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  London (Sputnik) Aug 03, 2018 The Guardian has reported that the UK law enforcement and military will continue to access the encrypted signal of the Galileo satellite system post-Brexit. According to the sources, the EU chief Brexit negotiator is contemplating an offer to the UK that will give London an advantage over the use of the encrypted service compared to other third-party nations. Radio Sputnik has discussed the EU allowing UK law enforcement agencies and military access to the Galileo satellite system post-Brexi ... read more |
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Flight Tests to Prove Commercial Systems Fit for Human SpaceflightKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 The first test flights for new spacecraft designed by commercial companies in collaboration with NASA to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station from the United States are known ... more 
Engine flaw delays Boeing test of crew capsule to 2019Tampa (AFP) Aug 2, 2018 An engine flaw discovered during a launchpad test of Boeing's Starliner spaceship, designed to carry humans to the International Space Station, has delayed its first crew test flight until next year. ... more  
China's newest micro-rocket has fast production cycleBeijing (XNA) Aug 03, 2018 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Tuesday unveiled its micro rocket the Lightning Dragon No.1. The rocket, the first in the Lightning Dragon series, could have a car ... more 
India Working on Augmenting Power of Electric Propulsion for Heavier SatellitesNew Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 03, 2018 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started work on developing an electric propulsion system (EPS) with a higher thrust level, which can reduce the dependence on chemical propellant, t ... more |
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First SLS Core Stage flight hardware complete, ready for joiningHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 The first major piece of core stage hardware for NASA's Space Launch System rocket has been assembled and is ready to be joined with other hardware for Exploration Mission-1, the first integrated fl ... more 
Space tourism economics - financing and regulating trips to the final frontierLondon, UK (The Conversation) Jul 30, 2018 American engineer and businessman Dennis Tito paid US$20m in 2001 to become the world's first official space tourist. He travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian Soyuz capsule ... more 
Space Station experiment reaches ultracold milestonePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 30, 2018 The International Space Station is officially home to the coolest experiment in space. NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) was installed in the station's U.S. science lab in late May and is now ... more  
Flood detection a surprising capability of microsatellites missionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2018 Hurricanes bring heavy rainfall and strong winds to coastal communities, a potent combination that can lead to devastating damage. In 2016 NASA launched a set of eight satellites called the Cyclone ... more  
Navy Satellite System Receives Green Light for Expanded Operational UseSan Diego CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 The US Navy reports that its next generation narrowband satellite communication system has been approved for expanded operational use by U.S. Strategic Command. The authorization paves the way ... more |
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 NASA Selects US Firms to Provide Commercial Suborbital Flight Services  
BAE Systems receives order for Black Hawk GPS display unitsWashington (UPI) Jul 31, 2018 The U.S. Army chose BAE Systems to provide touch-screen computer displays for ASN-128 Doppler GPS units aboard Black Hawk helicopters. ... more  |
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Boeing receives contract for French E-3F AWACS upgradesWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 Boeing has received a $9.9 million modification to an existing contract for French Air Force E-3F Airborne Warning and Control Systems. ... more 
Hamilton Sundstrand wins contract for Osprey repairWashington (UPI) Jul 26, 2018 Hamilton Sundstrand has received a $64.8 million contract for repair of constant frequency generators aboard MV-22 and CV-22 aircraft. ... more 
Boeing receives $186.2 million order for F/A-18 spare partsWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 Boeing has received a $186.2 million order against a five-year contract with one five-year option for F/A-18 aircraft spare parts. ... more  
Romania minister under fire over 'ballistic' gaffeBucharest (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Romania's defence minister on Wednesday faced calls to resign after he said the US missile defence system in the south had ballistic missiles, apparently confirming Russian concerns of a security threat near its border. ... more  
White House backs court ban of 3D-printed gunsChicago (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 A US gun rights advocate began gearing up for a legal fight Wednesday to be able to publish online blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, as the White House signaled support for a federal judge's decision to block the venture. ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
A new two-dimensional material has become a reality, thanks to a team of Danish and Italian scientists.
The research, led by physicists at Aarhus University, succeeded in the first experimental realisation and structural investigation of single-layer vanadium disulphide (VS2). It is published today in the journal 2D Materials.
VS2 is one of a diverse group of compounds known as trans ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
The US Navy reports that its next generation narrowband satellite communication system has been approved for expanded operational use by U.S. Strategic Command.
The authorization paves the way for Navy and Marine Corps early-adopter commands to use the system on deployment as early as this fall, primarily in the Pacific theater.
The Navy's on-orbit, five-satellite constellation - the ... more |
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 London (Sputnik) Aug 03, 2018 
The Guardian has reported that the UK law enforcement and military will continue to access the encrypted signal of the Galileo satellite system post-Brexit.
According to the sources, the EU chief Brexit negotiator is contemplating an offer to the UK that will give London an advantage over the use of the encrypted service compared to other third-party nations.
Radio Sputnik has discus ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 
Boeing has received a $186.2 million order against a five-year contract with one five-year option for F/A-18 aircraft spare parts.
Work on the contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Missouri and is expected be completed by June 28, 2024. The order will be provided for by fiscal 2018 through 2024 Navy working capital funds.
The F/A-18 seri ... more |
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 Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
Scientists from the University of Konstanz and Paderborn University have succeeded in producing and demonstrating what is known as Wannier-Stark localization for the first time. In doing so, the physicists managed to overcome obstacles that had so far been considered insurmountable in the field of optoelectronics and photonics. Wannier-Stark localization causes extreme imbalance within the elect ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
China on Tuesday launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of the country's high-resolution Earth observation project.
The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched on a Long March 4B rocket at 11 am Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. It was the 282nd flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket.
The satellite can be used ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 2, 2018 
A leading Australian supermarket was Thursday forced into a backflip after facing a barrage of criticism for reneging on plans to phase out free plastic bags.
The nation's two major grocery chains, Coles and Woolworths, banned lightweight single-use plastic bags from their stores nationally last month in response to mounting community calls for change.
Instead, they began offering more e ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2018 
China is expanding its presence in Latin America filling the gap left by the US, Argentinian foreign studies analyst Gustavo Cardozo told Sputnik. Besides solidifying its positions on the continent, China is seeking to become a major space power, according to the analyst.
China's space base in Argentina's Patagonia is making Washington feel unease amid Beijing's consistent expansion in Lat ... more |
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 Bucharest (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
Romania's defence minister on Wednesday faced calls to resign after he said the US missile defence system in the south had ballistic missiles, apparently confirming Russian concerns of a security threat near its border.
"How could president (Vladimir) Putin be thrilled that we have the military base at Deveselu with ballistic missiles", Mihai Fifor said Tuesday during a live interview with a ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) July 30, 2018  Yemen's Huthi rebels are still arming themselves with ballistic missiles and drones that "show characteristics similar" to Iranian-made weapons, a report by a UN panel of experts has found.
In a confidential report to the Security Council, a copy of which was seen by AFP on Monday, the panel said it "continues to believe" that short-range ballistic missiles and other weaponry were transferre ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
Chemists at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have developed a new method of observing the chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles, which only measure a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair, in real time.
The particles are used in medicine, food and sports items because they have an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect. However, how they react and degrade in ecological and ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 
Computer vision algorithms have come a long way in the past decade. They've been shown to be as good or better than people at tasks like categorizing dog or cat breeds, and they have the remarkable ability to identify specific faces out of a sea of millions.
But research by Brown University scientists shows that computers fail miserably at a class of tasks that even young children have no ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 26, 2018 
In recent years, robotics experts have taken a page from the traditional Japanese practice of origami and come up with light and flexible - and highly innovative - robots and drones. Two types of origami-inspired structures have emerged: rigid structures that have a certain weight-bearing capacity but that break if that capacity is exceeded, and flexible yet resilient structures that cannot carr ... more |
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