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  Seattle, WA (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three upcoming launches. The first Electron mission, scheduled for the end of 2018, will launch a BlackSky microsat along with several rideshare customers. he second mission will launch satellites from commercial and government organizations in early 2019, and the third mission, also scheduled for early 2019, will launch a spacecraft from Canon Electronics. All three missions will lift off from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsu ... read more |
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Japan successfully tests H-IIA launch vehicle with new research satelliteTokyo (Sputnik) Jun 14, 2018 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Tuesday successfully tested a H-IIA Launch Vehicle with a new research satellite, according to the agency's live stream of the lift-off. The launch ... more  
New NASA position to focus on exploration of Moon, Mars and worlds beyondWashington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is taking a giant leap focusing the agency's exploration of the Moon, Mars and our Solar System. Effective immediately, Steve Clarke is SMD's Deputy As ... more 
Possible launch date of Russia's Nauka module to ISSBaikonur, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2018 Russia's Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) Nauka was previously supposed to be sent to International Space Station (ISS) back in 2014, but in 2013, pollution was detected in its fuel system. ... more 
Girls' Rocketry Challenge team wins three awards at national model rocketry competitionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 Three school teams from the second cycle of the Girls' Rocketry Challenge (GRC), Lockheed Martin's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education program in Japan, have successful ... more |
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New Land Mobile Technology Driving The Need For Modern Satcom CapabilitiesMcLean VA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 Industrial revolutions leave no sector or industry untouched, and the fourth industrial revolution is no different. We are witnessing the rapid transformation that's blurring the line between the ph ... more  
NASA flies large unmanned aircraft in public airspace without chase plane for first timeEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 NASA's remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a ... more  
Two killed, one injured in Bulgaria military helicopter crashSofia (AFP) June 11, 2018 A Bulgarian military helicopter crashed during a training exercise on Monday evening near the southern city of Plovdiv, killing two of the three men onboard, the defence ministry said. ... more 
Sale of Apache helicopters, equipment to India gains approvalWashington (UPI) Jun 13, 2018 The U.S. State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale that would send six Apache helicopters, with additional equipment, to India. ... more 
Navy modifies Boeing contract for Super Hornet aircraftWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2018 Pentagon officials have announced a new modified contract with Boeing for the manufacture and delivery of F/A-18 Super Hornet variants. ... more |
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Headwall integrates Hyperspectral and LiDAR aboard UAV platformsBolton MA (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 advanced sensor payloads consisting of hyperspectral sensors and LIDAR for deployment on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms. Through the fusion of spectral imaging data and 3D LIDAR outpu ... more  |
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Zero 2 Infinity opens new investment round through CrowdcubeBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 The European Space transportation company Zero 2 Infinity (Z2I) has opened a new investment round of 1 million pounds through Crowdcube to fund the company's growth plan and its vision to make Space ... more  
Tanks for the ride: US soldier steals armoured vehicleWashington (AFP) June 6, 2018 Talk about a spectacular joyride: an American soldier commandeered an armored personnel carrier and led police on a chase along a major highway for more than an hour. ... more 
Army scientists have a blast with aluminum nanoparticlesAberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 Army scientists proved a decades-old prediction that mixing TNT and novel aluminum nanoparticles can significantly enhance energetic performance. This explosive discovery is expected to extend the r ... more 
Kongsberg contracted for parts on 150 F-35sWashington (UPI) Jun 12, 2018 Kongsberg has received a $65 million order from Lockheed Martin for parts on 150 F-35s, a day after Lockheed and the Pentagon marked delivery of the 300th F-35 aircraft. ... more 
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin deliver 300th F-35 aircraftFort Worth TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft, demonstrating the program's continued progress and momentum. The 300th aircraft is a U.S. ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 
In the not-too-distant future an international regulatory and enforcement agency may be looking for Space Traffic Controllers to fill hundreds of positions for well-trained professionals. It is likely that these positions will be located in an international metropolis such as Washington, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Rome or Moscow.
Applicants must pass a rigorous training program including ma ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
Industrial revolutions leave no sector or industry untouched, and the fourth industrial revolution is no different. We are witnessing the rapid transformation that's blurring the line between the physical and digital worlds through artificial intelligence, machine to machine communications, and the Internet of Things-technologies that are touching every aspect of our lives. For the government an ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 11, 2018 
With the Brexit talks underway, the EU has recently announced its decision to exclude UK firms out of the Galileo satellite navigation system, citing legal issues about sharing sensitive information with a non-member state.
Reacting to the European Union's move, UK Brexit Secretary David Davis lashed out the European Commission, saying that it was "shooting itself in the foot just to prove ... more |
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 Sofia (AFP) June 11, 2018 
A Bulgarian military helicopter crashed during a training exercise on Monday evening near the southern city of Plovdiv, killing two of the three men onboard, the defence ministry said.
The Soviet-made Mi-17 helicopter burst into flames after coming down from a height of 50 metres at around 8:30 pm (1730 GMT) not far from the Krumovo military airbase and Plovdiv's civilian airport.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 
Nanoscientists at Northwestern University have developed a blueprint to fabricate new heterostructures from different types of 2-D materials. 2-D materials are single atom layers that can be stacked together like "nano-interlocking building blocks."
Materials scientists and physicists are excited about the properties of 2-D materials and their potential applications. The researchers descri ... more |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
Scientists from the University of Maryland, the University of Leeds and the University of California, San Diego, have reviewed decades of satellite measurements to reveal how and why Antarctica's glaciers, ice shelves and sea ice are changing.
Their report, published in a special Antarctica-focused issue of the journal Nature on June 14, 2018, explains how ice shelf thinning and collapse h ... more |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) June 12, 2018  The European Parliament has told its lawmakers and staff to set an example for EU citizens by no longer drinking water from plastic bottles by next year.
The European Parliament bureau headed by Antonio Tajani and 14 vice presidents adopted a measure late Monday to phase out the plastic bottles and build a network of drinking fountains.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) June 10, 2018 
Saudi air defences on Sunday intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern city of Jizan after being fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition said.
Debris from the missile landed in residential areas of Jizan without causing casualties, the coalition said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Iran-backed Huthi rebels ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
The U.S. Army Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.6 million dollar contract to mature the Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor, evaluate its effectiveness and demonstrate manufacturing readiness as part of the Extended Mission Area Missile Program. Announced by the company at the Eurosatory exhibition, this award marks the MHTK's transition from the Sci ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
What drives cells to live and engines to move? It all comes down to a quantity that scientists call "free energy," essentially the energy that can be extracted from any system to perform useful work. Without this available energy, a living organism would eventually die and a machine would lie idle.
In work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of M ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 12, 2018 
Many natural organisms have the ability to repair themselves. Now, manufactured machines will be able to mimic this property. In findings published this week in Nature Materials, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a self-healing material that spontaneously repairs itself under extreme mechanical damage.
This soft-matter composite material is composed of liquid metal dro ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) June 6, 2018 
It's the hands-free experience you never knew you needed - a Japanese company has developed a drone-powered parasol it says can hover over users, protecting them from the sun.
The drone-powered sunshade - being developed by Asahi Power Service - should be released next year, and will initially target those in need of a hands-free head covering wider than your average hat, like golfers. ... more |
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