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April 30, 2018
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoRacks, ALTEC, Thales announce international business development partnership



Webster TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2018
NanoRacks is pleased to announce that the Company will be pursuing International Space Station opportunities in cooperation with ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%. To pursue these opportunities, NanoRacks will be staffing its first formal European-based office at ALTEC's facilities in Torino, Italy. The office will serve as a business development hub for European and Asian customers. International customers will enjoy NanoRacks end-to-end turnkey serv ... read more

ROBO SPACE
Interview with a robot: AI revolution hits human resources
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2018
You have a telephone interview for your dream job, and you're feeling nervous. You make yourself a cup of tea as you wait for the phone to ring, and you count to three before picking up. ... more
GPS NEWS
US judge orders GPS monitoring for house-bound Cosby
New York (AFP) April 27, 2018
Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby was ordered Friday to be fitted with a GPS monitor and undergo a violent sexual predators' assessment, allowed to leave home only for medical treatment or to meet his lawyers. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China outlines roadmap for deep space exploration
Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 26, 2018
China is planning four deep space exploration missions before 2030, including probes to Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, says Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Cente ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2018
Any telescope that reaches the launch pad in the 2030s likely will look much different than the concepts four teams are currently studying to inform the 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, but the ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
NASA upgrades Space Station emergency communications ground stations
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2018
Since the launch of the International Space Station's first component in 1998, communications infrastructure has been critical to the station's success and crew safety. NASA is currently implementin ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Across China: Rocket launch brings back fortune to locals
Haikou, China (XNA) Apr 23, 2018
Battery carts carry tourists around Wenchang space launch center on the Chinese island province of Hainan. A 130 yuan (20.7 U.S. dollars) ticket allows them to view the launch and operation control ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China unveils underwater astronaut training suit
Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018
A domestically designed underwater training suit for China's astronauts was shown to the press in Beijing Friday. The Astronaut Center of China (ACC) unveiled the suit during a summit on aeros ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Simulated Countdown Another Step Toward Exploration Mission-1
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 25, 2018
"NTD you are GO to proceed with the count." With words such as these, NASA Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson will authorize the NASA Test Director, whose call sign is NTD, to proceed with l ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Meet the nuclear-powered spaceships of the future
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2018
Spaceships using conventional hydrogen-oxygen fuel will be able to take people to the moon, Mars or Venus. But human exploration of other planets in our solar system, and beyond it, will require the ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Silent Sentry: Protecting Space Communications
Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018
More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Saudi Arabia downs four Yemeni rebel missiles: coalition
Riyadh (AFP) April 28, 2018
Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted four ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-led coalition against the insurgents said, with a local official reporting one man had been killed in the attack. ... more
UAV NEWS
Air Force contracts for Reaper drone services
Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Atomics a contract for services in support of MQ-9 Reaper drones. ... more
UAV NEWS
Pentagon cancels $89.4M X-Plane UAV program
Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 30, 2018
The Pentagon's secret weapons maker has dustbinned its LightningStrike experimental drone project with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities. The Defense Advanced Research Projects ... more
AEROSPACE
Ukraine offers to provide NATO with cargo aircraft
Kiev (AFP) April 27, 2018
Ukraine's state-run Antonov Airlines said Friday it is willing to provide more cargo planes to NATO after a Russian company said it would halt its contract with the transatlantic alliance at the end of the year. ... more


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AEROSPACE
Airbus and Dassault to team up on combat fighter
Berlin (AFP) April 25, 2018
Airbus and Dassault Aviation announced Wednesday they intend to team up on the development of a French-German combat fighter, a project Paris and Berlin unveiled last year. ... more
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AEROSPACE
Grumman awarded $209M for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a modification to a previous contract to provide the U.S. Air Force and foreign customers with Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure, or LAIRCM, equipment and support. ... more
AEROSPACE
Harris awarded $14.9M for aircraft switch systems
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018
The U.S. Navy awarded Harris Corp. a $14.9 million contract to procure 144 fiber channel network switch systems for several aircraft. ... more
AEROSPACE
Lockheed Martin wins F-35 software sustainment contract
Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for flight test software on the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft. ... more
AEROSPACE
Lockheed contracted for F-35 support for Navy, Italy
Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Before the flood arrives
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2018
River floods are one of the most common and devastating of Earth's natural disasters. In the past decade, deluges from rivers have killed thousands of people every year around the world and caused l ... more
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KAIST succeeds in producing 50x more stable adsorbent
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Apr 22, 2018
A KAIST research team developed a technology to increase the stability of amine-containing adsorbents by fifty times, moving one step further toward commercializing stable adsorbents that last longer. Professor Minkee Choi from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and his team succeeded in developing amine-containing adsorbents that show high oxidative stability. T ... more
+ India recalls GSAT-11 satellite from launch site for more tests
+ NASA seeks research proposals for space technologies to flight test
+ 3-D printed food could change how we eat
+ Northrop Grumman wins contract for REAM program
+ Spider silk key to new bone-fixing composite
+ Rare earth magnet recycling is a grind - this new process takes a simpler approach
+ As tellurium demands rise, so do contamination concerns
Silent Sentry: Protecting Space Communications
Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018
More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface. The U.S. Air Force uses many types of satellite communications to transmit data all around the globe. With the encryption of data, the U.S. Air Force denies prying eyes the ability to read critical in ... more
+ Harris tapped for counter communication systems
+ Russia Launches Heavy Rocket with Military Satellite
+ India Struggling to Establish Lost Link With Crucial Communication Satellite
+ Indian scientists lose contact with satellite
+ Russian Soyuz launches military satellite
+ India set to launch S-Band satellite for military communications
+ Tactical Communications Market worth over $30bn by 2024


US judge orders GPS monitoring for house-bound Cosby
New York (AFP) April 27, 2018
Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby was ordered Friday to be fitted with a GPS monitor and undergo a violent sexual predators' assessment, allowed to leave home only for medical treatment or to meet his lawyers. Judge Steven O'Neill signed the order, clarifying the terms of the disgraced icon's $1 million bail, one day after a Pennsylvania jury found Cosby guilty on three counts of sexual assa ... more
+ GPS sensor web helps forecasters warn of monsoon flash floods
+ Open Geospatial Consortium announces the European Space Agency's upgrade to Strategic Membership
+ Chinese willing to support Beidou navigation system
+ Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal for U.S. Air Force's GPS 3F Program
+ China opens first overseas center for BeiDou navigation satellite system in Tunisia
+ PSLV-C41 Successfully Launches IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite
+ India Resets Navigation Satellite Developed to Replace GPS
Harris awarded $14.9M for aircraft switch systems
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018
The U.S. Navy awarded Harris Corp. a $14.9 million contract to procure 144 fiber channel network switch systems for several aircraft. The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract. The communications devices for the Navy, and the governments of Australia and Kuwait, are to be used on the F/A-18E ... more
+ Lockheed Martin wins F-35 software sustainment contract
+ Grumman awarded $209M for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures
+ Airbus and Dassault to team up on combat fighter
+ Lockheed contracted for F-35 support for Navy, Italy
+ Ukraine offers to provide NATO with cargo aircraft
+ Northrop Grumman to support Japan's E-2C Hawkeye
+ State Dept. approves $1.2B sale of helicopters, missiles to Mexico
From insulator to conductor in a flash
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2018
Over the past decades, computers have become faster and faster and hard disks and storage chips have reached enormous capacities. But this trend cannot continue forever: we are already running up against physical limits that will prevent silicon-based computer technology from attaining any impressive speed gains from this point on. Researchers are particularly optimistic that the next era ... more
+ Wiggling atoms switch the electric polarization of crystals
+ Sensor strategy a boon for synthetic biology
+ Cell membrane inspires new ultrathin electronic film
+ Researchers illuminate the path to a new era of microelectronics
+ New qubit now works without breaks
+ Integrating optical components into existing chip designs
+ Polarization has strong impact on electrons, study shows


China launches Zhuhai-1 remote sensing satellites
Jiuquan (XNA) Apr 30, 2018
China on Thursday sent five Zhuhai-1 remote sensing satellites into space on a single carrier rocket. The Long March-11 carrier rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:42 p.m. The launch was the 272nd flight mission for the Long March series of carrier rockets. Zhuhai-1 is a commercial remote sensing satellite constellation invested in by Zhuha ... more
+ China to launch new Earth observation satellite in May
+ Seventh Sentinel satellite launched for Copernicus
+ NASA celebrates National Parks Week with park photos from space
+ Sentinel-3B on launch pad
+ New camera tech reveals underwater ecosystems from above
+ Satellite imagery sheds light on agricultural water use
+ Eye in the Sky: Bill Gates Backs Real Time Global Satellite Surveillance Network
Thais rally against officials building homes on sacred mountain
Bangkok (AFP) April 29, 2018
Around 1,000 people rallied in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Sunday to protest the construction of homes for officials on forested land flanking a revered mountain, in one of the largest shows of dissent under junta rule. Public frustration has been mounting over the project since aerial images of several dozen officials' homes - carved into the green foothills of Chiang Mai's Doi ... more
+ Trump environment chief grilled by Congress amid ethics scandals
+ Heavy security as Philippines closes Boracay to tourists
+ Microplastics in Arctic sea ice - 'nowhere is immune'
+ Philippines police hold riot drills as Boracay closure challenged
+ 'Maximum' security as Philippines readies Boracay shutdown
+ BHP, Vale given extension to settle Brazil mine disaster claim
+ Nigerians demand air quality data over pollution fears


China outlines roadmap for deep space exploration
Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 26, 2018
China is planning four deep space exploration missions before 2030, including probes to Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, says Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration. China would launch its first Mars probe in 2020, and it was expected to orbit around, land and put a rover on the Red Planet, Pei told a space confe ... more
+ Across China: Rocket launch brings back fortune to locals
+ China unveils underwater astronaut training suit
+ China's Chang'e-4 relay satellite named "Queqiao"
+ China Space Agency chief says he expects visit by Russia's Roscosmos
+ First China Aerospace Conference to be held on April 24
+ The Long Game: China Seeks to Transfer Its Silk Industry to Far Side of the Moon
+ China to launch Long March-5 Y3 rocket in late 2018
Saudi Arabia downs four Yemeni rebel missiles: coalition
Riyadh (AFP) April 28, 2018
Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted four ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-led coalition against the insurgents said, with a local official reporting one man had been killed in the attack. The missiles were headed towards the city of Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia, according to a coalition statement. While the coalition said the attack claimed no casualties, Jizan's ... more
+ Saudis down new missile from Yemen rebels: state media
+ Saudis intercept ballistic missile from Yemen: coalition
+ Raytheon tapped for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program
+ Lockheed tapped for upgrades to Patriot, THAAD missile systems
+ Pentagon awards $67.8M contract for Ballistic Missile Defense System
+ Syrian air defence shoots down missiles over Homs: state media
+ Estonia calls for deployment of Patriot missiles and US troops


Raytheon to provide AMRAAM missiles for foreign military sales
Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018
Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air-to-air missiles under foreign military sales. The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $12 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award. The contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management ... more
+ Rheinmetall to provide air defense system to Asian nation
+ US Strategic Command observed Russia, China operating hypersonic missiles
+ Syria retracts report on missile attack: state media
+ Lockheed tapped for long-range, anti-ship missiles
+ Boeing to restart production of Standoff Land Attack Missiles
+ US agrees guided missiles for Qatar before Trump talks
+ Russian delivery of S-400 missiles brought forward to July 2019
A new Bose-Einstein condensate created at Aalto University
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018
Nearly a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted that quantum mechanics can force a large number of particles to behave in concert as if they were only a single particle. The phenomenon is called Bose-Einstein condensation, and it took until 1995 to create the first such condensate of a gas of alkali atoms. Although Bose-Einstein condensation has been observed ... more
+ Course set to overcome mismatch between lab-designed nanomaterials and nature's complexity
+ This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster
+ Robot developed for automated assembly of designer nanomaterials
+ A treasure trove for nanotechnology experts
+ UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials
+ Nanostructures made of previously impossible material
+ Mining hardware helps scientists gain insight into silicon nanoparticles


Interview with a robot: AI revolution hits human resources
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2018
You have a telephone interview for your dream job, and you're feeling nervous. You make yourself a cup of tea as you wait for the phone to ring, and you count to three before picking up. Now imagine that your interviewer is a robot named Vera. Russian startup Stafory co-founder Alexei Kostarev says Robot Vera, which his company developed, is driven by artificial intelligence (AI) algorit ... more
+ Transparent eel-like soft robot can swim silently underwater
+ For heavy lifting, use exoskeletons with caution
+ Face recognition for galaxies: Artificial intelligence brings new tools to astronomy
+ A robot by NTU Singapore autonomously assembles an IKEA chair
+ Researchers design 'soft' robots that can move on their own
+ Two robots are better than one for NIST's 5G antenna measurement research
+ Want computers to see better in the real world? Train them in a virtual reality


Air Force contracts for Reaper drone services
Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Atomics a contract for services in support of MQ-9 Reaper drones. The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $26.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award. The agreement between the Air Force's Life Cycle Management Center and General ... more
+ Pentagon cancels $89.4M X-Plane UAV program
+ Army taps AeroVironment for Switchblade missiles
+ US to drop curbs on drone tech to boost arms sales
+ Dynetics to develop Gremlins UAV system for DARPA
+ MSAB and URSA Partner on Drone Forensic Technology
+ Air Force contracts with SRC for drone supplies, services
+ OFFSET "Sprinters" to Pursue State-of-the-art Solutions for Second Swarm Sprint
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