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Italian Space Agency (ASI)

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A GA-ASI-owned Predator Avenger® Unmanned Aircraft System was paired with digital twin aircraft to conduct autonomously Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) multi-objective combat missions.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Narrative GeneralAug 10, 2023GA-ASI advances the ecosystem for autonomously operational UCAV

GA-ASI aircraft have completed 566,000 total missions in nearly 40 countries.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Narrative GeneralAug 1, 2023General Atomics-ASI’s unmanned aircraft surpasses 8 million flight hours

GA-ASI has produced more than 1,000 aircraft and nearly 500 Ground Control Stations in more than three decades of business.

Mentioned as: asiNarrative GeneralAug 1, 2023General Atomics-ASI’s unmanned aircraft surpasses 8 million flight hours

D-Orbit won an approximately 4,800,000 EUR contract with the Italian Space Agency to establish the In-Orbit Space Lab.

Mentioned as: the italian space agencyTechnical ProductJun 26, 2023D-Orbit wins contracts to test optical links and fly mini space lab

D-Orbit is part of a consortium led by Thales Alenia Space that won a 235,000,000 EUR Italian Space Agency contract to conduct Italy’s first in-orbit servicing demonstration.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Org RelationshipJun 26, 2023D-Orbit wins contracts to test optical links and fly mini space lab

SpaceFounders is the start-up program of the French space agency CNES, the University of the German Armed Forces, and the Italian space agency ASI.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Narrative GeneralJun 18, 2023Beyond Gravity + SpaceFounders join forces to support start-ups

Thales Alenia Space won a €235 million contract from the Italian Space Agency to design, develop, and qualify a spacecraft for the EROSS IOD In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Org RelationshipMay 17, 2023Thales Alenia Space and consortium is enlisted by Italian Space Agency for €235 for In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission

Thales Alenia Space won a €235 million contract from the Italian Space Agency to design, develop, and qualify a spacecraft for a dedicated In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Org RelationshipMay 16, 2023Thales Alenia Space Signs Contract with Italian Space Agency for In-Orbit Servicing Demonstration Mission

Thales Alenia Space won a contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to develop the Space Factory 4.0 program under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

Mentioned as: ASITechnical ProductMay 1, 2023Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space Sign a Contract for Space Factory 4.0

Thales Alenia Space won a contract from the Italian Space Agency to develop the Space Factory 4.0 program under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) as part of sub-investment M1C2.I4.3.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Org RelationshipApr 27, 2023Thales Alenia Space signs Space Factory 4.0 contract with the Italian Space Agency

IRIDE is a space-based observation program initiated by the Italian government and managed by the European Space Agency with involvement from the Italian Space Agency under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

Mentioned as: Italian Space AgencyOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2023D-Orbit Signs €26-Million Contract with ESA for IRIDE Space-based Earth Observation Program

The European Space Agency will manage the IRIDE project with support from the Italian Space Agency under the PNRR framework.

Mentioned as: Italian Space AgencyOrg RelationshipApr 6, 2023D-Orbit’s IRIDE satellite observation program receives 26 million euros contract with ESA

Susanna Ebmeier used European datasets including Copernicus Sentinel-1, the Italian Space Agency’s CosmoSkyMed, and the German Aerospace Center’s TerraSAR and Tandem-X for her volcanic deformation research.

Mentioned as: Italian Space AgencyTechnical ProductMar 30, 2023ESA–European Geosciences Union 2023 Excellence Award winners

IRIDE is a government project funded by Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and managed by the European Space Agency in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

Mentioned as: Italian Space AgencyOrg RelationshipMar 30, 2023Thales Alenia Space Bags Contract to Launch IRIDE Radar and Optical Satellite Technology

IRIDE is a government project funded by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and managed by ESA in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency ASI.

Mentioned as: ASIOrg RelationshipMar 29, 2023Thales Alenia Space wins contracts for IRIDE radar and optical satellites

IRIDE is funded by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and is managed by the European Space Agency in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

Mentioned as: ASIOrg RelationshipMar 28, 2023Thales Alenia Space’s €112 million contract from ESA for IRIDE radar and optical satellites

e-GEOS was established by Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%).

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Org RelationshipMar 9, 2023e-GEOS reconfirmed as head of the Emergency Management Service consortium

The AI-piloted flights took place on 2022-12-14, from GA-ASI’s Desert Horizons flight operations facility in El Mirage, California.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Narrative GeneralJan 12, 2023Multiple AI pilot missions flown by GA-ASI

GA-ASI used a reinforcement learning (RL) architecture built with Docker and Kubernetes to develop and validate three deep learning RL algorithms in an operationally relevant environment.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Narrative GeneralJan 12, 2023Multiple AI pilot missions flown by GA-ASI

The GA-ASI demonstration was part of a GA-ASI-funded test to highlight extended, multi-point networking communications using lasercomm.

Mentioned as: Italian Space Agency (ASI)Narrative GeneralDec 4, 2022GA-ASI demos network relay using lasercomms
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