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  Dulles VA (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 Orbital has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The CRADA provides the framework and plan for data exchanges needed to certify Orbital ATK's Next Generation Launch (NGL) system to carry National Security Space missions. "Under this CRADA, Orbital ATK is better able to support SMC in being the guardians of assured access to space," said Scott Lehr, President of Orbital ATK's Flight Systems Group. "We ... read more |
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First NASA Commercial Crew mission in sight for 2018Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 NASA and industry partners, Boeing and SpaceX, are targeting the return of human spaceflight from Florida's Space Coast in 2018. Both companies are scheduled to begin flight tests to prove the space ... more 
ULA completes major Starliner review for return to manned US spaceflightCape Canaveral AFS (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed an Atlas V Launch Segment Design Certification Review (DCR) recently in preparation for the launch of astronauts to the International Space Station from U. ... more  
ISRO will launch 31 satellites on Jan 10New Delhi (IANS) Jan 02, 2018 India will launch 31 satellites, including the earth observation spacecraft Cartosat on January 10, from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. "We have ... more  
China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018Wuhan, China (XNA) Jan 02, 2018 China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time, in the first half of 2018, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and In ... more |
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Space 2018: Missions and launches to look for in the new yearWashington (UPI) Jan 01, 2018 For astronomers, astrophysicists, planetary scientists, space enthusiasts and others with an eye for the night sky, 2018 is expected to bring a variety of exciting developments. ... more  
Scientists engineer 3D shapes from living tissueWashington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a technique for creating 3D shapes out of living tissue. ... more  
Taiwan demands immediate halt to new China flight routesTaipei (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 Taiwan on Thursday demanded China immediately close new flight routes launched close to the island, calling it a "reckless" and politically motivated move. ... more  
Air Force to upgrade Reaper drone fleet as the Predator begins retirementWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 General Atomics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for Block 5 kits for the MQ-9 Reaper, just as the U.S. military begins to phase out the MQ-1 Predator drone. ... more  
Saudi intercepts ballistic missile near Yemen border: state mediaRiyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Saudi Arabia on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile over the kingdom's south near the border with Yemen, state media reported, hours after Yemeni rebels said they had launched an attack. ... more  
Raytheon to support Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for U.S., NATO partnersWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 Naval Sea Systems Command has tapped Raytheon with a contract to support the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile design agent. ... more 
Triumph expands contract for Dream Chaser spacecraft landing gear systemBerwyn PA (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 Triumph Group, Inc. reports that its Integrated Systems business unit will provide the landing gear system for the Dream Chaser spacecraft, a reusable, lifting-body vehicle in support of NASA's Comm ... more |
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 Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weapons  
Environmentally safe red glare rocket changes fireworks, soldier technologyWashington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany have developed an environmentally-friendly red light flare ... more 
Boeing to produce 6,000 Small Diameter BombsWashington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a $193 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Increment 1, or GBU-39 SDB-1, to several foreign nations. ... more 
High-tech ship en route to resume hunt for MH370Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 A US exploration firm said Wednesday it has sent a high-tech vessel in hopes of soon resuming the hunt for flight MH370, whose disappearance is one of aviation's greatest mysteries. ... more |
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India buys Israeli missiles ahead of Netanyahu visitNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ... more 
Boeing receives $17.5M for engineering support for KC-135Washington (UPI) Jan 2, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a $17.5 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for engineering sustainment on the C/KC-135 Stratotanker, a military aerial refueling aircraft. ... more 
Lockheed awarded $25M for Apache helicoptors for EgyptWashington (UPI) Jan 2, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $25 million contract by the Army for night vision sensor kits for Egypt's AH-64 Apache fleet. ... more 
Bell-Boeing awarded dual contracts for V-22 supportWashington (UPI) Jan 02, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded two modified contracts to Bell-Boeing in support of the V-22 Osprey, both of which cover software updates and sustainment for the tiltrotor aircraft. ... more 
Locked Martin to support Sniper Advanced Targeting PodWashington (UPI) Jan 02, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Air Force for the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod, a precision targeting system for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. ... more 
Math for midges that pull 10gHarpenden UK (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 Midges move with ferocious randomness, frequently subjecting themselves to accelerations of more than 10g, well beyond the limit of fighter pilots, as they duck and dive in swarms that still retain ... more  
Robots and humans: How to improve physical interactionBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Popular entertainment often portrays robots as the perfect best friend, from Bender in the cartoon Futurama to the mighty Transformers. These close friendships don't exist off-screen yet, but humans ... more |
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Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investmentIslamabad (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 Pakistan will allow the Chinese yuan to be used for imports, exports and financing transactions for bilateral trade and investment activities, in a move economists said Wednesday would simplify a massive Chinese investment project. ... more 
Race for 'smart' hits fever pitch at electronics showSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 Giving gadgets brains will be a hot theme at the Consumer Electronics Show set to open in Las Vegas, with device makers big and small touting hardware with "smarts." ... more 
Scientists design muscles for shape-shifting, cell-sized robotsWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 Physicists at Cornell University have designed and built a muscle to power tiny cell-sized robots capable of conducting electricity, changing shape and sensing their environs. ... more |
  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 
Up until now, we've lived in an era of "one and done" spacecraft. Barring a few notable exceptions, spacecraft launch alone, operate alone and are decommissioned alone. In an average year, several billion dollars' worth of satellites that could be refueled or repaired are retired because there is no way to service them in space.
On Jan. 30, 2018, NASA will host a satellite servicing indust ... more Dulles VA (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Orbital ATK receives order for 2nd In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Vehicle  Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Data scientists mine government data for evidence of historical events  Akron OH (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Nature's smallest rainbows, created by peacock spiders, may inspire new optical technology |
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With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2017Harris contracted by Army for radios for security force assistance brigades  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests  McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in locations where GPS and ordinary cellphones and radios don't work reliably or even at all, such as indoors, in urban canyons, underwater and underground.
The technology may help mariners, soldiers and surveyors, among others. GPS signals ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2017DARPA Subterranean Challenge Aims to Revolutionize Underground Capabilities  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 19, 2017New satellite tracking of in-flight aircraft to improve safety |
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The U.S. Navy has awarded two modified contracts to Bell-Boeing in support of the V-22 Osprey, both of which cover software updates and sustainment for the tiltrotor aircraft.
The terms of the deal were announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense.
In total, Bell-Boeing will be awarded more than $33.3 million under the terms of cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contracts, wh ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 2, 2018Boeing receives $17.5M for engineering support for KC-135 Washington (UPI) Jan 2, 2018Lockheed awarded $25M for Apache helicoptors for Egypt Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 3, 2018High-tech ship en route to resume hunt for MH370 |
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Amid a frantic rush to patch a computer security flaw, experts struggled Thursday to determine the impact of a newly discovered vulnerability which could affect billions of devices worldwide.
Cybersecurity researchers called for computer systems to urgently install updates a day after the release of details of the so-called Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities affecting the chips powering mo ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Viewing atomic structures of dopant atoms in 3-D relating to electrical activity in a semiconductor  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Tiny structures help prevent short circuits in plasma devices  Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jan 03, 2018New study visualizes motion of water molecules, promises new wave of electronic devices |
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Like Earth, space has weather. Except instead of swirling winds and downpours of precipitation, space weather is defined by shifting electric and magnetic fields and rains of charged particles. At the very beginning of space, starting just 60 miles above Earth's surface, there's a layer of the atmosphere that shifts and changes in concert with both types of weather.
Above the ozone layer, ... more New Delhi, India (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Resourcesat-2A Completes One Year in Space  Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Scientists discover unexpected side effect to cleaning up urban air  Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Earth passes perigee, its closest point to the sun |
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 Belgrade (AFP) Dec 30, 2017 
The mayor of a Belgrade suburb said Saturday that a large-scale investigation will be launched following the discovery of 25 tonnes of toxic waste found dumped in a private field.
"This is just the beginning of a major operation that will take place on our territory and in Serbia," Obrenovac mayor Miroslav Cuckovic told state television (RTS).
"We will check all the sites where toxic was ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Beijing records best air quality in five years in 2017  Moscow (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Russian environmental campaigner hospitalised after beating  Accra (AFP) Dec 27, 2017Turning e-waste into art at Ghana's toxic dump |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Jan 02, 2018 
China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time, in the first half of 2018, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).
The preparation work for the launch has been completed, and the rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, said Zhang Di, an official with CASIC.
... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology  Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018 |
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 Riyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 
Saudi Arabia on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile over the kingdom's south near the border with Yemen, state media reported, hours after Yemeni rebels said they had launched an attack.
The Huthi rebels, locked in a war against Yemen's Saudi-backed government, said they had fired a missile at the kingdom's southwestern province of Najran in a statement tweeted by their Al-Masirah televis ... more Moscow (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Russia accuses US of breaking treaty over defence system sale to Japan  Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Lockheed awarded contract for AEGIS upgrades  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Lockheed awarded $102.5M for support of Navy's AEGIS system |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 
India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Barak missiles made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are to be used for India's first aircraft carrier which is under construction.
Netanyahu will lead a business delegation to India on a four day trip e ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018Raytheon to support Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for U.S., NATO partners  Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Raytheon awarded contracts for missiles in support of foreign countries  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Navy contracts Raytheon for changes to Sidewinder missiles |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 
As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a technique that leverages the scattering of laser light to identify molecules, has a limited capacity to detect molecules in diluted samples because of low signal yield.
A team of researchers from the University of Hyderab ... more Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Researchers find simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide onto gold nanorods  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Discovery sets new world standard in nano generators  Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
Popular entertainment often portrays robots as the perfect best friend, from Bender in the cartoon Futurama to the mighty Transformers. These close friendships don't exist off-screen yet, but humans and robots are getting to know each other better in real life.
Dr. Ali Safavi and Prof. Mehrdad Zadeh at Kettering University have proposed a model to improve human-robot interactions using hap ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018Scientists design muscles for shape-shifting, cell-sized robots  Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Scientists teach robots how to respect personal space  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Machine learning will change jobs |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 
General Atomics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for Block 5 kits for the MQ-9 Reaper, just as the U.S. military begins to phase out the MQ-1 Predator drone.
The contract was announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, tapping General Atomics for Block 5 kits, in addition to other services worth more than $14.1 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-pr ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Northrop Grumman tapped to deliver three Triton UAVs  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017General Atomics receives more than $328.8M for drone systems  Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017Boeing unveils entry in unmanned aerial tanker competition for the Navy |
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