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May 21, 2016

Will America Set Military Back by Abandoning Russian RD-180 Rocket Engines
Moscow (Sputnik) May 20, 2016
The Senate Armed Services Committee calls for halving the US appropriation for the military's go-to rocket engine, the House Armed Services Committee focuses on replacements, and the White House is determined to veto anything and everything. Controversy continues in the halls of Washington regarding the continued US military appropriations of Russian-made rocket engines to allow US payloads to reach orbit. Congressional testimony by leading US military officials finds the armed forces ill-prepared ... read more

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Fregat is fueled in Arianespace's FCube facility for Soyuz Flight VS15 Arianespace's new Spaceport processing facility has fueled another Fregat stage. This upper stage for the medium-lift Soyuz launcher will be used for the May 24 flight from French Guiana with two Eu ... more		Lockheed demos future evolution of its flexible GPS 3 satellite design In the future, when mission needs change for the Global Positioning System (GPS), the U.S. Air Force will be able to respond - thanks to some engineering forethought and the innovative design of Loc ... more		Russian Armed Forces Use Glonass Satellites for Aiming in Syria The Glonass satellites are being used to ensure the work of the Russian precision-guided weapons in Syria, a senior space industry official said Friday. "Glonass is the system which is the mos ... more
				Robot's in-hand eye maps surroundings, determines hand's location Before a robot arm can reach into a tight space or pick up a delicate object, the robot needs to know precisely where its hand is. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have ... more		First CubeSat Built by an Elementary School Deployed into Space In 2012, the students from St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia lined up in the shape of a space shuttle in the school parking lot and witnessed the flyover of the Space Shuttle D ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Interns Make Archived NASA Planetary Science Data More Accessible An internship program offered by NASA's Planetary Data System's Small Bodies Subnode hosted at the Planetary Science Institute is making archived scientific information more accessible to researcher ... more		Macau shows off robot croupiers as hopes of recovery rise Robot roulette dealers, animated playing cards and a gaming table that shakes its own dice were on show in the gambling hub of Macau Tuesday as experts forecast a two-year casino revenue downturn could be coming to an end. ... more		New MachLab rocket test site launches UK into next phase of space engineering Ukraine's anti-graft body says new bill restores independence Iran meets European powers amid threats of UN sanctions snapback		Airbus Defence and Space opens a ground station in Australia for its Skynet military satellite A brand new purpose built satellite ground station has been established in Adelaide, to land Airbus Defence and Space's Skynet secure military satellite communications. The Australian facility exten ... more
				A year of mystery swirls around latest X-37B mission The semi-classified X-37B robot spaceplane hasn't received much attention, despite the fact that it is on its fourth flight in space. At least, that's the official story. Launched in May 2015, the l ... more		MinXSS CubeSat deployed from ISS to study Sun's soft x-rays On May 16, 2016, the bread loaf-sized Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, CubeSat deployed from an airlock on the International Space Station to begin its journey into space. The NASA-fun ... more

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

Saab rolls out its Gripen E 'Smart Fighter' Saab introduced its new Gripen E "Smart Fighter" during a ceremony Wednesday at the company's headquarters in Sweden. ... more		Stratobus: The Spy Blimp-Satellite of the Future Used for Snooping If you thought surveillance drones were unnerving, a French-Italian aerospace company is now producing an unmanned blimp to monitor the ground from space. One good thing can be said for government-o ... more		Australia's mammal megafauna face long-term decline from extinctions and invasive species Alien life clues may emerge from deep sea volcanic vents on Earth Seismic signatures reveal fragmentation patterns of fireball meteoroids		Pentagon Buys 'Safe Solution' for Zapping Drones Out of the Sky It's the latest in high-tech anti-drone technology, and both the Pentagon and US Homeland Security are on board. As recreational drones become increasingly common, multiple government agencies are s ... more
Russia to Renew Production of Mi-14 Nuclear-Capable Anti-Sub Helicopters Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that ministry plans to renew the production of Mi-14 Haze nuclear-capable amphibious anti-submarine helicopters. The Russian Defense Ministry ... more		SpeedCast to build ground station for X-band Satcom Services in Asia-Pacific SpeedCast International has announced that it has partnered with one of the largest global Defence companies, Airbus Defence and Space, to design, build and provide onsite management for the ground ... more		Abandonment of Russian Booster Engines May Send NASA's Costs Skyrocketing The Pentagon saying "no" to the further use of Russian RD-180 rocket engines may damage "the financial viability" of NASA projects, according to the Wall Street Journal's Andy Pasztor. If the ... more		Australian, U.S. HIFiRE rocket achieves Mach 7.5 Australia and the United States have successfully fired an experimental rocket with a speed of more than seven times the speed of sound. ... more

	Israel successfully tests missile defence system at sea: army Israel has successfully tested a maritime missile interception system dubbed the Iron Dome of the Sea, the military announced on Wednesday. ... more		Sagem to produce Patroller UAVs for French Army Production of 14 Patroller optionally piloted aircraft for the French Army is set to begin following the signing of a production contract. ... more

NASA's X-59 moves under its own power

Sri Lanka orders Singapore shipowner to pay US$1 bn over marine disaster

More than 80% of Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa

New flight test campaign for nEUROn combat drone		Battelle shows off DroneDefender at Navy Expo		US B-52 bomber crashes on Guam, all crew safe		Airbus DS offers new SkyGhost ER mini drone		Germany presses Airbus to resolve A400M problems
Russia to start financing new Phoenix carrier rocket development in 2018		Russia's Glonass system to get 8 more satellites by end of 2017		U.S. Navy tests Raytheon's SeaRAM system		Air Force demos key rocket engine technologies for new launch systems		Russia Spent $1.3Bln on Vostochny Cosmodrome So Far

China, U.S. hold first dialogue on outer space safety

NASA mini-balloon mission maps migratory magnetic boundary

Using static electricity, RoboBees can land and stick to surfaces

Robots get creative to cut through clutter

Technique improves the efficacy of fuel cells

Currency wars, fiscal stimulus rift in focus at G7 meeting

China's Midea makes takeover offer for German robotics firm

Hybrid hydrostatic transmission enables robots with human-like grace and precision

Payload integration begins for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission with Galileo spacecraft

Saab to unveil first Gripen E aircraft this week

Pre-launch processing is underway with Indonesia's BRIsat for the next Arianespace heavy-lift flight

Out of this world: 'Moon and Mars veggies' grow in Dutch greenhouse

New TH-119 helicopter unveiled for military pilot training

U.S. Navy contracts Boeing for P-8A aircraft component repair

How the Marriage of Third Offset, Better Buying Power Affects Industry

New Antares Rocket Rolls Out at NASA Wallops

NASA Invests in Next Stage of Visionary Technology Development

AAC Microtec avionics aboard microsatellite deployed from the ISS

Researchers teach AI system to run complex physics experiment

Industry Wants to Ensure the Warfighter Is Always Supported

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