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Robot seagull flies in ScotlandEdinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Jul 27, 2011 A German engineering firm says it has developed a robotic seagull so lifelike it fooled real birds into believing it was part of the flock. The company, Festo, says its ultralight flapping-wing robot SmartBird can take off, fly and land autonomously. A YouTube video of a demonstration flight of the robot at a technology conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, showed it flying above a crowd of attendees and attracting a nearby flock of birds, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Weig ... read more |
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  China launches navigation satellite: Xinhua China launched its ninth navigation satellite on Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing sources at the launch centre. ... more | .. |
  Turksat turns to GMV for control of its satellites MELCO (Mitsubishi Electronics) has awarded GMV a contract for developing the ground segment for the 4A and 4B satellites of the Turkish satellite operator Turksat. GMV is the leading ground systems ... more | .. |
  USAF Approves Production of NGC Deployable Digital Wireless System for Remote Warfighters The U.S. Air Force has approved Northrop Grumman's Theater Deployable Communications (TDC) Wireless Distribution Module (WDM) for production. TDC WDM provides a line-of-sight extension of a lo ... more | .. |
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  JLENS Successfully Completes Endurance Test Raytheon'saerostat system - Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) - recently completed a successful endurance test. "Providing long endurance surveillance fo ... more | .. |
 First Euro Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System Touches Down in Germany Euro Hawk, the first high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE), signals intelligence (SIGINT) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) based on the RQ-4 Global Hawk produced by Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) for the ... more | .. |
 China to launch 9th orbiter for indigenous global navigation network China will launch the ninth orbiter into space in "coming days" as part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network. The "Beidou," or Compass, navigation satellite will be l ... more | .. |
  Spotlight Time for Tiangong The upcoming launch of China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory will come at a critical time. The US space program has just retired its fleet of Space Shuttles, and currently lacks any means of launching ... more |
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  Ball Aerospace Develops Flight Computers for Next-Generation Launch Vehicles Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has completed development of prototype launch vehicle flight computers equipped to bring safety and reliability to future human spaceflight systems. These ... more | .. |
 Global Hawk Completes First Full System Flight With MP-RTIP Sensor Northrop Grumman's RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the high performance AN/ZPY-2, also referred to as the Multi-Platform Radar T ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin's Multi-Mission Signal Processor Completes Tracking Test The Lockheed Martin Aegis SPY-1 radar successfully identified, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against live aircraft in a stressing electronic attack environment during a test of the Mul ... more | .. |
  Infrared Search and Track Sensor System Achieves Critical Development Milestone Lockheed Martin's Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor system for the U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F achieved critical Milestone B approval to proceed into the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development pha ... more |
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 Elbit Systems gets DAP contract Israel's Elbit Systems Ltd. has received a supplementary contract to continue work on the Israeli military's Digital Army Program. ... more | .. |
 Germany gets first Euro Hawk The German Bundeswehr's first Euro Hawk first high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system is now in Germany for systems integration. ... more | .. |
 GA-ASI Awarded Contract for Hellads Weapon System Demonstrator General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded the company a contract for development of the complete Demonstrator Las ... more | .. |
  Israel tests advanced missile interceptor Israel, concerned about both homemade Qassam rockets launched from Palestinian territory as well as the threat of Iranian ballistic missiles, has field-tested its Arrow 3 interceptor, its new anti-ballistic, long-range air defense system. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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  IAEA chief visits Japan's stricken nuclear plant The head of the UN atomic watchdog agency visited Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant on Monday to survey efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. ... more | .. |
  China seeks to muzzle reporting on train crash China has ordered its media not to probe a deadly high-speed train crash that has triggered public anger and raised questions over the rush to develop the rail system, reports said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Graphene's 'quantum leap' takes electronics a step closer Writing in the journal Nature Physics, the academics, who discovered the world's thinnest material at The University of Manchester in 2004, have revealed more about its electronic properties. ... more | .. |
 Inside the innards of a nuclear reactor As workers continue to grapple with the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant in Japan, the crisis has shone a spotlight on nuclear reactors around the world. In June, The Associated Press re ... more |
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  Agencies unite against transnational crime The Obama administration's new strategy to combat transnational organized crime gives the U.S. Treasury Department new sanctioning authority but it also stresses more joint efforts among federal agencies in dealing with the growing threat. ... more | .. |
  Embraer plans military transport jet Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer plans to have its first major military cargo aircraft airborne by 2015, competing in markets currently dominated by U.S., European and Russian manufacturers. ... more | .. |
  Scientists invent 'see-through' batteries U.S. researchers say they've invented a transparent, flexible lithium-ion battery with great potential for applications in cutting-edge consumer electronics. ... more | .. |
  California dreaming: LA imagines life without cars Los Angeles is famous for its addiction to cars - whether cruising in their convertibles, or (more often) sitting in monster traffic jams on the freeway, the car is definitely king for Angelenos. ... more |
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Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems
Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers
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Chinese retail giant surges 41% on debut China's top hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail group soared as much as 41 percent on its Hong Kong trading debut Wednesday, after raising $1.06 billion from its initial public offering. ... more | .. |
  The future of Greece remains uncertain Despite a second bailout deal, the Greek debt crisis is far from over. ... more | .. |
 Nissan and China partner Dongfeng to invest $8 bln Nissan and its Chinese partner Dongfeng Motor Co. will invest 50 billion yuan ($8 billion) and launch around 30 models in China over the next five years, the Japanese auto giant said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Heading off securities panic As congressional negotiators and U.S. President Barack Obama struggle to obtain a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, securities markets may soon panic at the prospect of those negotiations failing. ... more |
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 Australia, Malaysia sign refugee swap deal Australia is ready to start sending as many as 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia under a controversial swap deal finalized by the two countries. ... more | .. |
 New photonic crystals have both electronic and optical properties In an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photoni ... more | .. |
 Rare Coupling of Magnetic and Electric Properties in a Single Material Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed a new way that magnetic and electric properties - which have a long history of ignoring and counteracting ... more | .. |
 A new discovery paves the way for using super strong nanostructured metals in cars Super strong nanometals are beginning to play an important role in terms of making cars even lighter, enabling them to stand collisions without fatal consequences for the passengers. A PhD student a ... more |
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