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June 11, 2015

SpaceX achieves pad abort milestone approval for Commercial Crew
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2015
NASA has approved a $30 million milestone payment to SpaceX under the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) agreement with the company following a recent and successful pad abort test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft. Data gathered during the test are critical to understanding the safety and performance of the Crew Dragon spacecraft as the company continues on the path to certification for crew missions to the International Space Station, and helping return the ability to launch ast ... read more

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USAF Early Warning Satellites Get No-Cost Update from Lockheed Martin The U.S. Air Force's newest infrared surveillance and missile warning satellites will be based on Lockheed Martin's modernized A2100 spacecraft, an update that improves system affordability and resi ... more		MSG-4 and S1 C4 make initial contact with Ariane 5 launcher hardware The two satellite passengers for Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission in 2015 are advancing through their pre-flight preparations, with MSG-4 and Star One C4 each completing separate fit-check proce ... more		X-37B Still Largely Unexplained The fourth mission of the X-37B robot spaceplane is well underway. We know much of what is happening with the flight. There's a test of a Hall Effect thruster for the US Air Force and a set of mater ... more
				XCOR Selects Matrix Composites to Develop Lynx Chines XCOR Aerospace has announced its selection of Matrix Composites, Inc. of Rockledge, Florida as the manufacturer and supplier of the XCOR Lynx Mark I spacecraft composite chine panels. "The chi ... more		NASA's LDSD Project Completes Second Experimental Test Flight Engineers are poring over the data following the second experimental landing technology test of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project. The saucer-shaped LDSD craft splashed down a ... more

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Nuclear Decommissioning And Used Fuel Market 2015

Kremlin Focuses on Alleged US Plans to Aim Missiles at Russia's Nukes Moscow is paying much attention to US press reports about Washington's possible deployment of nuclear missiles that can threaten Russia's nuclear potential. Mocow has directed much of its atte ... more		A clear look at an efficient energy converter Xiaochun Qin and colleagues have provided a high-resolution crystal structure of a plant protein supercomplex critical to photosynthesis, shedding new light on how this extremely effective solar ene ... more		US Space Force strengthens missile warning network with acceptance of next generation SBIRS S2E2 system Rocket Lab to Conduct Hypersonic Test Flight Under MACH-TB 2.0 Program China pioneers daytime satellite laser ranging in Earth moon space		Spacecraft glitch shifts orbiting ISS: Russia The orbiting International Space Station has shifted in position after an engine glitch on a docked spacecraft which is due to bring astronauts back to Earth this week, Russia said. ... more
				NASA 'flying saucer' deploys partially on test NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars, but its outsized parachute only partly deployed. ... more		LightSail spreads its sails After a few setbacks and several anxious periods of radio silence, the Planetary Society's solar sailing space probe has deployed its giant, featherlight sails. ... more

Army Network Modernization 2015 - Washington DC June 23-25

Electric thruster propels China's interstellar ambitions An electric thruster, creating a thrust as gentle as a breath blowing out a candle, could send a spacecraft to Mars, so long as it keeps "blowing" and accelerating the craft over time. Electric prop ... more		ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti returning home ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will return to Earth on 11 June, along with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov, having spent 200 days in space on the International ... more		Autonomous Black Hawk helicopter trials showcase future of aerial firefighting Exploring new frontiers in mineral extraction Moss method revives Canadian oil well sites into carbon-storing peatlands		Harris providing Australia with support for radio system The Australian Defense Force is to receive comprehensive technical and logistics support from the Harris Corporation in the use of Harris tactical radios. ... more
Boecore to support Army missile defense The U.S. military has contracted Boecore Inc. to provide technical, advisory and operational support to missile defense and strategic commands. ... more		Aviation security endangered by spread of missiles: study The spread of portable anti-aircraft missiles in the Middle East and North Africa could pose a threat to aviation security if the weapons fall into the hands of Islamic extremists, a report said on Wednesday. ... more		Kuwait wants to buy Airbus helicopters for air force Kuwait expressed the desire Wednesday to purchase an unspecified number of Airbus transport helicopters for its air force. ... more		Germany opts for MEADS missile defence system The German government has decided to buy the MEADS missile defence system built by European defence group MBDA and Lockheed Martin, instead of the Patriot system made by Raytheon, the defence ministry announced on Tuesday. ... more

	ONR-sponsored technology to lighten marines' loads Modern-day warfighters face heavy - literally - odds on the battlefield, as they often carry more than 100 pounds of gear, including body armor, weapons and night-vision technology. Such loads can s ... more		Helping robots handle uncertainty Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes are a way to model autonomous robots' behavior in circumstances where neither their communication with each other nor their judgments abo ... more

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Nepal parties reach long-awaited charter deal after quake		Breakthroughs in providing 'sensory feedback' from artificial limbs		Using Minecraft to unboggle the robot mind		Stanford engineers develop a computer that operates on water droplets		HSBC unveils radical overhaul to axe up to 50,000 jobs

EU business confidence in China at new low: survey

Africa tracks: construction of key Djibouti-Ethiopia rail line to finish

China to have 'veto power' over infrastructure bank: report

Israel says China demands no workers in settlements

China economy shows more weakness as imports, exports fall

Northrop Grumman unveils first NATO ISR aircraft

Russia, China Plan to Equip Commercial Trucks With Glonass, BeiDou

VSE wins places on Army TACOM contracts

Russia to Produce Successor of Tu-160 Strategic Bomber After 2023

US Might Add Missiles to Its Military Buildup in Europe to Counter Russia

IAI shines spotlight on loitering attack drone

China monitors university entrance exams with drones

Longest US space simulation study coming to an end

U.S. orders components for 94 F-35s

US space firm supports need to ease Russian rocket engines ban

US Navy accepts third LMC-Built MUOS comsat

Airbus developing reusable space rocket launcher

Military Sensor Optics For UAVs

US Air Force Develops Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon

UN's new weather chief seeks to improve disaster alerts

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