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July 23, 2018
ROCKET SCIENCE
Roscosmos' Research Center's Staff Suspected of Leaking Data Abroad



Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 23, 2018
mployees of Russia's Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), a rocket and spacecraft scientific center at the Roscosmos space corporation, are main suspects in the high treason case, a source familiar with the investigation told Sputnik. "Most searches are carried out at the TsNIIMash. A number of employees of the enterprise and their offices are being searched by investigators and security agencies," the source said. According to the sources, TsNIIMash Head Dmitry Paison ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Team Powers On AA-2 Orion Module, Preps for Flight Test Simulation
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 23, 2018
The team of engineers outfitting the Orion test article for Ascent Abort-2 have had a busy summer. Since the arrival of the empty capsule in March, the team at Johnson Space Center in Houston has ou ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Latest Blue Origin Launch Tests Technologies of Interest to Space Exploration
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2018
On July 18, 2018, at 8:35 am PDT, Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket from the company's West Texas launch site with five NASA-supported technologies onboard. For each of these ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2018
China is developing a space vehicle to help transport orbiting satellites that have run out of fuel, Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. Fuel is a key factor limiting the life of s ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Lockheed receives contract for THAAD field support
Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is to receive a $164 million contract modification for continued support of deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
Russia Mulls Sending Two of Its FEDOR Humanoid Robots Into Space Next Year
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 23, 2018
The ambitious FEDOR project has received a number of upgrades in recent years, with plans to make the robots self-learning and even to use them to create colonies on the moon and fly solo space miss ... more
ENERGY TECH
Researchers upend conventional wisdom on thermal conductivity
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 23, 2018
Scientists have long known that diamond is the best material for conducting heat, but it has drawbacks: It is costly and is an electrical insulator; when paired with a semiconductor device, diamond ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
DARPA, Lockheed Martin Demonstrate Technologies to Enable a Connected Warfighter Network
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Jul 18, 2018
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently performed a series of flight tests demonstrating how a system of systems (SoS) approach enables seaml ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Asia is a huge growth market for government SATCOM
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
In a recent article in UAS magazine, global research and consulting firm Markets and Markets (MnM) forecasts an annual market growth rate in the U.S. of 13.2 percent for unmanned aerial vehicles (UA ... more
ENERGY TECH
Scientists uncover mechanism that stabilizes fusion plasmas
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
Sawtooth swings - up-and-down ripples found in everything from stock prices on Wall Street to ocean waves - occur periodically in the temperature and density of the plasma that fuels fusion reaction ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Why Ku-band HTS is superior for AISR
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
The commercial space industry is experiencing a new era in satellite performance. Over the past few years, multiple commercial satellite operators have deployed and activated next-generation high-th ... more
UAV NEWS
Army picks Raytheon for counter-UAV drones
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2018
The U.S. Army plans to use Raytheon's Coyote unmanned aircraft and the KRFS radar against enemy drones on the battlefield, the company said this week. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Pentagon Requests Funds for First Offensive Hypersonic Weapons
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018
The Pentagon comptroller has asked the US Congress to shift money from lower-priority defense programs to the US Air Force's first offensive "hypersonic conventional strike" weapon, according to a T ... more
MILTECH
Army researchers suggest uncertainty may be key in battlefield decision making
Adelphi MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2018
Army researchers have discovered that being initially uncertain when faced with making critical mission-related decisions based on various forms of information may lead to better overall results in ... more
UAV NEWS
'New India by 2022': New Delhi Expects Drone Industry to Boost State Development
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018
Currently, non-government agencies, organizations and individuals are not allowed to launch drones for civilian purposes in India. The proposed policy that would pave way for drone operations also r ... more


Arianespace's Ariane 5 launch for the Galileo constellation and Europe

SPACE TRAVEL
Seeking 72-hour Space Environment Forecasts with Updates on the Hour
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
Models for providing hourly terrestrial weather forecasts anywhere in the world have become increasingly precise-our smartphones buzz or chirp with local alerts of approaching thunderstorms, heavy s ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
Jiuquan, China (SPX) Jul 23, 2018
China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 a.m. Monday. The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remot ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
2018 end to be busy for ISRO with several rocket launches
New Delhi (IANS) Jul 23, 2018
The Indian space agency will have a busy year-end with several rocket launches planned from its rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, said a top official. The GSAT-11 satellite, which ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Hot firing proves solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 23, 2018
The latest hot firing of the P120C solid-propellant motor at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana proves its flight-worthiness for use on Vega-C next year and on Ariane 6 from 2020. This marks ... more
AEROSPACE
Taiwan's Apache fleet goes into service amid China tensions
Taoyuan, Taiwan (AFP) July 17, 2018
Taiwan on Tuesday put into service its fleet of US-made Apache attack helicopters, upgrading its defences against a growing military threat from China. ... more
AEROSPACE
U.K. to stick with Eurofighter development in air combat strategy
Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018
The U.K. has confirmed its commitment to the continued development of the Eurofighter program in accordance with its new Combat Air Strategy. ... more
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Chemical Gardens in Space
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 23, 2018
A classic laboratory investigation is being conducted aboard the International Space Station to better understand gravity's impact on nanotube growth in chemical gardens. Here on Earth, colorful crystal chemical gardens are often used to teach students about phenomena like hydrothermal vents and chemical reactions. Although completely inorganic, these gardens resemble plants and are influenced i ... more
+ What's your idea to 3D print on the Moon
+ Why won't Parker Solar Probe melt
+ Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers
+ Materials processing tricks enable engineers to create new laser material
+ Metal too 'gummy' to cut? Draw on it with a Sharpie or glue stick, science says
+ Controlling the manufacture of stable aerogels
+ Scientists develop proteins that self-assemble into supramolecular complexes
Why Ku-band HTS is superior for AISR
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
The commercial space industry is experiencing a new era in satellite performance. Over the past few years, multiple commercial satellite operators have deployed and activated next-generation high-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations. These satellites are able to provide far more throughput than existing wideband satellites, with increases in throughput of up to 400 percent. These new ... more
+ Asia is a huge growth market for government SATCOM
+ DARPA, Lockheed Martin Demonstrate Technologies to Enable a Connected Warfighter Network
+ IntelsatOne FlexAir Coming This Summer for Government Aircraft Operations
+ Intelsat General Delivers Programming For American Forces Network
+ Altamira receives $25 million contract for radio frequency research
+ New Land Mobile Technology Driving The Need For Modern Satcom Capabilities
+ On-the-move communications system set to field this fall


Europe's next Galileo satellites in place atop Ariane 5
Paris (ESA) Jul 16, 2018
Europe's next Galileo satellites have been put in place on top of the Ariane 5 launcher due to lift them from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Wednesday 25 July. The launcher - appearing headless in the absence of its final payload - was moved from the BIL Launcher Integration Building, where it was assembled, to the BAF Final Assembly Building, ready for the Galileo satellit ... more
+ CTSi flight tests prototype navigation system to replace GPS in highly contested environments for US Navy
+ Love navigated by Beidou
+ Next four Galileo satellites fuelled for launch
+ NASA Tests Solar Sail for CubeSat that Will Study Near-Earth Asteroids
+ India's Domestic SatNav System Hits Major Roadblock Ahead of Commercial Release
+ Russia launches Soyuz-21b with Glonass-M navigation satellite
+ China's Beidou system helps livestock water supply in remote pastoral areas
NASA, French Aerospace Lab to Collaborate on Sonic Boom Prediction Research
Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
NASA and France's Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), the French national aerospace research center, signed a research agreement Wednesday that could make supersonic passenger flights over land practical, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States or anywhere in the world. NASA and ONERA agreed to collaborate on research predicting where sonic booms ... more
+ KC-46 tanker aircraft completes flight tests ahead of first delivery
+ Lockheed, Rafael sign agreement for precision bombs
+ Aero-Glen awarded $403M for F-16 refurbishment
+ Boeing awarded $264M contract for MH-47 support
+ U.K. to stick with Eurofighter development in air combat strategy
+ U.S. Army contracts Boeing for four Chinook helicopters
+ Northrop Grumman contracted for F-18 targeting system repairs
Scientists unlock signal frequency control of precision atom qubits
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 19, 2018
Australian scientists have achieved a new milestone in their approach to creating a quantum computer chip in silicon, demonstrating the ability to tune the control frequency of a qubit by engineering its atomic configuration. The work has been published in Science Advances. A team of researchers from the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T) at U ... more
+ A step closer to single-atom data storage
+ Quantum dot white LEDs achieve record efficiency
+ Semiconductor quantum transistor points to photon-based computing
+ China court 'bans sales' of chips from US firm Micron
+ Closing the gap: On the road to terahertz electronics
+ Scientists pump up chances for quantum computing
+ US hits Chinese firm Sinovel with $1.5 mn fine for stealing technology


Billion-year-old lake deposit yields clues to Earth's ancient biosphere
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jul 20, 2018
A sample of ancient oxygen, teased out of a 1.4 billion-year-old evaporative lake deposit in Ontario, provides fresh evidence of what the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere were like during the interval leading up to the emergence of animal life. The findings, published in the journal Nature, represent the oldest measurement of atmospheric oxygen isotopes by nearly a billion years. The resul ... more
+ Laser experiments lend insight into metal core at heart of the Earth
+ MetOp-C launch campaign kicks off
+ NASA Debuts Online Toolkit to Promote Commercial Use of Satellite Data
+ Abrupt cloud clearing events over southeast Atlantic Ocean are new piece in climate puzzle
+ China to beef up CFC inspections as UN investigates illegal emissions
+ Aist-2D high resolution images received
+ What does global climate have to do with erosion rates?
Concrete weighs heavily on the Mediterranean coast
Nicosia (AFP) July 10, 2018
Across the Mediterranean, from an illegally-built hotel in a Spanish nature park to a holiday complex encroaching on Lebanon's salt flats, a tourism boom is threatening precious coastal ecosystems. With 46,000 kilometres (29,000 miles) of coastline spread across 21 countries, the Mediterranean hosts over a quarter of global tourism - but that comes at a cost to the planet. "The current ... more
+ Morocco's litter-strewn beaches kick up a stink
+ BHP vows to fight Australia Samarco mine disaster class action
+ Singapore rolling out thermal cameras to nab illegal smokers
+ Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
+ Starbucks to phase out plastic straws by 2020
+ Sanofi shuts down factory over toxic waste outcry
+ India's most populous state bans plastic, yet again


China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2018
China is developing a space vehicle to help transport orbiting satellites that have run out of fuel, Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. Fuel is a key factor limiting the life of satellites. Most satellites function for years after entering orbit, but eventually, they have to end their missions and burn up into the atmosphere due to fuel exhaustion. The vehicle is being d ... more
+ PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
+ China readying for space station era: Yang Liwei
+ China launches new space science program
+ China Rising as Major Space Power
+ China launches new-tech experiment twin satellites
+ China confirms reception of data from Gaofen-6 satellite
+ Experts Explain How China Is Opening International Space Cooperation
Lockheed receives contract for THAAD field support
Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is to receive a $164 million contract modification for continued support of deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems. The modification, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, increases the total value of the program $561 million to $725 million. Under the new deal, Lockheed will continue to provide logistics, in the ... more
+ Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel missile: coalition
+ Lockheed, Raytheon, Thales to coordinate for NATO missile defense
+ HII launches guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr
+ Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel missile: coalition
+ US wants Turkey to buy Patriot missiles, not Russian system
+ Lockheed contracted for Aegis missile defense development
+ AEGIS Weapons System sale to Spain approved by State Department


State Department approves sale of AMRAAM missiles to Denmark
Washington (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. Denmark has requested a purchase of 28 of the missiles and one spare guidance section. The potential contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, includes spare parts, testing equipment and technical support. The estimated cost of the progra ... more
+ Saudi Arabia says Yemen rebel missile intercepted
+ NATO successfully tests upgraded Sea Sparrow missile
+ Finnish navy to acquire Gabriel anti-ship missiles
+ Orbital tapped for Coyote supersonic sea skimming targets for Navy
+ Raytheon to produce Griffin missile for U.S. Special Ops
+ BAE contracted for laser-guided APKWS rocket systems
+ Joint Air-to-Ground Missile ready for low-rate initial production
Physicists uncover why nanomaterial loses superconductivity
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
The struggle to keep drinks cold during the summer is a lesson in classical phase transitions. To study phase transitions, apply heat to a substance and watch how its properties change. Add heat to water and at the so-called "critical point," watch as it transforms into a gas (steam). Remove heat from water and watch it turn into a solid (ice). Now, imagine that you've cooled everything do ... more
+ Squeezing light at the nanoscale
+ A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines
+ AI-based method could speed development of specialized nanoparticles
+ Researchers use magnets to move tiny DNA-based nano-devices
+ Atomically thin nanowires convert heat to electricity more efficiently
+ Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry
+ Novel method to fabricate nanoribbons from speeding nano droplets


Russia Mulls Sending Two of Its FEDOR Humanoid Robots Into Space Next Year
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 23, 2018
The ambitious FEDOR project has received a number of upgrades in recent years, with plans to make the robots self-learning and even to use them to create colonies on the moon and fly solo space missions in the early 2020s. A source in the Russian space and rocketry industry has told Sputnik that a team of two FEDOR (Russian acronym Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) robots m ... more
+ New creepy, crawly search and rescue robot developed at Ben-Gurion
+ Emotional robot lets you feel how it's 'feeling'
+ In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home
+ Training artificial intelligence with artificial X-rays
+ Reducing the Data Demands of Smart Machines
+ Illinois' crop-counting robot earns top recognition at leading robotics conference
+ MIT's Cheetah 3 robot avoids obstacles without the help of vision


'New India by 2022': New Delhi Expects Drone Industry to Boost State Development
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018
Currently, non-government agencies, organizations and individuals are not allowed to launch drones for civilian purposes in India. The proposed policy that would pave way for drone operations also restricts the use of fully autonomous UAS. With India set to soon begin operating drones for civilian purposes, the country's top bureaucrat has asked manufacturers to gear up for huge demand tha ... more
+ Army picks Raytheon for counter-UAV drones
+ Elbit Systems Rolls-out Hermes 900 StarLiner
+ Forget joysticks, use your torso to pilot drones
+ Northrop Grumman receives $41.2M contract for MQ-4C Triton UAV
+ SkyGuardian drone completes transatlantic flight from U.S. to U.K.
+ Israel Patriot missile intercepts unarmed drone from Syria: army
+ Fire Scout unmanned helicopter finishes first flight tests from LCS
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