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November 15, 2018
ROCKET SCIENCE
India launches GSLV-3 carrying GSAT-29



Sriharikota, India (SPX) Nov 15, 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

SPACE TRAVEL
Orion recovery team: ready to 'rock and roll'
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2018
A NASA and Department of Defense team returned from a week of training at sea to improve joint landing and recovering operations planned for crew aboard the agency's Orion spacecraft from future dee ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Science on the cusp: sounding rockets head north
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2018
Gazing up at the night sky from the edge of the Norwegian sea, you know you're in an unusual place. The frigid winds stream across an open sky, painted by the dance of the northern lights. Outer spa ... more
GPS NEWS
Russia blocked GPS data during NATO exercises: Norway
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. ... more
UAV NEWS
Alpha Unmanned Systems selects Robotic Skies for global support
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 15, 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
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SPACE TRAVEL
First supply trip to space since Soyuz failure poised to launch
Washington (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
ROCKET SCIENCE
New horizon for space transportation services
Paris (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
SPACE TRAVEL
Canadian voice of Hal in '2001: A Space Odyssey' dies
Ottawa (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
SPACE MEDICINE
Small tissue chips in space a big leap forward for research
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
A small device that contains human cells in a 3D matrix represents a giant leap in the ability of scientists to test how those cells respond to stresses, drugs and genetic changes. About the size of ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Cosmonauts to perform spacewalk to examine hole in Soyuz hull on December 11
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2018
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Oleg Kononenko will perform a spacewalk to examine a hole in the hull of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on 11 Dece ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
NASA Chief, Russian Envoy discuss US-Russian space cooperation
Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2018
NASA Administrator James Bridenstine said in a statement that he discussed US-Russia space cooperation with Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. "I was pleased to host Russ ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment components
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 compone ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
DARPA issues contract proposition for hypersonic missile defense
Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2018
DARPA has released proposals for the development of missile defense systems called Glide Breaker fielding interceptors capable of downing the hypersonic weapons currently in development by other nations. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First Angara A5V Heavy-Class Rocket Launch to Take Place in 2026 - Roscosmos
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 13, 2018
The first heavy-lift Angara A5V carrier rocket equipped with a hydrogen space tug will be launched from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East in 2026, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said o ... more
AEROSPACE
Lockheed Martin awarded $22.7 billion F-35 Pentagon contract
New York (AFP) Nov 15, 2018
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced it had awarded Lockheed Martin a $22.7 billion contract for 255 F-35 fighter jets. ... more


Cathay apologises over data breach but denies cover-up

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Foreign troops pour into PNG capital for APEC meet
Port 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
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MISSILE NEWS
MBDA shows off naval version of MMP guided tank missile
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. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
NATO chief voices concern about Chinese missiles
Berlin (AFP) Nov 13, 2018
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday voiced concern about Chinese as well as Russian medium-range missiles and urged Beijing to join an international nuclear arms control treaty. ... more
MILTECH
BAE to provide technical services for Army's 116th MIB
Washington (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
AEROSPACE
Airbus delivers first A330 tanker aircraft to South Korea
Washington (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
ROCKET SCIENCE
DARPA, Army select companies to develop hypersonic missile propulsion
Washington (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
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3D Printing, Virtual Reality, Simulated Stardust and More Headed to Orbiting Lab
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
+ Cells require background levels of radiation for normal growth
+ UTA researchers find cheaper, less energy-intensive way to purify ethylene
+ Optimization of alloy materials: Diffusion processes in nano particles decoded
+ Thermal testing of the magnetometer boom
+ Flying focus: Controlling lasers through time and space
+ A two-atom quantum duet
+ Flow units: Dynamic defects in metallic glasses
NSA certifies Harris AN/PRC-163 radio for top secret intelligence
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
+ Raytheon tapped by DARPA for high frequency digital communications research
+ Laser technology could be used to attract attention from aliens
+ Army scientist seeks enhanced soldier systems through quantum research
+ ULA contracted by Air Force for Delta IV rocket launch
+ Navistar contracted by Army for MRAP tech support
+ Scientists want to blast holes in clouds with laser to boost satellite communication
+ Military communications satellite online in orbit following launch


Russia blocked GPS data during NATO exercises: Norway
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
+ Finnish PM: Jammed GPS signals may be work of Russia
+ Air Force taps Rockwell for jam-resistant GPS navigation systems
+ Tunisia to host 2nd forum on China-Arab BeiDou cooperation
+ World's first 'Quantum' compass will supersede GPS
+ China successfully launches 41st BeiDou Navigation System Satellite
+ China launches BeiDou-3 navigation satellite into highest orbit yet
+ China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
Cathay apologises over data breach but denies cover-up
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 14, 2018
The top two executives at Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday apologised for the firm's handling of the world's biggest airline hack that saw millions of customers' data breached but denied trying to cover it up. The CEO and chairman also said the crisis "was one of the most serious" in the embattled firm's history and would act differently in a similar situation in future. The ... more
+ Lockheed Martin awarded $22.7 billion F-35 Pentagon contract
+ Airbus delivers first A330 tanker aircraft to South Korea
+ US fighter jet crashes off Japan's Okinawa, crew rescued
+ Boeing braces for trade war headwinds in China
+ Verdego Aero to provide hybrid-electric power propulsion option for Transcend Air VY 400 VTOL
+ Air Force conducts F-35 deployment exercises as operations ramp up
+ Bell, Electric Power Systems partner on hybrid-electric aircraft engines
Bringing photonic signaling to digital microelectronics
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
+ China challenges US to provide 'evidence' in trade secrets case
+ US accuses China, Taiwan firms with stealing secrets from chip giant Micron
+ Brain-inspired methods to improve wireless communications
+ Tianhe-2 supercomputer works out the criterion for quantum supremacy
+ Tests show integrated quantum chip operations possible
+ Researchers create scalable platform for on-chip quantum emitters
+ US imposes restrictions on Chinese tech firm


OpenForests launches the forest project platform explorer.land
Krefeld, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
OpenForests (https://openforests.com), an innovative German forest consulting and tech company, just released the explorer.land platform. The interactive map-based platform is designed to present forest and landscape projects and tell their stories while connecting like-minded organizations and stakeholders from around the world. "We believe that explorer.land will cause a substantial para ... more
+ Chinese satellites provide advanced solutions to modeling small particles
+ Alpine ice shows three-fold increase in atmospheric iodine
+ Improving Alignment and Testing of Earth Observation Satellites
+ NASA's ICON to explore boundary between Earth and Space
+ Illegal emissions threaten to undermine UN's optimistic ozone report
+ Ozone hole in northern hemisphere to recover completely by 2030
+ Europe's third polar-orbiting weather satellite lofted into orbit
Delhi homeless to be given masks as smog worsens: official
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. The poor and homeles ... more
+ Delhi 'lungs' turn sickly brown in days
+ Delhi's toxic air spikes after Diwali firework frenzy
+ Delhi bans trucks as megacity chokes
+ Delhi suffers toxic smog hangover after Diwali firework frenzy
+ Polluted Delhi air akin to death sentence, say doctors
+ Indian firework sellers fume over festival 'eco-cracker' ban
+ France launches nationwide probe into baby arm birth defects


China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment components
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
+ China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered
+ China's space programs open up to world
+ China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing
+ China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
+ 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
Raytheon to supply Romania with Patriot missile defense systems
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
+ Raytheon's SM-3 IIA successful in ballistic missle defense test
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion critical to successful intercept test for SM-3 Block IIA Missile
+ Aegis Combat System Demonstrates Success During At-Sea Test Against Medium Range Ballistic Missile
+ Pentagon succesfully tests US-Japan missile interceptor
+ Northrop Grumman to upgrade IBNS systems for Burke-class vessels
+ Israel wins $777 mn Indian missile defence order
+ Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th THAAD Interceptor


MBDA shows off naval version of MMP guided tank missile
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
+ NATO chief voices concern about Chinese missiles
+ Gripen E fighter successfully test fires Meteor missile
+ Raytheon tapped for SM-3 Block IIA missile guidance systems
+ Air Force awards $350M contract for support of JASSM missiles
+ BAE to receive $45.9M for Mk 41 Vertical Launch System engineering
+ Boeing to deliver Harpoon missile to Navy, multiple countries
+ Raytheon missiles destroy targets in test by South Korea's navy
Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 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
+ Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech products
+ Watching nanoparticles
+ Penn engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight nanocardboard
+ Physicists designed new antenna for supersensitive magnetometers of a new generation
+ Next generation of watch springs
+ Caltech engineers create an optical gyroscope smaller than a grain of rice
+ Researchers discover directional and long-lived nanolight in a 2D material


'Autonomous Warrior': UK Army Conducts its Largest Test of Battlefield Robots
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
+ Chinese state media debuts 'AI' news anchors
+ Artificial sensor mimics human sense of touch
+ Pitt researcher uses video games to unlock new levels of AI
+ Fire ant colonies could inspire molecular machines, swarming robots
+ Shape-shifting robots perceive surroundings, make decisions for first time
+ NASA researchers teach machines to "see"
+ Humans help robots learn tasks


Alpha Unmanned Systems selects Robotic Skies for global support
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 15, 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 unmanned helicopter. Robotic Skies will provide a warranty program and field support management for Alpha Unmanned customers through its network of worldwide service centers. Alpha Unmanned Systems de ... more
+ China steps up drone race with stealth aircraft
+ CERTAIN program uses NextNav's 3D geolocation technology (mbs) for urban drone operations
+ Autonomous vehicles could shape the future of urban tourism
+ Lockheed Martin integrates advanced radar system with unmanned aerostat
+ NASA leads Urban Air Mobility 'Grand Challenge' discussion with industry
+ General Atomics awarded Reaper strike drone production contract
+ Niger turns to drones to protect precious wildlife
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