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  Stennis MS (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully fired its AR-22 booster rocket engine an unprecedented 10 times in 240 hours at NASA Stennis Space Center, demonstrating the feasibility of rapidly recycling the engine to enable a reusable launch vehicle capable of high-tempo, aircraft-like flight operations. "Aerojet Rocketdyne has continued to refine the reusable engine technology we originally developed for the Space Shuttle program," said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. "With the AR-22 ... read more |
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PPPL diagnostic is key to world record of German fusion experimentPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 When Germany's Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) fusion facility set a world record for stellarators recently, a finely tuned instrument built and delivered by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton P ... more  
Space Station Shrinks Fluorescence Microscopy ToolHouston TX (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 Honey, I shrunk the microscope! A miniaturized fluorescence microscope makes it possible to observe changes in living cells in microgravity. Future observations of astronauts' cells could tell scien ... more  
China readying for space station era: Yang LiweiBeijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2018 China is accelerating its timetable for a space station, with the core capsule expected to be launched in 2020, says Yang Liwei, director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office and the country ... more 
Making oxygen from water may pave way for long-distance space travelWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2018 Scientists have converted water into oxygen and hydrogen under microgravity conditions using only a semiconductor and sunlight. The technology could make long-distance space travel possible. ... more |
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Orion Jettison Motor Ready for Crew Escape System TestSacramento CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently passed a key milestone in preparation for the Ascent Abort Test (AA-2) next year with the successful casting of the Jettison Motor for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spa ... more 
Aurora Launch Services established in Alaska To provide responsive launch servicesAnchorage AK (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 Alaska Aerospace has launched Aurora Launch Services as a wholly-owned subsidiary to offer low cost launch services to both commercial and government customers worldwide. Based in Anchorage, Alaska, ... more 
Successful Flight Testing Of Crew Escape System - Technology DemonstratorNew Delhi (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration July 05, 2018, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight. ... more 
China launches new space science programBeijing (XNA) Jul 06, 2018 China Wednesday launched a new space science program focusing on the origin and evolution of the universe, black holes, gravitational waves and relationship between the solar system and human. ... more  
Lockheed contracted for Aegis missile defense developmentWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2018 Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems Division has been awarded a contract modification for continued development of the next iteration of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system. ... more |
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 Altamira receives $25 million contract for radio frequency research  
Saudi Arabia says Yemen rebel missile interceptedRiyadh (AFP) July 10, 2018 Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said its air defences had intercepted a missile fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, where a military coalition led by Riyadh is battling the insurgents. ... more  |
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State Department approves sale of AMRAAM missiles to DenmarkWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2018 The State Department has approved the possible sale of AIM-120 C7 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles to Denmark under a foreign military sale. ... more  
Israel Patriot missile intercepts unarmed drone from Syria: armyJerusalem (AFP) July 11, 2018 Israel fired a Patriot missile on Wednesday to intercept what initial findings showed was an unarmed Syrian drone that may have been on an intelligence mission, the army said. ... more 
Chinese Space Company Planning Launch of Largest Privately Owned Liquid RocketBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 10, 2018 Beijing-based space launch company LandSpace recently revealed that its Suzaku No. 2, the largest privately-owned rocket developed in the country so far, will be launched in 2020. The company, ... more 
Largest-ever solid rocket motor poised for first hot firingParis (ESA) Jul 10, 2018 This week, the largest solid rocket motor ever built in one piece will be test fired at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for the first time. This important milestone validates the booster f ... more  
Slovakia to buy 14 US-made F-16 jet fightersBratislava (AFP) July 11, 2018 The Slovak government announced Wednesday it had approved the purchase of 14 cutting-edge US-made F-16 Block 70/72 jet fighters, amid US criticism that NATO members in Europe do not spend enough on defence. ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 09, 2018 
A station was unsuccessfully launched as a part of the USSR's space exploration program and has been orbiting the Earth ever since, but the station's deterioration is bringing its "homecoming" closer with each passing year.
The Kosmos 482 interplanetary station, which was unsuccessfully sent towards Venus in 1972 by the USSR, may crash land on Earth between 2023 and 2025, astronomer and co ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2018 
Altamira Technologies has received a $25 million contract for radio frequency research and development for the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The five year contract, announced Tuesday, will apply to distributed radio frequency measures, advanced waveform design, adaptive signal processing and distributed and passive sensing.
"Our ongoing work with AFRL, and recognized success wit ... more |
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 Patuxent River MD (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 
CTSi and partner L3 Technologies completed flight-testing this month of a newly developed integrated communication and navigation system for use in highly contested and GPS-denied environments.
Designated the Enhanced Link Navigation System (ELNS), the prototype was built under a Navy $8.7M Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III contract and flight tested at the St. Mary's Cou ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2018 
PKL Services has been awarded a contract to train the Republic of Singapore's air force on the F-15SG, it's variant of the Strike Eagle multirole fighter.
The $10.2 million contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, comes under a firm-fixed-price contract and enables the company to provide maintenance, operations and other training to the Singapore air force for the F-15SG ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 6, 2018 
A US court on Friday imposed the maximum fine of $1.5 million of Chinese firm Sinovel for stealing trade secrets from an American company producing wind turbines, the Justice Department said.
The decision comes on the day Washington unleashed 25 percent import tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese products to punish the country for what President Donald Trump has said is the rampant theft of Ame ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 9, 2018 
An environmental pressure group claimed Monday that Chinese factories are illegally using ozone-depleting CFCs, which have recently seen a spike in emissions that has baffled scientists.
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) campaign group said 18 factories in 10 Chinese provinces they looked into admitted to using banned chlorofluorocarbons.
Producers and traders told EIA researc ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) July 6, 2018 
India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh, home to 220 million people, announced Friday a ban on plastic cups and polythene use from July 15, in its third such attempt.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to make India free of single-use plastic by 2022, and the majority of India's 29 states have a full or partial ban.
However the law is rarely enforced, and Uttar Pradesh's previou ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 06, 2018 
China Wednesday launched a new space science program focusing on the origin and evolution of the universe, black holes, gravitational waves and relationship between the solar system and human.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced to develop a group of four satellites in the program.
The program includes a satellite named "Einstein-Probe (EP)", which is tasked with discover ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2018 
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems Division has been awarded a contract modification for continued development of the next iteration of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system.
The deal, announced Monday by the Pentagon, comes under a $15 million cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to an existing contract. With the modification, the total value of the contract, for developme ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2018 
The NATO Seasparrow Project Office has performed a successful flight test of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2, the U.S. Navy announced.
The ESSM intercepted a BQM-74E drone target on July 5. The test is the first to use Raytheon's new Block 2 active guidance seeker-head, Navy officials said.
Raytheon received a $77 million contract in support of the program in May for furth ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2018 
Cheetah 3, a robot designed by engineers at MIT, can run, jump and climb across complex terrain, avoiding obstacles along the way - all without the benefit of sight.
Researchers have dubbed the robot's technological abilities "blind locomotion."
Robots with similar maneuverability rely on cameras or some other kind of sensor to "see" the world, but Cheetah 3 is effectively blind ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2018 
A MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter finished its Initial Operational Test and Evaluation from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado, U.S. Navy officials said.
The crew of the Coronado and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, or VX-1, conducted combat simulations to evaluate the Fire Scout on target identification, intelligence and surface warfare, the results of which will help the Na ... more |
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