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  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2018 Insitu has won a $12 million contract for spare and sustainment parts for the Blackjack unmanned aircraft system, the Defense Department announced. The company, a division of Boeing headquartered in Bergen, Wash., was awarded $12,167,690 for firm-fixed-price delivery against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for parts to maintain the Naval Supply Systems Command's RQ-21A Blackjack systems. The reusable, 135-pound aircraft is typically used to provide forward reconnaissance. Th ... read more |
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Raytheon gets $434 million contract to modify AIM-9X Sidewinder missilesWashington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 Raytheon Missile Systems received a $434 million contract for tactical missile modifications, the Defense Department announced. ... more  
Growing bio-inspired shapes with hundreds of tiny robotsHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 Hundreds of small robots can work in a team to create biology-inspired shapes - without an underlying master plan, purely based on local communication and movement. To achieve this, researchers from ... more  
Difficulties in Planned Soyuz Launches Preparation to Emerge in 2020 - SourceMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 31, 2018 The preparation and holding of planned launches of the Russian Soyuz-2 carrier rockets at Baikonur Cosmodrome will face technical difficulties in 2020, a source in the aerospace industry told Sputni ... more  
China launches telecommunication technology test satelliteXichang (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 China successfully launched the No. 3 telecommunication technology test satellite on Tuesday. The satellite was launched at 0:53 a.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3C carrier rocket from the Xi ... more |
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What You Need to Know About Russia's Vostochny CosmodromeVostochny (Sputnik) Dec 28, 2018 The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with two Russian and 26 foreign satellites lifted off from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East on Thursday, which became the fourth launch from the cosmodrome. ... more 
Number of World's Space Launches in 2018 Exceeds 100, Space Industry Source SaysMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 27, 2018 In 2018, the number of space launches carried out throughout the world surpassed 100 for the first time since 1990, a source in the Russian rocket and space industry told Sputnik on Wednesday, addin ... more 
Russian Soyuz-2 1a Rocket With Satellites Blasts Off From Vostochny CosmodromeVostochny (Sputnik) Dec 28, 2018 The Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying Russian Kanopus-V satellites number five and number six and foreign spacecraft successfully lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday, a Sputnik cor ... more  
Clearing the air for deep space travelTempe AZ (SPX) Dec 31, 2018 Matthew D. Green, an assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, wants to help space travelers breathe easier. Astronau ... more  
South Africa announces successful launch of Africa's most advanced nanosatelliteCape Town (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 Africa's most advanced nanosatellite, developed by South Africa, was successfully launched on Thursday, the South African Department of Science and Technology said. "[Today] marks another hist ... more |
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Two Soyuz launches with UK satellites planned for 1st Quarter of 2019Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2019 Two launches of Russian carrier rockets Soyuz-ST with UK satellites are planned to be held at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in the first quarter of 2019, a source in the aerospace industry t ... more  |
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Cabinet approves 'Gaganyaan programme' for manned flight to spaceNew Delhi (IANS) Dec 31, 2018 In major boost to India's ambitious programme to send astronauts to space, the Union Cabinet has approved Rs 10,000-crore "Gaganyaan Programme" that envisages two unmanned and one manned flights to ... more 
Plesetsk spaceport to prepare launch pad for Angara rocket in MayMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2019 The launch pad at the Plesetsk spaceport in northwestern Russia will be re-equipped for launches of the Angara carrier rocket atop a new upper stage by the end of spring, a source in the industry to ... more  
Bell Boeing to build CMV-22B planes for Navy, MarinesWashington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a $366 million contract for construction of five military planes, the U.S. Defense Department announced. ... more 
Boeing receives $400M contract to keep B-1, B-52 bombers flyingWashington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 Boeing was awarded a $400 million contract by the Defense Department for engineering services on B-1 and B-52 strategic bombers. ... more 
Lockheed Martin contracted for F-35 computer system updatesWashington (UPI) Dec 28, 2018 The U.S. Navy awarded a roughly $712.5 million order to Lockheed Martin for the company's work on the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Dec 28, 2018 
In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications have developed a simple, scalable and low-cost capillary-driven self-assembly method to prepare flexible and stretchable conductive fibers that have applications in wearable electronics and smart fabrics.
A simple, scalable and low-cost capillary-driven self- ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 24, 2018 
On December 12, DARPA held the second preliminary event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - the world's first collaborative machine-intelligence competition to overcome spectrum scarcity. Fifteen teams represented by members from across the academic, commercial and defense landscapes gathered at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to pit their intelligent radio ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 
China on Thursday announced that the primary system of BeiDou-3 has been established and started to provide global services, meaning its home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) officially went global.
The BDS has been performing well in the Asia-Pacific region and it goes global with cutting-edge technology and high-quality service.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a $366 million contract for construction of five military planes, the U.S. Defense Department announced.
The contract is for modifications to a previously awarded contract to the company, based in Amarillo, Texas. It will provide for the construction of three CMV-22B planes to the U.S. Navy and two MV-22B variations to the U.S. Marine Corps. ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 28, 2018 
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology proposed new quasi-1D materials for potential spintronic applications, an upcoming technology that exploits the spin of electrons. They performed simulations to demonstrate the spin properties of these materials and explained the mechanisms behind their behavior.
Conventional electronics is based on the movement of electrons and mainly concerns t ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Jan 01, 2019 
China successfully sent six atmospheric environment research satellites and a test communication satellite into orbit Saturday.
They were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:00 p.m.
The six Yunhai-2 satellites will be used to study atmospheric environment, monitor space environment, prevent and reduce disasters, and cond ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
A new survey shows 10 times more trash ends up on the shores of Texas than any other state along the Gulf of Mexico.
Over the last two years, scientists at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve have been documenting debris along the Gulf of Mexico coastline.
The research, published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, revealed ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Dec 31, 2018 
China successfully launched the No. 3 telecommunication technology test satellite on Tuesday.
The satellite was launched at 0:53 a.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite was developed and produced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
There have been 296 ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 24, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3, or Patriot PAC-3, missiles for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is worth a total of $3.3 billion for production of the missiles, with associated ground support equipment and initial spares of both PAC-3 missiles an ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
Raytheon Missile Systems received a $434 million contract for tactical missile modifications, the Defense Department announced.
The contract covers 766 AIM-9X Block II and Block II Plus missiles, known as Sidewinders, as well as guidance units, optical target containers and training missiles. Forty-four percent of the modifications to missiles and equipment were ordered by the U.S. Navy ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 
Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising technology for producing clean and renewable energy, but the cost and activity of their cathode materials is a major challenge for commercialization. Many fuel cells require expensive platinum-based catalysts - substances that initiate and speed up chemical reactions - to help convert renewable fuels into electrical energy. To make hydrogen fuel cells commerci ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 
Hundreds of small robots can work in a team to create biology-inspired shapes - without an underlying master plan, purely based on local communication and movement. To achieve this, researchers from EMBL, CRG and Bristol Robotics Laboratory introduced the biological principles of self-organisation to swarm robotics. Science Robotics publishes the results on 19 December.
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2018 
Insitu has won a $12 million contract for spare and sustainment parts for the Blackjack unmanned aircraft system, the Defense Department announced.
The company, a division of Boeing headquartered in Bergen, Wash., was awarded $12,167,690 for firm-fixed-price delivery against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for parts to maintain the Naval Supply Systems Command's RQ-21A Blac ... more |
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