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Microsatellite Project to Monitor
Objects in Space Over Canada,
South Pole u
Canada's DND signed a contract option with
Magellan for $900,000 to add a companion
nanosatellite to the Redwing mission. e
nanosatellite, known as Little Innovator in
Space Situational Awareness (LISSA), will be
integrated with the Redwing satellite and will
be deployed from Redwing sometime aer
launch, once the two spacecra have achieved
an orbit at the designated altitude.
Airbus, European Partners Demonstrate
Collaboration Between Helicopters and
Unmanned Systems u
Airbus Helicopters and its partners have con-
ducted a full-scale demonstration of a manned-
unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system devel-
oped as part of a project funded by the Euro-
pean Union and code-named MUSHER. e
demonstration took place in France and Italy
and involved multiple manned helicopters
and unmanned systems connected to a single
MUM-T network.
AV Unveils P550: Autonomous
Group 2 eVTOL UAS u
Unveiled at the Association of the United States
Army's (AUSA) Annual Meeting, the P550's
all-electric powertrain provides flight endur-
ance of over five hours and a multi-sensor pay-
load capacity of up to 15 pounds. is endur-
ance and payload capability deliver critical
intelligence gathering, precision targeting,
and force protection in dynamic and contested
environments.
Vast Announces Haven-2, the Proposed
Space Station Designed to Succeed
the ISS u
Vast, the US-based space habitation technol-
ogy company, unveiled Haven-2—the pro-
posed successor to the International Space
Station (ISS) and the next step in the com-
pany's vision to pioneer a path to long-term
living and thriving in space.
Department of Defense Awards
$30 Million to Expand Domestic
PCB, Substrate Production u
e Department of Defense announced a
$30 million award to TTM Technologies Inc.
(TTM) in Santa Ana, California. is award,
facilitated through the Defense Production
Act Purchases (DPAP) office, will enable TTM
to acquire and install advanced manufacturing
equipment and develop prototype designs for
printed circuit boards.
Redwire Enabling ESA's First
Planetary Defense Mission with
Cutting-Edge Onboard Computer
System u
Redwire is providing a critical onboard com-
puter system for the European Space Agen-
cy's (ESA) Hera mission, Europe's inaugural
flagship planetary defense mission. Hera is the
European-led companion mission to NASA's
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART),
which successfully impacted the binary aster-
oid system Didymos in September 2022 with
Redwire power and navigation technology
onboard.
