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US defence and aerospace contractor making tactical radios, sensors, electronic warfare and counter-drone systems, and space instruments such as telescopes.
L3Harris and Skydio have integrated Falcon IV embeddable radios and the Wraith waveform into the X10D drone to protect its command link from jamming. L3Harris says more than 150,000 US and allied tactical radios can host Wraith.
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L3Harris will build the Engineering Test Unit for NASA's all-glass LISA telescope, the agency's last pre-flight unit before flight hardware. NASA is supplying the telescopes and laser system for the ESA-led gravitational-wave observatory, due to launch in the mid-2030s.
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A converted Cessna Caravan taxied, took off, navigated and landed on its own across the country, ending near North Carolina's Outer Banks. The pilot in the seat was there for compliance and never operated the controls.
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The Xwing-derived system flew a converted Cessna Caravan across the United States without pilot input, and Joby means to sell it as a kit on conventional airframes while its electric air taxi waits on FAA certification.
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At Project Convergence-Capstone 6 the two firms swapped a payload rather than build a vehicle, which was the cheap part. The cost of keeping a forward robot running and getting it back is still unpublished.
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