Space Business News
October 08, 2018
ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Hypersonic DMRJ Engine



Hampton VA (SPX) Oct 09, 2018
Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully tested a new dual-mode ramjet/scramjet (DMRJ) engine. When combined with a gas turbine engine as part of a turbine-based combined cycle propulsion (TBCC) system, this engine may provide the capability to propel a vehicle from a standstill into the hypersonic flight regime of Mach 5 or higher and back again. "Developing hypersonic capabilities has recently been cited by Department of Defense officials as the 'highest technical priority' for our nation," said Aerojet ... read more

SPACE MEDICINE
Russian Scientists Start Research on Impact of Zero-Gravity on Humans
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 09, 2018
The Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Biomedical Problems has initiated research on the influence of zero-G on the human body during flights to the Moon and back; around 20 people will engag ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First SpaceX mission with astronauts set for June 2019: NASA
Washington (AFP) Oct 5, 2018
NASA has announced the first crewed flight by a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 08, 2018
NASA's Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little l ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
India asks Russia for help sending astronaut to space in 2022
New Delhi (Sputnik) Oct 08, 2018
India has asked Russia for help in the implementation of its own space launch project in 2022, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said. "The Indian side has approached us with a reques ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Russia to help India in its first manned space mission
New Delhi (Sputnik) Oct 08, 2018
Russia has offered help to India in its first manned space program. An agreement to this effect was signed on the sidelines of the annual bilateral summit that concluded in New Delhi on Friday. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Efficient generation of high-density plasma enabled by high magnetic field
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
An international joint research group led by Osaka University demonstrated that it was possible to efficiently heat plasma by focusing a relativistic electron beam (REB) accelerated by a high-intens ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Multi-domain command and control is coming
Washington 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
ROBO SPACE
Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fear
Madrid (AFP) Oct 6, 2018
Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats to a man in front of stunned audience members in Madrid. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a super-hydrophobic surface that can be used to generate electrical voltage. When salt water flows over this specially patterned su ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2018
Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Eart ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
First UAE Astronaut to Fly to ISS for 11-Day Mission on April 5, 2019
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2018
The first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 5, 2019, and will return to Earth on April 16, 2019, the ISS launch schedule, share ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA skeptical on sabotage theory after mystery ISS leak
Washington (AFP) Oct 3, 2018
NASA expressed doubts Wednesday over a theory floated in Russia that a tiny hole that caused an air leak on the International Space Station was the result of sabotage. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Russian scientists develop high-precision laser for satellite navigation
Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
Scientists from ITMO University developed a laser for precise measurement of the distance between the Moon and Earth. Short pulse duration and high power of this laser help to reduce error in determ ... more
AEROSPACE
Lockheed prepares proposal for US Army's future attack reconnaissance aircraft
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Oct 08, 2018
The Sikorsky S-97 Raider light tactical prototype helicopter is advancing rapidly through its flight test schedule, recently exceeding 200 knots at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center. Raider, de ... more


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UAV NEWS
Air Force designates GO1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Oct 08, 2018
The Air Force has designated the GOLauncher1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. The vehicle is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. under contract to the Air Force Res ... more
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B-2 stealth bomber completes first Hawaii deployment
Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2018
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has completed its first deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russia, India set to sign S-400 deal; Russia completed S-300 delivery to Syria
Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin will oversee the signing of a $5 billion deal this week to supply Delhi with S-400 air defence systems, a top Kremlin aide said on Tuesday ahead of Putin's trip to India. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
US, Chinese unease as Putin seeks India arms deals
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 4, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin headed for India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russia completed S-300 delivery to Syria: defence minister
Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018
Russia has sent S-300 air defence systems to the Syrian military, its defence minister said Tuesday, in line with new security measures after a Russian military plane was mistakenly shot down by Syria's Soviet-era missile. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX uses dumping to drive Russia out of space launch market claims Roscosmos
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2018
Elon Musk, the co-owner and CEO of the US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, has been using dumping on the space launch market in order to crowd out Russia, head of Russia's State Space Corporation Rosc ... more
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Reaction of a quantum fluid to photoexcitation of dissolved particles observed for the first time
Styria, Austria (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
In his research, Markus Koch, Associate Professor at the Institute of Experimental Physics of Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), concentrates on processes in molecules and clusters which take place on time scales of picoseconds (10^-12 seconds) and femtoseconds (10^ -15 seconds). Now Koch and his team have achieved a breakthrough in the research on completely novel molecular systems. ... more
+ Discovering New Molecules for Military Applications
+ Researchers discover highly active organic photocatalyst
+ NTU Singapore scientists develop smart technology for synchronized 3D printing of concrete
+ Brazil says Norsk Hydro lacked waste license for stalled plant
+ Norsk Hydro halts output at key Brazil plant, share plunges
+ NASA, NOAA convene GOES 17 Mishap Investigation Board
+ Lockheed Martin to marry machine learning with 3-D printing
Multi-domain command and control is coming
Washington 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 Multi-Domain Command and Control in executing the nation's next fight. In this fight, Goldfein said, the Air Force must master MDC2 to empower commanders to dominate the air, space, and cyber dom ... more
+ Airbus tests 4G 5G stratospheric balloons for defence comms
+ Lockheed Martin embraces agile software development to evolve signals intelligence capabilities
+ Lockheed Martin Introduces Mission Planning System That Connects Systems and Assets Across Domains
+ ViaSat contracted for JTRS aircraft communications systems
+ U.S., India agree on defense communications cooperation pact
+ Marine Corps Embraces High-Throughput Satellites to Complete Military Operations
+ A Flexible Modem Interface to Enable Roaming Across Multiple Satellite Platforms


New Study Tracks Hurricane Harvey Stormwater with GPS
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2018
Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) of water on southeast Texas in late August 2017, making it the wettest recorded hurricane in U.S. history. But after the storm passed, where did all that water go? In a new, NASA-led study, scientists used Global Positioning System (GPS) data to answer that question and to track not just where Harvey's stormwater ended up on land, but a ... more
+ Lockheed awarded $1.4B for first GPS IIIF satellites
+ China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
+ First satellite for GPS III upgrades to launch in December
+ AF Announces selection of GPS III follow-on contract
+ Lockheed Martin preps ground support for GPS 3 sats and M-Code ops
+ 'Robat' uses sound to navigate and map unique environments
+ Antenova offers ultra-small GNSS active antenna module for difficult locations
B-2 stealth bomber completes first Hawaii deployment
Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2018
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has completed its first deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. The U.S. Air Force announced Thursday that three B-2s and about 200 airmen completed hundreds of sorties and regional training between Aug. 15 and Sept. 27 as part of the U.S. Strategic Command's Bomber Task Force deployment, including integrations with F-22 Raptors, weapons loa ... more
+ Lockheed prepares proposal for US Army's future attack reconnaissance aircraft
+ Breaking it Down: NASA Takes a New Approach to Ice Crystal Icing Research
+ Price for F-35 drops to lowest level yet
+ US F-35 fighters fly first ever combat mission; F-35 crashes for the first time
+ Marines send F-35B on first combat strike
+ Harris contracted for B-52, C-130 parts for U.S. Special Ops Forces
+ Army contracts Sikorsky for UH-60 Blackhawk transmissions
Defects promise quantum communication through standard optical fiber
Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
An international team of scientists led by the University of Groningen's Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials has identified a way to create quantum bits that emit photons that describe their state at wavelengths close to those used by telecom providers. These qubits are based on silicon carbide in which molybdenum impurities create color centers. The results were published in the jour ... more
+ A new way to count qubits
+ Qualcomm alleges Apple gave swiped chip secrets to Intel
+ Smaller, faster and more efficient modulator sets to revolutionize optoelectronic industry
+ DARPA contracts USC for circuit development program
+ New photonic chip promises more robust quantum computers
+ Tiny camera lens may help link quantum computers to network
+ Laser sintering optimized for printed electronics


ICESat-2 Laser Fires for 1st Time, Measures Antarctic Height
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
The laser instrument that launched into orbit last month aboard NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) fired for the first time Sept. 30. With each of its 10,000 pulses per second, the instrument is sending 300 trillion green photons of light to the ground and measuring the travel time of the few that return: the method behind ICESat-2's mission to monitor Earth's changing i ... more
+ Sentinel-2 maps Indonesia earthquake
+ NOAA'S JPSS-2 satellite passes critical design review
+ Methane's effects on sunlight vary by region
+ Scientists develop a new way to remotely measure Earth's magnetic field
+ UM researchers find precipitation thresholds regulate carbon exchange
+ How Earth sheds heat into space
+ New airborne campaigns to explore snowstorms, river deltas, climate
On patrol with India's anti-plastic 'blue squad'
Mumbai (AFP) Oct 2, 2018
Wearing matching blue Nehru jackets, the dozen inspectors fan out across Mumbai's hectic Crawford Market, each scouring for violators of an ambitious plastic ban. It doesn't take Mahindra Wayangankar long to find one: a dry fruits seller, wrapping his wares in plastic, is hit with a hefty 5,000-rupee ($69) fine. Wayangankar, 50, is one of 311 officials dubbed the "blue squad" and tasked ... more
+ US cruise ship captain on trial over French pollution charges
+ Microplastics found deep in sand where turtles nest
+ Gangsters, militants exploit environment for cash
+ NASA Study Untangles Smoke, Pollution Effects on Clouds
+ Coca-Cola, Walmart to cut plastic pollution in oceans
+ Nappy change: Dutch to turn diapers into furniture
+ Air pollution linked to higher risk of dementia: study


China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
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
+ China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
+ 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
Raytheon receives contract for new AEGIS radars
Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2018
Raytheon has received a $22.7 million contract for engineering, travel costs and other services for AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar production. The AMDR is being developed for air defense requirements of several classes of ships. The suite includes a S-Band and X-band radar and a Radar Suite Controller. AMDR is capable of long range conventional radar, exoatmospheric detection, t ... more
+ Lockheed Martin selects payload providers for OPIR missile warning system
+ Raytheon receives $1.5B contract for Patriot systems for Poland
+ Pentagon to pull some Patriots from Middle East: US official
+ Lockheed Martin to upgrade AEGIS Combat System for U.S. warships
+ SBIRS GEO-3 achieves operational acceptance
+ Successful Aegis Combat System Test Brings BMD to Japanese Fleet
+ Japan successfully tests ballistic missile defense system


Russia completed S-300 delivery to Syria: defence minister
Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018
Russia has sent S-300 air defence systems to the Syrian military, its defence minister said Tuesday, in line with new security measures after a Russian military plane was mistakenly shot down by Syria's Soviet-era missile. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the Russian security council that the military on Monday "finished the deliveries of S-300 systems" including a total o ... more
+ Russia, India set to sign S-400 deal; Russia completed S-300 delivery to Syria
+ US, Chinese unease as Putin seeks India arms deals
+ Lockheed contracted by Army for HIMARS launchers, support
+ Raytheon, Lockheed contracted for Javelin missiles for six countries
+ Hezbollah defies Israel, says has 'precision missiles'
+ Northrop Grumman tapped for conversion of anti-radiation missiles
+ Gen Dyn contracted for Hydra aerial rockets
Big discoveries about tiny particles
Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles. Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more
+ Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achieved
+ Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in another
+ Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing
+ New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks
+ Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
+ First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
+ Nanotubes change the shape of water


Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fear
Madrid (AFP) Oct 6, 2018
Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats to a man in front of stunned audience members in Madrid. She and others like her are a prime focus of robotic research, as their uncanny human form could be key to integrating such machines into our lives, said researchers gathered this week at the annual International Conference on Intelligent Robots. "You mentioned project ... more
+ No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms
+ Model helps robots navigate more like humans do
+ Machine learning could help regulators identify environmental violations
+ Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once
+ Amazon aims to make Alexa assistant bigger part of users' lives
+ Spray coated tactile sensor on a 3D surface for robotic skin
+ 'Robotic skins' turn everyday objects into robots


Air Force designates GO1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Oct 08, 2018
The Air Force has designated the GOLauncher1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. The vehicle is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, High Speed Systems Division. It is an air-dropped liquid rocket, specifically designed for hypersonic flight research to mature technologies incl ... more
+ General Atomics to provide technical services for Gray Eagle drones
+ Raytheon to deliver small drone decoys to the U.S. Navy
+ Self-flying glider 'learns' to soar like a bird
+ General Atomics contracted for Reaper drone ground control work
+ RUDN University mathematicians proposed to improve cellular network coverage by using UAVs
+ Airborne Response teams with Edgybees and UgCS to provide UAS software to responders
+ Self-deploying drone pilots may hinder hurricane response efforts
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