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Air Force preparing to launch fifth Orbital Test Vehicle mission![]() Washington (AFNS) Sep 01, 2017 The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office is undergoing final launch preparations for the fifth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. The OTV is scheduled to launch on Sept. 7, 2017, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The fifth OTV mission continues to advance the X-37B's performance and flexibility as a space technology demonstrator and host platform for experimental payloads. This mission carries small satellite ride shares and will demonstrate greater opportunities for rapid spa ... read more  | 
 
Trump names former Navy aviator to head NASAWashington (AFP) Sept 2, 2017 US President Donald Trump announced Friday he plans to appoint James Bridenstine, a former navy pilot and Republican congressman, to head the US space agency NASA. ... more  
Record-breaking NASA astronaut comes back to EarthWashington (AFP) Sept 3, 2017 A record-shattering NASA astronaut touched down to Earth on Sunday, finishing a 288-day mission that put her over the top as the American who has spent the most cumulative amount of time in space. ... more  
Voyager Spacecraft: 40 Years of Solar System DiscoveriesBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 In 1977, two NASA space probes destined to forever upend our view of the solar system launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The identical spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, took off in Augu ... more  
NASA Concludes Summer of Testing with Fifth Flight Controller Hot FireStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 NASA engineers closed a summer of successful hot fire testing Aug. 30 for flight controllers on RS-25 engines that will help power the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, being built to carry astr ... more  | 
 
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Providing Propulsion System Support to Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ProgramSacramento CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2017 Aerojet Rocketdyne will support Boeing which was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of the Ground Based Strategic Deterre ... more  
US shoots down missile in test off Hawaii coastWashington (AFP) Aug 30, 2017 The US military shot down a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Hawaii early Wednesday, in a successful test of a missile interception system Japan is seeking to bolster its defense against North Korea. ... more  
India produces first locally made Israeli missileWashington (UPI) Aug 31, 2017 The first Indian produced Long Range Surface to Air missile by Israel Aerospace Industries has been given to the Indian Navy. ... more  
Latest Aegis Combat System is Successful Against Medium Range Ballistic MissilesUSS John Paul Jones (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 The USS JOHN PAUL JONES, supported by the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin, successfully fired two Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual I missiles against a medium-range ballistic mis ... more Joensuu, Finland (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Silicon - the second most abundant element in the earth's crust - shows great promise in Li-ion batteries, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland. By replacing graphite ano ... more  
Recipe for safer batteries - Just add diamondsPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 While lithium-ion batteries, widely used in mobile devices from cell phones to laptops, have one of the longest lifespans of commercial batteries today, they also have been behind a number of recent ... more  | 
![]() Raytheon receives $614.5M for SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors  
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  
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  
S.Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defences: SeoulSeoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017 South Korea and the United States will deploy more of the anti-missile defences hated by China in response to Sunday's nuclear test by North Korea, Seoul's defence ministry said Monday. ... more  
S. Korea launches missile drill after North's nuclear testSeoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017 South Korea's military launched a volley of ballistic missiles simulating an attack on the North's nuclear test site Monday, Seoul said, in an exercise responding to a test of what Pyongyang says was a hydrogen bomb. ... more  | 
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2017  
Two sub-parallel belts, Cenozoic aged Himalayan leucogranite on the Tibetan Plateau, extend east to west over more than 1000 km, regarded as the largest granitic belts in the world. The diverse rare-metal mineralization was identified commonly related to these leucogranites. 
The Himalayan leucogranite is unique with petrolgoical characteristics similar to the well -known rare-metal granite ... more Menlo Park CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Artificial intelligence analyzes gravitational lenses 10 million times faster  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Making 3-D printing safer  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Clamping down on causality by probing laser cavities  | 
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 The U.S. Army's Global Response Force composed of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division successfully conducted an airborne exercise using the En route Mission Command tactical networking system. 
 The system, mounted on C-17 cargo planes, provided plane-to-plane and plane-to-ground audio, video, and data communications to the 1st Brigade's commander and subordinate commander ... more McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017North Dakota UAS Training Center Depends on IGC Satellite Connectivity  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Industry team demonstrates Low Cost Terminal for AEHF satellites  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Envistacom wins $10M Army communications contract  | 
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 Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 30, 2017  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017India to launch satellite next week to fix malfunctioning navigation system  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Japan launches satellite for better GPS system  | 
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 (UPI) Aug 29, 2017  
 Elbit Systems of Israel is to upgrade F-5 fighter jets from an unidentified country in the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced on Tuesday. 
 The contract is worth about $93 million, the company said, and the work will be performed over a three-year period. 
 "We are proud to have been selected to perform this upgrade program, building on our vast know-how and experience in F-5 ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017General Dynamics receives $310.6M contract for M1A2 SEP 3 upgrades  Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017U.S. Army tests JETS forward observer targeting system  Washington (UPI) Sep 1, 2017Australia seeks upgrade program for MH-60R helos  | 
 3Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 30, 2017  
Unlike the slow ferroelastic domain switching expected for ceramics, high-speed sub-microsecond ferroelastic domain switching and simultaneous lattice deformation are directly observed for the Pb(Zr0.4Ti0.6)O3 thin films. This exciting finding paves the way for high-frequency ultrafast electromechanical switches and sensors. 
Piezo micro electro mechanical systems (piezoMEMS) are miniaturiz ... more Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 28, 2017In new leap for AI: computer chips that can smell  University Park PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Conformal metasurface coating eliminates crosstalk and shrinks waveguides  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2017High-tech electronics made from autumn leaves  | 
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 Essex, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2017  
eledyne e2v has been awarded a multimillion euro contract by OHB System AG to supply customised Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensors for the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite mission, under a programme of and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). 
The FLEX mission, which is the eighth in ESA's Earth Explorer programme, is scheduled to launch in 2022. For the first time, it wi ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017Russian scientists invent device allowing them to sense kilometers into Earth  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Man-made fossil methane emission levels larger than previously believed  | 
 Bras�lia (AFP) Sept 1, 2017   Brazil's government said Thursday it has frozen attempts to license commercial mining in a huge natural reserve in the Amazon after a court decision put the controversial project on hold. 
Mining and Energy Minister Fernando Coelho Filho "ordered a stop to all procedures having to do with eventual mineral rights" in the reserve in the eastern Amazon known as Renca, a statement from the minist ... more 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  Nairobi (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Kenya bans plastic bags in bid to fight pollution  | 
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017  
Beijing and Moscow may sign an agreement this October on joint space exploration, to be carried out in 2018-2022, Chinese media reported. 
The deal would cover five areas, including lunar and deep space exploration, satellite systems, space debris research and Earth remote sensing, CGTN broadcaster reported on Sunday. 
Xu Yansong, the head of the International Cooperation Department of ... more Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert  Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space  Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together  | 
 Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2017  
Aerojet Rocketdyne will support Boeing which was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) acquisition program. 
The GBSD program aims to develop a replacement for the current Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system that was first deployed in the 1970s. ... more Washington (AFP) Aug 30, 2017US shoots down missile in test off Hawaii coast  USS John Paul Jones (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Latest Aegis Combat System is Successful Against Medium Range Ballistic Missiles  Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S.Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defences: Seoul  | 
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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 31, 2017India produces first locally made Israeli missile  Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2017GenDyn unit tapped for more Hydra-70 rockets  Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2017Raytheon receives contract to develop anti-ship Tomahawk cruise missile  | 
 Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017  
When environmental and soil chemist Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began reading in 2014 that a new, two-dimensional material known as layered black phosphorous (BP) was gaining the attention of biomedical researchers for use in drug delivery systems and tumor photothermal therapy, he was both intrigued and concerned. 
"I am not only a soil chemist, but an environme ... more Bethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017A more complete picture of the nano world  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals  Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Carbon nanotubes worth their salt  | 
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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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct  Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Illinois researchers develop origami-inspired robot  Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Smart computers  | 
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 Washington (AFNS) Sep 01, 2017  The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office is undergoing final launch preparations for the fifth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. The OTV is scheduled to launch on Sept. 7, 2017, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle. 
The fifth OTV mission continues to advance the X-37B's performance and flexibility as a space technology demonstrator and host platform for experimental payloads.  ... more Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 31, 2017TED: Phones and drones transforming healthcare  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Lockheed pairs drone with counter-UAS system  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control  | 
 
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