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  Carlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 Viasat Inc has selected SpaceX to launch one of its ViaSat-3 satellite missions. The Viasat mission is scheduled to launch in the 2020 - 2022 timeframe from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission will launch aboard a Falcon Heavy. Viasat chose the SpaceX Falcon Heavy for its ability to fly a near direct-injection mission, inserting a ViaSat-3 satellite extremely close to geostationary orbit-as a result, the spacecraft can begin in-orbit testing (IOT ... read more |
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Astronauts confident of next crewed Soyuz mission to Space StationMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 29, 2018 Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says he is more confident than ever in the Russian Soyuz rocket booster which sends astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), despite a spectacular ... more  
How hibernators could help humans treat illness, conserve energy and get to MarsNew Orleans LA (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 Researchers gathered Friday to discuss the potential for hibernation and the related process, torpor, to aid human health in spaceflight at the American Physiological Society's (APS) Comparative Phy ... more  
Northrop Grumman to upgrade IBNS systems for Burke-class vesselsWashington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 Northrop Grumman has received a contract to provide common integrated bridge and navigation systems, or IBNS, for the U.S. Navy's New Construction Ship Program and Midlife Modernization Program. ... more  
Discovery of new superconducting materials using materials informaticsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 A NIMS-Ehime University joint research team succeeded in discovering new materials that exhibit superconductivity under high pressures using materials informatics (MI) approaches (data science-based ... more |
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Pentagon succesfully tests US-Japan missile interceptorWashington (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 The US military successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile Friday in a test of a new interceptor system, which is being co-developed with Japan and has been dogged by previous failures. ... more 
Aegis Combat System Demonstrates Success During At-Sea Test Against Medium Range Ballistic MissileBethesda MD (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 The latest evolution of the Aegis Combat System, Baseline 9.C2 (BMD5.1) successfully supported an MDA-led at-sea Ballistic Missile Defense System test event. During the test, the Lockheed Martin-bui ... more  
Armed drones, iris scanners: China's high-tech security gadgetsBeijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 From virtual reality police training programmes to gun-toting drones and iris scanners, a public security expo in China showed the range of increasingly high-tech tools available to the country's police. ... more  
General Dynamics wins contract to upgrade M1 Abrams tanksWashington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 General Dynamics Land Systems won an award to provide various electronic components for the M1 Abrams tank by the Defense Logistics Agency. ... more  
Boeing awarded $132M contract for Super Hornet upgradeWashington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 Boeing has received a $132 million contract to procure and upgrade weapon replaceable assemblies on infrared search and tracking systems on U.S. Navy fighter jets. ... more |
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 Belgian purchase of US jets 'against European interests': Macron 
BAE to complete Hawk Mk127 upgrades for Australia in 2019Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 BAE Systems Australia's project to upgrade the entire fleet of Hawk Mk127 aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force is nearly complete. ... more  |
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ULA contracted by Air Force for Delta IV rocket launchWashington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 United Launch Services, a part of the United Launch Alliance, has received an award for $152.4 million to provide heavy launch services for the U.S. Air Force. ... more 
Sikorsky awarded $700M to repair CH-53, MH-53 partsWashington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. received an award for $717.4 million to deliver logistics and repair support on helicopters for the U.S. Navy. ... more 
Honeywell nabs $1B for aircraft support for Air ForceWashington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a $1.4 billion contract to Honeywell International Inc. for support on a variety of U.S. Air Force aircraft platforms. ... more 
Belgium to buy US F-35 fighters in blow to EU defenceBrussels (AFP) Oct 25, 2018 Belgium said Thursday it had chosen to buy US-made F-35 stealth warplanes over the Eurofighter Typhoon, which critics call a blow to the EU's bid to build its own defences. ... more  
Raytheon missiles destroy targets in test by South Korea's navyWashington (UPI) Oct 24, 2018 Raytheon-produced surface-to-air missiles beat back two aerial threats at sea during a testing exercise by the Republic of Korea's navy. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 
Two vastly different NASA spacecraft are about to run out of fuel: The Kepler spacecraft, which spent nine years in deep space collecting data that detected thousands of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, and the Dawn spacecraft, which spent 11 years orbiting and studying the main asteroid belt's two largest objects, Vesta and Ceres.
However, the two record-setting missions h ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 
United Launch Services, a part of the United Launch Alliance, has received an award for $152.4 million to provide heavy launch services for the U.S. Air Force.
Under the terms of the firm-fixed-price contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, ULA will support the National Reconnaissance Office Launch Mission One launch of the Delta IV rocket.
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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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 Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 
BAE Systems Australia's project to upgrade the entire fleet of Hawk Mk127 aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force is nearly complete.
Upgrade of the final Mk127 will deliver in 2019, capping the country's Lead-In Fighter Capability Assurance Program, a key component to RAAF's fast-jet training.
The upgrade includes new full mission simulators and more Air Combat Maneuvering I ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 
Quantum computers could solve complex tasks that are beyond the capabilities of conventional computers. However, the quantum states are extremely sensitive to constant interference from their environment.
The plan is to combat this using active protection based on quantum error correction. Florian Marquardt, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, and his team have n ... more |
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 Kanazawa, Japan (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 
New-particle formation in the atmosphere provides the nucleation centres required for the formation of clouds, making it an important process for understanding climate. Efforts to investigate the complex balance of chemistry and physics that leads to new-particle formation have resulted in the acquisition of very large data sets.
A team of researchers based at a number of centers, includin ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Oct 25, 2018 
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced his country's endorsement of a G7-led initiative to rid the oceans of plastics, during a visit to Ottawa on Thursday.
Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy, along with the European Union, signed the Ocean Plastics Charter at a leaders' summit in Canada's Charlevoix region in June, although neither the United States nor Japan put their names to a ... more |
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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 (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 
Northrop Grumman has received a contract to provide common integrated bridge and navigation systems, or IBNS, for the U.S. Navy's New Construction Ship Program and Midlife Modernization Program.
The $18 million firm-fixed-price contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, calls on Northrop to produce base hardware for IBNS systems for both new DDG-51 vessels and upgrades ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2018 
Raytheon-produced surface-to-air missiles beat back two aerial threats at sea during a testing exercise by the Republic of Korea's navy.
South Korea's navy fired three SM-2 Block IIIB missiles to destroy simulated aerial threats, Raytheon announced on Wednesday. South Korea also successfully tested advanced semi-active radar seeker technology in two Block IIIA missiles
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 
Gyroscopes are devices that help vehicles, drones, and wearable and handheld electronic devices know their orientation in three-dimensional space. They are commonplace in just about every bit of technology we rely on every day. Originally, gyroscopes were sets of nested wheels, each spinning on a different axis.
But open up a cell phone today, and you will find a microelectromechanical sen ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2018 
A closed door is just one of many obstacles that poses no barrier to a new type of flying, micro, tugging robot called a FlyCroTug. Outfitted with advanced gripping technologies and the ability to move and pull on objects around it, two FlyCroTugs can jointly lasso the door handle and heave the door open.
Developed in the labs of Mark Cutkosky, the Fletcher Jones Chair in the School of Eng ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems received a $193 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to perform logistics services on the Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system, or drone.
Work on the contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be finished in April 2019.
The drone is used for intelligence, reconnai ... more |
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