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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 24, 2018 A catalogue that provides a complete overview of over 2,200 planetary maps produced worldwide between 1600 and 2018 were presented at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 in Berlin. The catalogue has been produced by Henrik Hargitai, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, and Mateusz Pitura, from the University of Wroclaw in Poland. "Production of planetary maps started in Europe in the 1600s. It expanded to the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and, more recently, ... read more |
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Japanese Rocket Blasts Off to Resupply StationTanegashima, Japan (SPX) Sep 22, 2018 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s H-IIB rocket launched at 1:52 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 22 (2:52 a.m. Sept. 23 Japan standard time) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japa ... more  
SBIRS GEO-3 achieves operational acceptanceLos 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 t ... more  
NASA balloon mission captures electric blue cloudsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming 50 miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds ... more  
Lockheed Martin embraces agile software development to evolve signals intelligence capabilitiesNational 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, surveil ... more |
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First satellite for GPS III upgrades to launch in DecemberWashington (UPI) Sep 20, 2018 Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force are preparing to launch the first of their constellation of advanced GPS III satellites in December, expected to be the most precise, reliable version of the system yet. ... more 
China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellitesXichang (XNA) Sep 21, 2018 China on Wednesday evening successfully sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a single carrier rocket. The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite L ... more  
Hezbollah defies Israel, says has 'precision missiles'Beirut (AFP) Sept 20, 2018 Lebanon's Hezbollah said Thursday it had acquired "precision missiles" despite extensive efforts by neighbour and foe Israel to prevent the Shiite movement developing this capability. ... more 
Northrop Grumman tapped for conversion of anti-radiation missilesWashington (UPI) Sep 20, 2018 Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems has received a $22 million contract modification for Lot 7 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile production. ... more 
United Technologies awarded $435M for F-35 workWashington (UPI) Sep 14, 2018 United Technologies Pratt & Whitney Military Engines United Technologies has received contracts totaling $454 million for procurement and services for engines on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. ... more |
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 Boeing to provide P-8 training systems for U.S. Navy, Australia 
Boeing awarded $2.8B for 18 KC-46 tanker aircraftWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2018 Boeing has received a $2.9 billion contract for lot 4 production of 18 KC-46 aircraft, spare parts, and support equipment for the U.S. Air Force. ... more  |
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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 
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 
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 |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2018 
NASA's continued quest to explore our solar system and beyond received a boost of new information this week with three key missions proving not only that they are up and running, but that their science potential is exceptional.
On Sept. 17, 2018, TESS - the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite - shared its first science observations. Later in the week, the latest two missions to join NASA ... 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.
"To help our customers upgrade systems, L ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Sep 21, 2018 
China on Wednesday evening successfully sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a single carrier rocket.
The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 10:07 p.m. It was the 285th mission of the Long March rocket series.
The twin satellites are the 37th and 38th editions of the BeiDou navigation system. After a series of tests a ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming 50 miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds - PMCs.
A recent NASA long-duration balloon mission observed these clouds over the course of five days at their home in the mesosphere. The resulting photos, which scientists have just begun to ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 18, 2018 
The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in Los Angeles, Calif., has been awarded an $8 million contract for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Circuit Realization at Faster Timescales program.
The modification to a previous contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, brings the total value of the contract to $28 million, up from $20 ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2018 
NASA's ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) captured new imagery of variations in surface-temperature patterns in Los Angeles County. The first of its kind to be taken by the agency's newest Earth-observing mission, it is more detailed than previous imagery and, unlike prior imagery, was acquired at different times of the day.
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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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 Beirut (AFP) Sept 20, 2018 
Lebanon's Hezbollah said Thursday it had acquired "precision missiles" despite extensive efforts by neighbour and foe Israel to prevent the Shiite movement developing this capability.
"It has been done. The resistance now owns precision missiles" as part of its weaponry, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address during the key Shiite commemoration of Ashura.
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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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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 21, 2018 
The demonstration model of Russia's humanoid robot FEDOR will be transferred to the Roscosmos state space corporation, which plans to send it into space on the new Federation spacecraft, Russia's Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) said Wednesday.
"The board of trustees decided to transfer scientific and technical products created within the framework of the fund's projects for their fu ... 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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