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  Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 March 4th, 2019: D-Orbit S.p.A., an Italian service provider of the New Space sector, signed a multi-year framework agreement with US-based launch operator Firefly Aerospace Inc. (Firefly) to purchase launch capacity of the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle. The agreement grants D-Orbit the status of a preferred launch aggregation partner for the European market, allowing D-Orbit to purchase, market, and resell launch vehicle capacity, and to provide logistics support and integration activities at its ... read more |
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German engineers produce and test 3D-printed rocket engineBerlin (Sputnik) Mar 05, 2019 The new method will allow the weight and production cost of a rocket to be reduced, while increasing payload and implementing more sophisticated cooling systems. German Aerospace Centre (DLR) ... more  
The First Humans in SpaceBethesda, MD (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 The first human to fly in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut who was born on March 9, 1934, near Moscow, Russia. He flew aboard the Vostok spacecraft in April 1961 and orbited the Earth onc ... more 
New Moon-Mars mission in progress at HI-SEAS habitatHonolulu, HI (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 The six-member crew at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa's Hawai?i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) habitat on the slopes of Mauna Loa on Hawai?i Island has been hard at work with ... more  
Boeing unveils fighter jet-sized drone designed for AustraliaWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2019 During the Australian International Airshow, Boeing unveiled its newest unmanned drone, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System. ... more |
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SpaceX astronaut capsule launched on ISS Demo-1 missionCape Canaveral (AFP) Mar 02, 2019 The demonstration mission of SpaceX's new Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked Sunday on the International Space Station, passing a key test before it can begin taking US astronauts into space. ... more 
Arianespace Reveals Launch Date of O3b Satellites Atop Russia's Soyuz RocketMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 01, 2019 The next launch of the Russian Soyuz carrier rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou is scheduled for 29 March, Arianespace launch service provider's CEO Stephane Israel said, adding that the ... more 
Russia to Invest Over $450,000 in Development of Backpack Vacuum Cleaner for ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 01, 2019 Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation Energia is planning to order the development of a new vacuum cleaner, which can be worn as a backpack, for use by cosmonauts on board the International Space St ... more  
US deploys THAAD missile defence in Israel for exerciseJerusalem (AFP) March 4, 2019 The United States has deployed its advanced THAAD missile defence system temporarily to Israel for a joint military exercise, the first of its kind, officials said Monday. ... more  
SU engineers create rubbery 'smart' material to treat open wounds, infections and cancerSyracuse NY (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 Researchers in the Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a material - a new kind of shape memory polymer (SMP) - that could have major implications for healt ... more |
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 Singapore to buy four F-35s, with option for eight more  
Boeing temporarily grounds new KC-46 tankers after manufacturing problemsWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2019 Boeing grounded the Air Force's KC-46 tankers, a version of the 767, for one week after the military branch said it found loose tools and other foreign object debris inside the completed airplanes. ... more  |
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Northrop Grumman, Leonardo to build transport aircraft for New ZealandWashington (UPI) Feb 27, 2019 Northrop Grumman Australia and the Italian aerospace company Leonardo announced a partnership to build and maintain troop carrier aircraft for New Zealand. ... more 
Malaysia open to proposals to revive MH370 huntKuala Lumpur (AFP) March 3, 2019 Malaysia is open to restarting the hunt for Flight MH370 if firms come forward with credible leads and concrete proposals, the transport minister said Sunday, five years on from the plane's disappearance. ... more 
U.S. Army orders tactical vehicles from Oshkosh DefenseWashington (UPI) Feb 27, 2019 Oshkosh Defense LLC announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Army placed $75 million in orders for trucks and trailers. ... more 
BAE delivers first four BvS10 all-terrain vehicles to AustriaWashington (UPI) Feb 26, 2019 BAE Systems has delivered to Austria the first four BvS10 all-terrain vehicles as part of a contract signed in 2016 for 32 armored personnel carriers. ... more 
MAPS-enabled countermeasures defeat anti tank missiles in field testsOrlando FL (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 Lockheed Martin and industry partners supported U.S. Army integration of three countermeasures and a cueing sensor into the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) framework for a six-week "rodeo" ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 
JILA researchers have made a long-lived, record-cold gas of molecules that follow the wave patterns of quantum mechanics instead of the strictly particle nature of ordinary classical physics. The creation of this gas boosts the odds for advances in fields such as designer chemistry and quantum computing.
As featured on the cover of the Feb. 22 issue of Science, the team produced a gas of p ... more |
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Raytheon was awarded a four-year contract for hardware and support services for a radio system to be used by the U.S. Army for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
The contract includes repair, logistical, engineering and technical support for the Army's AN/ARC-231 Multiple-Mode Aviation Radio Suite, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Raytheon was the only bidder for the sy ... more |
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 Portsmouth, UK (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 
Global leader in emergency readiness and response, Orolia, is pleased to announce that its McMurdo FastFind 220 and Kannad SafeLink Solo Personal Location Beacons now operate with the Galileo GNSS system.
Continuing Orolia's innovation and leadership role in Safety Electronics, the PLBs have been upgraded to include Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), the European Union's gl ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 
The US Navy's version of the F-35 stealth fighter jet is "ready for combat," officials said Thursday, marking another milestone in the development of the most expensive weapons program ever.
"The F-35C is ready for operations, ready for combat and ready to win," Vice Admiral DeWolfe Miller, who commands Naval Air Forces, said in a statement.
"We are adding an incredible weapon system int ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 
A team of Cambridge researchers have found a way to control the sea of nuclei in semiconductor quantum dots so they can operate as a quantum memory device.
Quantum dots are crystals made up of thousands of atoms, and each of these atoms interacts magnetically with the trapped electron. If left alone to its own devices, this interaction of the electron with the nuclear spins, limits the use ... more |
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 Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 
D-Orbit, an Italian service provider for the New Space sector, signed a contract with Planet, a US-based private Earth imaging company, for the launch and deployment of six Dove-series satellites. Under the contract, D-Orbit will launch and deploy the satellites during the first commercial mission of ION CubeSat Carrier, the core technology of the InOrbit NOW launch service offered by the Italia ... more |
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 Stockholm, Swewden (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 
While fossil fuel emissions in New Delhi account for 80 percent of the air pollution plume during the summer, emissions from biomass burning (such as crop residue burning) in neighboring regions rival those from fossil fuels during the fall and winter.
"Black carbon aerosols are damaging to human health and their levels are higher in New Delhi than in many other megacities. During fall and ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 12, 2019 
China announced Monday that it is developing the modified version of the Long March-6 rocket to add four solid boosters to increase its carrying capacity.
The improved medium-left carrier rocket will be sent into space by 2020, according to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which designed the rocket.
The Long ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 1, 2019 
Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded an $850 million modification to an existing contract for element development and support services for a key part of the military's ballistic missile defense system the Missile Defense Agency.
The contract modification, announced Thursday by the Defense Department, will bring the value of an already existing contract for work on the Terminal High Altitud ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 4, 2019 
The United States has deployed its advanced THAAD missile defence system temporarily to Israel for a joint military exercise, the first of its kind, officials said Monday.
The two countries confirmed the deployment, with Israel's military stressing it was "not related to any specific current event".
It is the first such exercise in Israel, although the two allies hold regular joint war g ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 25, 2019 
Nanowires have the potential to revolutionize the technology around us. Measuring just 5-100 nanometers in diameter (a nanometer is a millionth of a millimeter), these tiny, needle-shaped crystalline structures can alter how electricity or light passes through them.
They can emit, concentrate and absorb light and could therefore be used to add optical functionalities to electronic chips. T ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 
GMV has recently presented the results obtained in ERGO and ESROCOS, two robotic-technology building blocks led by GMV within the European Commission's H2020 Space Robotics Technologies Strategic Research Cluster (SRC), its biggest space robotics program.
The SRC's first activities have focused on the design, manufacture and testing of five common robotic-building blocks for space-based op ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2019 
During the Australian International Airshow, Boeing unveiled its newest unmanned drone, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System.
The system was viewed Wednesday by Australian Defense Minister Christopher Pyne at Avalon Airport in Victoria, Australia, 25 miles north of Melbourne.
The first flight is planned for 2020, according to Boeing in a news release.
The Loyal Wingman proje ... more |
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