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Looking to the Future with Ariane 6 and Vega C Launchers for Asia-Pacific Customers![]() Singapore (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Arianespace, the global reference in space transportation, has orbited 60% of commercial satellites in the Asia-Pacific region since 1981. And this dynamic is continuing apace: after four satellites orbited for customers in the region during 2017, and the successful launch of DSN-1/Superbird-8 for SKY Perfect JSAT and the Japanese Ministry of Defense on April 5, 2018, Arianespace's order book includes five other satellite launches for Asia-Pacific customers between 2018 and 2020. At CommunicAsia 2 ... read more |
China launches new-tech experiment twin satellitesXichang, China (XNA) Jun 28, 2018 China successfully launched new-tech experiment twin satellites on the Long March-2C rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday morning. The twin satellites were l ... more
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne to join Spaceflight's portfolio of launch vehiclesSeattle WA (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 Spaceflight and Virgin Orbit have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a mission to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in 2019. Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl, a dedicated 747-400 carrier aircraft, w ... more
NanoRacks deploys largest satellite yet from ISSHouston TX (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 Early this morning, NanoRacks successfully deployed the RemoveDEBRIS satellite from the International Space Station via the Company's commercially developed Kaber Microsatellite Deployer (Kaber). Th ... more
Robotic Refueling Mission 3 completes crucial series of testsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 Space exploration has captured our attention for over half of a century. NASA plans to propel human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit and continue the legacy of the Apollo missions. With a re ... more |
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Pentagon awards Lockheed $78M for AEGIS developmentWashington (UPI) Jun 26, 2018 The U.S. Defense Department awarded a $78.4 million contract to Lockheed Martin for development of the AEGIS combat system, as well as test site operation and maintenance. ... more
Navy awards contract for F-35 support outside U.S.Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract modification to Lockheed Martin to set up depots for maintenance on and upgrades to F-35 aircraft. ... more
Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, PacificSydney (AFP) June 26, 2018 Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. ... more
SpaceX's new rocket scores big satellite launch contractWashington (Sputnik) Jun 25, 2018 lon Musk's SpaceX just won a major $130 million contract to launch a US Air Force satellite into orbit, the military branch announced Friday. The contract, which is the fifth awarded under the ... more
Air Force contracts SpaceX for satellite launchWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, will send a satellite into orbit atop its Falcon Heavy rocket in 2020, the U.S. Air Force announced on Thursday. ... more |
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Air Force contracts for next generation space launch propulsion systemWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract for rocket propulsion engine development for the U.S. Air Force. ... more |
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Lockheed wins more than $1 billion for F-16 productionWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for F-16 production for the kingdom of Bahrain. ... more
Nearly 1,000 migrants rescued off Libya coast: navyTripoli (AFP) June 25, 2018 Libya's coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the navy said on Monday. ... more
In Togo, hi-tech orthopaedic care goes through crucial testLome (AFP) June 23, 2018 In a consulting room in Togo's capital, Lome, Geraldo Emmanuel - handicapped since birth six years ago - waits patiently on a bed while a digital scan is taken of his right leg. ... more
Split families in limbo amid Trump immigration chaosEl Paso, United States (AFP) June 23, 2018 The fate of 2,300 children wrested from their parents at the US border with Mexico remained unclear Friday two days after Donald Trump ordered an end to migrant family separations, as the president accused Democrats of spinning "phony" tales of suffering for electoral gain. ... more
NATO says ready to help Italy in LibyaRome (AFP) June 24, 2018 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday the alliance was prepared to help out in troubled Libya as it grapples with a migrant crisis but warned there were no military solutions. ... more |
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Experiments of the Russian scientists in space lead to a new way of 3D-bioprinting Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 26, 2018
Thanks to the research of magnetic levitation in the conditions of microgravity, a new technology for 3D printing of biological tissues was developed. In the future, this technology will help to create radiation-sensitive biological constructs and repair damaged tissues and human organs. The results are published in Biofabrication. The technology is based on the results of the experimental studi ... more |
New Land Mobile Technology Driving The Need For Modern Satcom Capabilities 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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Russia launches Soyuz-21b with Glonass-M navigation satellite Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 19, 2018
Russia launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center on Sunday to orbit a Glonass-M satellite, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"On Sunday, at 00:46 Moscow time [21:46 GMT]... the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a middle-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a navigation Glonass-M spacecraft," the ministry said in a statement. Hours later t ... more |
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Lockheed wins more than $1 billion for F-16 production Washington (UPI) Jun 25, 2018
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for F-16 production for the kingdom of Bahrain.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $1.124 billion under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive-firm contract that enables Lockheed Martin to provide 16 F-16 V Block 70 aircraft, according to the Pentagon.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engin ... more |
Less is more when it comes to predicting molecules' conductivity Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 25, 2018
The smaller and smarter that phones and devices become, the greater the need to build smaller circuits. Forward-thinking scientists in the 1970s suggested that circuits could be built using molecules instead of wires, and over the past decades that technology has become reality.
The trouble is, some molecules have particularly complex interactions that make it hard to predict which of them ... more |
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Copernicus 20 years on Paris (ESA) Jun 25, 2018
This week marks 20 years since the manifesto was signed that gave rise to Europe's Copernicus environmental programme. With seven Sentinel satellites already in orbit delivering terabytes of data every day, Copernicus is the biggest provider of Earth observation data in the world.
To mark this 20-year milestone, reflect on the programme's achievements and to look to the future, EU commissi ... more |
BHP, Vale agree to settle one Samarco suit, second delayed Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2018
Mining giants BHP and Vale, co-owners of Samarco, Tuesday reached agreement with Brazilian public authorities to settle a 20 billion real (US$5.3 billion) civil suit over a mine collapse that left 19 people dead.
The companies also established a framework to progress a second 155 billion real claim brought by federal prosecutors in the next two years, Australia's BHP said in a statement.
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China launches new-tech experiment twin satellites Xichang, China (XNA) Jun 28, 2018
China successfully launched new-tech experiment twin satellites on the Long March-2C rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday morning.
The twin satellites were launched at 11:30 a.m., and entered their intended orbit.
The twin-satellites missions are to link the inter-satellite network and conduct new technology tests on satellites earth-observation. ... more |
AEGIS Weapons System sale to Spain approved by State Department Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018
The United States may sell five AEGIS Weapons Systems to Spain, the State Department announced Tuesday.
The deal, which would cost about $860.4 million, requires the approval of Congress before it can be finalized.
The Government of Spain has requested to buy the five AEGIS Weapons Systems MK7 and a variety of other weapons and technologies that come with it - including five shi ... more |
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Lockheed tapped for guided missile support Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control has been awarded a contract for maintenance of Army tactical guided missiles and launch assembly service by the U.S. Army.
The $364 million firm-fixed-price domestic and foreign military sales contract was announced on Thursday by the Department of Defense. It also covers tactical missile sales to Romania.
The Army Tactical Missile System, ... more |
Squeezing light at the nanoscale Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules.
The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra ... more |
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Robotic Refueling Mission 3 completes crucial series of tests Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018
Space exploration has captured our attention for over half of a century. NASA plans to propel human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit and continue the legacy of the Apollo missions.
With a renewed focus on exploration, NASA is developing new space technologies and capabilities that pave the way for missions back to the Moon and beyond. The agency will advance long duration mission-critica ... more |
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Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2018
Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday.
Canberra has been embarking on its largest peacetime naval investment through a massive shipbuilding strategy that includes new submarines, offshore patrol vessels and frigates to shore up its defence c ... more |
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