloud-Based Ground Station for Satellites
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Blue Sphere cloud-based ground station increases the availability of information collected from satellites
US Government Renews Contract for Satellite Imagery
Maxar Technologies will continue to provide more than 400,000 U.S. government users with unclassified, online and offline, on-demand access to high-resolution commercial imagery and geospatial data from other industry providers
