Technologists occupying some of the most interesting jobs in the systematic trading space don’t come from banks, they come from top technology firms. Just when you thought labs are where most researchers belong, they have taken to hedge funds. Would researchers really want to move to hedge funds?
Source: https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2021/03/faang-to-finance
Maxar working in partnership with the West Virginia Robotic Technology Center has just announced that the SPace Infrastructure DExterous Robot (SPIDER) developed for NASA has now completed its Critical Design Review (CDR). The innovative robotics technologies developed for SPIDER have the potential to enable an entirely new era of space infrastructure and everyone is hoping to see this technology leveraged for a multitude of commercial and government space missions, including commercial satellite servicing, in-space telescope assembly, and human exploration on the Moon and beyond.
In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond openly admitted and acknowledged that the classification regime impedes parts of the Space Force’s mission, in a statement saying “If you have everything classified, that really limits your ability to deter conflict.” The US Air Force and Space Force officials have voiced support for declassification in the past, but there’s been little transparency about what the services are actually doing to address over classification.
The Air Force’s new swarming air-launched munitions program, Golden Horde, has been put to the test for a second time after “successfully dropping four CSDBs for its second test mission near Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. In this detailed report, The War Zone takes a closer look at how these “networked, collaborative, and autonomous” weapon capabilities, once perfected, could revolutionize the way aircraft attack their targets.
The Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FTUAS) rodeo is part of a long-running evaluation of future UAS capabilities that offer far greater efficiency in its strategic use for the US Army. Finding a suitable replacement for the Textron-manufactured Shadow UAS will be the main focus of the showcase which begins on March 1 and ends on March 5, 2021. During the 5-day run, a presentation of four possible UAVs pre-selected since 2019 will be the basis for selection and evaluation.
