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May 08, 2018
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoRacks selected as launch provider for Canadian cubesat project



Winnipeg, Canada (SPX) May 08, 2018
NanoRacks is pleased to announce that the Company has been awarded the launch services and deployment contract for the Canadian CubeSat Project - a nationwide small satellite development program sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The project provides funding to post-secondary institutions in Canada as part of a challenge to design, build, launch, and operate their own satellites which will be deployed from the International Space Station. The contract is for the launch and deployment of ... read more

SPACE MEDICINE
Highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissues
Arlington TX (SPX) May 04, 2018
Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of materials that mimic natural human soft tissues. Bio-printing uses live ... more
ENERGY TECH
Making new layered superconductors using high entropy alloys
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 07, 2018
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created new superconductors made of layers of bismuth sulfide (BiS2) and a high entropy rare earth alloy oxyfluoride, containing five different ra ... more
ROBO SPACE
Researchers selected to develop novel approaches to lifelong machine learning
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems have significantly advanced in recent years. However, they are currently limited to executing only those tasks they are specifically de ... more
ENERGY TECH
3D batteries pack power into tiny footprints
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2018
Batteries might seem like they come in every shape and size that you can imagine. But as electronic devices become tinier and skinnier without reducing their power and energy demands, they challenge ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ
NASA's First Deep-Space CubeSats Say: Polo
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2018
NASA has received radio signals indicating that the first-ever CubeSats headed to deep space are alive and well. The first signal was received at 12:15 p.m. PDT (3:15 p.m. EDT, 19:15 UTC) May 5; the ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship returns to Earth
Tampa (AFP) May 5, 2018
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, the company said, a few hours after leaving the International Space Station Saturday carrying 4,000 pounds (1,800 kilograms) of gear. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China to Use Soviet Engine to Power Its First Reusable Space Rocket
Moscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018
China is developing its first space rocket with a reusable first stage that could see its trial launch as early as 2020, SpaceNews reported, citing a senior Chinese rocket designer. Long Lehao ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Jim Bridenstine brings understanding of commercial technology to his new role as NASA Admin
McLean VA (SPX) May 04, 2018
The recent Senate confirmation of Rep. Jim Bridenstine as NASA's 13th administrator bodes well for a fresh perspective that can benefit both the agency and commercial space industry. As the represen ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Fourth US Air Force SBIRS satellite sends first images back to Earth
Buckley AFB CO (SPX) May 03, 2018
The U.S. Air Force's fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite transmitted its first images back to Earth. The milestone, known as "first light," occurred in February when the SBIRS GEO F ... more
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MISSILE NEWS
Iran's ballistic missiles: bone of contention with West
Tehran (AFP) May 8, 2018
Iran's ballistic missile programme has poisoned relations between Tehran and Western powers for years but for the Islamic republic the issue is staunchly non-negotiable. ... more
AEROSPACE
Boeing says it will follow US policy on Iran
New York (AFP) May 8, 2018
Boeing said Tuesday it will continue to take its cue from US government policy on sales to Iran after President Donald Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Iran nuclear pact. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Israel orders Golan shelters open over Iran 'activity' in Syria
Jerusalem (AFP) May 8, 2018
The Israeli army said Tuesday it has asked authorities in the occupied Golan Heights to open and prepare missile shelters over "irregular activity by Iranian forces in Syria", across the demarcation line. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missiles to Feature Indian Quad Launchers
New Delhi (Sputnik) May 08, 2018
Furthering its quest to localize the production of the world's deadliest missile, India has successfully designed and built a rototype of the 'Quadruple Canisterized Inclined Launcher' or Quad Launc ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Aerojet completes hot fire propulsion test for redesigned Kill Vehicle
Sacramento CA (SPX) May 08, 2018
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., announced that in collaboration with The Boeing Company and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, its Divert and Attitude Control Sy ... more


Raytheon tapped for upgrades on Gray Eagle drones

ROCKET SCIENCE
Reduce, Reuse, Rockets?
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 07, 2018
Conor Cimo can trace his interest in engineering back to his second-grade classroom in a Chicago suburb where he watched in awe as an F16 fighter aircraft broke the sound barrier. The video was pres ... more
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AEROSPACE
Air Force picks three bases for B-21 Raiders
Washington DC (UPI) May 04, 2018
The U.S. Air Force announced Friday the B-21 Raider will replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit ... more
AEROSPACE
As US military air crash toll rises, lawmaker calls for probe
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2018
A senior US lawmaker introduced legislation Monday to create a panel looking into military aviation mishaps, following a string of deadly incidents including one last week that killed nine airmen. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Arianespace to launch the first STRIVING small satellite for SITAEL on Vega's SSMS POC flight
Paris, France (SPX) May 04, 2018
Arianespace has been selected by SITAEL to launch the first small satellite for delivery of STRIVING services, to be conducted using a Vega as part of the launcher's Small Spacecraft Mission Service ... more
ROBO SPACE
NASA's swarmathon improves student skills in robotics, computer science
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 01, 2018
Students from universities and community colleges across the nation recently participated in third annual Swarmathon. The robotic programming competition took place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vi ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
X-ray navigation considered for possible CubeSat mission
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 04, 2018
Now that NASA has shown the viability of autonomous X-ray navigation in space, a team led by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory plans to include the technology on a proposed CubeSat mission t ... more
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Design for magnetoelectric device may improve your memory
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018
For years, manufacturers have offered computers with increasing amounts of memory packed into smaller devices. But semiconductor companies can't reduce the size of memory components as quickly as they used to, and current designs are not energy-efficient. Conventional memory devices use transistors and rely on electric fields to store and read out information. An alternative approach being ... more
+ This is not a game: NIST virtual reality aims to win for public safety
+ China rejects US military claims of laser attacks on pilots
+ US military pilots injured by Chinese lasers in Djibouti: Pentagon
+ AF plans to accelerate defendable space with Next-Gen OPIR
+ Can this invasive exotic pest make better materials for industry and medicine?
+ DARPA taps MIT for research on high-value molecules
+ Atomically thin magnetic device could lead to new memory technologies
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


Brexit prompts UK to probe developing satellite navigation system
London (AFP) May 1, 2018
Britain will explore developing and launching its own satellite navigation system, Downing Street announced on Tuesday, amid doubt over its future inclusion in a key European project after Brexit. Prime Minister Theresa May has created a taskforce of engineering and aerospace experts led by the UK Space Agency "to develop options for a British Global Navigation Satellite System that would gu ... more
+ US judge orders GPS monitoring for house-bound Cosby
+ 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
As US military air crash toll rises, lawmaker calls for probe
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2018
A senior US lawmaker introduced legislation Monday to create a panel looking into military aviation mishaps, following a string of deadly incidents including one last week that killed nine airmen. The US military has been beset by a series of air accidents and crashes in recent years, and the rise has been shown to correlate with budget cuts introduced in 2013. The most recent incident o ... more
+ Boeing says it will follow US policy on Iran
+ French, US navy pilots train in the skies over Virginia
+ U.K. to receive Apache helicopter hardware from Lockheed
+ Air Force picks three bases for B-21 Raiders
+ Taking Air Travel to the Streets, or Just Above Them
+ Navy taps Boeing to support Poseidon for Australian air force
+ Pentagon shells out $1.4B for services on F-35 air systems
Smart microchip can self-start and operate when battery runs out
Singapore (SPX) May 04, 2018
The Internet of Things (IoT), while still in its infancy, is shaping the future of many industries and will also impact our daily lives in significant ways. One of the key challenges of moving IoT devices from concept to reality is to have long-lasting operation under tightly constrained energy sources, thus demanding extreme power efficiency. IoT devices - such as sensors - are often deployed o ... more
+ Laser frequency combs may be the future of Wi-Fi
+ Cheaper and easier way found to make plastic semiconductors
+ Water-repellent surfaces can efficiently boil water, keep electronics cool
+ Valleytronics discovery could extend limits of Moore's Law
+ NIST team shows tiny frequency combs are reliable measurement tools
+ Cell membrane inspires new ultrathin electronic film
+ From insulator to conductor in a flash


CryoSat reveals retreat of Patagonian glaciers
Paris (ESA) May 03, 2018
While ESA's CryoSat continues to provide clear insight into how much sea ice is being lost and how the Antarctic and Greenlandic ice sheets are changing, the mission has again surpassed its original scope by revealing exactly how mountain glaciers are also succumbing to change. Glaciers all over the globe are retreating - and for the last 15 years, glacial ice has been the main cause of se ... more
+ Moon holds key to improving satellite views of Earth
+ Twin spacecraft to weigh in on Earth's changing water
+ Earth's magnetic field is not about to reverse
+ China launches Zhuhai-1 remote sensing satellites
+ South Atlantic Anomaly not evidence of a reversing Earth's magnetic field
+ China to launch new Earth observation satellite in May
+ Seventh Sentinel satellite launched for Copernicus
Kanpur leads WHO blacklist of cities with worst air pollution
Lucknow, India (AFP) May 2, 2018
Residents of Kanpur reacted with dismay Wednesday after the Indian city was found to have the worst air quality in a global World Health Organization survey that urged the nation to clean up its act. Fourteen Indian cities, led by the northern metropolis known for its leather and shoe industries, feature in the 15 cities with the dirtiest air in the WHO's global list. The capital New Del ... more
+ Mongolians sip 'oxygen cocktails' to cope with smog
+ Scientists: Impact of discarded munitions on ocean ecosystems unclear
+ India's top court slams govt over Taj Mahal decay
+ Nine out of 10 people breathing polluted air: WHO
+ After the gold rush: Mining boom in Cameroon leaves 'open tombs'
+ French ravers accused of damaging nature zone
+ Slowdown in US air quality gains: study


China to Use Soviet Engine to Power Its First Reusable Space Rocket
Moscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018
China is developing its first space rocket with a reusable first stage that could see its trial launch as early as 2020, SpaceNews reported, citing a senior Chinese rocket designer. Long Lehao of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), revealed the new plans for the Long March 8 medium-lift launcher during a space industry conference in Harbin on April 24. According to ... more
+ Astronauts eye more cooperation on China's space station
+ China unveils underwater astronaut training suit
+ China to launch advanced space cargo transport aircraft in 2019
+ China's Chang'e-4 relay satellite named "Queqiao"
+ China outlines roadmap for deep space exploration
+ Across China: Rocket launch brings back fortune to locals
+ China Space Agency chief says he expects visit by Russia's Roscosmos
Fourth US Air Force SBIRS satellite sends first images back to Earth
Buckley AFB CO (SPX) May 03, 2018
The U.S. Air Force's fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite transmitted its first images back to Earth. The milestone, known as "first light," occurred in February when the SBIRS GEO Flight-4 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, turned on its powerful sensors for the first time during space vehicle checkout. SBIRS GEO Flight-4 is the latest satellite to join the Air Force's o ... more
+ Aerojet completes hot fire propulsion test for redesigned Kill Vehicle
+ Lockheed tapped for additional THAAD interceptors
+ Saudi Arabia downs four Yemeni rebel missiles: coalition
+ 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


Iran's ballistic missiles: bone of contention with West
Tehran (AFP) May 8, 2018
Iran's ballistic missile programme has poisoned relations between Tehran and Western powers for years but for the Islamic republic the issue is staunchly non-negotiable. A recent report by London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) says Iran is developing a dozen ballistic missiles that can fly up to 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) and deliver a 450-1,200 kilo (990-2,640 po ... more
+ BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missiles to Feature Indian Quad Launchers
+ Israel orders Golan shelters open over Iran 'activity' in Syria
+ Beijing 'installs missiles' on South China Sea islands
+ MDA taps Raytheon for ongoing SM-3 missile production
+ Raytheon contracted for TOW missiles for Oman, Taiwan
+ Navy taps Raytheon for Tomahawk missiles
+ Lockheed Martin to supply rocket systems to 3 countries
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


Researchers selected to develop novel approaches to lifelong machine learning
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems have significantly advanced in recent years. However, they are currently limited to executing only those tasks they are specifically designed to perform and are unable to adapt when encountering situations outside their programming or training. DARPA's Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) program, drawing inspiration from biologica ... more
+ NASA's swarmathon improves student skills in robotics, computer science
+ Interview with a robot: AI revolution hits human resources
+ 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


Raytheon tapped for upgrades on Gray Eagle drones
Washington (UPI) May 7, 2018
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for common sensor payloads for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $28.5 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, definitive contract. The contract award by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division enables Raythe ... more
+ Talking UAS market trends with NSR analyst Gagan Agrawal
+ Lockheed announces first US customer for universal unmanned vehicle control station
+ Lockheed Martin small Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial System upgraded with high resolution thermal imaging capability
+ Air Force contracts for Reaper drone services
+ 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
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