Matt Wallace, Deputy Project Manager, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) JPL is the leading U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system, and has 19 spacecraft and 10 major instruments carrying out planetary, Earth science and space-based astronomy missions. You can watch Matt’s May interview with Anderson Cooper on CBS 60 Minutes here. Launched on July 30, Perseverance will reach Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. It was a "perfect l...

The 2020 Space Resiliency Summit encourages members of the DoD, Intelligence Community, industry and academia to discuss initiatives aimed at maintaining US superiority in the space domain. This year’s summit will examine the policies and strategies required to enhance the U.S’ supremacy of the space domain. Speakers will address the need for a robust proliferated space architecture, increased cybersecurity, accurate missile detect...

After powering forward with nearly 80% growth in its third year (1,150+ attendees from 65 nations) the show returns to Amsterdam and co-locates with Amsterdam Drone Week for 2020. The leading pan-European conference and expo focused on commercial drones will convene top UAV experts and buyers from all key vertical markets, from across the globe. 1,500+ attendees and 100+ exhibitors will be part of Amsterdam Drone Week’s total audience of...

The border community are in the frontline of the fight against the current global pandemic, and will be in any future pandemic scenario, in the post Coronavirus world. So how can the border better serve as the first line of defence for countries? Judging by the reaction to our first webinar dedicated to the potential use of API and PNR to fight the spread of a global pandemic. This is a subject for which we have clearly only just scratched the...

The U.S. Aviation Cyber Initiative (ACI) is pleased to host the inaugural ACI Summit. The theme of the outcome-based Summit is "Aviation Cyber Best Practices and Lessons Learned." The Summit is a fully virtual event, and will convene aviation cybersecurity leaders, subject matter experts, and participants from across the Aviation Ecosystem for two half-day sessions from 1200-1700 ET. The ACI Tri-Chairs from the Department of Transportation/Fed...

Digital Thread—the PLM Professionals’ Path to Delivering Innovation, Efficiency, and Quality The Digital Thread is a multifaceted opportunity with implications affecting innovation, efficiency, and quality. Many companies view these dimensions as a tradeoff and define performance improvement goals and strategies to achieve what they see as an optimum balance between the three. However, for companies that manufacture airplanes, auto...

In this meetup, we’ll go through the process of applying machine learning concepts to create a predictive model and validate its cost effectiveness on a publically available NASA dataset that shows how jet engines degrade over time. Using python within a modern cloud platform, we’ll create a gradient boosted regression model using XGBoost, an open-source library, and layer a classifier on top in order to predict when an engine shou...

ASCEND is the world’s first outcomes-focused, transdisciplinary conference designed to accelerate the building of our off-world future. It’s the premier opportunity to collaborate with 3,000+ civil and government leaders, national-security experts, engineers, innovators, businesspeople, policymakers, investors, researchers, and media to address the big questions and challenges facing the future of space and human civilization. Acce...

SMi’s 22nd Annual Global MilSatCom Conference: 10 – 12 November 2020 Focus Day: 9 November 2020 Venue: Virtual Conference & Exhibition: Online Access Onlyhttp://www.globalmilsatcom.com/goveventsWL SMi Group are proud to announce that the 22nd annual Global MilSatCom Conference and Exhibition will be taking place on the 10th, 11th and 12th November as a virtual event. As Europe’s leading military communications event for s...

Hypersonic Weapons are accelerating the pace at DoD for the evaluation of potential weapon system concepts and mission sets. As DoD is preparing for $10 billion to enable fielding of Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) within the next five years, this has created a surge of a rapid R&D for Hypersonic Technologies. Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) are launched from a rocket before gliding to a target and alternatively, Hypersonic cruise missiles...