76 PCB007 MAGAZINE I JULY 2024
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract
To Develop Artificial Intelligence Tools
For DARPA E
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $4.6
million contract by the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for dynamic,
airborne missions as part of its Artificial Intelli-
gence Reinforcements (AIR) program.
Airbus Built, Copernicus Sentinel-2C
Climate Satellite Heading for
Launch Site E
Aer road transport from Airbus in Friedrich-
shafen to Bremen on 2 July, the Airbus-built
Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sen-
tinel-2 satellite, is about to be shipped to the
European spaceport in French Guiana.
Airbus Awarded German Armed
Forces Prime Contract for Military
Communications Satellite System E
Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has
awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime con-
tract for the next generation secure military sat-
ellite system which includes geostationary sat-
ellites as well as ground segment, launch and
operation for 15 years. e spacecra are due
to be deployed before the end of the decade
and the contract value amounts to €2.1 billion.
Taiwan to Receive AV's Switchblade
300 Loitering Munition Systems E
e U.S. Department of State announced
approval of a possible foreign military sale of
AeroVironment (AV) Switchblade® 300 loiter-
ing munition systems to Taiwan for an esti-
mated $60.2 million. e proposed sale will
bolster Taiwan's defensive capabilities and
supports U.S. national security and economic
interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
Stellantis Invests Additional $55 Million
In Archer Following Recent Flight Test
Milestone E
Stellantis N.V. and Archer Aviation Inc., a
leader in electric vertical takeoff and land-
ing (eVTOL) aircra, announced Archer has
received an additional $55 million investment
from Stellantis under the companies' strate-
gic funding agreement following the achieve-
ment of its transition flight test milestone last
month.
CACI Awarded $2 Billion Task Order
to Provide Modern Digital Solutions
to NASA E
CACI International Inc announced that it
won an eight-year contract valued at up to $2
billion to provide digital solutions technol-
ogy to standardize and centralize 11 of NASA's
IT services under the NASA Consolidated
Applications and Platform Services (NCAPS)
award.
Airbus Awarded German Armed Forces
Prime Contract for Military Communica-
tions Satellite System E
Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has
awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime con-
tract for the next generation secure military
satellite system which includes geostationary
satellites as well as ground segment, launch
and operation for 15 years.
