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  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 16, 2018 The idea of receiving some useful information from extra-terrestrial life-forms has long fascinated humanity and even inspired books and films, such as Contact (1997). However, there are those who have warned against trusting alien signals too much. According to the results of the recent research there is a high chance that the messages that we receive from the deep space can carry content hazardous for the whole human population. Two astrophysicists, Michael Hippke and John G. Learned, have publi ... read more |
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Japanese, US astronauts end spacewalk to fix robotic armWashington (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 A Japanese and an American astronaut floated for hours outside the International Space Station Friday on a spacewalk to repair the orbiting outpost's robotic arm and move some equipment into storage. ... more  
Orbital ATK contracted for testing of drone missile targetsWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 Orbital ATK has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for development, testing and evaluation of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Ground Launch Drone Missile, or GQM-163A. ... more  
Pentagon looks to counter rivals' hypersonic missilesWashington (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 Even as the Pentagon hustles to ensure that its defenses keep pace with North Korea's fast-growing rocket program, US officials increasingly are turning attention to a new generation of missile threat. ... more  
Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2018 When they turn up in family pantries or restaurant kitchens, cockroaches are commonly despised as ugly, unhealthy pests and are quickly killed. But in the name of science, Johns Hopkins researchers ... more |
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UNIST researchers develop highly stretchable aqueous batteriesUlsan, South Korea (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 The current development of stretchable battery materials that mimic the functions of nature has emerged as a highly interesting research area, necessary for the next wave of wearable electronics. ... more  
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 
NASA's Continued Focus on Returning U.S. Human Spaceflight LaunchesWashington 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 ... 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  
Russia launches cargo spacecraft after aborted liftoffMoscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 Russia on Tuesday launched an unmanned Progress cargo ship to the International Space Station after a glitch led officials to postpone the planned liftoff two days earlier. The Soyuz rocket ca ... more |
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 Artificial intelligence poses questions for nature of war: Mattis 
Navy turns to General Dynamics for anti-missile protectionWashington (UPI) Feb 16, 2018 General Dynamics was awarded a contract for services in support of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement program. ... more  |
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140 successful tests and several "firsts" for Vinci, the engine for Ariane 6Vernon, France (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 The re-ignitable Vinci, engine, which will power the upper stage of the Ariane 6 launcher, has now successfully completed its last two subsystems qualification campaigns (M6 and M7) with 140 engine ... more 
AAI contracted by Air Force to repair aircraft measurement systemsWashington (UPI) Feb 14, 2018 The Air Force Sustainment Center has awarded a contract to AAI Corp., a subsidiary of Textron Systems, for repair services for the AN/USM-670 Joint Service Combat System Tester. ... more 
ASES awarded $18.5M contract for T-1A trainers' avionicsWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 Aerospace Systems Engineering and Support was awarded an $18.5 million contract to replace the avionics suite in the U.S. Defense Department's T-1A Jayhawk trainer jets. ... more 
Indonesia inks $1.1 bn deal with Russia to buy 11 jetsJakarta (AFP) Feb 17, 2018 Indonesia has inked a billion-dollar deal to buy 11 Sukhoi Su-35 jets from Russia, an official said Saturday. ... more 
Boeing receives $219M contract for work on F/A-18 fuel tanksWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 Boeing was awarded a $219.6 million contract to work on new fuel tanks for the U.S. Navy's fleet of F/A-18 Hornets. ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
This past weekend, students, faculty and aerospace professionals gathered in Barus and Holley to participate in the tenth annual Space Horizons workshop. The event focused on the industry's shift toward the private sector, a change that has become increasingly prevalent in recent years.
The workshop was designed to provide an informal setting for conversation and interaction with the audie ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 16, 2018 
The idea of receiving some useful information from extra-terrestrial life-forms has long fascinated humanity and even inspired books and films, such as Contact (1997). However, there are those who have warned against trusting alien signals too much.
According to the results of the recent research there is a high chance that the messages that we receive from the deep space can carry content ... more |
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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 
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.
Air Force officials on Monday made public their bomber fleet plans during a Pentagon press briefing for the service's 2019 fiscal year budget request.
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
The ultimate goal of quantum information science is to develop a quantum computer, a fully-fledged controllable device which makes use of the quantum states of subatomic particles to store information.
As with all quantum technologies, quantum computing is based on a peculiar feature of quantum mechanics, quantum entanglement. The basic units of quantum information, the qubits, need to cor ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
Climatologists are often asked, "Is climate change making hurricanes stronger?" but they can't give a definitive answer because the global hurricane record only goes back to the dawn of the satellite era. But now, an intersection of disciplines - seismology, atmospheric sciences, and oceanography - offers an untapped data source: the continuous seismic record, which dates back to the early 20th ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Feb 14, 2018  Scores of holiday resorts on the Philippines' famous white-sand island Boracay have been given two months to clean up or face closure, officials said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte warned tourists were swimming in waters polluted by faeces.
The outspoken Philippine leader last week blasted the tiny island's hotels, restaurants and other businesses, accusing them of dumping sewage ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) Feb 15, 2018 
The Long March-3B rocket launched Monday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province marked the seventh successful mission of the Long March rocket series since the beginning of 2018.
The year 2018 will be an ambitious year for China's space program, with the largest number of Long March rocket launches.
According to Cen Zheng, rocket system command ... 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 (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 
Even as the Pentagon hustles to ensure that its defenses keep pace with North Korea's fast-growing rocket program, US officials increasingly are turning attention to a new generation of missile threat.
These weapons under development by China and Russia - as well as by the United States - can fly at many times the speed of sound and are designed to beat regular anti-missile defense systems ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Spin a merry-go-round fast enough and the riders fly off in all directions. But the spinning particles in a Rice University lab do just the opposite. Experiments in the Rice lab of chemical engineer Sibani Lisa Biswal show micron-sized spheres coming together under the influence of a rapidly spinning magnetic field. That's no surprise because the particles themselves are magnetized.
But ho ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2018 
When they turn up in family pantries or restaurant kitchens, cockroaches are commonly despised as ugly, unhealthy pests and are quickly killed. But in the name of science, Johns Hopkins researchers have put these unwanted bugs to work.
In a crowded, windowless lab, scholars and students are coaxing the insects to share some crucial locomotion tips that could help future robotic vehicles tr ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 
Orbital ATK has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for development, testing and evaluation of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Ground Launch Drone Missile, or GQM-163A.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $79.4 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract for operation and maintenance sup ... more |
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