36 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2023
Early Production Continues on Advanced
Upper Stage for NASA Moon Rocket E
Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly
Facility in New Orleans have completed a
major portion of a weld confidence article
for the advanced upper stage of NASA's SLS
(Space Launch System) rocket. e hardware
was rotated to a horizontal position and moved
to another part of the facility Oct. 24.
Aalyria to Study Ultra-High-Speed
Earth-Aircraft Optical Communication E
is collaborative study launched with Air-
bus aims to achieve two distinct objectives:
to advance air-to-ground and air-to-air free-
space optical communications technologies
to improve their compatibility with terrestrial
fiber networks, and to develop network traffic
engineering and orchestration techniques to
meet the needs of future air- and spaceborne
networks.
CACI Awarded NASA Contract for Human
Spaceflight Systems, Simulation and
Software Technology III E
CACI International Inc has been awarded a
four-year single-award, indefinite delivery
indefinite quantity expertise contract worth
up to $150 million to continue its support of
spaceflight systems, simulation, and soware
for NASA Johnson Space Center ( JSC). e
program provides advanced aerospace engi-
neering for crewed spacecra systems, devel-
opment of simulation and Virtual Reality (VR)
applications, and soware in support of human
space flight. is award builds on more than
three decades of CACI's dedicated support for
JSC's mission.
BAE Systems to Develop Custom
Microelectronics for Next-generation
Radar, Electronic Warfare, and
Communication Applications E
e Office of Naval Research (ONR) has
awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs research
and development organization a $5 million
contract for the COALESCE (Common-
architecture Amplifier for Low-cost, Efficient,
SWaP-Constrained Environments) program.
BAE program's objective is to develop the
world's highest efficiency high power amplifier
module in its frequency band.
Terran Orbital Releases Enhanced
Versions of Enterprise Bus E
Terran Orbital Corporation, a global leader in
satellite-based solutions primarily serving the
aerospace and defense industries, announced
two additional configurations of its largest
platform offered in the standard product line
the Company initially announced in Septem-
ber: Enterprise. e Enterprise-class bus is
the point of departure for flat packing require-
ments carrying up to 24 satellites per launch.
Viasat Deutsche Telekom Commit Long-
Term to Deliver Inflight Connectivity E
Viasat, Deutsche Telekom Commit Long-term
to Deliver Inflight Connectivity via the Euro-
pean Aviation Network, announced a new,
long-term agreement that cements the compa-
nies' commitment to providing in-flight connec-
tivity (IFC) solutions to airline partners across
the European Aviation Network (EAN). EAN
allows travelers in Europe to benefit from broad-
band services that support high bandwidth-
demanding applications such as streaming.
