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  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 NASA's Commercial Crew Program and private industry partners, Boeing and SpaceX, continue to develop the systems that will return human spaceflight to the United States. Both commercial partners are undertaking considerable amounts of testing in 2018 to prove space system designs and the ability to meet NASA's mission and safety requirement for regular crew flights to the International Space Station. "The work Boeing and SpaceX are doing is incredible. They are manufacturing spaceflight hardware, ... read more |
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The robots will see you nowBrooklyn NY (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 For more than a decade, biomimetic robots have been deployed alongside live animals to better understand the drivers of animal behavior, including social cues, fear, leadership, and even courtship. ... more  
Why Russia is one step ahead of US Army's plans for future GPSMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2018 The Pentagon and Israel's Defense Ministry have launched 'Urban Navigation Challenge', a startup competition to create advanced 'counter-terror' navigation systems which don't use GPS. The project m ... more  
Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertaintyBoston MA (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 Companies like Amazon have big ideas for drones that can deliver packages right to your door. But, even putting aside the policy issues, programming drones to fly through cluttered spaces like citie ... more 
Alleged Iranian UAV captured by Israel is 'copy' of US' Sentinel UAVMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 13, 2018 A drone captured by the Israeli Air Force over the weekend, which Israel claims belongs to Iran, is essentially a "copy" of a Lockheed Martin Sentinel drone made for the US Air Force and Central Int ... more |
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Using lithium to reduce instabilities in fusion plasmasPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 You may be most familiar with the element lithium as an integral component of your smart phone's battery, but the element also plays a role in the development of clean fusion energy. When used on tu ... more 
All-in-one service for the Space StationParis (ESA) Feb 12, 2018 Quick access to space, high-speed data feed and a unique vantage point are the selling points of a new commercial venture on the International Space Station. Its name is Bartolomeo, and its versatil ... more 
Marshall tech cleans your air, keeps your beer cold and helps with mathHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 As rockets roar off of launch pads and spacecraft beam data back from distant planets, the technologies that enable those mighty feats are being put in your hands every day as products and technolog ... more  
Northrop Grumman awarded $429M contract for Polar payloadsWashington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $428.8 million contract to Northrop Grumman for two payloads for the Enhanced Polar System's satellites. ... more 
Clemson researchers blaze new ground in wireless energy generationClemson SC (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 Researchers from Clemson's Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) are one step closer to wirelessly powering the world using triboelectricity - a green energy source. In March 2017, a group of physicis ... more |
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 ESA and Airbus sign partnership agreement for new ISS commercial payload platform Bartolomeo  
Air Force makes way for the B-21 Raider to replace B-1B, B-2 bombersWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has rolled out plans to phase out the B-1B and B-2 bomber fleets as it makes way for the new B-21 Raider, which is currently under development by Northrop Grumman. ... more  |
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Boeing to upgrade Japanese AWACS aircraftWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a contract for mission computing upgrades in support of four Japanese E-767 aircraft and associated ground systems. ... more 
Typhoon development hits milestone for U.K. air force with weapon testWashington (UPI) Feb 7, 2018 The British Royal Air Force is praising the weapons capabilities of the Eurofighter Typhoon, with the force calling 2018 the "Year of the Typhoon" as it ramps up its transition to the aircraft as its primary jet fighter. ... more  
Thales to provide rockets for Spanish, German helicoptersWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 Thales, a French-owned defense company, was awarded contracts by Spain and Germany for rockets in support of their Tiger Helicopter fleets. ... more 
Integration of AI and robotics with materials sciences will lead to new clean energy technologyToronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 Materials are the foundation of essentially all clean energy technologies including advanced batteries, solar cells, low-energy semiconductors, catalysts for capturing and storing CO2, and more. But ... more 
Rheinmetall, Sikorsky team up on heavy lift helicopter for GermanyWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 Sikorsky has joined forces with Rheinmetall to compete in the German Air Force's "Schwerer Transporthubschrauber," or heavy transport helicopter program. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2018 
One test changed the fortunes of an advanced 3-D imaging lidar system now baselined for NASA's Restore-L project that will demonstrate an autonomous satellite-servicing capability.
Officials with NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division, or SSPD, have officially baselined the Kodiak system - formerly known as the Goddard Reconfigurable Solid-state Scanning Lidar, or GRSSLi - to provide ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $428.8 million contract to Northrop Grumman for two payloads for the Enhanced Polar System's satellites.
The two EPS constellation satellites operate in highly elliptical orbits, according to Northrop Grumman.
They will succeed the current Interim Polar System and work in conjunction with another EHF SATCOM system, the company said.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2018 
The Pentagon and Israel's Defense Ministry have launched 'Urban Navigation Challenge', a startup competition to create advanced 'counter-terror' navigation systems which don't use GPS. The project makes no mention of officially designated US "rivals" like Russia or China, but according to Russian experts, it would make no difference even if it did.
The project, officially dubbed the Combat ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018  Boeing has been awarded a contract for mission computing upgrades in support of four Japanese E-767 aircraft and associated ground systems.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $60.9 million under a hybrid fixed-price-incentive-firm, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 05, 2018 
In a paper published last week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Department of Physics and the Department of Electronics Engineering at the UAB, and from the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University (USA), studied the heating of small current lines placed on top of a silicon substrate, simulating the behavior of current transistors.
This work shows how thes ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2018 
On Jan. 31, NASA ended the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer's (TES) almost 14-year career of discovery. Launched in 2004 on NASA's Aura spacecraft, TES was the first instrument designed to monitor ozone in the lowest layers of the atmosphere directly from space. Its high-resolution observations led to new measurements of atmospheric gases that have altered our understanding of the Earth system ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 13, 2018  "Car nation" Germany has surprised neighbours with a radical proposal to reduce road traffic by making public transport free, as Berlin scrambles to meet EU air pollution targets and avoid big fines.
The move comes just over two years after Volkswagen's devastating "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal unleashed a wave of anger at the auto industry, a keystone of German prosperity.
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2018 
Chinese taikonauts have "maintained an indomitable spirit while carrying out space exploration," said Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Wednesday.
Zhang made the remarks at a seminar while listening to reports delivered by Chinese taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Yang and Deng Qingming about their work over the years.
The Taikonaut Corps of the People's Libe ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2018 
China is planning to develop a sea-based missile defense launcher after completing a successful intercept of a ballistic missile in space from a ground-based system earlier this week, according to the South China Morning Post.
"China's sea-based anti-missile system aims to defend both its territory and overseas interests, because sea-based defense systems will be set up wherever its warshi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018  Thales, a French-owned defense company, was awarded contracts by Spain and Germany for rockets in support of their Tiger Helicopter fleets.
The company on Tuesday announced Spain's Logistic Support Command of the Army and the German Procurement Agency tapped Thales for the procurement of 1,000 and 10,000 70mm/2.75" rockets.
The procurement of munitions is sought for the Tiger HAD ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018  Scientists have developed a new, gold-tipped nanowire that is 100 times more sensitive than previous versions of the technology. The nanowires could be used to more precisely measure multiple biological processes at the same time.
All previous iterations of the unique sensor have been two-dimensional, but scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University developed ... more |
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 Brooklyn NY (SPX) Feb 08, 2018  For more than a decade, biomimetic robots have been deployed alongside live animals to better understand the drivers of animal behavior, including social cues, fear, leadership, and even courtship. The encounters have always been unidirectional; the animals observe and respond to the robots. But in the lab of Maurizio Porfiri, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the NYU Tandon ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
Companies like Amazon have big ideas for drones that can deliver packages right to your door. But, even putting aside the policy issues, programming drones to fly through cluttered spaces like cities is difficult. Being able to avoid obstacles while traveling at high speeds is computationally complex, especially for small drones that are limited in how much they can carry on-board for real-time ... more |
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