Advanced Concept and Mission

Lockheed Martin Team Avionics and Ground Systems Soar on NASA's Ares I-X Successful Flight Test.
Defense & Aerospace Week; 11/18/2009; 1103 words; ...demonstrated vehicle proof of concept and collected data on...International Space Station and missions to the moon, Mars and...ready to support Orion missions to the space station and human space exploration missions to a variety of destinations...exploration and multi-mission capability ...

American Semiconductor Awarded AFRL Contract to Develop Ultra Low Power CMOS.
Journal of Engineering; 11/18/2009; 1002 words; ...providing foundry access to advanced ULP CMOS technology...ULP. Flexfet is an advanced CMOS process based on...critically important to space missions, these ULP benefits...product realization from concept to fabrication. As...and Flexfet™ advanced CMOS technology for...

Aerojet's 'Core Burning' Innovation Significantly Improves Scramjet Mission Capability.
PR Newswire; 11/16/2009; 655 words; ...Laboratory (AFRL), recently completed ground testing of an advanced Scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engine combustor...from the combustor center, thereby proving the core burning concept. "We are very pleased with the results of the testing...

United States : Boeing to Develop Weapons for UAVs.
TendersInfo; 11/14/2009; 662 words; ...technology is designed specifically for those missions," said Carl Avila, director of Boeing Phantom Works' Advanced Weapons and Missiles. "The concept behind this technology is designed to...avionics, guidance and control, and mission planning systems. Other key contractors...

The UK's Largest Fully-Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Completes Initial Flight Trials.
Business Wire; 11/13/2009; 1034 words; ...Selex Galileo - future Mission Systems and Sensor requirements...MANTIS has gone from concept to flight in just 19...to move quickly from concept to reality." Mark Brown...potential to carry mission systems and weapons represents...naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security...