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  Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018 When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets. Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable satellites, with China's first successful launch in 1975. Soon after, China started to open its space missio ... read more |
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Dellingr: the little CubeSat that couldWashington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2018 Zipping through the sky 250 miles up is a shoebox-sized bundle of detectors and electronics named Dellingr. The namesake of the mythological Norse god of the dawn, Dellingr is among a new breed of s ... more  
Understanding the building blocks for an electronic brainGroningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 23, 2018 Computer bits are binary, with a value of 0 or 1. By contrast, neurons in the brain can have all kinds of different internal states, depending on the input that they received. This allows the brain ... more  
Taxi tests for Paul Allen's Stratolaunch successfully reach 90 mphWashington DC (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018 Stratolaunch, one of the world's largest aircraft, which is intended to launch payloads rockets into Earth's orbit, successfully carried out taxi tests on a runway in the Mojave Desert just days bef ... more  
US Air Force's X-37B space plane marks 400 days in orbitWashington DC (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018 The US Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has passed its 400-day mark, inching its way toward setting a new flight duration record for the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) mission. The spacecraf ... more |
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US astronaut Hague 'amazed' by Russian rescue team's work after Soyuz failureMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 NASA astronaut Nick Hague told NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine that he was impressed by the teamwork of the rescue crew that helped him and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to get out of the res ... more 
MyDefence demonstrates drone swarm counter UAS jammerFredensborg, Denmark (SPX) Oct 24, 2018 On October 12, MyDefence co-hosted the event Electric Storm to demonstrate the capability of the latest MyDefence Counter UAS products for dismounted soldiers. The event featured a live demonstratio ... more  
Raytheon delivers first RAM launcher ever to Latin AmericaWashington (UPI) Oct 23, 2018 A new Rolling Airframe Missile, or RAM, launcher from Raytheon Company has arrived in Mexico today, marking the first RAM delivery to a Latin American country. ... more 
Probe commission rules out sabotage as possible cause of Soyuz failureMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018 The state commission investigating the Soyuz-FG booster failure has ruled out sabotage during the assembly of the rocket as a possible cause, a space industry source told Sputnik. "The Commiss ... more  
Endless trucks to dirty laundry: NATO exercises big in every wayOslo (AFP) Oct 23, 2018 NATO's biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, dubbed Trident Juncture 18, take place in Norway from October 25 to November 7 in what will be a massive display of strength. ... more |
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Raytheon awarded $62M for foreign military AMRAAM refreshWashington (UPI) Oct 22, 2018 Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a contract modification by the Air Force for work on the Advance Medium Range Air to Air Missile, or AMRAAM, for several foreign militaries. ... more  |
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Boeing nabs Army contract to provide in-transit visibility in Middle EastWashington (UPI) Oct 22, 2018 Boeing-subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army to lend in-transit visibility, or ITV, services for ground transportation logistics, deepening the contractor's relationship with countries in the Middle East. ... more  
Indonesia $200m in arrears on fighter project: S. KoreaSeoul (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 Indonesia has demanded new terms from South Korea on a joint multi-billion-dollar jet fighter development project, as Seoul said Monday that Jakarta has not paid its share and is $200 million in arrears. ... more  
Navistar contracted by Army for MRAP tech supportWashington (UPI) Oct 19, 2018 Navistar Defense has been awarded a $19.7 million modification to an existing contract with the U.S. Army to provide technical support for in-production and out-of-production of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, MaxxPro family of vehicles. ... more 
Launches of Russian Rokot-2 rocket may begin again in 2021Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 The launches of the Russian Rokot-2 light carrier rockets may begin again in 2021 which would allow achieving annual incomes of over 8 billion rubles ($120 million) if the decision to resume the pro ... more 
Rocket Lab selects Wallops Flight Facility for US launch siteWallops Island VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has today confirmed it will build its first US launch pad for the Electron rocket at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA. The site will be Rocket La ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 23, 2018 
University of Colorado Boulder engineers have developed a 3D printing technique that allows for localized control of an object's firmness, opening up new biomedical avenues that could one day include artificial arteries and organ tissue.
The study, which was recently published in the journal Nature Communications, outlines a layer-by-layer printing method that features fine-grain, programm ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2018 
Navistar Defense has been awarded a $19.7 million modification to an existing contract with the U.S. Army to provide technical support for in-production and out-of-production of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, MaxxPro family of vehicles.
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, runs through March 2020, with locations and funding to be determined with ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Oct 16, 2018 
China sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province, at 12:23 p.m. Monday.
The satellites are the 39th and 40th of the BeiDou navigation system, and the 15th and 16th of the BeiDou-3 family.
The launch was the 287th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 22, 2018 
Indonesia has demanded new terms from South Korea on a joint multi-billion-dollar jet fighter development project, as Seoul said Monday that Jakarta has not paid its share and is $200 million in arrears.
The Korean Fighter Experimental (KF-X) project is an 8-trillion-won ($7-billion) project to develop and build a fleet of 120 "indigenous" next-generation multi-role warplanes to replace Seou ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 
Scientists at UC Santa Cruz and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have reported unprecedented performance results for a supercapacitor electrode. The researchers fabricated electrodes using a printable graphene aerogel to build a porous three-dimensional scaffold loaded with pseudocapacitive material.
In laboratory tests, the novel electrodes achieved the highest areal capacita ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2018 
What does our planet look like from space? Most are familiar with beloved images of the blue marble or pale blue dot - Earth from 18,000 and 3.7 billion miles away, respectively. But closer to home, at the boundary between Earth and space, you might encounter an unfamiliar sight. If you were to peer down on Earth from just 300 miles above the surface, near the orbit of the International Space St ... more |
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 Ishargarh, India (AFP) Oct 21, 2018  Harpal Singh struck a match and watched his fields burn, the acrid smoke drifting toward New Delhi where a lethal smog cocktail is once again intensifying over the world's most polluted megacity.
Every November, air pollution in northern India reaches levels unimaginable in most parts of the world, forcing schools shut and filling hospital wards with wheezing patients.
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018 
When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets.
Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable sate ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 300th interceptor for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the only system in the world designed to intercept threats both inside and outside the atmosphere. The production maturity milestone comes as demand for the company's hit-to-kill missile defense system and interceptors continues to grow.
"The Missile Defense Agency, industry and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2018  A new Rolling Airframe Missile, or RAM, launcher from Raytheon Company has arrived in Mexico today, marking the first RAM delivery to a Latin American country.
The lightweight, surface-to-air missile will play an important role in Mexico sureing up the defense of Patrulla Oceanica de Largo Alcance, its long-range off-shore patrol vessel program, according to Raytheon.
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 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 |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2018 
Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: at the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on down-to-earth robots that can deliver post, do the shopping and build a house.
Introducing CarriRo, a delivery robot shaped a bit like a toy London bus with bright, friendly "eyes" on its front that can zip around the streets delivering packages at 6km/h (4 miles per hour).
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018 
The US Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has passed its 400-day mark, inching its way toward setting a new flight duration record for the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) mission.
The spacecraft, the fifth of its kind, was initially rocketed into orbit on September 7, 2017, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, according to Space.com. All previous OTV missions established new flight records, wit ... more |
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