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  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 Thirty students representing six Native American colleges from around the nation have been selected to compete in a NASA Mars Rover competition at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) student meeting, March 11-14, 2018. This four-day Tribal Colleges and Universities event at Bismarck Event Center, North Dakota, will offer students the opportunity to interact with NASA engineers and others professionals under the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program, where stu ... read more |
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Chirping is welcome in birds but not in fusion devicesPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 Birds do it and so do doughnut-shaped fusion facilities called "tokamaks." But tokamak chirping - a rapidly changing frequency wave that can be far above what the human ear can detect - is hardly we ... more  
China to launch Long March-5B rocket next yearBeijing (XNA) Mar 21, 2018 China will launch the Long March-5B carrier rocket around June 2019, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST) Monday. The new generation of carrier rocket, th ... more  
Swift Navigation introduces Skylark for high-precision GNSS servicesSan Francisco, CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm building GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, has announced the release of Skylark, a new, one-of-a-kind cloud-based GNSS correct ... more  
Lockheed Martin's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile marks sixth successful flight missionOrlando FL (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 Lockheed Martin has tested a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber. During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron at Dyess Air Force ... more |
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry ThrustersRedmond WA (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed delivery of all of the crew module engines for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft. Boeing will integrate the engines into the Sta ... more 
NASA science heading to space ranges from the upper atmosphere to microbesHouston TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 A Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch into orbit no earlier than April 2, carries the 14th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Lifted into orbit atop a ... more 
Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusionFort Collins CO (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones. It's also happening - at a smaller scale - in a Colorado State University ... more 
Orbital Sciences wins Navy contract for test missilesWashington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 Orbital Sciences Corp., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target base vehicles and spares. ... more 
A Frommer's guide to the future of interplanetary travelTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 It's 2218, and you've got some vacation time coming up. A hundred years ago this meant choices like the Bahamas, wine tasting in Napa or a drive through Italy. Back then people only had one planet t ... more |
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CPI Antenna receives new contract for UAV comms from Cubic MissionPlano TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 The Antenna Systems Division (ASD) of Communications and Power Industries reports it has received multiple contract awards from Cubic Mission Solutions, a business division of Cubic Corporation. ... more  |
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MicroPilot chooses SimlatStony Mountain, Canada (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 Micropilot Inc. recognizes the advantages of using simulations in order to assist development of UAVs. MicroPilot is pleased to be working with Simlat to develop a pan, tilt, zoom payload simulation ... more  
Foundation for US Ballistic Missile Defense System ModernizedDenver CO (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 The system of systems that enables the disparate elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to function as a complete global defense network has been revolutionized. The modernize ... more 
AeroVironment to supply Egypt with unmanned aerial systemsWashington (UPI) Mar 19, 2018 AeroVironment Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to support a foreign military sale of unmanned aerial vehicles to Egypt. ... more  
Navy awards Lockheed $481M for F-35 spare partsWashington (UPI) Mar 16, 2018 Lockheed Martin has secured an additional $481 million from the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command for the procurement of spare parts in support of F-35 Lightning II production efforts, the second contract the company has been awarded this week related to the F-35. ... more 
Lockheed Martin to support F-35 programs in U.S., U.K.Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
The CosmoQuest Citizen Science facility released a major update to its Mappers software. This software previously demonstrated that everyday people can map craters as effectively as a group of professionals. With version 2.0, CosmoQuest invites the public to use their skills to answer new science questions related to Mars and Mercury. The public can use their eyes, minds, and time to help determ ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Our first Intelsat EpicNG satellite has been in space a little over two years now, and we have launched four more since then. With five of these high-throughput satellites (HTS) in orbit and being used by our customers, we have gained quite a bit of both test data and real-world experience demonstrating the capabilities and versatility of the EpicNG technology.
We recently published a whit ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 
Indra has been awarded a contract for implementing four new Uplink Stations (ULS), thus expanding the ground segment of the European global positioning system, Galileo. Awarded by the company Thales Alenia Space (France), this contract also includes maintenance and upgrades for all Uplink stations.
The new stations will join the ten uplink stations that Indra has already put into service a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2018  Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $8.5 million under the terms of a modified contract to a previous issued order on a basic order agreement.
The agreement gives the Navy the authority to exercised additional mission ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 
The unique Australian approach of creating quantum bits from precisely positioned individual atoms in silicon is reaping major rewards, with UNSW Sydney-led scientists showing for the first time that they can make two of these atom qubits "talk" to each other.
The team - led by UNSW Professor Michelle Simmons, Director of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication T ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2018 
The traditional way of mapping Earth's geology and mineral resources is a costly and time-consuming undertaking. While satellites cannot entirely replace the expert in the field, they can certainly help - as a recent effort in Africa shows.
Geological maps identify different types of rock, faults, groundwater and deposits. They are not only essential for building infrastructure and assessi ... more |
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 Bristol, UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 
Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered a way to re-use a common plastic to break down harmful dyes in our waste water. The paper published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces by a joint UK and Brazilian research team describes how synthetic dyes, used in the clothing industry world-wide, could be treated by the plastic found in packaging and cutlery - polystyrene.
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 21, 2018 
China will launch the Long March-5B carrier rocket around June 2019, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST) Monday.
The new generation of carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, has entered the model testing phase in preparation for space station missions.
Developed by the CAST, the rocket will have a total length of 53.7 meters, with a core-level diame ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for services in support of Qatar's patriot missile system.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $150.4 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract.
The agreement enables Raytheon to provide the government of Qatar with staff ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has tested a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber. During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, launched a LRASM over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif., successfully impacting the maritime target and meeting test objectives.
"LRASM has now proven itself in six consecutive fl ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
A research team led by UCLA scientists and engineers has developed a method to make new kinds of artificial "superlattices" - materials comprised of alternating layers of ultra-thin "two-dimensional" sheets, which are only one or a few atoms thick. Unlike current state-of-the art superlattices, in which alternating layers have similar atomic structures, and thus similar electronic properties, th ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2018 
A study led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has uncovered new ways of driving multi-legged robots by means of a two-level controller. The proposed controller uses a network of so-called non-linear oscillators that enables the generation of diverse gaits and postures, which are specified by only a few high-level parameters. The study inspires new research into how mul ... more |
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 San Francisco, CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm building GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, has announced the release of Skylark, a new, one-of-a-kind cloud-based GNSS corrections service that delivers affordable, fast, centimeter-level accuracy and eliminates the complexity of deploying and maintaining GNSS networks. Skylark was built from the ground-up for autonomy at sc ... more |
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