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 by Staff Writers Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2021
Umbra has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software, and algorithm development to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). This contract is part of a multi-award, multi-level security effort to provide development and operation of systems as a unified force across all domains - air, land, sea, space, cyber, and electromagnetic spectrum - in an open architecture family of systems that enables capabilities via multiple integrated platforms. "The contract vehicle has a lot of potential and is a great opportunity for Umbra. The initial award is small compared to our other government contracts but this is a positive signal and it offers an avenue for the government to get familiar with our capabilities," said Umbra co-founder Gabe Dominocielo. Umbra was awarded the contract alongside industry leaders including Boeing (NYSE: BA), L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Palantir, and Raytheon Technologies who were previously awarded their own IDIQ contracts. Umbra was the only radar satellite provider announced in the most recent cohort. An Umbra satellite is equipped with a powerful Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, capable of seeing at night and through dense clouds to generate the highest-resolution radar images ever sold on the commercial market. Umbra is excited to participate in this multi-domain systems integration effort and hopes to make meaningful contributions to U.S. national security objectives.
Thruster research to help propel spacecraft Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 19, 2021 Faster space manoeuvres and safer, more sustainable, propellants may soon be possible thanks to a new three-year partnership between The Australian National University and French propulsion company ThrustMe. Led by the ANU Research School of Physics, the joint research program will explore how electrothermal plasmas can help advance space propulsion technology. ANU researcher Associate Professor Cormac Corr said: "I am delighted to be able to collaborate with this vibrant new space company, ... read more
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