Maxar Technologies (MAXR +3%) has another NASA win under its belt, finalizing a deal to deliver the SAMPLR robotic arm for a lunar lander.
The Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar Regolith arm will be built in Pasadena, Calif., at a contract value of $5M.
The arm will help explore our moon by acquiring samples and measuring geotechnical properties.
It’s one of 12 externally developed payloads NASA chose as part of its Artemis lunar program, which intends to send the first woman and next man to the moon by 2024.
The company’s Comtech PST unit (part of Government Solutions) will provide high-power amp systems for a major domestic prime contractor.
Those are in addition to an installed base of solid-state high-power RF amplifiers previously delivered to the same contractor.
Apple’s Chinese suppliers starting back Feb. 10
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) major suppliers in China plan to resume full-scale production on February 10 despite the continuing coronavirus outbreak.
Chinese officials and companies have set the date to resume work, but there are doubts about the timing due to the travel bans and health impact of the virus.
Most iPhones are produced in China, primarily by Hon Hai (OTCPK:HNHAF,OTCPK:HNHPD) and Pegatron.
Earlier this week, Apple announced it would temporarily close its corporate offices, retail stores, and contact centers in the region through February 9.
Sprint, Comcast roll out anti-robocall tech
Sprint (S +5.6%) and Comcast (CMCSA +3.4%) have launched anti-robocall technology for Sprint’s mobile customers and Comcast’ Xfinity Voice landline customers.
The companies have implemented the Secure Telephone Identity Revisited/Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information using ToKENs – “STIR/SHAKEN.”
That allows for “signing” and verification of caller ID info, preventing manipulations and spoofing that are common now among robocallers.
Initial two-way authentication on calls began with a subset of customers in December and will roll out to all customers nationwide in coming months.
Sprint is also collaborating with would-be merger partner T-Mobile (TMUS +2%) on STIR/SHAKEN verification.
Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 available for purchase
