Space Business News
September 11, 2018
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 6 accelerates as first commercial GEO contracts signed



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

SPACE TRAVEL
Cosmonaut shows space station hole to calm public
Moscow (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
SPACE TRAVEL
Not A Job, But An Adventure - Space Traffic Controller
Bethesda 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
ROCKET SCIENCE
Soyuz-2.1a Rocket's Launch Might Be Rescheduled for 2019
Moscow (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
ROCKET SCIENCE
Eutelsat signs up for Ariane 6
Paris, 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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ROCKET SCIENCE
Arianespace to launch the CSO-3 satellite with Ariane 6
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 11, 2018
Arianespace has announced the launch services contract signature with CNES for the CSO-3 satellite, which will be launched aboard the future Ariane 6 launch vehicle - in its A62 version - from the G ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Tesla tumbles on new executive departures, Musk interview
New York (AFP) Sept 7, 2018
Shares of Tesla Motors tumbled Friday as investors were rattled by the departures of two executives and a late-night interview in which chief executive Elon Musk was seen smoking marijuana. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
U.S., India agree on defense communications cooperation pact
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 ... more
ROBO SPACE
A cyborg cockroach could someday save your life
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 ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Marine Corps Embraces High-Throughput Satellites to Complete Military Operations
McLean VA (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Communications have always played a vital role in U.S. Marine Corps operations, but that role has grown increasingly important as technology has evolved. Today's high-throughput satellites (HTS) emp ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
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
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
A Flexible Modem Interface to Enable Roaming Across Multiple Satellite Platforms
McLean 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
GPS NEWS
Antenova offers ultra-small GNSS active antenna module for difficult locations
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 ... more
MILTECH
Russia to launch biggest war games in its history
Chita, 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
MISSILE DEFENSE
US approves possible sale of early-warning planes to Japan
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. ... more


Lockheed to repair, overhaul stealth bomber countermeasure systems

AEROSPACE
Rockwell Collins to provide engineering, technical data for E-2D Hawkeye
Washington (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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AEROSPACE
Raytheon contracted for DAS-4 targeting systems
Washington (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
AEROSPACE
Lockheed contracted for eCASS aircraft diagnostic kits
Washington (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
AEROSPACE
Lockheed to provide F-35 spare parts for Marine Corps, Navy
Washington (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
AEROSPACE
Raytheon lands contract for CH-53, V-22 infrared systems
Washington (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
AEROSPACE
Pilot killed in Iran F-5 fighter jet crash
Tehran (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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Bio-inspired materials decrease drag for liquids
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. Piping n ... more
+ Holography, light-field technology combo could deliver practical 3-D displays
+ Raytheon receives contract for Zumwalt radars
+ Satellites more at risk from fast solar wind than a major space storm
+ Diamond dust enables low-cost, high-efficiency magnetic field detection
+ Facebook to build $1 bn Singapore data centre, first in Asia
+ At last, a simple 3D printer for metal
+ Chilled And Checked, Shaken And Not Stirred
U.S., India agree on defense communications cooperation pact
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
+ Marine Corps Embraces High-Throughput Satellites to Complete Military Operations
+ A Flexible Modem Interface to Enable Roaming Across Multiple Satellite Platforms
+ US Marines test laser communication system to beat radio jammers
+ Northrop Grumman, DARPA test 100 gigabit transmissions
+ US mobile network limits access to firefighters battling blaze
+ SSL to define next-generation secure satellite communications for the USAF
+ Partners in space, partners in signature: an AEHF tradition


Antenova offers ultra-small GNSS active antenna module for difficult locations
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
+ UK plans own satellite system after Galileo exclusion
+ Space sector to benefit from multi-million pound work on UK alternative to Galileo
+ US Air Force's first advanced GPS 3 satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral
+ China launches new twin BeiDou navigation satellites
+ Lockheed's first GPS III satellite shipped to Florida for launch
+ Air Force declares second GPS III satellite ready to launch
+ US Air Force declares second Lockheed Martin GPS 3 satellite ready for launch
Lockheed to repair, overhaul stealth bomber countermeasure systems
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
+ Lockheed to provide F-35 spare parts for Marine Corps, Navy
+ Honeywell tapped for CH-47 helicopter engines
+ Sierra Nevada receives $1.8B for Afghan A-29s
+ Raytheon contracted for DAS-4 targeting systems
+ Pole/Zero Acquisition tapped for P-8 Poseidon parts
+ Lockheed contracted for eCASS aircraft diagnostic kits
+ Bell contracted for AH-1Z attack helicopters for Marine Corps
Could a demon help to create a quantum computer?
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
+ Novel nano material for quantum electronics
+ Graphene enables clock rates in the terahertz range
+ Yale researchers 'teleport' a quantum gate
+ Quantum gates between atoms and photons will scale up quantum computers
+ Scientists predict superelastic properties in a group of iron-based superconductors
+ New molecular wires for single-molecule electronic devices
+ Physicists show first proof of Dicke cooperativity in a matter-matter system


PlanetWatchers Announces Breakthrough SAR Analytics Platform
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
+ China launches new marine satellite
+ How scientists are tracking Florida's red tides with satellites and smartphones
+ Aeolus laser shines light on wind
+ Ocean satellite Sentinel-6A beginning to take shape
+ China is hot spot of ground-level ozone pollution
+ NASA launching Advanced Laser to measure Earth's changing ice
+ UB scientists await launch of NASA ice-monitoring satellite
New construction boom threatens Spanish coastline
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
+ Carlsberg cans plastic rings to cut waste
+ Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants
+ The fate of plastic in the oceans
+ Cleaning up Tokyo's beaches: An Olympic task
+ 'Green hajj' slowly takes root in Mecca
+ Particulate pollution's impact varies greatly depending on where it originated
+ Australian eco-friendly 'Clothes Library' fights fast fashion


China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
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
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
+ China to launch space station Tiangong in 2022, welcomes foreign astronauts
+ China solicits international cooperation experiments on space station
+ Growing US unease with China's new deep space facility in Argentina
+ China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
+ PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
US approves possible sale of early-warning planes to Japan
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
+ Twenty-six wounded as Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile
+ State Department approves Patriot missile sale to the Netherlands
+ Russian military successfully test-fires new interceptor missile
+ PeopleTec receives ballistic missile defense engineering contract
+ TOTE Services contracted for SBX-1 ballistic missile tracking radar
+ Lockheed receives contract for missile warning satellites
+ Sweden to purchase PAC-3 MSE missile defense system


Turkey rushes to buy advanced Russia air defence system
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
+ Raytheon tapped for Sea Sparrow missile spare parts
+ Raytheon tapped for Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles
+ Israel developing missiles to hit anywhere in Mideast: minister
+ Raytheon, Lockheed receive contract for Javelin missile upgrades
+ Iran unveils next generation missile: media
+ IAI contracted for Barak-8 missiles for Israeli corvettes
+ Lockheed Martin contracted for Air Force's hypersonic missile development
Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
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. "Under our experimental condi ... more
+ First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
+ Nanotubes change the shape of water
+ Fast visible-UV light nanobelt photodetector
+ Big-picture thinking can advance nanoparticle manufacturing
+ Hybrid nanomaterials bristle with potential
+ Nanotube 'rebar' makes graphene twice as tough
+ Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time


A cyborg cockroach could someday save your life
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
+ Lockheed Martin Partners with Deakin University to Further Develop Industrial Exoskeleton
+ If military robot falls, it can get itself up
+ Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
+ UNC builds better particle tracking software using artificial intelligence
+ Activists urge killer robot ban 'before it is too late'
+ Sony to release AI-infused robotic pups in the US
+ Must do better: Japan eyes AI robots in class to boost English


3D printed impeller allows unmanned aircraft to operate for thousands of hours without need for repairs
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
+ Boeing to develop refueling drones for Pentagon
+ Navy taps Boeing for MQ-25 refueling drone
+ Raytheon receives contract for MQ-4 Trition sensor systems
+ Leidos contracted for Saturn Arch counter-IED surveillance aircraft
+ General Atomics receives contract for MQ-9 drones for France
+ General Atomics receives contract for Gray Eagle drones
+ Insitu to provide RA-21 Blackjack UAVs to the Marine Corps and Poland
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