Israel sets up new department to boost development of AI and autonomy
Israel will continue to develop autonomy for its weapons and platforms as it brings together defence personnel, academia and industry.
US reconnaissance payload launched
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V rocket with a payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on 8 October.
The designated NROL-55 mission package will serve national defence purposes. The payload included 13 Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment (GRACE) CubeSats - four NASA-sponsored and nine NRO sponsored.
The CubeSats weigh 1-5 kilograms each. They have been developed as a cost-effective alternative to typical satellite payload solutions.
Jim Sponnick, vice president, Atlas and Delta programs, ULA, said: 'The GRACE CubeSats will perform missions demonstrating tracking technologies, software-defined radio communications and will also conduct other measurements and experiments. We are happy that ULA could play a part in bringing these nano-satellites to orbit along with the NRO payload through a cost-effective rideshare.'
The CubeSats were developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, AMSAT, Salish Kootenai College, the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, SRI International, Tyvak, Aerospace Corporation and the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Center.
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