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  Washington (AFP) April 19, 2018 The US Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to head the space agency NASA, over objections from Democrats who warned he lacked a technical background. Jim Bridenstine, a congressman from Oklahoma, US Navy veteran and former pilot, was confirmed on a 50-49 vote, and will become the 13th administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration seven months after Trump named him to lead the agency. Bridenstine, 42, has expressed an interest in returning hum ... read more |
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US Air Force awards nearly $1 bn for hypersonic missileWashington (AFP) April 19, 2018 The US Air Force is awarding almost $1 billion to Lockheed Martin to design and develop a hypersonic missile that can be launched from a warplane. ... more  
Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal for U.S. Air Force's GPS 3F ProgramDenver CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2018 ockheed Martin has submitted a competitive and fully compliant proposal for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) program, which will add enhanced capabilities to the most advanced GPS s ... more 
Arianespace to launch BSAT-4b; marking the 10th satellite launch for B-SATEvry, France (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 Arianespace reports that it will launch BSAT-4b, under the term of a turnkey contract between B-SAT and Maxar's SSL. BSAT-4b will be launched by an Ariane 5 in 2020 from the Guiana Space Cente ... more  
Russia Launches Heavy Rocket with Military SatelliteBaikonur, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2018 A Russian carrier rocket with a military satellite blasted off early on Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed. "The Proton-M heavy-lift ro ... more |
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NASA's New Space 'Botanist' Arrives at Launch SitePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 18, 2018 A new instrument that will provide a unique, space-based measurement of how plants respond to changes in water availability has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final prepa ... more  
China to launch Long March-5 Y3 rocket in late 2018Beijing (XNA) Apr 17, 2018 China plans to launch its heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-5 Y3, in late 2018, after finding the cause of the failure of the Long March-5 Y2, according to the St ... more  
Syrian air defence shoots down missiles over Homs: state mediaDamascus, Syria (AFP) April 17, 2018 Syrian air defence shot down missiles over the central province of Homs, the state news agency said Tuesday, with the strikes reportedly targeting regime air bases. ... more 
4,000 UAE Citizens Applied to Become Country's First Astronauts - Space CentreMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 18, 2018 More than 4,000 United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals applied for the program that aims to prepare the country's first astronaut corps for participation in space exploration missions, the Mohammed Bi ... more 
ULA Atlas V launch to feature full complement of Aerojet Rocketdyne solid rocket boostersSacramento CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2018 The upcoming launch of the U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, will benefit from just ove ... more |
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 The Long Game: China Seeks to Transfer Its Silk Industry to Far Side of the Moon 
Lockheed awarded $928M for hypersonic strike weaponWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for the hypersonic conventional strike weapon. ... more  |
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Pentagon awards $67.8M contract for Ballistic Missile Defense SystemWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 MacAulay-Brown Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Missile Defense Agency for development and services to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System. ... more  
US to drop curbs on drone tech to boost arms salesWashington (AFP) April 20, 2018 The United States dropped some restrictions Thursday on sales of its advanced drones in order to reinforce the armies of its allies and compete with China on the world arms market. ... more 
Dynetics to develop Gremlins UAV system for DARPAWashington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 Dynetics Inc. was awarded a contract for phase III of the Gremlins program, small unmanned aerial systems used for combat and non-combat roles. ... more  
Northrop to repair technology on Hawkeyes, Lockheed to upgrade C-130 aircraftWashington (UPI) Apr 17, 2018 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for repairs on multiple E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. ... more 
Russian aircraft provider stops doing business with NATOMoscow (AFP) April 18, 2018 Russian airline Volga-Dniepr announced Wednesday it will stop providing cargo planes to NATO at the end of the year, dealing a blow to the transatlantic alliance and France in particular which rely heavily on its aircraft. ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 17, 2018 
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random by quantum mechanics. Described in the April 12 issue of Nature, the experimental technique surpasses all previous methods for ensuring the unpredictability of its random numbers and may enhance security and trust in cryptographic systems.
The new ... more |
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 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2018  A Russian carrier rocket with a military satellite blasted off early on Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed.
"The Proton-M heavy-lift rocket with a payload commissioned by the Defense Ministry was successfully launched from Baikonur," a spokesperson for the ministry told reporters.
The launch took place at 1:12 a.m. Moscow time ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2018 
ockheed Martin has submitted a competitive and fully compliant proposal for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) program, which will add enhanced capabilities to the most advanced GPS satellites ever designed. The GPS IIIF program intends to produce up to 22 next-generation satellites.
The Air Force's first 10 GPS III satellites, currently in full production at Lockheed Martin ... more |
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 Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2018 
The F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program.
"Completing F-35 SDD flight test is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication from the joint government and industry team," said Vice Adm. Mat Winter, F-35 Program Executive Officer.
"Since the first flight of AA-1 in 2006, the devel ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2018  Two and a half years ago, a team of researchers led by groups at MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and Boston University announced a milestone: the fabrication of a working microprocessor, built using only existing manufacturing processes, that integrated electronic and optical components on the same chip.
The researchers' approach, however, required that the chip's electrical ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2018 
Two thirds of Earth's surface are covered by water - and two thirds of Earth's atmosphere reside over the oceans, far from land and the traditional ways that people measure the gases and pollutants that cycle through the air and around the globe.
While satellites in space measuring the major gases can close some of that gap, it takes an aircraft to find out what's really happening in the c ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 
The attack of the chemical cabinets is no joke. While investigating sources of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds inside the home, scientists identified airborne PCBs being emitted by kitchen cabinetry.
Researchers believe the harmful chemical compounds are a byproduct of the breakdown of a common sealant used in modern kitchen cabinetry.
Previous studies have linked PCBs with a ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 17, 2018 
Talk about a trade war, as intra-solar-system transport of silk - one of the world's most popular commodities - could be made on the moon, and imported to earth.
Just because China's upcoming moon mission is unmanned doesn't mean it will be unoccupied, as - in an effort to test possible self-sustaining biospheres that could lead to larger projects - cohabitating flora and fauna will be tra ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for Patriot defense systems and launch capabilities.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $200 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract awarded by the Army Contracting Command, out of Redstone Arsenal, Al., ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 18, 2018 
The States United has observed Russia and China operating hypersonic missiles, US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) commander Gen. John Hyten told reporters.
"We observed Russia and China operating hypersonic missiles," Hyten said on Tuesday. "We have observed both Russia and China testing hypersonic capabilities."
Earlier, Gen. John Hyten in his testimony before the US Senate Armed Servi ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
Grow Monsters. Expandable water toys. Whatever you call them, they're plastic-like figurines that swell when placed in water.
New materials science research borrows from this concept; only instead of water, engineers discovered that tiny crystal lattices called "self-assembling molecular nanosheets" expand when exposed to light.
The advancement, described in the Proceedings of the Na ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a robot that can autonomously assemble an IKEA chair without interruption.
Designed by Assistant Professor Pham Quang Cuong and his team from NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the robot comprises a 3D camera and two robotic arms equipped with grippers to pick up objects. The team coded ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 20, 2018 
The United States dropped some restrictions Thursday on sales of its advanced drones in order to reinforce the armies of its allies and compete with China on the world arms market.
President Donald Trump's White House announced an update to its policy on arms transfers to promote US exports and jobs, and specifically to loosen the rules on selling unmanned warplanes.
Trump's chief trade ... more |
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