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  Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2019 Raytheon was awarded a $63.3 million contract to further develop the Tactical Boost Glide hypersonic weapons program. Raytheon announced the contract on Monday, revealing the work will be part of a joint development of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force. The contract includes critical design review of the new missile system, a key step in fielding the technology. The weapons are meant to meet the reported development of hypersonic weapons by other nations, sp ... read more |
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China preparing for space station missionsBeijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2019 The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced Monday that the core module of the country's space station, the Long March-5B carrier rocket and its payloads will be sent to the launch s ... 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  
Assembly in the air: Using sound to defy gravityBath UK (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 Scientists at the University of Bath have levitated particles using sound in an experiment which could have applications in so-called "soft robotics" and help reveal how planets start to form. ... more 
Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflipBoston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 MIT's new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals a champion gymnast. The four-legged powerpack can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk ... more |
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SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docks on ISSWashington DC (AFP) Mar 03, 2019 SpaceX's new Dragon capsule successfully docked on the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA and SpaceX confirmed during a live broadcast of the mission. "We can confirm hard capture is ... more 
FedEx to test 'SameDay Bot' for local deliveriesSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 27, 2019 Global courier service FedEx on Wednesday announced plans to test a "SameDay Bot" autonomous delivery device designed to carry purchases from retail shops to local customers. ... more  
Ready for Launch, NASA: UVA Space Satellite is A-OKCharlottesville VA (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 A project built by a team of University of Virginia engineering students took a giant leap toward outer space Tuesday when they and student colleagues from Old Dominion University and Virginia Tech ... more  
Orolia launches the world's first Galileo enabled PLBPortsmouth, 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 s ... more 
GMV achieves important breakthroughs in robotics systems and autonomyMadrid, 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 Re ... more |
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 SpaceX astronaut capsule launched on ISS Demo-1 mission 
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  |
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Corvid wins $223.2M deal to help build suborbital flight vehiclesWashington (UPI) Mar 5, 2019 Corvid Technologies was awarded a $223.3 million contract for hardware, equipment and components to produce suborbital flight vehicles for the U.S. Navy, other government organizations and Japan. ... more 
Lockheed awarded $945.9M for Saudi THAAD missile systemWashington (UPI) Mar 5, 2019 Lockheed Martin was awarded a $945.9 million contract in the first down payment for a $15 billion buy of missile defense system by Saudi Arabia. ... more 
Navy seeks proposals to design, build next-generation guided-missile frigatesWashington (UPI) Mar 4, 2019 The U.S. Navy has issued a draft request for proposals for the design and construction of the next generation of guided missile frigates under the FFG(X) program. ... more  
Pakistan airspace fully reopened, says aviation authorityIslamabad (AFP) March 4, 2019 Pakistan fully reopened its airspace on Monday, authorities said, days after it closed its skies to all air travel, leaving thousands stranded worldwide as tensions with nuclear arch-rival India soared. ... more 
Singapore seeks purchase of four F-35 fighter planesWashington (UPI) Mar 4, 2019 Singapore's armed forces intend to purchase four U.S.-made F-35 fighter planes, the country's defense minister said. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 
Technology drives exploration for future human missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. For spacecraft to journey farther and live longer, we'll need to store and transfer super-cold liquids used for fuel and life support systems in space. In December 2018, the Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) launched to the International Space Station to do just that - transfer and store cryogenic fuel in spac ... 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 (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.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to provide Leonardo's C-27J aircraft, and all services connected with the planes throughout their life cycles, to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2019  Universal quantum computers with millions of quantum bits, or qubits - which can represent a one, a zero, or a coherent linear combination of one and zero - would revolutionize information processing for commercial and military applications.
Realizing that vision, however, is still decades away. The problem is the performance and reliability of quantum devices depend on the length of time ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 
Methane is a very special molecule. It is the main component of natural gas and we heat our apartments with it, but when reaching the atmosphere it is a potent greenhouse gas.
It is also central in microbiology: In the absence of oxygen, a special group of microorganisms, the so-called methanogenic archaea, can produce methane. Other microorganisms - archaea living in symbiosis with bacter ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 3, 2019 
Australia is ramping up efforts to tackle an oil spill from a cargo ship stranded in World Heritage-listed waters in the Solomon Islands as fears grow of spiralling environmental damage, Canberra said Sunday.
MV Solomon Trader ran aground on February 5 while loading bauxite at remote Rennell Island, some 240 kilometres (150 miles) south of the Pacific nation's capital Honiara.
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 06, 2019 
The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced Monday that the core module of the country's space station, the Long March-5B carrier rocket and its payloads will be sent to the launch site in the second half of this year, to make preparations for the space station missions.
China is scheduled to complete the construction of the space station around 2022. It will be the country ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2019 
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $945.9 million contract in the first down payment for a $15 billion buy of missile defense system by Saudi Arabia.
The contract, awarded by the Missile Defense Agency and announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is the first purchase under a $15 billion deal for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia made in Oct ... 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) Mar 1, 2019 
Researchers have trained drones outfitted with infrared sensors to recognize a koala bear's heat signature. Wildlife managers and biologists are using the technology to accurately and efficiently monitor koala populations in Australia.
An algorithm processes the drone's infrared readings and determines whether the heat signatures belong to a koala or some other animal. Researchers plan ... more |
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