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August 07, 2017
ROCKET SCIENCE
Dragon to be packed with new experiments for International Space Station



Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 04, 2017
The International Space Station is a unique scientific platform enabling researchers from around the world to develop experiments that could not be performed on Earth. A line of unpiloted resupply spacecraft keeps this work going, supporting efforts to enable future human and robotic exploration of destinations well beyond low-Earth orbit. The next mission to the space station will be the 12th commercial resupply services flight for SpaceX. Liftoff is targeted for Aug. 13 at approximately 12:56 p. ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
A look inside the Space Station's experimental BEAM module
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2017
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik looks through the hatch of the International Space Station's Bigelow Expandable Aerospace Module (BEAM) on July 31, 2017. He shared this photo on social media on A ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Two Voyagers Taught Us How to Listen to Space
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017
As NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft were changing our understanding of the solar system, they also spurred a leap in spacecraft communications. The mission's impact is still visible in Californi ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Voyager spacecraft still in communication 40 years out into the void
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017
Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Three-man crew reaches International Space Station
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 28, 2017
A three-man space crew from Italy, Russia and the United States on Friday arrived at the International Space Station for a five-month mission Friday. Footage broadcast by Russia's space agency ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Army orders Falcon III HMS radios from Harris
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017
The U.S. Army has issued a delivery order to the Harris Corporation for multi-channel Falcon III HMS manpack radios to support two major test events. ... more
UAV NEWS
Mobile force protection aims to thwart adversaries' small UAVs and Drones
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017
DARPA's Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program focuses on a challenge of increasing concern to the U.S. military: countering the proliferation of small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs). These syste ... more
AEROSPACE
Boeing receives contract for LRSO work on the B-52H
Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017
Boeing has received a $59.5 million task order for the B-52 Engineering Sustainment Program as part of its role in the Long Range Stand-Off missile development, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday. ... more
AEROSPACE
VH-92A presidential helicopter test bed takes first flight
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017
Lockheed Martin has announced the first flight of the VH-92A test bed for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. ... more
AEROSPACE
Bell and Boeing receive $53.1 million contract for MV-22 Osprey modifcations
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017
The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office is receiving a $57.1 million modification for an existing contract for engineering and refit work on the V-22 Osprey Common Configuration and Readiness and Modernization Program. ... more
AEROSPACE
Dover AFB C-5Ms returned to flight status after grounding
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017
Five of the C-5M Super Galaxy cargo planes stationed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware have been returned to flight status after landing gear incidents led to their grounding. ... more


Lockheed awarded contract for German P-3C aircraft upgrades

AEROSPACE
Jet trainer planes from BAE arrive in Oman
Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017
The Sultanate of Oman has taken delivery of the first two of eight Hawk advanced trainer jets from BAE systems, the company announced on Monday. ... more
AEROSPACE
Cubic delivers enhanced training capabilities to RAAF
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Cubic Global Defense has supplied the Australian Air Force with advanced air combat training solutions for its fleet of Hawk 127 jet aircraft. ... more
AEROSPACE
Boeing receives $11.1 million contract for P-8A Poseidon repair work
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017
Boeing is receiving a $11.1 million modification to an existing contract for additional ground repair work on the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday. ... more
AEROSPACE
Boeing receives $276.6M contract for CH-47 Chinook upgrades
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Boeing has been awarded a $276.6 million contract for engineering work and manufacturing development for the CH-47F Chinook Block II program, the Department of Defense announced on Thursday. ... more

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Reality check for 'wonder material'
Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Topological insulators, a class of materials which has been investigated for just over a decade, have been heralded as a new 'wonder material', as has graphene. But so far, topological insulators have not quite lived up to the expectations fueled by theoretical studies. University of Groningen physicists now have an idea about why. Their analysis was published on 27 July in the journal Physical ... more
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2017
Making telescopes that curve and twist
London, UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
Spacepath Communications and Datum Systems announce strategic partnership
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2017
NASA-Developed Technologies Showcased on Dellingr's Debut Flight
Army orders Falcon III HMS radios from Harris
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017
The U.S. Army has issued a delivery order to the Harris Corporation for multi-channel Falcon III HMS manpack radios to support two major test events. The value of the order, received in the company's first quarter of fiscal year 2018, was not disclosed in a company news release. The release also didn't offer any details as to how many radios were ordered. "The Army is partnering ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017
82nd Airborne tests in-flight communication system for paratroopers
McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017
North Dakota UAS Training Center Depends on IGC Satellite Connectivity
Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
SES Government Solutions lands additional MEO Beam task order with DoD


IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system
Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017
An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday. The technology, covered under a recent memorandum of understanding between the two companies, will combine IAI's existing ADA GPS Anti-Jamming system together with Honeywell's embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Sys ... more
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017
Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017
India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year
Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017
Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery
VH-92A presidential helicopter test bed takes first flight
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017
Lockheed Martin has announced the first flight of the VH-92A test bed for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. The flight took place in Stratford, Conn. on July 28 and marked the start of 250 hours of flight time for the test program. The remainder of the test flights will take place in Oswego, N.Y. "With this successful first flight on the books, we look forward to c ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Marine Corps grounds KC-130T tanker fleet
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017
Bell and Boeing receive $53.1 million contract for MV-22 Osprey modifcations
Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017
Lockheed awarded contract for German P-3C aircraft upgrades
Single-photon emitter has promise for quantum info-processing
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Aug 07, 2017
Los Alamos National Laboratory has produced the first known material capable of single-photon emission at room temperature and at telecommunications wavelengths. These carbon nanotube quantum light emitters may be important for optically-based quantum information processing and information security, while also being of significant interest for ultrasensitive sensing, metrology and imaging ... more
Fairport, NY (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
Saelig introduces Sol Chip autonomous, solar-powered sensor station
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Ultracold molecules hold promise for quantum computing
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Magnetic quantum objects in a 'nano egg-box'


NOAA's GOES-S and GOES-T satellites coming together
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2017
Progress continues on the development of NOAA's GOES-S and GOES-T spacecraft that will follow the successful launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite or GOES-R, renamed GOES-16 upon reaching geostationary orbit. The GOES-S satellite is fully integrated and is currently undergoing its final functional testing to confirm it successfully passed mechanical and thermal en ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017
Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 01, 2017
Aalto-1 satellite sends first image back to VTT Finland
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 01, 2017
Vega orbits two Earth observation satellites
Russia's Lake Baikal 'extremely polluted', Putin warns
Moscow (AFP) Aug 4, 2017
Russia's Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater lake, has extremely high pollution levels, President Vladimir Putin warned Friday while visiting the Siberian lake. Lake Baikal is a UNESCO World Heritage site, the world's deepest lake at 1,700 metres (5,580 feet) and also the oldest at 25 million years. Tourists flock there to enjoy the unique wildlife and clear waters. Putin, while ... more
Banjul, Gambia (AFP) Aug 1, 2017
Gambian environmentalists to sue 'polluting' Chinese firm
Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017
Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand
Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017
New catalysts remove 99 percent of BPA from water


China develops sea launches to boost space commerce
Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official. Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more
Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017
Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit
Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017
Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon
Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017
Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold
US successfully tests missile intercept system
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017
American forces successfully tried out Sunday a missile interception system the US hopes to set up on the Korean peninsula, military officials said following a trial just days after North Korea's second test of an ICBM. In the American test of the so-called THAAD system, a medium-range missile was launched from a US Air Force C-17 aircraft flying over the Pacific and a THAAD unit in Alaska " ... more
Seoul (AFP) July 29, 2017
S. Korea speeds up US missile defence over North's missile test
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ralph Johnson completes builders trials
Riyadh (AFP) July 28, 2017
Yemeni rebel missile shot down near Mecca: Arab coalition


Lockheed receives $161.4M ATACMS missile life-extension contract
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control has been awarded a $161.4 million contract for the production of launch assemblies for the Army Tactical Missile System surface-to-surface missile, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday. The contract is part of the Service Life Extension Program for aging components of the missile system. Work will be conducted at sites across the U.S. ... more
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2017
Pentagon alarm over Turkey plan to buy Russian missiles
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Lockheed demos deck-launched variant of LRASM
Tehran (AFP) July 29, 2017
Iran rules out halt to missile tests as tension with US rises
New method promises easier nanoscale manufacturing
Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new way to precisely pattern nanomaterials that could open a new path to the next generation of everyday electronic devices. The new research, published July 28 in Science, is expected to make such materials easily available for eventual use in everything from LED displays to cellular phones to photod ... more
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 21, 2017
Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017
New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumption
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017
How do you build a metal nanoparticle?


Mishap doesn't dampen enthusiasm for security robots
Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017
On his first day at work as a security guard, Steve was greeted warmly, drawing attention from passersby, including some taking selfies with him at the tony retail-residential complex he patrolled. Then he fell into the fountain. Steve was a security robot employed by the Washington Harbour center in the Georgetown district of the US capital. According to some tech watchers, robots like ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017
Why humans find faulty robots more likeable
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots
Nagoya, Japan (AFP) July 30, 2017
Watch out Messi, here come the footballers at RoboCup


Northrop Grumman receives contract for MQ-4C Triton surveillance UAVs
Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017
Northrop Grumman Systems has received a $19.9 million contract for engineering and analysis of obsolescence issues with the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday. The contract will go towards program management, qualification tests, and systems analysis for the Triton. Work will primarily be performed in Baltimore, M.D., and is expected to ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017
Mobile force protection aims to thwart adversaries' small UAVs and Drones
Paris (ESA) Aug 01, 2017
The flying kettle
Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017
Insitu receives contract for Afghan ScanEagle UAS services
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