Fact Sheet Prairie Fact Sheet The rapid growth of the space enterprise, from commercial interests in space exploration to a potentially adversarial domain, has created demand for faster, more agile tools for space operations. The… August 2020
Fact Sheet Albuquerque Location Aerospace’s presence in New Mexico has generated an economic impact of $21 million and grown to nearly 100 employees—including scientists and engineers who are working to develop innovative space… July 2019
Fact Sheet Technology Transfer Aerospace transfers technology through publications, exchanges at conferences, reports, work under contract, and through relationships within the federal government and industries. June 2019
Fact Sheet Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Leveraging artificial intelligence techniques for space systems requires both understanding the tools and testing them with different types of data sets. It is essential to have the ability to… April 2019
Fact Sheet Assuring Effective and Safe Operations of Trusted Autonomous Systems With an increasing use of intelligent agents, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, autonomous systems are evolving as intelligent ecosystems with the capacity to routinely upgrade… April 2019
Fact Sheet Technology Characterization, Assessment and Test Constellations of smaller, shorter-lifespan satellites are enabling faster technology insertion and more frequent updates to capabilities on orbit. This trend isn’t limited to new entrants; even… April 2019
Fact Sheet Agile Launch: Evolving Mission Assurance Processes In the national security space (NSS) arena, launch success is not only desirable, but critical to ensuring the nation’s space capabilities. The purpose of Agile Launch is to identify opportunities to… April 2019
Fact Sheet Lunar Programs Humans must return to the moon for long-term exploration and utilization of deep space, but lunar exploration is more than a stepping stone to Mars missions. The phased plan includes sending missions… April 2019
Fact Sheet Human Spaceflight Aerospace personnel provide a wide variety of support to the NASA Extravehicular Activity (EVA) effort, including the planning, integration, and execution of EVA’s, maintenance of the current… April 2019
Fact Sheet Technology Strategy Aerospace is shaping the future of the nation’s space programs. Our technology strategy reflects our commitment to learn from our past, assure the present, and shape the future. We accomplish this… April 2019
Fact Sheet Space Innovation Space is in a period of rapid innovation and growth, driven in part by commercial entities and newly democratized access to powerful tools and expertise. While our adversaries may attempt to use… April 2019
Fact Sheet Project Space Cloud Aerospace engineers recently developed Space Cloud, an artificial intelligence system that uses modern cloud computing to enable satellites to detect and transmit only meaningful data. Space Cloud… April 2019
Fact Sheet Creating an Agile Space Enterprise Relying on undefended “exquisite” systems worked for a long time when space was a sanctuary, but our adversaries have come to recognize our dependence on these assets and are actively seeking to deny… April 2019
Fact Sheet Assessing the Potential Impacts of Space Weather Space weather, including storms on the Sun and in the magnetosphere (the region around a planet dominated by its magnetic field), affects our technology both in space and on Earth. In addition to… December 2018
Fact Sheet Spectrum Management Enables RF Sharing As the demand for more bandwidth on the finite radio frequency (RF) spectrum grows, the need for spectrum management is greater than ever to ensure equitable RF sharing while minimizing bandwidth… June 2018
Fact Sheet CORDS Offers Space Debris Expertise Increased space debris traffic increases the collision risk for launch vehicles and satellites. Aerospace’s Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies (CORDS) addresses these threats by analyzing… June 2018
