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  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 |
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A look inside the Space Station's experimental BEAM moduleHouston 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 
Two Voyagers Taught Us How to Listen to SpacePasadena 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 
Voyager spacecraft still in communication 40 years out into the voidPasadena 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 
Three-man crew reaches International Space StationBaikonur, 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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Army orders Falcon III HMS radios from HarrisWashington (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  
Mobile force protection aims to thwart adversaries' small UAVs and DronesWashington 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  
Boeing receives contract for LRSO work on the B-52HWashington (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 
VH-92A presidential helicopter test bed takes first flightWashington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017 Lockheed Martin has announced the first flight of the VH-92A test bed for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. ... more 
Bell and Boeing receive $53.1 million contract for MV-22 Osprey modifcationsWashington (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 
Dover AFB C-5Ms returned to flight status after groundingWashington (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 |
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 Lockheed awarded contract for German P-3C aircraft upgrades 
Jet trainer planes from BAE arrive in OmanWashington (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 
Cubic delivers enhanced training capabilities to RAAFWashington (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 
Boeing receives $11.1 million contract for P-8A Poseidon repair workWashington (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 
Boeing receives $276.6M contract for CH-47 Chinook upgradesWashington (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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  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, 2017Making telescopes that curve and twist  London, UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2017Spacepath Communications and Datum Systems announce strategic partnership  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2017NASA-Developed Technologies Showcased on Dellingr's Debut Flight |
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 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, 201782nd Airborne tests in-flight communication system for paratroopers  McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017North Dakota UAS Training Center Depends on IGC Satellite Connectivity  Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 02, 2017SES Government Solutions lands additional MEO Beam task order with DoD |
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 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, 2017Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year  Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery |
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 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, 2017Marine Corps grounds KC-130T tanker fleet Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017Bell and Boeing receive $53.1 million contract for MV-22 Osprey modifcations  Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017Lockheed awarded contract for German P-3C aircraft upgrades |
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 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, 2017Saelig introduces Sol Chip autonomous, solar-powered sensor station  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Ultracold molecules hold promise for quantum computing  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 27, 2017Magnetic quantum objects in a 'nano egg-box' |
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 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, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 01, 2017Aalto-1 satellite sends first image back to VTT Finland  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 01, 2017Vega orbits two Earth observation satellites |
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 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, 2017Gambian environmentalists to sue 'polluting' Chinese firm  Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017New catalysts remove 99 percent of BPA from water |
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 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, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 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, 2017S. Korea speeds up US missile defence over North's missile test  Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ralph Johnson completes builders trials  Riyadh (AFP) July 28, 2017Yemeni rebel missile shot down near Mecca: Arab coalition |
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 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, 2017Pentagon alarm over Turkey plan to buy Russian missiles  Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Lockheed demos deck-launched variant of LRASM  Tehran (AFP) July 29, 2017Iran rules out halt to missile tests as tension with US rises |
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 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, 2017Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks  Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumption  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017How do you build a metal nanoparticle? |
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 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, 2017Why humans find faulty robots more likeable  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots  Nagoya, Japan (AFP) July 30, 2017Watch out Messi, here come the footballers at RoboCup |
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 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 ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Mobile force protection aims to thwart adversaries' small UAVs and Drones  Paris (ESA) Aug 01, 2017The flying kettle  Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017Insitu receives contract for Afghan ScanEagle UAS services |
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