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  Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama. NEA Scout is a six-unit CubeSat that relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion. It is one of 13 secondary science payloads NASA selected to fly on EM-1. The first in a series of increasing ... read more |
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India's Domestic SatNav System Hits Major Roadblock Ahead of Commercial ReleaseNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 03, 2018 The Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) - India's indigenous navigation and positioning system - has confronted unforeseen challenges ahead of its commercial rollout slated for the next few ... more  
NanoRacks Brings 40 Students Experiments to Space Station, New Commercial CustomersCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 Early this morning, Dragon, the spacecraft from the fifteenth SpaceX contracted resupply mission, berthed with the International Space Station carrying one of NanoRacks' largest educational missions ... more  
Dragon Now Installed To Station For Month-Long StayHouston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station's Harmony module at 9:52 a.m. EDT. The 15 ... more 
China to develop new series of carrier rockets: expertBeijing (XNA) Jul 03, 2018 China aims to develop a new series of small, medium, large and heavy-lift Long March carrier rockets by 2030 to meet the demands of its space operations, according to an expert. The capacity o ... more |
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'Flying brain' designed to follow German astronaut launches FridayTampa (AFP) June 28, 2018 A floating, ball-shaped, artificial intelligence robot, specially trained to follow around a German astronaut at the International Space Station, is scheduled to blast off Friday on its ground-breaking mission. ... more  
NASA's experimental supersonic aircraft now known as X-59 QueSSTWashington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 NASA's newest experimental aircraft, designed with quiet supersonic technology and intended to help open a new era in faster-than-sound air travel over land, will forever be known in the history boo ... more 
NASA technologies significantly reduce aircraft noiseEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 A series of NASA flight tests has successfully demonstrated technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports. The Aco ... more 
NASA leverages public and private partnerships for space science with AI boostMountain View CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 The NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) has announced it will apply artificial intelligence (AI) to four key space challenges. FDL is an AI/machine learning research accelerator powered by a public/ ... more 
SNU researchers developed electronic skins that wirelessly activate fully soft robotsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 A research team of Seoul National University (Co-senior authors: Professor Yongtaek Hong, Jaeha Kim, and Kyu-Jin Cho) has developed a skin-like electronic system that is soft, thin, lightweight and ... more |
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 Raytheon to produce Griffin missile for U.S. Special Ops  
Army contracts Oshkosh for additional joint light tactical vehiclesWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Oshkosh Defense has been awarded a $484 million contract to produce Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, or JLTV, for the U.S. Army. ... more  |
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Lockheed to support, train Iraqi air force on C-130J aircraftWashington DC (UPI) Jul 02, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded an $85 million five-year contract to train the Iraqi air force on their six C-130J aircraft. ... more 
Boeing to build 4 new Chinooks for U.S. Special OperationsWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018 Boeing has been awarded an $80 million contract to build four new MH-47G Chinook helicopters for the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. ... more 
Australia shelves MH370 memorial after relatives protestPerth, Australia (AFP) July 1, 2018 Plans to erect a memorial honouring the passengers and crew of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were shelved by Australia on Sunday after protests by relatives of the victims. ... more 
The rockets that are pushing the boundaries of space travelWashington (AFP) June 27, 2018 Friday morning at 5:42 am (0942 GMT), a rocket owned by the US company SpaceX will blast off from Florida carrying two and a half tons of gear from NASA, only to dock three days later and 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth at the International Space Station. ... more  
Joint Air-to-Ground Missile ready for low-rate initial productionOrlando FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system has successfully passed its Defense Acquisition Board review and achieved milestone C. The signed Acquisition Decision Memorandum approves ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 
An electrically conductive hydrogel that takes stretchability, self-healing and strain sensitivity to new limits has been developed at KAUST. "Our material outperforms all previously reported hydrogels and introduces new functionalities," says Husam Alshareef, professor of materials science and engineering.
Smart materials that flex, sense and stretch like skin have many applications in wh ... 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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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
NEA Scout is a six-unit CubeSat that relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
NASA's newest experimental aircraft, designed with quiet supersonic technology and intended to help open a new era in faster-than-sound air travel over land, will forever be known in the history books as the X-59 QueSST.
The U.S. Air Force, which is the government entity responsible for assigning X-number designations and the popular name associated with the aircraft, officially informed N ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Researchers in China have made a new hybrid conductive material - part elastic polymer, part liquid metal - that can be bent and stretched at will. Circuits made with this material can take most two-dimensional shapes and are also non-toxic. The work appears June 14 in the new interdisciplinary journal iScience.
"These are the first flexible electronics that are at once highly conductive a ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
Airbus and Planet have entered into a partnership to facilitate access to each other's data and the co-development of new geospatial solutions, by establishing a framework agreement to explore opportunities for joint cooperation in new and existing markets, product offerings, sales and marketing efforts.
Both partners aim at providing a comprehensive suite of global satellite data at multi ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 30, 2018 
Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, according to a US study, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease.
Diabetes has primarily been associated with lifestyle factors like diet and a sedentary lifestyle, but research by the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis said pollution also plays a major role.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018 
China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate.
China became the world's fifth country to send a satellite into space in 1970. So far, a total of 400 satellites have been launched and over 200 are currently in service.
A large family of satellites has been formed in China, covering the fields of co ... more |
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 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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 Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2018 
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems with a $224.3 million contract for improved Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems II, which turn unguided Hydra 70 rockets into precision, laser-guided munitions.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, comes under the terms of a firm-fixed-price delivery order on indefinite/delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. It allows t ... more |
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 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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 Tampa (AFP) June 28, 2018  A floating, ball-shaped, artificial intelligence robot, specially trained to follow around a German astronaut at the International Space Station, is scheduled to blast off Friday on its ground-breaking mission.
The basketball-sized device called CIMON - shortened from Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN - was described as a "flying brain" by Manfred Jaumann, head of microgravity payloads at ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
Raytheon Co. has been awarded a contract to produce a Low Cost UAV Swarming Technology, or LOCUST, Innovative Naval Prototype.
The deal, announced by the Navy Tuesday, comes under a $29 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the LOCUST Innovative Naval Prototype.
Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 25, 2020.
LOCUST can launc ... more |
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