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  Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017 China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC). The company announced the news Wednesday at the Third China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. The Kuaizhou-11 rocket will be launched via a mobile launch vehicle. With a lift-off mass of 78 tonnes, the rocket was designed to la ... read more |
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China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says ExpertWashington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN rep ... more  
India's Space Agency Begins Countdown for Launch of Backup Navigation SatelliteNew Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 To be launched on board PSLV-C39 on Thursday at 1900hrs local time, IRNSS-1H will be a 'back-up' navigation satellite for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the constellation, as its three rub ... more  
Raytheon receives $614.5M for SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors(UPI) Aug 29, 2017 Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a $614.5 million modification to an existing contract for the production of Standard Missile 3 Block IIA surface-to-air missiles, the Department of Defense announced on Monday. ... more  
Roboteam receives orders for tactical robots(UPI) Aug 29, 2017 Maryland-headquartered Robot provider Roboteam Inc. reports it has received new orders for its Micro Tactical Ground Robot to support U.S. and international military missions. ... more |
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Black Construction wins Guam contract(UPI) Aug 29, 2017 The Guam-based subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corporation has been tapped to design and build a live-fire training range complex on the island for the U.S. Navy, the company announced on Tuesday. ... more  
Tweaking thermoelectric voltage across atomic-scale gold junction by mechanical forceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 A voltage difference is created across a junction of two wires held at different temperatures. This phenomenon, called thermoelectric effect, has been widely studied and used in various applications ... more  
Weightlessness affects health of cosmonauts at molecular levelMoscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on the protein composition in blood samples of 18 Russian cosmonauts. The results indicated many significant c ... more  
Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through spaceMiami (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 Are we alone? ... more 
ESA and Chinese astronauts train togetherParis (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 ESA astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer joined 16 Chinese astronauts earlier this month for nine days of sea survival training off China's coastal city of Yantai. The ultimate goal ... more 
ISS Orbit Increases Almost 2,000 Feet After Adjustment Maneuver - Control CenterMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017 A representative from the Mission Control Center told Sputnik that the International Space Station has increased its average altitude by about 1,970 feet after an orbit adjustment maneuver. Th ... more |
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 Lockheed pairs drone with counter-UAS system 
PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselvesPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has for the first time used advanced models to accurately simulate key characteristics o ... more  
Industry team demonstrates Low Cost Terminal for AEHF satellitesWashington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 An industry team led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated their Low Cost Terminal with an orbiting communications satellite. ... more 
NASA should continue large strategic missions to maintain leadership in spaceWashington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 NASA's large strategic missions like the Hubble Space Telescope, the Curiosity rover on Mars, and the Terra Earth observation satellite are essential to maintaining the United States' global leaders ... more  
NASA technologist develops self-calibrating, hybrid space magnetometerGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 They've flown on high-profile interplanetary and more modest low-Earth-orbiting missions, but in all cases the ubiquitous fluxgate magnetometers that scientists use to measure the intensity of a mag ... more |
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  Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 
NASA is making progress and awarding prizes in its competition to build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration.
The agency has awarded first place and a prize of $250,000 to Team Foster + Partners | Branch Technology of Chattanooga, Tennessee, for successfully completing Phase 2: Level 3 of NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a NASA's Centennial Challenges prize competition. Pen ... more Small Business Innovation Research programFull Circle: NASA to Demonstrate Refabricator to Recycle, Reuse, Repeat  Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017Lockheed receives contract for Marine Corps AN/TPS-59A(V)3 radars  Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Aug 26, 201745th Space Wing supports successful Minotaur IV ORS-5 launch |
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An industry team led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated their Low Cost Terminal with an orbiting communications satellite.
The LCT accessed an Advanced Extremely High Frequency joint military satellite already in orbit, the companies announced on Thursday.
AEHF is a network of six satellites used for highly secure worldwide communications.
... 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  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Envistacom wins $10M Army communications contract |
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 Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 
As of today, exactEarth, in partnership with Harris Corporation, is bringing five more satellites from our ever-growing real-time (RT) constellation into service. These additional satellites will raise the total to nine in our real-time system that have been successfully incorporated into exactEarth services.
Combined with our first-generation satellites, we are proud to be operating the l ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017India to launch satellite next week to fix malfunctioning navigation system  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Japan launches satellite for better GPS system |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017 
Israel announced this weekend it is acquiring 17 additional F-35 Lightning II multi-role fighters from Lockheed Martin, which will bring the Israeli Air Force fleet of the jets to 50.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense said Israel currently has five of the stealth fighters in its possession. Thirty three F-35s are to be delivered by 2021, and a new batch is expected to be ordered by 2024. ... more (UPI) Aug 29, 2017U.S. Air Force to receive first fully operational F-35A squadron  Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017General Dynamics receives $310.6M contract for M1A2 SEP 3 upgrades  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Huntington Ingalls picked to refurbish USS Fitzgerald |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the nervous system, demand is growing for biomedical devices that can better record and stimulate the nervous system, as well as deliver drugs and biomolecules in precise dosages.
Researchers with the University of Houston and Pennsylvania State University have reported a new fabrication technique for biocompatible neura ... more 3Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 30, 2017High-speed switching for ultrafast electromechanical switches and sensors  Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 28, 2017In new leap for AI: computer chips that can smell  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Researchers create magnetic RAM |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
In 2011 a team of researchers led by Vasilii Petrenko, an assistant professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rochester, spent seven weeks in Antarctica collecting and studying 2,000-pound samples of glacial ice cores that date back nearly 12,000 years. The ancient air trapped within the ice revealed surprising new data about methane that may help inform today's policyma ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Keith Koehler for Wallops NewsNASA Mission to Study Atmospheric Disturbances from Marshall Islands  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Aug 28, 2017 
A ban on plastic bags came into force in Kenya on Monday in a bid to slow pollution, with offenders liable to jail time or hefty fines.
The ban on the use, manufacture and importation of plastic carrier bags was carried through after the High Court threw out a challenge brought by importers who claim jobs will be lost and livelihoods threatened.
Dozens of countries have either restricted ... more Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Catholic church condemns Brazil plan for Amazon mining  Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Aug 26, 2017Gaza boy swimmer death puts spotlight on pollution crisis |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 
China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday.
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... moreParis (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together  Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration |
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 (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 
The Guam-based subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corporation has been tapped to design and build a live-fire training range complex on the island for the U.S. Navy, the company announced on Tuesday.
The range contract given to Black Construction Corporation carries a value of about $78 million. It was issued by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command at Northwest Field, Naval Support Act ... more Washington (AFP) Aug 30, 2017US shoots down missile in test off Hawaii coast  Koror, Palau (AFP) Aug 24, 2017US military to install radar in Pacific's Palau Tokyo (AFP) Aug 12, 2017Japan deploys missile defence over N. Korea threat to Guam |
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 (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 
Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a $614.5 million modification to an existing contract for the production of Standard Missile 3 Block IIA surface-to-air missiles, the Department of Defense announced on Monday.
The modification will also provide engineering support and missile containers. The production run will take place in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be finished by Marc ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017Lockheed receives $547.9M contract for Hellfire II missiles  Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017Orbital ATK rolls out missile software upgrade  Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2017Latvia buying Stinger air-defense missiles from Denmark |
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 Bethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
They may be tiny and invisible, says Xiaoji Xu, but the aerosol particles suspended in gases play a role in cloud formation and environmental pollution and can be detrimental to human health.
Aerosol particles, which are found in haze, dust and vehicle exhaust, measure in the microns. One micron is one-millionth of a meter; a thin human hair is about 30 microns thick.
The particles, ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals  Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Carbon nanotubes worth their salt  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Nanotechnology gives green energy a green color |
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 (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 
Maryland-headquartered Robot provider Roboteam Inc. reports it has received new orders for its Micro Tactical Ground Robot to support U.S. and international military missions.
The third-generation robot is an all-terrain system used for explosive ordnance disposal, and in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material missions and HAZMAT operations.
Roboteam said the two ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Illinois researchers develop origami-inspired robot  Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Smart computers  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Designing custom robots in a matter of minutes |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 
Lockheed Martin's Indago quadrotor drone is to be paired with a Danish system to detect and identify unmanned aerial system aircraft and their pilots, the companies involved announced this week.
The counter-UAS system is the KNOX by MyDefense Communications and is being jointly developed under a new agreement between the companies.
"KNOX technology will enable Indago users to ide ... more Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 31, 2017TED: Phones and drones transforming healthcare  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control  Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017Army concludes MAST program for small autonomous drone swarms |
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