Indian Railways floats Rs 3,200- cr tender for LiDAR system to enhance track safety
The Indian Railways has issued tenders of Rs 3,200 crore for installation of Light Detecting and Ranging (LiDAR) technology on trains and rail tracks. The LiDAR technology will help detect fractures, faults, and missing sections on the tracks.
It will also help the …

DoD announces strategy for countering unmanned systems
On December 2 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III signed a classified Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems. The strategy unifies the Department’s approach to countering these systems that looks across domains, characteristics, and time frames.
Unmanned systems pose …

Skykraft forms international partnership
Skykraft has announced the formal signing of Participating Project Partner Agreement for the “Demonstration of Collaborative Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)” project. Supported by an International Space Investment (ISI) India Projects grant from the Australian Government, this initiative marks …

YellowScan teams up with Argosdyne
YellowScan has announced a collaboration with Argosdyne, whose latest UAV has officially received the C2 Class certification. The C2 Class certification permits closer operation to bystanders and in densely populated areas, meeting stringent European safety requirements. www.yellowscan.com
ESA and Japan expand collaboration …

Astranis is the prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force
Astranis has been selected as a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) new Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program. It is one of four awarded an agreement to produce design concepts for R-GPS’ Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation program.‍ The R-GPS program was …

WingXpand, Raytheon AI collaboration
WingXpand has collaborated with RTX’s Raytheon. The partnership aims to enhance the capabilities of WingXpand’s smart planes. The smart planes’ open systems architecture allows for the seamless integration of organic and third-party applications and payloads, designed for mission flexibility as threats and tactics evolve. Raytheon’s advanced infrared technology seeks to enhance …

Quantum-sensing technology for alternative PNT by Royal Navy
The Royal Navy, UK has successfully tested a new quantum sensing technology designed for underwater detection. Conducted off the coast of Plymouth aboard HMS Magpie, the trials aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of this quantum-sensing system in identifying submerged objects.
The technology leverages ultra-cold atoms to measure …

Sceye partners with NASA to address climate change
Sceye have announced a cooperating research and development agreement with United States Geological Survey (USGS) and a Space Act agreement with NASA. The purpose of these agreements is to enhance climate and environmental imaging, monitoring, and data collection from the stratosphere. This collaboration positions Sceye’s HAPS technology …

Lidar helps uncover lost Mayan city
Using laser-guided imaging to peer through dense jungle forests, Tulane University researchers have uncovered vast unexplored Maya settlements in Mexico and a better understanding of the ancient civilization’s extent and complexity.
The new research, published in the journal Antiquity, was led by Tulane University anthropology doctoral student Luke Auld-Thomas …

Development of the future combat air system (FCAS)
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has announced that SATNUS (a company formed by GMV, Sener Aeroespacial and Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía) has counted on its collaboration in the ambitious European program Future Combat Air System (FCAS). This program aims to develop a future-generation …