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  Amsterdam (AFP) April 12, 2017 The aerospace industry is on the brink of a "third revolution" and Airbus boss Tom Enders is determined his giant company will play a leading role in its future. "I do genuinely believe that we are at a point where those technological changes and breakthroughs in electric propulsion, autonomous flight, artificial intelligence, machine learning, new materials, all come together, plus the data usage, (and) will be nothing less than a third revolution in aerospace," Enders told AFP in an interview. ... read more |
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BAE Systems to develop U.S. space, missile defense techWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017 BAE Systems received a contract to research and develop new space and missile defense technologies for the U.S. Army, the company announced Wednesday. ... more  
Russia to modernize weaponry for Crimea, Arctic forcesWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017 The Kremlin plans to modernize weaponry and equipment issued to Russian forces in Crimea and the Arctic regions. ... more  
Controlling electron spin for efficient water splittingRehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 Water is made of oxygen and hydrogen, and splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen for fuel is a promising path for alternative energy. One of the main obstacles to making hydrogen production a ... more 
Scientists further understanding of a process that causes heat loss in fusion devicesPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 Everyone knows that the game of billiards involves balls careening off the sides of a pool table - but few people may know that the same principle applies to fusion reactions. How charged particles ... more |
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Brane Craft Proposal Awarded Phase 2 by NASAEl Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 NASA has awarded Dr. Siegfried Janson of The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) with the 2017 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II grant award, worth approximately $500,000, for further ... more  
Two Russians, one American land back on Earth from ISSDzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 10, 2017 Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut touched down safely in central Kazakhstan Monday following a 173-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ... more  
U.K. defense minister calls for autonomous supply vehiclesWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 Britain's defense ministry is asking security contractors to design new autonomous systems that can be used to deliver supplies to ground forces. ... more 
U.S. Army tests dune buggy-like Hunter, Killer vehiclesWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 A developing U.S. Army platform comprising two dune buggy-like vehicles completed a round of testing at Fort Sill, Okla., on Thursday. ... more  
Raytheon to begin Phase 4B refresh services for AMRAAM programWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon with a $64 million contract modification to continue work for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile program. ... more 
British Army extends support contract with Saab for simulator systemWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 The British Army is extending its contract with Saab, continuing the company's support for the Direct Fire Weapon Effects Simulator. ... more |
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 Five views on the 'Mother of All Bombs' in Afghanistan 
U.S. F-35s to make first operational deployment in EuropeWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft will soon head to Europe to perform military exercises, marking the plane's first operational deployment. ... more  
Thales supplying Denmark with communications systemWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017 Denmark and Thales have signed a framework agreement for the Nordic country to acquire the company's SOTAS communication system for military vehicles. ... more 
Boeing receives contract modification for Harpoon missile supportWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017 Boeing received an $8.3 million contract modification to continue performing various Harpoon missile support services for the U.S. Navy. ... more 
MS-177 sensor completes test on Global HawkWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017 MS-177, a sensor developed by UTC Aerospace Systems, has completed a round of testing with the Northrop Grumman-made RA-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. ... more |
  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 
Human exploration of Mars is now an official goal of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill to increase NASA's budget. The law sets spending at $19.5 billion for the 12-month period starting on October 1, 2017. Congress will need to approve the money.
And for the first time, the NASA budget adds human exploration of M ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Recent advances and new insights into quantum image processing  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017NASA Fellow studies new heatshield-making technique  Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2017China Considering Cooperation With Russia on Space Debris |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017  Denmark and Thales have signed a framework agreement for the Nordic country to acquire the company's SOTAS communication system for military vehicles.
The deal between Thales and the Danish Defense and Logistic Organization is for seven years and includes a provision for company maintenance technologies to be transferred to Denmark from Thales operations in the Netherlands. Thales repor ... more Offutt AFB NB (AFNS) Apr 10, 2017US Strategic Command, Norway sign agreement to share space services, data  Washington (AFP) April 7, 2017Pentagon urges Russia not to hang up military hotline  Washington DC (AFNS) Apr 06, 2017AF announces major changes to space enterprise |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 
In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 27, 2016Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission  Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2016Antares Rides Again  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 21, 2016Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017 
Europe's Galileo satnav network does more than let us find our way - it is also helping to save lives. Today sees a spotlight cast on Galileo's Search and Rescue service, which pinpoints people in distress on land or sea.
The service is Europe's contribution to the Cospas-Sarsat international satellite-based locating system that has helped to rescue more than 42 000 people since 1982 - the ... more Managua (AFP) April 7, 2017Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua  Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017Northrop Grumman, Honeywell receive EGI-M contracts  Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2017China's BeiDou system to expand cooperation to SE Asia |
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 Amsterdam (AFP) April 12, 2017  The aerospace industry is on the brink of a "third revolution" and Airbus boss Tom Enders is determined his giant company will play a leading role in its future.
"I do genuinely believe that we are at a point where those technological changes and breakthroughs in electric propulsion, autonomous flight, artificial intelligence, machine learning, new materials, all come together, plus the data ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017U.S. F-35s to make first operational deployment in Europe  Amsterdam (AFP) April 12, 2017Airbus talks with military plane clients 'constructive': Enders  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Lockheed Martin gets $372 million contract mod for F-35 work |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 
Researchers from North Carolina State University have created elastic, touch-sensitive fibers that can interface with electronic devices.
"Touch is a common way to interact with electronics using keyboards and touch screens," says Michael Dickey, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at NC State and corresponding author of a paper describing the work. "We have created soft a ... more Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Microprocessors based on a layer of just 3 atoms  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Streamlining mass production of printable electronics  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Irish researchers make major breakthrough in smart printed electronics |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 
An international team of researchers have created a high-resolution map of Earth's lithospheric magnetic field. Scientists created the map using a wealth of new data collected by the European Space Agency's Swarm satellites.
"Magnetic fields have been measured in space by satellites for the last 50 years, but it is the measurement of magnetic 'gradients' from the three Swarm satellites ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2017Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth  Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Climate change to increase severe aircraft turbulence  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017NASA's High-Altitude Plane Takes to the Sky for GOES-16 Field Campaign |
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 London (AFP) April 9, 2017 
Gone are the days of London's "pea souper" smogs, but like many European cities, the British capital is once again being choked by pollution - and has road traffic firmly in its sights.
In 1952, the Great Smog suffocated London for five days, bringing the city to a standstill as soot-filled clouds descended onto the streets and into people's lungs, leaving more than 12,000 dead.
The cri ... more Washington (AFP) April 10, 2017Road salt runoff threatens US, Canada lakes: study  Shanghai (AFP) April 6, 2017Shanghai river clean-up leaves boat-dwellers in limbo  Dhaka (AFP) April 6, 2017Bangladesh closes one of world's most polluted places |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 
Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017  BAE Systems received a contract to research and develop new space and missile defense technologies for the U.S. Army, the company announced Wednesday.
The enterprise is one of eight contractors to compete for the $3 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity deal. It was awarded by the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, or SMDC/ARSTRAT. ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Raytheon to upgrade U.S. ballistic missile defense radars Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017Raytheon to supply Multi-Object Kill Vehicle technology  Hatzor, Israel (AFP) April 2, 2017Israel's latest missile interceptor enters service |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017  Orbital ATK has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply rocket motors for AIM-9P Sidewinder missiles.
The contract, which has a potential value of $67 million if all options are exercised, covers motors for missiles to be sold to other governments under the U.S. foreign military sales program. The project is being managed by the Robins Air Force Base.
"The Sidewinder Mis ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Raytheon to begin Phase 4B refresh services for AMRAAM program  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Boeing receives contract modification for Harpoon missile support  Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Rockwell Collins to begin work on second CRIIS system |
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 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 
The project received support from the Regional Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the competition for oriented interdisciplinary research in 2016. The results of the research were published in the journals "Physics of the Solid State", "Vacuum" and "Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism".
The authors of the project say that with the help of this ... more Lemont IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Scientists identify unusual force acting on nanoparticles  Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 12, 2017UNM physicist discovers strange forces acting on nanoparticles |
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 El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 
NASA has awarded Dr. Siegfried Janson of The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) with the 2017 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II grant award, worth approximately $500,000, for further development of his Brane Craft flat spacecraft proposal.
This award is one of 22 early-stage technical proposals that will transform the future of human and robotic exploration missions, introdu ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Lockheed Martin gets license for military exoskeleton tech  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean Worlds |
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 Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 
This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has special significance. This shipment arrived via an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket launches to the International Space ... moreMiami (AFP) Oct 23, 2016Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2016New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 19, 2016Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 
A developing U.S. Army platform comprising two dune buggy-like vehicles completed a round of testing at Fort Sill, Okla., on Thursday.
The eight-wheeled vehicles, known as Hunter and Killer, were tested between April 3 and April 13 during the 2017 Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment, or MFIX. They are designed to travel through various types of terrain and provide operators with aircra ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017U.K. defense minister calls for autonomous supply vehicles  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Swiss prisons getting drone-detection capability |
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