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  Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance. The satellite is healthy and sending data to the Mission Control Station, operated by the 460th Space Wing located at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. SBIRS GEO-3 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 booster on January 19, 2018. Upon separation from the booster, satellite operations personne ... read more |
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Orion's first Service Module integration completeBremen, Germany (ESA) Sep 19, 2018 Last week at the Airbus integration hall in Bremen, Germany, technicians installed the last radiator on the European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecraft marking the module's finished integrat ... more  
SpaceX Open to Deploying Orbital Weapons for USWashington (Sputnik) Sep 19, 2018 In July 2018, Defense Undersecretary for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin called for the deployment of space-based sensors aimed at detecting ballistic missile launches at their early stages ... more 
100th Ariane 5 will carry Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2 Intelsat 38Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 19, 2018 For its sixth launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center (CSG): Horizons 3e, installed as the upper passenger, for In ... more  
AF Announces selection of GPS III follow-on contractWashington DC (AFNS) Sep 19, 2018 The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion. ... more |
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Baikonur Facilities to Undergo Overhaul Before OneWeb Satellites Launch - SourceBaikonur, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2018 The assembly and testing facility of the Baikonur cosmodrome which will be used for the launch of OneWeb satellites atop Russian rockets will go through a reconstruction ahead of the beginning of th ... more 
Fly me to the Moon? A look at the space-tourism raceWashington (AFP) Sept 14, 2018 SpaceX is among a handful of companies racing to propel tourists into space. Here are the top projects in the works, and what they involve. ... more  
Lockheed Martin Introduces Mission Planning System That Connects Systems and Assets Across DomainsNational Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 Success in future conflicts will require the ability to operate across a resilient network that connects disparate systems and assets across different domains. To move toward this future, Lockheed M ... more  
Multi-joint, personalized soft exosuit breaks new groundBoston MA (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 In the future, smart textile-based soft robotic exosuits could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their destinations so ... more  
RUDN University mathematicians proposed to improve cellular network coverage by using UAVsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 RUDN University mathematicians simulated the work of a cellular network. In their model unmanned aerial vehicles are employed as additional transmitters. Most of the available communication systems ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin embraces agile software development to evolve signals intelligence capabilities 
ViaSat contracted for JTRS aircraft communications systemsWashington (UPI) Sep 19, 2018 ViaSat has received a $96.2 million contract to increase the existing production of current and future Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems. ... more  |
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General Atomics contracted for Reaper drone ground control workWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2018 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has received a $92.2 million contract for MQ-9 Block 30 Ground Control Station retrofits for the U.S. Air Force. ... more  
Gen Dyn contracted for Hydra aerial rocketsWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2018 General Dynamics has received a $44.4 million contract for foreign military sales of Hydra rockets for Afghanistan, Nigeria, Australia, Lebanon and Philippines. ... more  
Federal Prison Industries tapped for interceptor body armorWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2018 Federal Prison Industries in Washington, D.C., has received a $110.2 million contract for interceptor body armor and tactical vests for the U.S. Army. ... more 
Kongsberg wins contract for CROWS weapon mountsWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2018 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norway has won a $498.3 million production, sustainment and engineering contract for the M153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station. ... more 
BAE receives contract for Bradley Fighting Vehicle upgradesWashington (UPI) Sep 14, 2018 BAE Systems Land & Armaments has received a $91.2 million contract for eight Bradley Fighting Vehicle common module logic items for the U.S. Army. ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 19, 2018 
Scientists from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and the Russian Academy of Sciences' Scientific Research Institute of System Development have recently developed components for designing fault-tolerant asynchronous circuits, which can be used in space vehicles, the MEPhI press service reports.
Microcircuits that are traditionally used in cars and computers are poorly suited t ... more |
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 National Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 
Working with the Air Force, Lockheed Martin has used agile development to evolve the signals intelligence capabilities for the Distributed Common Ground System, the Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. The AF DCGS produces actionable intelligence from data collected by sensors on manned and unmanned ISR platforms.
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Sep 19, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion.
"The world is dependent on GPS, from getting directions to getting cash from an ATM or trading on the stock exchange," said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. "These satellites will provide ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 
Amid farmlands on the outskirts of Beijing, a massive construction site rising above the horizon bustles with activity as 8,000 workers build a new mega airport.
Aimed at easing the passenger load of Beijing's other two airports, Daxing International Airport is scheduled to become operational in June 2019, said Li Jianhua, vice chairman of Beijing City Planning New Airport Construction.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 
Printed electronics use standard printing techniques to manufacture electronic devices on different substrates like glass, plastic films, and paper. Interest in this area is growing because of the potential to create cheaper circuits more efficiently than conventional methods.
A new study by researchers at Soonchunhyang University in South Korea, published in AIP Advances, from AIP Publish ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 17, 2018 
For more than 20 years, changes in ozone over Antarctica have been carefully monitored by a succession of European satellites. This important long-term record is now being added to by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission, which is dedicated to atmospheric monitoring.
Protecting life on Earth from the Sun's harmful rays of ultraviolet radiation, the ozone layer is a very important, yet fragil ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) Sept 18, 2018 
Fed-up with a growing mountain of stinking disposable nappies, a Dutch firm Tuesday started building the country's first recycling plant to turn poo into profit.
Plastic from the nappies extracted by the facility in the central Dutch town of Weurt near Nijmegen will have a second life as household items like garden furniture or flower pots.
"In total, we plan to process some 15,000 tonne ... 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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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 
The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance. The satellite is healthy and sending data to the Mission Control Station, operated by the 460th Space Wing located at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado.
SBIRS GEO-3 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch All ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 17, 2018 
General Dynamics has received a $44.4 million contract for foreign military sales of Hydra rockets for Afghanistan, Nigeria, Australia, Lebanon and Philippines.
Work on the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Williston, Vt., with an estimated completion date of March 2021. Army, foreign military sales and Department of Defense fiscal 2010, 2016, ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 
In the future, smart textile-based soft robotic exosuits could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their destinations so that they can perform their respective tasks more effectively. They could also become a powerful means to enhance mobility and quality of living for people suffering from neurodegenerative disorders ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 17, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has received a $92.2 million contract for MQ-9 Block 30 Ground Control Station retrofits for the U.S. Air Force.
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will provide for MD-1A Block 15 GCS to MD-1A Block 30 GCS retrofits. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2020.
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