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  Paris, France (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 Arianespace is present at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) from September 10 to 14 in Paris, confirming the attractiveness of its launcher family with the announcement of two contracts for Ariane 6: the first with Eutelsat as part of a launch services agreement involving five satellites; and the second with France's CNES space agency and the country's DGA defense procurement agency for the CSO-3 satellite. A third contract also was signed recently with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) f ... read more |
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Cosmonaut shows space station hole to calm publicMoscow (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 A cosmonaut on Monday showed off a hole in the International Space Station that caused loss of oxygen after Russia suggested the leak could have been caused deliberately. ... more 
Not A Job, But An Adventure - Space Traffic ControllerBethesda MD (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 In the not-too-distant future an international regulatory and enforcement agency may be looking for Space Traffic Controllers to fill hundreds of positions for well-trained professionals. It i ... more 
Soyuz-2.1a Rocket's Launch Might Be Rescheduled for 2019Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 11, 2018 The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with two Kanopus-V satellites from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome planned for December 26 might be postponed, if the manufacturer does not receive the satellite-bo ... more 
Eutelsat signs up for Ariane 6Paris, France (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 Arianespace and Eutelsat Communications have concluded a long-term multiple-launch service agreement on the occasion of the World Satellite Business Week in Paris. The agreement covers five la ... more |
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Russian Cosmonauts Asked to Look For Proof to Unravel Soyuz Hole Origin Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 10, 2018 Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have been asked to look for any evidence that could help figure out the origin of a mysterious hole in the Soyuz ship docked to the statio ... more  
A Flexible Modem Interface to Enable Roaming Across Multiple Satellite PlatformsMcLean VA (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 Most space-based military communications travel over commercial satellites, and the need for more capacity and capabilities increases every year. For that reason, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missil ... more  
Antenova offers ultra-small GNSS active antenna module for difficult locationsHatfield, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 ntenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for connected devices and the Internet of Things, is now shipping its latest module for tiny positioning devices - the RADIONOVA M20047-1 ... more  
Russia to launch biggest war games in its historyChita, Russia (AFP) Sept 11, 2018 Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops will take part in the country's largest ever military drills Tuesday, in a massive show of force featuring Chinese soldiers that has rattled the West. ... more  
US approves possible sale of early-warning planes to JapanWashington (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 The US State Department said Monday it is ready to approve the sale of up to nine early-warning military planes to Japan, in a sale worth more than $3 billion. ... more |
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Rockwell Collins to provide engineering, technical data for E-2D HawkeyeWashington (UPI) Aug 31, 2018 Rockwell Collins Simulation and Training Solutions has received a $32.9 million contract modification to provide for engineering and technical data services for the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems engineering change proposal. ... more  |
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Raytheon contracted for DAS-4 targeting systemsWashington (UPI) Sep 4, 2018 Raytheon has received a $281.9 million contract action for DAS-4 targeting system production and upgrades for the U.S Air Force. ... more 
Lockheed contracted for eCASS aircraft diagnostic kitsWashington (UPI) Sep 4, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $500 million, seven-year contract to build and deliver more than 200 electronic Consolidated Automated Support Systems. ... more 
Lockheed to provide F-35 spare parts for Marine Corps, NavyWashington (UPI) Sep 4, 2018 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has received an $81 million modification to a previously issued contract for delivery of spare parts for the F-35 Lightning II. ... more 
Raytheon lands contract for CH-53, V-22 infrared systemsWashington (UPI) Aug 30, 2018 The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $59.7 million contract for support to forward-looking infrared systems aboard CH-53 Sea Stallion and V-22 Osprey aircraft. ... more 
Pilot killed in Iran F-5 fighter jet crashTehran (AFP) Aug 26, 2018 An Iranian F-5 fighter jet crashed in southern Iran on Sunday killing its pilot, state media reported. ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 
An eco-friendly coating-free strategy has now been developed to make solid surfaces liquid repellent, which is crucial for the transportation of large quantities of liquids through pipes.
Researchers from KAUST's Water Desalination and Reuse Center have engineered nature-inspired surfaces that help to decrease frictional drag at the interface between liquid and pipe surface.
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2018 
The U.S. and India signed a military communications agreement Thursday during a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, cementing defense arrangements meant to counter China
The Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement, signed Thursday by Mattis and India's defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is part of a framework used for favored nations c ... more |
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 Hatfield, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 
ntenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for connected devices and the Internet of Things, is now shipping its latest module for tiny positioning devices - the RADIONOVA M20047-1. This is an active antenna module for GNSS applications in the 1559-1609 MHz satellite bands using GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO or BeiDou.
The M20047-1 antenna module comprises an SMD antenna with bui ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2018 
Lockheed Marti has received an $47.5 million contract for repair and overhaul of the B-2 digital countermeasure receiver.
Work on the contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Oswego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed August 2023. Air Force capital funds will be obligated on the basis of individual orders.
The B-2 Spirit long-range heavy s ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
Reduced entropy in a three-dimensional lattice of super-cooled, laser-trapped atoms could help speed progress toward creating quantum computers. A team of researchers at Penn State can rearrange a randomly distributed array of atoms into neatly organized blocks, thus performing the function of a "Maxwell's demon" - a thought experiment from the 1870s that challenged the second law of thermodynam ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
PlanetWatchers has developed a new multi-source Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) platform that utilizes multiple SAR sources to deliver actionable insights without the usual delays due to weather, time of day, and environmental conditions. Natural resource managers will now receive enhanced risk management and analytical data from the new platform.
World-renowned remote sensing specialist Pr ... more |
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 Begur, Spain (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 
Sandwiched between the crystalline blue sea and green pine trees lies Aiguafreda, one of Spain's last largely unspoiled Mediterranean coves, which is threatened by a new building frenzy.
From Catalonia to the Balearic Islands numerous building projects which came to a halt during Spain's 2008 economic crisis have been restarted as growth returns, raising fears among green groups of a new "co ... more |
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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 (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 
The US State Department said Monday it is ready to approve the sale of up to nine early-warning military planes to Japan, in a sale worth more than $3 billion.
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, made by Northrop Grumman, are equipped with powerful radars that can detect other planes and ships at long range.
Worth an estimated $3.1 billion, the deal would also include associated technolo ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey will buy some of Russia's highly-sophisticated air defence systems "in the shortest time" - a purchase that has alarmed Ankara's NATO partners.
"Turkey needs S-400s and its deal has been done," Erdogan said in the western city of Balikesir. "God willing, we will buy them in the shortest time."
In April, Russian President Vladimir Puti ... more |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic "building blocks" from which stable structures formed.
The findings, reported in Nature Communications, provide insights that may improve design of 2D materials for fast-charging energy-storage and electronic devices.
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 Storrs CT (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 
A tiny neuro-controller created by researchers at the University of Connecticut could provide more precise control of futuristic biobots, such as cyborg cockroaches that are already being tested for use in search and rescue missions inside collapsed buildings.
Scientists have spent the better part of the past decade exploring ways to tether live insects to miniaturized computer hardware so ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
Southwest Research Institute engineers are developing a cooled, radial gas turbine for a small generator that provides thousands of hours of electricity to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a significant improvement to current UAV turbines that only operate a few hundred hours before wearing out.
Turbines are rotary mechanical devices that, when combined with a generator, produce electrica ... more |
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