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  Paris (ESA) Apr 03, 2019 ESA has set up a dedicated unit to work on the standardised nanosatellites called 'CubeSats', teaming up with European companies to develop low-cost technology-testing missions. Missions in preparation include a double CubeSat to test rendezvous and docking techniques, and one to explore near-Earth asteroids. A fast-growing sector of Europe's space economy, CubeSats are small satellites based on standardised 10 cm cubic units - compact enough to fit inside a backpack, but increasingly capable of d ... read more |
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First 2019 Proton-M Rocket Launch From Baikonur Slated for MayBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 The first 2019 launch of the Russian-built Proton-M carrier rocket with the Blagovest telecommunications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome will take place on 23 May, a source in the rocket and ... more  
China, Arab states eye closer cooperation on satellite navigation to build "Space Silk Road"Tunis, Tunisia Beijing (XNA) Apr 03, 2019 Chinese and Arab officials and experts on Monday envisioned building a "Space Silk Road" through closer cooperation on wider application of China's indigenously made BeiDou Navigation Satellite Syst ... more  
Turkey rejects US pressure over Russian missile dealIstanbul (AFP) March 29, 2019 Turkey's government on Friday rejected US pressure over its disputed deal to purchase Russian missiles, saying Ankara was already in talks over delivery of the S-400 defence system. ... more  
Will cyborgs be made from melanin? Pigment breakthrough enables biocompatible electronicsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 The dark brown melanin pigment, eumelanin, colors hair and eyes, and protects our skin from sun damage. It has also long been known to conduct electricity, but too little for any useful application ... more |
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Pentagon expects Turkey to buy US missile systemWashington (AFP) April 2, 2019 US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday he was confident that Turkey would drop its plan to purchase the Russian S-400 missile defense system and buy the US Patriot system instead. ... more  
Britain approves $3.3M for consortium to develop drone swarm technologyWashington (UPI) Apr 1, 2019 Britain's government has awarded a $3.3 million contract for a consortium to develop drone swarm technology for the military as part of the Many Drones Make Light Work project. ... more 
India launches PSLV-C45, with spysat and 28 microsats onboardSriharikota, India (ISRO) Apr 02, 2019 India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has successfully launched EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites into their designated orbits. The PSLV-C45 mission lifted off at 09:27 Hrs (IST ... more  
ThinKom Phased-Array Ka-Band Antenna Successfully Demonstrates Two-Way Wideband Data LinksHawthorne CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 ThinKom Solutions, Inc., has announced the successful completion of in-flight connectivity trials of its ThinAir Ka2517 phased-array antenna mounted on the Proteus high-altitude long-endurance aircr ... more 
New study demonstrates radio signal benefits from decades-old theoryRaleigh NC (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 Engineering researchers have demonstrated that a longstanding theoretical method called direct antenna modulation (DAM) has real-world utility for boosting the quality of radio signals when transmit ... more |
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 China launches new data relay satellite 
China completes compatibility test on core parts of rocket engineBeijing (XNA) Mar 30, 2019 Chinese engineers have successfully carried out a compatibility test on the turbopump and gas generator of rocket engine on Sunday, according to China Daily on Thursday. The engine will delive ... more  |
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F-35s for Turkey on hold as U.S. approves sales for Australia, NorwayWashington (UPI) Apr 2, 2019 Lockheed Martin was awarded a $151.3 million contract to sell 15 F-35 Lightning II aircraft to Australia and six to Norway. ... more 
Skyborg Program Seeks Industry Input For Artificial Intelligence InitiativeWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 30, 2019 The Air Force office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory is working on fielding a prototype Autonomous, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle as an Early ... more 
ThinKom demonstrates extremely high throughput rates in military Ka-BandHawthorne CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has completed successful live tests to validate throughput performance of its ThinAir Ka2517 phased-array antenna over Inmarsat's I-5 Global Xpress military Ka-band satellite ... more 
Boeing awarded $250M for JDAM guidance kits for U.S., alliesWashington (UPI) Apr 2, 2019 Boeing has been awarded a $250 million, 10-year contract for Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kit services for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and allies. ... more  
Partnership Rapidly Transitions Advanced Penetrating WeaponEglin AFB FL (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 The BLU-137/B penetrating munition will enter into production this year; thus providing warfighters with a low-cost, high-performance, and highly reliable bunker buster weapon that will make a diffe ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 1, 2019 
The head of NASA on Monday branded India's destruction of one of its satellites a "terrible thing" that had created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Jim Bridenstine was addressing employees of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration five days after India shot down a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test to ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
Engineering researchers have demonstrated that a longstanding theoretical method called direct antenna modulation (DAM) has real-world utility for boosting the quality of radio signals when transmitting at high data rates. The finding has applications in fields such as military communications.
"You can always improve signal quality by using a larger antenna, but that's simply not practical ... more |
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 Tunis, Tunisia Beijing (XNA) Apr 03, 2019 
Chinese and Arab officials and experts on Monday envisioned building a "Space Silk Road" through closer cooperation on wider application of China's indigenously made BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) in the Middle East.
Speaking at the second China-Arab States BDS Cooperation Forum held in the Tunisian capital Tunis, the officials and experts agreed that increased application of the ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 2, 2019 
Boeing has been awarded a $250 million, 10-year contract for Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kit services for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and allies.
Boeing's Defense Space and Security division will build the JDAM and supply Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition technical services, aircraft integration and sustainment, the Defense Department announced Monday.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 25, 2019 
The current generation of machine learning (ML) systems would not have been possible without significant computing advances made over the past few decades. The development of the graphics-processing unit (GPU) was critical to the advancement of ML as it provided new levels of compute power needed for ML systems to process and train on large data sets.
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
A new study, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that the recent intensification of the equatorial Pacific wind system, known as Walker Circulation, is unrelated to human influences and can be explained by natural processes. This result ends a long-standing debate on the drivers of an unprecedented atmospheric trend, which contributed to a three-fold acceleration of s ... more |
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 New York (AFP) March 29, 2019  After several failed attempts, New York state is poised to ban single-use plastic bags provided by stores, making it only the second US state, after California, to pass such a rule.
With Democrats controlling both chambers of the state legislature, lawmakers have reached agreement to include the plastic ban in a broader framework of budgetary measures to be voted on by Monday.
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2019 
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Sunday night.
The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched at 11:51 p.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
As the first satellite to constitute China's second-generation data relay satellite network, the Tianlian II-01 will provide data relay ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 2, 2019 
Lockheed Martin was awarded an additional $2.5 billion contract to begin work on production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors for Saudi Arabia as part of a $15 billion for the defensive ballistic missile systems.
Lockheed will provide interceptors and associated one-shot devices, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced Monday. With the new contract modification, the ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) March 29, 2019 
Turkey's government on Friday rejected US pressure over its disputed deal to purchase Russian missiles, saying Ankara was already in talks over delivery of the S-400 defence system.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has riled Turkey's NATO allies, especially the US, by purchasing the Russian arms system and by drawing closer to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
US officials have warned Tur ... more |
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 Houghton MI (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 
Electrospinning uses electric fields to manipulate nanoscale and microscale fibers. The technique is well-developed but time-intensive and costly. A team from Michigan Technological University came up with a new way to create customizable nanofibers for growing cell cultures that cuts out time spent removing toxic solvents and chemicals. Their work is published in Elsevier's Materialia.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
A soft robot, attached to a balloon and submerged in a transparent column of water, dives and surfaces, then dives and surfaces again, like a fish chasing flies. Soft robots have performed this kind of trick before. But unlike most soft robots, this one is made and operated with no hard or electronic parts. Inside, a soft, rubber computer tells the balloon when to ascend or descend. For the firs ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 1, 2019 
Britain's government has awarded a $3.3 million contract for a consortium to develop drone swarm technology for the military as part of the Many Drones Make Light Work project.
The swarms are planned to operate alongside Britain's F-35 and Typhoon combat aircraft, Britain's Defense Ministry announced Thursday. Funding comes from the Defense and Security Accelerator.
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