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  Washington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018 Boeing has acknowledged an anomaly occurred during a recent test of its Starliner spacecraft's launch abort system. The Starliner is being developed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. It was originally expected to conduct its first crewed test flight by the end of 2018. However, a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued earlier this month suggested that timeline was unrealistic. The latest setback suggests GAO was right to predict further delays. / ... read more |
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GMV and Tecnobit partners with SkydelMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 GMV, Tecnobit and Skydel reports that they are working to adapt Skydel's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) simulation solution to support the latest developments of the Galileo GNSS, synchro ... more  
New creepy, crawly search and rescue robot developed at Ben-GurionNew York NY (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 A new highly maneuverable search and rescue robot that can creep, crawl and climb over rough terrain and through tight spaces has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researche ... more 
Army researchers teaching robots to be more reliable teammates for soldiersAdelphi MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University developed a new technique to quickly teach robots novel traversal behaviors with minimal hum ... more  
Sustained hypersonic flight-enabling technology patent granted to Advanced Rockets CorporationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 Advanced Rockets Corporation has been granted a patent for the Advanced Rockets Vehicle (ARV) system design. The main technological breakthrough highlighted in this patent is ... more |
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Why Ku-band HTS is superior for AISRMcLean 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  
Army picks Raytheon for counter-UAV dronesWashington (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 
Pentagon Requests Funds for First Offensive Hypersonic WeaponsMoscow (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  
Army researchers suggest uncertainty may be key in battlefield decision makingAdelphi 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 
'New India by 2022': New Delhi Expects Drone Industry to Boost State DevelopmentNew 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 |
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 Russia Hunting Leaker of Hypersonic Missile Details to Western Agencies 
Roscosmos' Research Center's Staff Suspected of Leaking Data AbroadMoscow (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 c ... more  |
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US Army Looking Away From Counter-Insurgency Warfare to High-Tech Future BattlesWashington DC (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2018 On Saturday, US Army Secretary Mark Esper said that the military branch's renewed emphasis on technology - like killer robots, laser weapons and hypersonic missiles - is directly linked to competiti ... more  
L-3 tapped for aircraft for imagery during missile defense testsWashington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018 L-3 Communications Integrated Systems was awarded $73.2 million for work on systems used to collect data during tests of the ballistic missile defense system. ... more 
Israel fires at Syrian missiles on Golan Heights: armyJerusalem (AFP) July 23, 2018 Israel on Monday said its air defences fired at rockets that approached its territory from neighbouring Syria, where regime troops are advancing on opposition forces close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. ... more  
Raytheon receives $64.4 million contract for MK-31 missilesWashington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018 Raytheon Missile Systems out of Tucson, Ariz., has received a $64.4 million contract for design and engineering services for the MK-31 missile. ... more 
Raytheon receives $7.5 million contract for Sea Sparrow missilesWashington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018 Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services out Indianapolis, Ind., has received a $7.5 million order for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile support. ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 
A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices.
The low-cost process, developed by Purdue University researchers, combines tools already used in industry for manufacturing metals on a large scale, but uses the speed and precision of roll-to-roll newspaper printing to remove a coupl ... more |
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 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 |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
GMV, Tecnobit and Skydel reports that they are working to adapt Skydel's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) simulation solution to support the latest developments of the Galileo GNSS, synchronizing with the European efforts to bring a modern, highly-accurate and secure positioning system to the market.
GMV, Tecnobit, and Skydel aim to provide corporations, universities, and research ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2018  Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.
The findings could aid understanding of how the Earth was formed from elements in space, some 4 billion years ago.
They could also shed light on the fundamental physical nature of nitrogen, one of the most abundant elements in the atmosphere.
An international team of researchers carri ... more |
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 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.
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 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 remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer.
After entering orbit, the PRSS-1 is in good condition ... more |
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 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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018 
Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services out Indianapolis, Ind., has received a $7.5 million order for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile support.
The missiles will be used for Landing Helicopter Assault and amphibious assault ships. Work will be performed in Hauppauge, N.Y., and Yorktown, Va., and is expected to be complete by Jul. 2019.
Fiscal 2018 Navy procurement funds in the ... more |
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 Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
The approach was developed by Daniel Packwood of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Taro Hitosugi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It involves connecting the chemical properties of molecules with the nanostructures that form as a result of their interaction.
A machine learning technique generates data that is then used to develop a diagram t ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University developed a new technique to quickly teach robots novel traversal behaviors with minimal human oversight.
The technique allows mobile robot platforms to navigate autonomously in environments while carrying out actions a human would expect of the robot in a given situation.
The ex ... more |
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 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 |
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