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Space Systems Loral Expands Senior Management Team to Accommodate Business GrowthPalo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2011 Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will expand its senior management team in order to accommodate increased business and prepare for further growth. David Bernstein was named Senior Vice President of Program Management and Paul Estey was named Senior Vice President of Engineering, Manufacturing and Test Operations. Both join the senior executive committee that drives the company's direction and recently achieved the status of Top Performing Company in its revenue category from "Aviation Week" magazine. ... read more |
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  64 satellites launched by ISRO so far The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has so far launched 64 satellites and of these seven failed, Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. Minister of state in the ministry of personnel, pub ... more | .. |
  Russia marks 'forgotten spaceman's' historic flight Russia on Saturday marks 50 years since Gherman Titov became the second man in orbit, a historic achievement long eclipsed by the first space flight of his friend and rival Yuri Gagarin months earlier. ... more | .. |
  Welsh tech firm starting U.S. company A Welsh technology firm has launched a U.S. company to provide ground mobility and aircraft landing solutions to the U.S. military and government. ... more | .. |
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  Russians abort nanosatellite launch during space walk Two Russian cosmonauts on Wednesday embarked on a six-hour space walk from the International Space Station that ran into immediate problems when they aborted a bid to launch a mini-satellite in honour of Yuri Gagarin. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea to fine Apple over tracking feature South Korea's telecoms regulator said Wednesday that it would fine the Korean unit of US technology giant Apple over an iPhone feature that can track the location of users. ... more | .. |
 India to help Afghanistan in expanding media network India will help Afghanistan to expand the mass media network and build communication infrastructure in the conflict-hit country, it was decided at a meeting of officials of the two countries here Mo ... more | .. |
  Kodak Imaging Technology Used To Explore Jupiter When NASA's Juno spacecraft is launched this week to begin its five-year voyage to the planet Jupiter, image sensor technology from Eastman Kodak will be on board to help capture images of the gas g ... more |
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Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
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 3D Printing Now Possible in Zero-Gravity Conditions 3D Systems Corporation reports that its affordable BfB( 3000 3D printer successfully completed two zero-gravity test flights in partnership with MADE IN SPACE, a start-up dedicated to providing solu ... more | .. |
 NPP Runs the Gauntlet of Environmental Testing The NPP satellite sits surrounded by 144 rock concert speakers. They're stacked in a circle 16 feet high in a testing room at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. As engineers set up for the e ... more | .. |
  Maritime domain awareness, emergency response, and maritime system resilience issues The National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR) completed its 2nd Summer Research Institute, held on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. For the secon ... more | .. |
  Raytheon to Provide Wisconsin County's First Interoperable Communications System Raytheon has been awarded a contract to provide Rock County, Wis., with its first interoperable communications system, a 20-site conventional P25 digital land mobile radio system. It will provide se ... more |
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 EADS acquires Vizada for its Astrium Division Astrium, has entered into an agreement to acquire Vizada from Apax France, a French Private Equity fund and the majority shareholder, for $ 960 million. The transaction is subject to customary regul ... more | .. |
 Invisibility cloak closer to reality Scientists have devised an "invisibility cloak" material that can hide objects from detection using light that is visible to humans, a U.S. journal reports. ... more | .. |
  Southampton engineers fly first printed aircraft Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design. The SULSA (Southampton Univ ... more | .. |
  Bionic microrobot mimics the 'water strider' and walks on water Scientists are reporting development of a new aquatic microrobot that mimics the amazing water-walking abilities of the water strider - the long-legged insect that scoots across the surface of ponds ... more |
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Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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  Raytheon Develops Miniature Antenna To Extend Millimeter Wave Friendly ID Technology Raytheon has developed a miniaturized interrogation antenna capability to extend use of its Cooperative Target ID technology to soldiers and unmanned aircraft to help prevent fratricide. This ... more | .. |
 SES selects Gilat for the delivery of Consumer Ka-band equipment for ASTRA2Connect SES S.A. and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. have announced that they have signed an agreement for the delivery of network equipment and Ka-band end user terminals for SES's satellite-based Internet s ... more | .. |
 Reinventing Space We have been using the space environment for the last 50+ years. Satellites have been placed in orbits that take advantage of natural perturbations while offering convenient geometries for various m ... more | .. |
Cosmonauts launch Gagarin satellite on second try Two Russian cosmonauts on Thursday completed a tortuous six-hour spacewalk in which they launched a tiny satellite honouring first spaceman Yuri Gagarin after initially aborting the sensitive task. ... more |
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 Inmarsat Selects ILS Proton For Inmarsat-5 Inmarsat reports that Inmarsat SA, one of its subsidiary companies, has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch of three Inmarsat-5 satellites. The launches, schedu ... more | .. |
  US Army Selects SMSS Autonomous Vehicle for Afghanistan Deployment The U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force, through the Robotics Technology Consortium, selected the Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) to deploy to Afghanistan for a first-of-i ... more | .. |
 US Army Awards Lockheed Martin $60 Million M-TADS PNVS Production Contract The U.S. Army recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $60 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNV ... more | .. |
 Enhanced Boeing KC-46 Tanker Trailer Debuts at Rodeo 2011 Boeing has unveiled its updated KC-46 Aerial Refueling Trailer at Rodeo 2011, a U.S. Air Force and Air Mobility Command readiness competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The trailer sho ... 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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 Boeing F/A-18E/F IRST System Advances to Next Development Phase The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program received a Milestone B Acquisition Decision Memorandum from the U.S. Navy on July 13. This allows the program to advance to ... more | .. |
 Elbit Systems Awarded an Israeli Ministry of Defense Follow-on Order for the Digital Army Program Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that it was awarded a $40 million order by the Israel Ministry of Defense (MOD) for the follow- on Digital Army Program (DAP). The total value of this phase of ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin to Implement Energy Efficient Data Center Consolidation for DoE Lockheed Martin is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to increase energy efficiency through data center consolidation and information technology enhancements for the DOE complex. ... more | .. |
 Japan to sack top nuclear energy officials Japan will sack three top energy officials over their handling of the Fukushima atomic disaster and scandals that have fuelled public mistrust in the country's nuclear policy, the government said Thursday. ... more |
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 Penn Chemists Make First Molecular Binding Measurement of Radon Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 04, 2011 Even in trace quantities, the radioactive gas radon is very dangerous; it is second only to cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer deaths in the United State ... more | .. |
 Grapes protect against ultraviolet radiation Some compounds found in grapes help to protect skin cells from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, according to a study by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the CSIC (Spanish National Re ... more | .. |
 Japan moves closer to nuclear payout Japan's government moved a step closer Wednesday to multi-billion-dollar compensation payouts for the victims of the country's enduring nuclear crisis, but angry farmers demanded faster action. ... more | .. |
  Hitachi and Mitsubishi 'to open merger talks' Japanese manufacturing giants Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy are to start merger talks, reports said Thursday, as they look for growth beyond a shrinking domestic market and battle a strong yen. ... more |
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