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General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit showcased an automatic takeoff and landing capability for the MQ-9B
SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft via a satellite communications datalink.
The company said Monday operators of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian controlled the aircraft outside General Atomics’ Gray Butte Flight Operations Center in Palmdale, California while the platform flew out of the Laguna Army Airfield near Yuma, Arizona using a Satcom link to taxi the aircraft and perform six automatic takeoff and landing sequences.
Business Wire
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180121005077/en
IBM News room – 2018-01-19 IBM and Salesforce Strengthen Strategic Partnership.
Salesforce and IBM will combine their cloud and artificial intelligence offerings and expand their strategic partnership to help companies connect and boost collaboration with client organizations.
IBM said Friday the companies will merge the IBM Cloud and Watson services with Salesforce Quip and Salesforce Service Cloud Einstein to create new IBM WatsonQuip Live applications designed to boost the effectiveness of sales teams with the help of Quip’s document creation and editing features.
United States
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/53622.wss
General Atomics Announces New High Voltage, High Temperature Capacitors
SAN DIEGO, CA, 17 JAN 2018 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has developed a new capacitor technology capable of operating at high voltages and at temperatures as high as 500⁰C.
The high voltage, high temperature capacitors allow for more stable operation of power electronics at voltages >1000 V and across more extreme temperature ranges.
http://www.ga.com/general-atomics-announces-new-high-voltage-high-temperature-capacitors