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  Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Orbital ATK reports significant progress on the industry's first commercial in-space satellite servicing system. The (MEV-1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier this year and is now in production with about 75% of the platform and payload components already delivered to the company's Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Virginia. The spacecraft will begin system-level testing in spring 2018 with launch planned late next year. MEV-1 will provide satellite life exte ... read more |
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ArianeGroup to supply from Boeing satellite with new generation of electric propulsionParis (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Boeing and the Orbital Propulsion section of ArianeGroup are jointly developing a next-generation ion propulsion system based on the dual-mode Radio Frequency Ion Thruster (RIT) 2X subsystem. ... more  
Astronauts don't develop anemia during spaceflight, NASA study suggestsHouston TX (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Space flight anemia - the reduction of circulating red blood cells (RBCs) during time spent in space - is an established phenomenon, but it may not be a major concern during long-duration space miss ... more 
NASA's one-year mission investigates how space affects astronauts' functional performanceHouston TX (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Adapting to the microgravity environment of space changes the way your brain interprets sensory signals, decreases muscle strength and alters cardiovascular function. Astronauts will need to overcom ... more  
European Aviation satellite is ready for commercial serviceParis, France (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Inmarsat has confirmed that the European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit tests and is ready to support inflight internet services when the European Aviation Network (EAN) goes ... more |
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Elbit unveils situational awareness system for dismounted forces in non GPS environmentsTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Forces operating in urban, indoor or underground operations face real challenges to effective command and control and situational awareness (SA) due to three-dimensional positioning of forces, limit ... more  
Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS missionBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off for the International Space Station in a nighttime launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Wednesday, heading for a five-month mission. ... more 
Crewed Missions Beyond LEOBethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Sending humans to Mars has been a dream of scientists and a large part of the population ever since Nicolaus Copernicus first postulated that it was a planet, about 500 years ago. Even before that f ... more 
Medical camera makes light work of seeing through the bodyEdinburgh UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 Scientists have developed a camera that can see through the human body. The camera is designed to help doctors track medical tools known as endoscopes that are used to investigate a range of i ... more 
Rocket fever launches UB students to engineering competition in New MexicoBuffalo NY (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 Ten students from UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences took a long drive from Buffalo to the desert of New Mexico in late June, with a rocket called Volans Tauri in tow. It was so h ... more 
Navy chiefs see difficulties but improvement with aircraft readinessWashington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017 Senior Navy leaders said naval aviation readiness is gradually improving, but acknowledged that the pace has been frustrating and slow. ... more |
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 Harris Corp. developing F-35 missile release system  
Leonardo, Thales integrating missile-protection systems in BritainWashington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017 Leonardo and Thales will continue efforts to integrate and demonstrate their respective threat-warning and missile infrared counter-measure systems. ... more
Sales deals for TOW missiles, boats for Bahrain in worksWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 The U.S. State Department has approved proposed sales of patrol boats and TOW missiles to Bahrain through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. ... more 
SES selects Arianespace for launch of SES-17Paris (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 SES has selected Arianespace to launch its high-power, high-throughput satellite SES-17 on an Ariane 5 in 2021 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This was announced by SES and Ar ... more 
SES selects Arianespace and Soyuz for its fifth MEO launchParis (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 SES has selected Arianespace for its fifth launch of four O3b satellites joining the O3b Medium Earth Orbit fleet. The mission on a Soyuz rocket will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kou ... more |
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  Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
The 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, accepted two new satellites into operation Sept. 12 to expand their Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program's ability to characterize and track objects in space to support a neighborhood watch out in orbit.
GSSAP provides enhanced space-based space situational awareness to improve the ability to rapidly det ... more Los Angeles CA (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017Ultrathin spacecraft will collect, deposit orbital debris  Chennai, India (IANS) Sep 12, 2017192 Indian space objects currently in orbit  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 07, 2017New microscopy method for quick and reliable 3-D imaging of curvilinear nanostructures |
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Airbus has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to produce a demonstrator for the future European Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) programme. Supported by the European Commission, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and ESA, GOVSATCOM aims to provide key European countries, organisations and operators with secured satellite communication services. The programme shoul ... 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) Sep 5, 2017Northrop awarded contract for support of Air Force communications system |
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 Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Forces operating in urban, indoor or underground operations face real challenges to effective command and control and situational awareness (SA) due to three-dimensional positioning of forces, limited line of sight and physical partitions. Loss of satellite signal and disrupted communications compound those challenges, significantly increasing risks of blue-on-blue fire, abandonment or loss.
... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Denver CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Second Lockheed Martin GPS 3 Satellite completes launch simulation tests  Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Nine Satellites in exactEarth's Real-Time Constellation Now in Service |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
Inmarsat has confirmed that the European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit tests and is ready to support inflight internet services when the European Aviation Network (EAN) goes 'live' later this year. The satellite, built by France's Thales Alenia Space, was launched by Arianespace in June this year.
EAN is the world's first dedicated aviation connectivity solution to ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017MD Helicopter contracted for 150 Cayuse Warriors for Afghan air force  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017Bahrain seeks new F-16Vs, upgrade of existing fighters  Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017DynCorp receives $103.2 million contract for training aircraft maintenance |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 
President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked attempts by a Chinese state-owned firm to acquire an American semiconductor manufacturer on national security concerns, drawing a rebuke from Beijing.
The acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, a publicly-traded Oregon company, by Chinese-owned Canyon Bridge Fund could endanger the US government's use of sensitive products the company pr ... more Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Toshiba: Japan's faded titan selling the family silver  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Flip-flop qubits: Radical new quantum computing design invented  Golden CO (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Researchers validate UV light's use in improving semiconductors |
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 El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
Boeing will design and build seven super-powered medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites for SES, delivering efficient high-performance data communications services to users around the world.
The O3b mPOWER satellites will include Boeing's most-advanced digital payload technology and will be built using electronics from the flight-proven 702 satellite platform customized to support the unique ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017High Resolution Smallsats Built by SSL Arrive at Vandenberg AFB for Launch  Toulouse, France (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Airbus to reshape Earth observation market with its Pleiades Neo constellation  Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Ball Aerospace Delivers the JPSS-1 Weather Satellite to Launch Site |
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 London (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 
A UN report has slammed the UK for failing to tackle the "plague" of air pollution, while also warning of Brexit risks, ahead of the body's Human Rights Council opening Monday.
"Air pollution continues to plague the United Kingdom," read the report by United Nations expert Baskut Tuncak, to be presented at the rights council in Geneva which runs until September 29.
More than 40,000 prema ... more Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Colombo (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Sri Lanka bans plastic after garbage crisis  Bras�lia (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Brazil government freezes Amazon mining plans |
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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 ... more 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  Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017  A simultaneous air and ballistic missile defense test using the Navy tests AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar has been conducted by the U.S. Navy.
The event took place off the west coast of Hawaii on Sept. 7, involving a short-range ballistic missile target and a number of air-to-surface cruise missile targets, according to U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command.
The Raytheon AN/S ... more Seoul (AFP) Sept 7, 2017S. Korea, US deploy missile defence amid China protest Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S.Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defences: Seoul  Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S. Korea launches missile drill after North's nuclear test |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017 
Leonardo and Thales will continue efforts to integrate and demonstrate their respective threat-warning and missile infrared counter-measure systems.
The continued work is being commissioned by Britain's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory and will lead to evaluation of the resultant system during trials next year, Leonardo said in a news release Wednesday.
The companies are ... moreWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017Sales deals for TOW missiles, boats for Bahrain in works  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Atlantic Diving Supply receives $17.6 million contract for rocket launchers  (UPI) Aug 29, 2017Raytheon receives $614.5M for SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors |
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 Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
In Nature an international team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and the University of California - Santa Barbara presents an advanced quantum chip that will be able to provide definitive proof of the mysterious Majorana particles. These particles, first demonstrated in 2012, are their own antiparticle at one and the same time. The chip, whic ... more Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017UMass Amherst environmental chemist flashes warning light on new nanoparticle  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 |
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 Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Orbital ATK reports significant progress on the industry's first commercial in-space satellite servicing system. The (MEV-1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier this year and is now in production with about 75% of the platform and payload components already delivered to the company's Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Virginia.
The spacecraft will begin ... more Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2017NASA awards SSL new funding for Dragonfly on-orbit assembly program  Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2017New Japanese sniffs out smelly feet  Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Chinese robotics artist makes real-life 'Transformers' |
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 Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
Atlas Dynamics will display its new fixed wing UAV, the Atlas Blue-J, at InterDrone 2017. The Blue-J features a 3.5-meter wing span, four to six hours of flight time and a 150-kilometer operational range.
Ideally suited for large-scale security and inspection missions, the fixed wing UAV can be operated in autonomous and semi-autonomous modes, including takeoff and landing. Made fully of c ... more Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Unveils NEST Smart Protective Charging Station for Enhanced Performance of Atlas Pro Platform  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017X-37B Flies Again In First SpaceX Launch  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Insitu receives $21M order for RQ-21A Blackjack drone parts |
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