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  Sriharikota, India (SPX) Nov 14, 2018 GSLV MkIII-D2, the second developmental flight of GSLV MkIII successfully launched GSAT-29, a high throughput communication satellite at 5.08 pm IST on November 14, 2018 from the Second Launch Pad(SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. GSLV-Mk III which is three-stage vehicle with two solid motor strap-ons, a liquid propellant core stage and a cryogenic stage, is capable of launching 4 ton class of satellite to Geosynchronous Transfer orbit (GTO). GSAT-29 satellite with a lift ... read more |
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First supply trip to space since Soyuz failure poised to launchWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 A US spaceship loaded with supplies for the International Space Station is poised to launch Thursday, marking the first such trip since a Soyuz rocket carrying two people failed last month. ... more 
New horizon for space transportation servicesParis (ESA) Nov 14, 2018 ESA reaches out to encourage open innovation and offer support. A global response to ESA's call for ideas on new space transportation services has resulted in 79 proposals of which 41 were considere ... more  
From the cosmos to fusion plasmas, PPPL presents findings at global APS gatheringPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Nov 13, 2018 More than 135 researchers and students from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) presented their latest findings at the 60th annual meeting of the America ... more 
Canadian voice of Hal in '2001: A Space Odyssey' diesOttawa (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 Douglas Rain, the Canadian actor who voiced vengeful supercomputer HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," a precursor of artificial intelligence in smartphones, has died. He was 90. ... more |
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Computer on Russian segment of ISS rebooted after glitchMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 09, 2018 A computer on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been rebooted after a glitch, Russia's Roscosmos chief Rogozin said on Thursday. "The computer at the ISS was reb ... more  
Autonomous vehicles could shape the future of urban tourismGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 In the first study of its kind, published in the Annals of Tourism Research, academics from the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford have examined how Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) may have ... more  
Russia blocked GPS data during NATO exercises: NorwayOslo (AFP) Nov 13, 2018 Oslo on Tuesday pointed a finger squarely at Russia, accusing it of jamming GPS signals in Norway's Far North when it hosted NATO's massive exercises in October and early November. ... more 
Alpha Unmanned Systems selects Robotic Skies for global supportMadrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 14, 2018 Alpha Unmanned Systems reports it has selected Robotic Skies, Inc. to develop and implement a global support plan for its current and future commercial UAVs, currently featuring the Alpha 800 unmann ... more  
MBDA shows off naval version of MMP guided tank missileWashington (UPI) Nov 13, 2018 MBDA is offering a naval version of it's 5th generation MMP ground combat missile at the Euronaval 2018 technology conference following successful testing of the weapon. ... more |
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BAE to provide technical services for Army's 116th MIBWashington (UPI) Nov 13, 2018 The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command has awarded BAE Systems $100 million to provide technical and general support to the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade. ... more  |
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Airbus delivers first A330 tanker aircraft to South KoreaWashington (UPI) Nov 13, 2018 The first Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft for the Republic of Korea Air Force has landed at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea for acceptance tests. ... more  
Foreign troops pour into PNG capital for APEC meetPort Moresby (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 Papua New Guinea has deployed a multi-national force of warships, fighter jets and elite counter-terrorism troops to protect world leaders attending a major summit in its crime-plagued capital this week. ... more 
DARPA, Army select companies to develop hypersonic missile propulsionWashington (UPI) Nov 12, 2018 A joint program by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency and U.S. Army Operational Fires has selected three companies to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched propulsion system for hypersonic missiles. ... more  
'Autonomous Warrior': UK Army Conducts its Largest Test of Battlefield RobotsLondon, UK (Sputnik) Nov 13, 2018 The exercises are but the latest in a series of noticeable efforts by the British military establishment to increase know-how in the realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotic weapons technol ... more 
Rocket Lab reaches orbit again, deploys more satellitesAuckland, New Zealand (SPX) Nov 11, 2018 Rocket Lab has continued the success of its 2018 orbital launch program with the launch of seven payloads to orbit today. The mission, named 'It's Business Time,' marks Rocket Lab's second successfu ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Nov 14, 2018 
The Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply flight 10 (CRS-10) is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in mid-November. The craft's cargo includes several tons of crew supplies and science experiments ranging from 3D printing and recycling to simulating the creation of celestial bodies from stardust.
Read more about some of the science NG CRS-10 delivers to the space station: ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 
The National Security Agency has granted Harris Corporation Type-1 certification for its AN/PRC-163 handheld networked encrypted radio approved for transmitting top secret classified information.
The certification, announced Tuesday by Harris, permits the radio to transmit voice and data including full motion video up to top secret level on both channels for VHF/UHF line of sight, SATCO ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Nov 13, 2018 
Oslo on Tuesday pointed a finger squarely at Russia, accusing it of jamming GPS signals in Norway's Far North when it hosted NATO's massive exercises in October and early November.
"We know that jamming was observed between October 19 and November 7, originating from Russian ground forces in (the) Kola" peninsula, a region of northwestern Russia close to Norway, the Norwegian defence ministr ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
A US navy fighter jet crashed into the sea off Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Monday and its two crew members were rescued alive, Japan's defence ministry said.
The fighter jet crashed some 250 kilometres (156 miles) east-southeast of Okinawa's capital city Naha at around 11:45 am (0245 GMT), said Osamu Kosakai, spokesman for the ministry's Okinawa defence bureau.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 
Parallelism - or the act of several processors simultaneously executing on an application or computation - has been increasingly embraced by the microelectronics industry as a way of sustaining demand for increased system performance.
Today, parallel computing architectures have become pervasive across all application domains and system scales - from multicore processing units in consumer ... more |
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 Nanjing, China (SPX) Nov 14, 2018 
The assimilation of aerosol optical depth (AOD) observational data from the Chinese satellite Fengyun-3A (FY-3A) can significantly improve the ability to model aerosol mass, according to Prof. Jinzhong MIN, Vice President at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.
Prof. MIN and his team - a group of researchers from the Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of the Min ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
New Delhi's homeless will be given cotton masks to help them survive in the world's most polluted major city, officials said Monday, although experts said the basic coverings would be useless against deadly smog particles.
Each winter the capital of 20 million chokes through haze so extreme that levels of airborne pollutants eclipse safe limits by more than 30 times.
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 13, 2018 
The Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a smart solution for verifying the operational reliability of space equipment components on Friday.
The selection of space equipment components involves reliability verification, data collection, transmission and comparison.
The smart solution will help shorten the time to ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems.
Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems - the country's second order of the systems in the last two years - to deter any any threats to its borders.
The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile provides the "backbone" to the missile defense capabilities used by ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2018 
MBDA is offering a naval version of it's 5th generation MMP ground combat missile at the Euronaval 2018 technology conference following successful testing of the weapon.
The evaluations were carried out last summer by the French armed forces in Djibouti to test the reliability and effectiveness of the MMP in a hot environment from the ground and rigid hulled inflatable boats operating a ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2018 
A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University Australia, has succeeded in significantly increasing the stability and biocompatibility of special light-transducing nanoparticles.
The team has developed the so-called "upconverting" nanoparticles that not only convert infrared light into UV-visible light, bu ... more |
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 London, UK (Sputnik) Nov 13, 2018 
The exercises are but the latest in a series of noticeable efforts by the British military establishment to increase know-how in the realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotic weapons technologies.
The British Army has started an unprecedentedly large testing of battlefield robots, according to the Daily Mail.
The event, dubbed the 'Autonomous Warrior 2018,' will last for abou ... more |
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
In the first study of its kind, published in the Annals of Tourism Research, academics from the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford have examined how Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) may have a substantial impact on the future of urban tourism.
When we think of automated vehicles it seems to be a topic that sits firmly in science fiction, from cars with character in The Love Bug (19 ... more |
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