Stratospheric Satellites for Monitoring Global Disasters

From the article: ALTADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 3, 2002–At the annual meeting of the Global Disaster Information Network in Rome, Italy, last month, Global Aerospace Corporation introduced a new type of satellite that could provide communications and remote sensing data for disasters in remote areas of the world that have no technological infrastructure. Read the full articles here: MORE […]

From undersea drones to $1M satellite launches

From the article: Imagine unmanned systems — drones, essentially — lying dormant on the ocean floor for years at a time, housing sensors or non-lethal weapons, which rise to the surface when triggered by the Navy. That’s one program underway by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which was detailed in a report Thursday. And by underway, it’s in Phase 2 — with […]

How a government agency is seeding a generation of startups

From the article: The Pentagon agency that brought you the Internet, GPS and drones is setting its sights on an array of highly complex weapons ranging from satellites to undersea platforms in hopes of overwhelming America’s potential adversaries. After nearly four decades of unchallenged supremacy in offensive military capabilities, the U.S. now faces competitors such as China […]

Exploring Mars With Balloons

GAC featured in an article published on SpaceDaily in regards to the possibility of space exploration via Space Balloons. From the article: Balloons outfitted with innovative steering devices and robot probes may be the best way to perform detailed surveys of Mars in preparation for human exploration. Dr. Alexey Pankine,  project scientist at the Global Aerospace Corporation, presented an analysis of balloon applications for Mars exploration […]

Rechargeable lithium battery for aerospace missions

GAC featured in GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) regarding GAC’s plans (in collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory) to produce a user-friendly software model called Dakota to predict the long-term behavior of advanced rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries in aerospace applications. From the article: The development of the Dakota model for Li-based batteries will enable […]