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  Haikou, China (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Kuang-Chi Science LTD and NanoRacks LLC are pleased to announce a partnership to cooperate on Kuang-Chi's Near Space helium spacecraft the 'Traveler.' The partnership will focus on the development of the Traveler program outside of China, leveraging Kuang-Chi's Near Space technology and NanoRacks' expertise in both in-space business development and customer marketing. Kuang-Chi's Traveler is a breakthrough platform in the emerging economy of space, offering secure and affordable access to suborbit ... read more |
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University student projects launch from NASA WallopsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Four university student projects were successfully launched at 6:51:30 a.m. EDT, March 25, 2018, on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The ... more  
Fifty years on, Yuri Gagarin's death still shrouded in mysteryMoscow (AFP) March 27, 2018 Yuri Gagarin, feted as a Soviet national hero for being the first man in space, was killed in a plane crash 50 years ago but the details of his death remain shrouded in mystery. ... more 
Chinese scientists developing bee-inspired aerospace vehicleBeijing (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2018 The Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) has announced the development of an aerospace vehicle capable of morphing its shape during flight. According to the announcement posted ... more 
India testing locally developed metal-based origami payloadNew Delhi (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 The Indian Nano Satellite-1C (INS-1C) is an experimental satellite launched by PSLV-C40 on Jan 12, 2018 as a co-passenger payload. It is the third satellite in the Indian Nano Satellite (INS) series ... 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  
Saudis intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles in deadly escalationRiyadh (AFP) March 26, 2018 Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen. ... more 
How USSR Rose Victorious in Reagan's Star Wars RaceWashington DC (Sputnik) Mar 26, 2018 The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) kicked off by the Reagan administration on March 23, 1983 still prompts a heated debate, Sputnik military observer Vadim Saranov writes, revealing how Washingt ... more 
UN chief condemns Yemen missile attacks on Saudi ArabiaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 26, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday strongly condemned missile attacks on Saudi Arabia from rebel-held territory in Yemen and said military escalation was not the solution to ending the three-year war. ... more  
Lightweight metal foam blocks blastwave, debris from high-explosive roundsRaleigh NC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can block blast pressure and fragm ... more |
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 Air Force taps Raytheon for AMRAAMs for foreign military sales 
3D printing rocket engines in SPAINBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 FADA CATEC is supporting Zero 2 Infinity (Z2I) in the development of a new generation of rocket engines. This March, FADA CATEC has successfully 3D printed a combustion chamber for Zero 2 Infinity's ... more  |
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Japan's E-2D program to receive training, support from Northrop GrummanWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye weapon. ... more 
United Technologies wins contract for F-35 enginesWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 United Technologies was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the F135 propulsion system on F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. ... more  
Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the MoonBeijing, China (SPX) Mar 22, 2018 The mission of Chang'e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases this year, and Chang'e-4 lunar probe will reach the far side of the Moon for the first time, said an official from China Academy of Sp ... more 
Trump scraps blanket transgender military ban, major restrictions remainWashington (AFP) March 24, 2018 US President Donald Trump late Friday rolled back his blanket ban on transgender people serving in the military - but they will still face major restrictions in the American armed forces. ... more 
Rheinmetall tapped for recon vehicles for AustraliaWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 Rheinmetall, with the help of several Australian manufacturers, will deliver 211 reconnaissance vehicles to the Australian Defense Force, the company and the Australian Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2018 
NASA spacecraft travel to far-off destinations in space, but a new mobile app produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, brings spacecraft to users. The new app, called Spacecraft AR, uses the latest augmented reality (AR) technology to put virtual 3-D models of NASA's robotic space explorers into any environment with a flat surface.
JPL developed the Spacecraft AR ... 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 23, 2018 
Bell Boeing JPO was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the V-22 Osprey aircraft.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $102.8 million under the terms of a modified contract that definitize delivery order.
The agreement between the Navy and Bell Boeing JPO enables the company to provide repair of various par ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 15, 2018  Intel Corp. said Thursday new computer chips designed to address vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this year would be shipped in the second half of 2018.
Chief executive Brian Krzanich said the new chips would guard against hardware flaws dubbed Meltdown and Spectre which could leave millions of computing device vulnerable to hackers.
Krzanich said the next-generation Intel Xeon Scalable ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2018 
Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth's atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare observation by an ESA astronaut gave a boost to the science community. A European detector will take on the challenge of hunting for thunderstorms from space next week.
As he flew over India at 28 800 km/h on the Int ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
A new class of low-cost and sustainable hybrid materials could possibly displace activated carbon as the preferred choice for reducing wastewater and air pollution. The material, described in Frontiers in Chemistry, is synthesized inexpensively from solid wastes and a naturally abundant polymer - and can cut down pollutants in air and wastewater with more success than activated carbon, the curre ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 22, 2018 
The mission of Chang'e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases this year, and Chang'e-4 lunar probe will reach the far side of the Moon for the first time, said an official from China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
"We plan to launch Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the second half of 2018. This will be the first time for a lunar probe to land on the far side of the Moon. Chang'e-4 lunar pro ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) March 23, 2018 
Poland has signed an offset deal with the United States ahead of final agreement to buy a Patriot anti-missile system, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Friday.
The 10-year offset programme, under which US investment in Poland will help compensate for the cost of the purchase, is the last stage before the sale of the Patriots.
The minister has said the contract should be signed thi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 
Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air to air missiles, also known as AMRAAMs.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $523.1 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The agreement enables Raytheon to to provide AMRAAMs, along wit ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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 Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
As AI's role in society continues to expand, J B Brown of the Graduate School of Medicine reports on a new evaluation method for the type of AI that predicts yes/positive/true or no/negative/false answers.
Brown's paper, published in Molecular Informatics, deconstructs the utilization of AI and analyzes the nature of the statistics used to report an AI program's ability. The new technique ... more |
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 Plano 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.
Cubic Mission Solutions provide networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense, intelligence, security and com ... more |
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