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  Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program. Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space. Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust the capsules' operation orbit and 32 to adjust flight attitude. Each engine is designed to work for at least 1 ... read more |
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Lockheed Martin begins final assembly on NASA's OrionDenver CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Technicians have completed construction on the spacecraft capsule structure that will return astronauts to the Moon, and have successfully shipped the capsule to Florida for final assembly into a fu ... more  
UK plans own satellite system after Galileo exclusionLondon (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 Britain will invest in the possible creation of its own satellite-navigation system, the UK government announced Wednesday, after being excluded from the EU's Galileo programme because of Brexit. ... more  
Aerojet Rocketdyne demonstrates advanced electric propulsion capabilitiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed its early systems integration test for NASA's Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) program, a next-generation propulsion capability that will further ... more  
Israel developing missiles to hit anywhere in Mideast: ministerJerusalem (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 Israel is working on a new missile system capable of hitting targets anywhere in the Middle East, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday. ... more |
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Activists urge killer robot ban 'before it is too late'Geneva (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 Countries should quickly agree a treaty banning the use of so-called killer robots "before it is too late", activists said Monday as talks on the issue resumed at the UN. ... more 
Russia's Kalashnikov branches out from rifles to robots and e-carsMoscow (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 A recent pledge by Kalashnikov to compete with Elon Musk's Tesla with a Russian retro "electric supercar" drew chuckles, but the legendary gun producer has long been trying to branch out into products from drones to yachts. ... more 
Space launch training cooperationVandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 The 30th Space Wing and 45th Space Wing launch training teams recently came together to gain further understanding of each other's training programs. The main focus of the Vandenberg and Cape ... more 
Students experience the power of controlling satellites in spaceHouston TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 Earth-bound electronic games can't compete with actually controlling a squadron of miniature robotic satellites in space. Through the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satell ... more 
Commercial Spaceports 2018Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 About three years ago the FAA gave Houston the "go-ahead" to build America's 10th commercial spaceport. Yes, the US already had nine spaceports designated for commercial operations. One must ask, "W ... more |
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Northrop Grumman, DARPA test 100 gigabit transmissionsWashington (UPI) Aug 23, 2018 Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have developed a wireless transmission data link that can transmit 100 gigabits per second over more than 12 miles in a urban area. ... more  |
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Russian military successfully test-fires new interceptor missileMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2018 According to the Russian Defense Ministry's statement, the new missile interceptor has reliably confirmed its performance specifications and successfully accomplished the set task by destroying a si ... more 
Space sector to benefit from multi-million pound work on UK alternative to GalileoLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 UK industry will benefit from a Pounds 92 million injection to design a national alternative to the EU's Galileo satellite system, ensuring UK security post Brexit. The money has been allocated fr ... more  
F-35C tests integration with USS Abraham LincolnWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 Navy F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters has been integrated into carrier air wing training flight operations for the first time with aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 7 on the USS Abraham Lincoln. ... more 
United Technologies contracted for F-35 engine production toolingWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 United Technologies Pratt & Whitney Military Engines has received a $14.5 million for a contract on Lot 11 F-35 Lightning II F-135 engine production tooling. ... more 
Raytheon tapped for Tomahawk Block IV cruise missilesWashington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 Raytheon has received a $9.3 million order for certification and parts for Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles for the U.S. Navy. ... more |
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 Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 
In the 1940s, scientists first explained how materials can deform plastically by atomic-scale line defects called dislocations. These defects can be understood as tiny carpet folds that can move one part of a material relative to the other without spending a lot of energy.
Many technical applications are based on this fundamental process, such as forging, but we also rely on the power of d ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2018 
One of the US Defense Department's top research agencies has been testing a new communication network that one researcher described as "basically fiber optic communications without the fiber."
In early 2017, the DoD awarded the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) $45 million to develop a system of sensors and hardware that would enable soldiers to communicate even if the enem ... more |
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 London (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Britain will invest in the possible creation of its own satellite-navigation system, the UK government announced Wednesday, after being excluded from the EU's Galileo programme because of Brexit.
At the same time, London said it was continuing to negotiate with the European Union about remaining in the Galileo programme.
Britain will invest Pounds 92 million ($119 million, 102 million euros), ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 
United Technologies Pratt & Whitney Military Engines has received a $14.5 million for a contract on Lot 11 F-35 Lightning II F-135 engine production tooling.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, provides for engineering services on the F-135 engine, including tooling unique components and machines needed for production of the F135 engine.
Work will be perf ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
After their recent pioneering experiments to couple light and matter to an extreme degree, Rice University scientists decided to look for a similar effect in matter alone. They didn't expect to find it so soon.
Rice physicist Junichiro Kono, graduate student Xinwei Li and their international colleagues have discovered the first example of Dicke cooperativity in a matter-matter system, a re ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 23, 2018 
Next month, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure - in unprecedented detail - changes in the heights of Earth's polar ice.
NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will measure the average annual elevation change of land ice covering Greenland and Antarctica to within the width of a pencil, capturing 60 ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Harmful algae isn't just a problem for high-profile bodies of water - it poses serious, toxic threats in small ponds and lakes as well, new research has found.
A team of researchers from The Ohio State University examined water samples from two dozen ponds and small lakes in rural Ohio and found plenty of cause for concern, with particularly high levels of toxins at one lake.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program.
Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space.
Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 
PeopleTec has received a $33.6 million contract with a two-year value of $9 million for engineering advising services for the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System.
The contract covers engineering for international partners and the Ballistic Missile Defense System to defend against ballistic missile threats. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., Fort Belvoir, Va., and Tel Aviv, Is ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 
Israel is working on a new missile system capable of hitting targets anywhere in the Middle East, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday.
State-owned arms manufacturer Israel Military Industries (IMI) would deliver "within a few years" an advanced integrated system "allowing precise hits by remote launching", he said in a statement.
Lieberman added that the contract with IMI w ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 
First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nanotube hole. Then insert water. If the nanotube is just the right width, the water molecules will align into a square rod.
Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and his team used molecular models to demonstrate their theory that weak van der Waals forces between the inner surface of the nanotube and the water molecules are strong ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 27, 2018  Countries should quickly agree a treaty banning the use of so-called killer robots "before it is too late", activists said Monday as talks on the issue resumed at the UN.
They say time is running out before weapons are deployed that use lethal force without a human making the final kill-order and have criticised the UN body hosting the talks - the Convention of Certain Conventional Weapons ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded a contract for $123 million for the French 3rd/4th Systems MQ-9 Block 5 program.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2020. The program falls under a foreign military sale to France.
The MQ-9 SkyGuardian, also known as ... more |
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