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⭐ Part 2 of Our January 2024 Newco Radar Highlights Beyond the five newcomers winning their first SBIR awards, we've seen impressive achievements in the SBIR Phase I category: 🔬 Luna Labs USA(advanced materials) secured nearly $1M in SBIR/STTR Phase I funding from the Defense Health Agency and the Department of the Navy across five awards in the first quarter of FY2024. 📡 Intellisense Systems, Inc. (advanced sensing and display solutions ) won 2 Phase I awards, with the company boasting approximately $25M in known federal contracts and 310 SBIR/STTR awards since 2018. Six companies excelled in winning Phase II awards in this sector: 💼 Rise8, (software development. who grew its headcount by 70% last year) ✈️ Electra.aero (aviation and aerospace) 📍 Ascent Integrated Tech (firefighter tracking) 🚁 MightyFly (autonomous cargo aircraft, founded in 2019) 🌌 CHAOS Industries, (space manufacturing, series A led by 8VC) Special Highlight for Phase III: 🏆 AstronetX, a dynamic team of six, secured a Phase III non-R&D contract for the Dual-Purpose Lunar-Based Camera (L-CAM) Development Program. Founded in 2019 by Robert Lasky, their rapid execution is truly impressive. Again, every week, we scan, identify, and collect all the freshest deep tech federal transaction data, with in-depth insights into founding teams, investors, funding rounds, headcount, and headcount growth. Let us know if you want to try it out for FREE over the next four weeks. Just message us know if you're interested!

How does MoveIt Pro handle grasping when the object may be misaligned or in motion? Together with Orbit Fab we answered that question in a compliant grappling demonstration for satellite capture. Watch MoveIt Pro's admittance control capabilities in action as we perform force-based interaction with a RAFTI fuelling and docking interface. https://lnkd.in/gxsmqQyA

Are you or a colleague planning on attending #TVF2024 ? If so, reach out to myself, Tom Turner, or Ali Zeeshan to set up a time to sit down and discuss how we can help increase performance, save weight, and help ease the burden of the certification process. #evtol #faa #ewis #verticalflight #highvoltage #highspeedconnectivity #designengineering #electricaldesign

Meet Owl 🦉! We’re pleased to share with you Scout Space’s new Owl product line of advanced modular long-range SDA sensors, designed as a scalable solution bringing purpose-built capabilities to a broad array of operators. The Owl product line development is supported by an AFWERX Phase 2 SBIR awarded on Dec. 13, 2023 in the amount of $1.8M as a dual-use sensor payload to enable tactically responsive space (TacRS) payload modularity, integration, and capability for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Owl’s independent tasking capability significantly expands the range and quality of products Scout’s offers to both commercial and government customers. It sets new benchmarks for achievable SDA outcomes across all orbital domains, marking a major milestone for Scout as a leading SDA provider. Key Features of the Owl Vision Payload System: 1. On-board long-range object detection and orbit estimation 2. Autonomous or tasked operation modes 3. Hemispherical field of view scanning capability enables by its dual-axis gimbal Read Full Announcement: https://lnkd.in/gdsAYMNJ Read SpaceNews coverage: https://lnkd.in/gzQbeHh9 #Scout #SSA #SDA #STM #SpaceDomainAwareness #SituationalAwareness #Space #Startup #SpaceSustainability #SpaceDebris #SpaceSafety #SatelliteAutonomy #ScoutOwl

How can we make satellite launches cheaper and faster? We're excited to announce our investment in FAST Aerospace, in partnership with Galaxia | Polo Nazionale di Trasferimento Tecnologico dell'Aerospazio, to revolutionize satellite launches. In 2022, 96% of launched satellites were SmallSats, relying on costly and slow rideshare options. Fast Aerospace has developed a new technology, HyperDart, that offers a game-changing solution: a hypersonic, largely reusable stratolauncher. HyperDart's system includes a carrier aircraft that reaches speeds up to Mach 5 and a small rocket that delivers payloads to orbit. This innovation significantly reduces launch costs and wait times, making space access more affordable and efficient for SmallSat companies. Join us in supporting HyperDart's mission to transform satellite launches! Lorenzo Beggio (CEO), Mattia Gabriele Bertolini (CTO), Alessandro Castelvetri (CCO), Alberto Chiozzi (CFO) e Luca Colombo (COO) Arianna Tibuzzi - Elisabetta Silvestrin - Giorgia Mila - Marta Nervo - Misal G. Memeo - Nicola Redi - Roberto Della Marina - Sanda Aulic #OblooVentures #OblooInvestments #Deepscover #Galaxia #HyperDart #SpaceInnovation #SmallSats #SatelliteLaunch #HypersonicTechnology

Check out our interview with Raquel Schreiber. Previously, product and programs manager at #Tesla. In this conversation, we discuss the production of the Model 3 and what Elon calls "Production Hell" #model3 #automotivetech #spacex

“'Now that we’ve done this risk-reduction flight, we are accelerating that learning curve and giving the Department of Defense what they’ve desperately asked for, which is a high-cadence hypersonic test capability,' Stratolaunch CEO and President Zachary Krevor says. 'This flight demonstrates that it doesn’t always have to be government-led. It can be a partnership with industry, which is a win for everyone.' 'So far, we are finding out from the data that we have more capability than we initially estimated,' Krevor says. 'We’re happy overall with the accuracy of our predictions, but also we came at it appropriately with a slightly conservative position. It’s now clear that we are going to be able to push our vehicle to the upper ends of the capability that we’ve advertised—and faster than we initially thought.' 'Design altitude for Roc is typical airline altitude, even a little bit higher, so we’re exploring what is the right capability for us,' Krevor explains. However, he stresses that the original performance targets already are within reach. 'Our goal is not to maximize performance, but to deliver value to the customer,' he says. 'Based on the TA-1 results, we don’t need Roc to go to the top in terms of maximum performance to enable Talon to maximize its performance.' Meanwhile, work on TA-2 is well advanced. The vehicle has been towed outside the company’s Mojave Air and Space Port facility for initial 'weight-on-wheels' testing. 'We’re incorporating some of the early lessons learned from TA-1 into the vehicle,' Krevor says, referring to the propellant management improvements. 'Folks should expect to see TA-2 back outside for an integrated test period sometime this summer.'” #Stratolaunch #letsroc #aerospaceanddefense

🚀 Roadmap and Future Developments for Focusoc CA Service 📅 SSA Operators Workshop | May 15th, 2024 👥 Authors: Felipe Jiménez González Miguel Ángel Rosique Linares, Pablo García Sánchez, Andrés Arrieta Hernández At the recent SSA Operators Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, our team had the privilege of presenting the roadmap and future developments for the Focusoc Collision Avoidance (CA) service (https://lnkd.in/dDEAbeYb). As part of GMV ‘s commitment to enhancing space situational awareness, we shared exciting updates and upcoming features. Among the Highlights presented, it will be of paramount importance for our present and future Focusoc users, the possibility of making CA screenings not only from www.space-track.org but also from EU SST, which will boost the quantity and quality of the assessments. We are also looking forward to incorporate SpaceX 's Starlink API for collision avoidance screening and manoeuvre coordination. We will keep you posted. Another topic that presented great interest was the Machine Learning techniques applied in the frame of automatic collision avoidance operations, developed thanks to European Space Agency - ESA 's CREAM program (Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mitigation), that we will incorporate soon to Focusoc. Also as part of CREAM developments, tools for coordinating active-active events are part of Focusoc roadmap. Last but not least, we will be very soon start offering access to passive RF measurements for O/O and third party satellites, through a new service called Focusear, that will help in GEO and LEO orbit determination tasks in nominal operations, contingency and relocations. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to innovate and enhance the Focusoc CA service. Together, we’re making space safer for everyone! 🛰️

#Tactical_Data_Link Market Growing Popularity and Emerging Trends 2023 to 2032 >> https://lnkd.in/gM3RhYhv #Tactical #data #link is #widespread, with many #local and international players. As a result, the market leaders follow diverse #strategies to strengthen their market, such as #amalgamation, #extending #product portfolio, acquisitions, #contracts, product #upgrades to raise their market share #globally.  Curtiss-Wright Corporation., Honeywell International Incorporation., Dynamics Square, L3Harris Technologies., Leonardo, Northrop Grumman #links #systems #control #station #weapon #uav #electronic

A Flight with latest and coolest Falcon 6X .