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  Columbia SC (The Conversation) Oct 01, 2018 In many industries, a decade is barely enough time to cause dramatic change unless something disruptive comes along - a new technology, business model or service design. The space industry has recently been enjoying all three. But 10 years ago, none of those innovations were guaranteed. In fact, on Sept. 28, 2008, an entire company watched and hoped as their flagship product attempted a final launch after three failures. With cash running low, this was the last shot. Over 21,000 kilograms of keros ... read more |
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China launches Centispace-1-s1 satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018 China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday. This is the second commercial launch by the ... more 
Nucleus completes successful first launchKirkenes, Norway (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 On Thursday 27 September Nammo successfully completed the first launch of Nucleus, a sounding rocket powered by its new hybrid rocket motor. Nucleus launched at 14:16: local time from Andoya S ... more  
Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at onceBoston MA (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 MIT computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image. Given an image and an audio caption, the model will highl ... more 
Brilliant, brash and volatile, Elon Musk faces new challengeWashington (AFP) Sept 27, 2018 He is looking to revolutionize transportation, colonize space and develop implantable brain-computer interfaces. ... more |
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Japan firm signs with SpaceX for lunar missionsTokyo (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 A Japanese start-up is to send spacecraft to the moon in a deal signed with Elon Musk's SpaceX, the Tokyo-based firm said Wednesday. ... more  
NASA Unveils Sustainable Campaign to Return to Moon, on to MarsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 In December of 2017, President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive-1, in which the president directed NASA "to lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and in ... more  
Lockheed Martin to upgrade AEGIS Combat System for U.S. warshipsWashington (UPI) Sep 25, 2018 Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, of Moorestown, N.J., has received a $78.3 million contract modification for the AEGIS Combat System Advanced Capability Build 20. ... more 
Partnership, Teamwork Enable Landmark Science Glovebox Launch to Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 As the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's H-IIB rocket carries NASA's Life Sciences Glovebox toward its berth on the International Space Station, hardware specialists at NASA's Marshall Space Flig ... more 
Russia's RSC Energia Ready to Offer Tourists Moon FlightsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018 Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia) is ready to offer tickets for a lunar tour aboard the Soyuz spacecraft; they will cost between $150 million and $180 million each, a sourc ... more |
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US F-35 fighters fly first ever combat mission; F-35 crashes for the first timeWashington (AFP) Sept 27, 2018 American F-35 stealth fighters have been used in a combat operation for the first time, officials said, marking a major milestone for the most expensive plane in history. ... more  |
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Multi-domain command and control is comingWashington DC (AFNS) Oct 01, 2018 In his remarks during this year's Air Force Association's Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in National Harber, Maryland, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein explained the importance of M ... more  
Raytheon to deliver small drone decoys to the U.S. NavyWashington (UPI) Sep 26, 2018 Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz., has received a $46.7 million contract for technical work on the Miniature Air Launched Decoy for the U.S. Navy. ... more 
General Atomics to provide technical services for Gray Eagle dronesWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 General Atomics has received a $441.6 million contract for technical services for U.S. Army Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems. ... more  
WWII bombs sent shockwaves to the edge of spaceWashington (UPI) Sep 26, 2018 The edge of space is more than 62 miles away, but what happens on Earth's surface can effect even the uppermost layers of Earth's atmosphere. ... more 
Pentagon to pull some Patriots from Middle East: US officialThe Pentagon, United States (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 The Pentagon is pulling Patriot missile systems from three countries in the Middle East as part of a "rebalance" away from the region, a US official said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 
The Earth is currently surrounded by debris launched into space over several decades. This space junk can collide with satellites and not only cause damage to spacecraft but also result in further debris being created.
To preserve a secure space environment, the active removal or de-orbiting of space debris is an emergent technological challenge. If remedial action is not taken in the near ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 26, 2018  Airbus has successfully tested stratospheric 4G/5G defence applications with a high-altitude balloon demonstration. The technology tested, an Airbus LTE AirNode, represents a key part of Airbus' secure networked airborne military communications project, Network for the Sky (NFTS).
With this new generation of long-range communications in the sky, high-altitude platforms such as Airbus' Zeph ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has received a contract for the first two GPS IIIF satellites, Space Vehicles 11 and 12, which are follow-ons to the initial 10-satellites of the new GPS III constellation.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defese, provides for engineering, space vehicle test bed and simulators, and production of GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 11 and 12. It also includes op ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2018  American F-35 stealth fighters have been used in a combat operation for the first time, officials said, marking a major milestone for the most expensive plane in history.
Thursday's mission took place against Taliban targets in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, when the F-35s flew from the USS Essex amphibious assault ship.
The planes deployed were the F-35B variant, used by the Marine Co ... more |
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 Syracuse NY (SPX) Sep 28, 2018 
Researchers at Syracuse University, working with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison, have developed a new technique for measuring the state of quantum bits, or qubits, in a quantum computer.
Their findings are the subject of an article in Science magazine (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018), which elaborates on the experimental efforts involve ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 24, 2018 
As part of ESA's continuing commitment to realise cutting-edge satellite missions to advance scientific understanding of our planet and to show how new technologies can be used in space, three new ideas have been chosen to compete as the tenth Earth Explorer mission.
The decision follows the release of a call for ideas in September 2017. Out of the 21 proposals submitted, ESA's Advisory Co ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2018 
A new NASA-led study helps answer decades-old questions about the role of smoke and human-caused air pollution on clouds and rainfall. Looking specifically at deep convective clouds - tall clouds like thunderclouds, formed by warm air rising - the study shows that smoky air makes it harder for these clouds to grow. Pollution, on the other hand, energizes their growth, but only if the pollution i ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018 
China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday.
This is the second commercial launch by the Kuaizhou-1A rocket. The first launch in January 2017 sent three satellites into space.
The Kuaizhou-1A was developed by a rocket technology company under the China Aerospace Science and Industr ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2018 
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, of Moorestown, N.J., has received a $78.3 million contract modification for the AEGIS Combat System Advanced Capability Build 20.
The modification includes the AEGIS Combat System Engineering Agent program for design, development, integration, test and delivery of the upgrades.
Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has received a $289.2 million contract modification for 24 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers and support.
The contract award, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, includes training, spare parts and product improvement upgrades. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, with an estimated completion date of July 2022.
Army fiscal ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 
Quantum dots are nanometer-sized boxes that have attracted huge scientific interest for use in nanotechnology because their properties obey quantum mechanics and are requisites to develop advanced electronic and photonic devices. Quantum dots that self-assemble during their formation are particularly attractive as tunable light emitters in nanoelectronic devices and to study quantum physics beca ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 
MIT computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image. Given an image and an audio caption, the model will highlight in real-time the relevant regions of the image being described.
Unlike current speech-recognition technologies, the model doesn't require manual transcriptions and annotations of the exampl ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 
General Atomics has received a $441.6 million contract for technical services for U.S. Army Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Work locations and funding for the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be based on each order, with an estimated completion date of September 2023.
The Gray Eagle is a derivative of the Predator unmanned aerial drone designed ... more |
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