|
|
|
  Los Angeles AFB CA (AFNS) May 05, 2019 The Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, released a request for proposals May 3, for the purpose of competitively awarding firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contracts to two domestic launch service providers. These "Launch Service Procurement" contracts are for National Security Space launch service procurements in fiscal year 2020 through 2024 for missions launching through 2027. This solicitation strategy is a full and open co ... read more |
 |
Liquid oxygen-methane engine assembled in east ChinaBeijing (XNA) May 08, 2019 A Chinese company has assembled an 80-tonne thrust liquid oxygen-methane engine in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The TQ-12 engine, independently developed by private rocket-maker Lan ... more 
Apollo Fusion, Inc. Lands NASA JPL License and Manufacturing ContractMountain View CA (SPX) May 08, 2019 Apollo Fusion, Inc. has been awarded an exclusive, worldwide commercial license to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) MaSMi (Magnetically Shielded Miniature) Hall thruster, the world's first low ... more  
Turkey to buy Russian missiles despite US 'threats'Istanbul (AFP) May 5, 2019 Turkey on Sunday dismissed US threats of sanctions if it went ahead with a Russian missile purchase, saying it would not renege on a pledge to Moscow. ... more 
US Air Force completes successful shoot down of air-launched missilesWhite Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) May 05, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program successfully completed a major program milestone April 2 ... more |
|
|
| Previous Issues | May 07 | May 06 | May 03 | May 02 | May 01 |
|
|
|
|
|
 
Self-powered wearable techEast Lansing MI (SPX) May 07, 2019 For emerging wearable tech to advance, it needs improved power sources. Now researchers from Michigan State University have provided a potential solution via crumpled carbon nanotube forests, or CNT ... more 
SpaceX's Dragon Cargo capsule docks with Space StationKennedy Space Center FL (UPI) May 07, 2019 SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft docked and bolted to the International Space Station on schedule Monday morning. It was the 17th such mission for the space company's Commercial Resupply Services co ... more  
SIS advances smart multi-robot autonomyVirginia Beach VA (SPX) May 07, 2019 Spatial Integrated Systems Inc. (SIS) is pleased to announce the extension of its Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Swarming program under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). USV ... more  
Gateway to the Solar SystemBethesda, MD (SPX) May 03, 2019 It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. So, what is the easi ... more  
Czech Republic approved for Viper, Black Hawk helicopter purchasesWashington (UPI) May 7, 2019 The U.S. State Department has approved two possible contracts with Czech Republic worth more than $1 billion for AH-1Z Viper and UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. ... more |
|
 Japan finds parts of crashed F35 fighter jet 
Austria hands over MiG 'symbol' of Croatian independence warZagreb (AFP) May 7, 2019 A fighter jet flown to Austria by a defecting Croat pilot at the start of the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia was on Tuesday sent from Vienna to Croatia, where the military hailed it a symbol of "heroism". ... more  |
|
|
|
Pilot says lightning caused deadly Russian crash landingMoscow (AFP) May 6, 2019 The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 people, said lightning led to the emergency landing. ... more  
Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build two SpainSAT NG satellitesMadrid, Spain (SPX) May 07, 2019 A four co-primes consortium formed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (both in Spain and France) has been selected by Hisdesat Servicios Estrategicos S.A. (Spanish Governmental Satellite Operator) to ... more 
State Department approves $2.7B Patriot system sale to UAEWashington (UPI) May 6, 2019 The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $2.78 billion contract with the United Arab Emirates for Patriot missiles. ... more 
Pentagon preparing to move F-35 work out of TurkeyWashington (AFP) May 3, 2019 US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned Friday that the Pentagon will halt manufacturing support for the F-35 in Turkey if Ankara buys a Russian missile defense system. ... more  
Expediting Software Certification for Military Systems, PlatformsWashington DC (SPX) May 05, 2019 Military systems are increasingly using software to support functionality, new capabilities, and beyond. Before a new piece of software can be deployed within a system however, its functional safety ... more |
|
|
 Houston TX (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
The new innovation allows scientists to create exquisitely entangled vascular networks that mimic the body's natural passageways for blood, air, lymph and other vital fluids.
The research is featured on the cover of this week's issue of Science ... more |
|
 Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 07, 2019 
A four co-primes consortium formed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (both in Spain and France) has been selected by Hisdesat Servicios Estrategicos S.A. (Spanish Governmental Satellite Operator) to build two SpainSAT NG satellites. Used for governmental communications, these new generation satellites will replace the existing Spainsat and Xtar-EUR satellites. Airbus will act as "lead partner" o ... more |
|
|
 |
|
 Paris (SPX) May 06, 2019 
The GSA is launching a new testing campaign for receiver manufacturers: The machine guidance testing campaign for agriculture receivers.
Within this testing campaign, receivers usually used for machine guidance tasks will be thoroughly tested for their performance in various test cases, looking at multi-constellation and multi-frequency combinations and using several augmenting techniques. ... more |
|
|
 Washington (AFP) May 3, 2019  US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned Friday that the Pentagon will halt manufacturing support for the F-35 in Turkey if Ankara buys a Russian missile defense system.
Shanahan told journalists the government remained steadfast in its opposition to Turkey's adoption of the S-400 anti-aircraft technology.
"If Turkey decides that the S-400 is a decision they want to go forward ... more |
|
 Nanyang, Singapore (SPX) May 08, 2019 
Magnetic skyrmions are tiny entities, manifesting in magnetic materials, that consist of localized twists in the magnetization direction of the medium. Each skyrmion is highly stable because eliminating it requires untwisting the magnetization direction of the material, just as a knot on a string can only be untied by pulling the rest of the string out of the knot.
Magnetic skyrmions are a pr ... more |
|
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 06, 2019 
The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA's Aura satellite specializes in finding "fingerprints" - signatures of gases and particles that clutter the atmosphere. By measuring solar radiation reflected from Earth's surface and scattered by its atmosphere, the OMI team derives important information about aerosols such as dust and smoke and pollutants like nitrogen and sulfur dioxide.
... more |
|
 Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) April 30, 2019 
The people of Chibuabuar, an informal settlement of modest wooden homes perched on a hillside between a highway and the coast of Pemba in north Mozambique, thought they had escaped the worst of Cyclone Kenneth.
But on Sunday night, the vast rubbish dump that towers over their informal neighbourhood gave way, sending mounds of trash crashing into the valley, demolishing five houses and pushin ... more |
|
|
 Nanjing (XNA) May 03, 2019 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean, beginning its first maritime space monitoring mission this year.
The ship departed from a port in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday.
As a part of China's new generation of spacecraft tracking ships, Yuanwang-7 is about 220 meters long, 40 meters high and has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tonnes. I ... more |
|
 Istanbul (AFP) May 5, 2019 
Turkey on Sunday dismissed US threats of sanctions if it went ahead with a Russian missile purchase, saying it would not renege on a pledge to Moscow.
Washington has warned its NATO ally for months that Ankara's adoption of Russian S-400 missile technology alongside US F-35 fighters would pose a threat to the jets and endanger Western defence.
The US has said it will halt a joint F-35 pr ... more |
|
|
 Geneva (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Washington has signed more than $1 billion in new missile contracts in the three months since it announced plans to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms treaty, campaigners said Thursday.
"The withdrawal from the INF Treaty has fired the starting pistol on a new Cold War," warned Beatrice Fihn, who heads the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). ... more |
|
 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
|
|
 London, UK (SPX) May 07, 2019 
According to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights, Inc, the Space Robotics Market worth over $3.5bn by 2025. The space robotics market is experiencing a rapid technical development owing to the integration of AI technologies into the systems developed for space exploration. Several companies are developing AI-based robots that provide ... more |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 Ames IA (SPX) May 03, 2019 
Search and rescue crews are already using drones to locate missing hikers. Farmers are flying them over fields to survey crops. And delivery companies will soon use drones to drop packages at your doorstep.
With so many applications for the technology, an Iowa State University researcher says the next step is to expand capacity by deploying fleets of drones. But making that happen is not a ... more |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
