Aerospace, Defense & Aviation News Headlines + Events

Some snippets from recent Daily News Headlines Fri Jan 05, 2018

Orbital ATK Signs Cooperative Agreement with USAF Space and Missile Systems Center

Orbital ATK (NYSE:OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The CRADA provides the framework and plan for data exchanges needed to certify Orbital ATK’s Next Generation Launch (NGL) system to carry National Security Space missions.

“Under this CRADA, Orbital ATK is better able to support SMC in being the guardians of assured access to space,” said Scott Lehr, President of Orbital ATK’s Flight Systems Group. “We look forward to certifying NGL to launch National Security Space Missions.”

Orbital ATK is currently in early production of development hardware for NGL. To date, the company has jointly invested with the Air Force more than $200 million to develop the NGL rocket family.

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Orbital ATK Receives Order for 2nd In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Vehicle

Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced it has been awarded a contract for a second Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-2). The vehicle was ordered by Intelsat S.A. to provide life extension services for an Intelsat satellite. Orbital ATK is now producing MEV-1, the industry’s first commercial in-space satellite servicing system, for Intelsat with launch scheduled for late 2018. Under this new agreement, Orbital ATK will manufacture, test and launch MEV-2 and begin mission extension services in mid-2020. The production of the second MEV is part of Orbital ATK’s longer-range plan to establish a fleet of in-orbit servicing vehicles that can address diverse space logistics needs including repair, assembly, refueling and in-space transportation.

“Work on MEV-1 is progressing rapidly toward a late 2018 launch with system-level testing beginning this spring,” said Tom Wilson, President of Orbital ATK’s Space Logistics, LLC subsidiary. “With the launch of MEV-2, Orbital ATK will continue to pioneer in-space satellite servicing for commercial operators. Intelsat’s commitment to a second MEV demonstrates not only the market demand for our servicing vehicles, but also the customer’s confidence in our product.”

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Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement International Summit

26-28 February 2018, Washington, DC, United States

Identity Management & Biometrics

Returning for its 12th iteration, Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcements enables 150+ Directors of Security Agencies, Directors of Operations, Directors of Intelligence, Heads of Acquisition, Directors of Policy, Biometric Program Managers, Elected Officials, Industry Executives and Academia to learn, share and connect on the current and future challenges faced with biometrics and identity management systems.
Significant challenges are current being faced by the US Government in relation to biometrics due to a clear demand for far reaching, flexible biometric capabilities that enable speed and incredible accuracy. Additionally the management and development of more efficient and effective large-scale operational capabilities and the establishment of standards for plug-and-play performance and system interoperability will inform our discussion throughout the event.
Join us in February for the US's leading biometric and identity management summit.

What are the Benefits of Attending?

• Learn the most up to date requirements for multi-modality and mobility in biometrics tools
• Explore the latest technology for reducing error margins across multiple modes of identity recognition
• Discover techniques for securing biometrics tools from spoofing
• Hear the latest defense requirements for biometrics
• Explore cloud-based solutions to large scale data requirements

Highlights of 2017

• Mobile Biometric Technology = Learn the latest technology requirements to achieve mobile device biometric identification. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI’s) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) is seeking vendors for the development of a mobile application that can capture biometrics on android-based devices.
• Facial Recognition Modality at the Border - US Customs and Border protection is leveraging one of the most popular biometric modalities, facial recognition, as a tool at ports of entry. This technology is critical to identification of wanted persons and in border control deployments and can streamline security operations.
• Video Analytics - According to a new report from Homeland Security Research, entitled “Video Analytics, ISR, Intelligent Video Surveillance & Object Recognition: Asia-Pacific Market-2015-2020“, the Asia Pacific video analytics market will undergo a growth of 19 percent between 2015 and 2020.
• Rapid DNA - Rapid DNA Analysis technology brings full automation of profile development from a reference sample swab. The “swab in – profile out” process consists of automated extraction, amplification, separation, detection and allele calling without human intervention.
• Multimodal Biometric Authentication - Multimodal biometric authentication systems take input from a single or multiple biometric devices for measurement of two or more different biometric characteristics to ensure authentication accuracy.

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