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  Luxembourg (AFP) May 10, 2019 The tiny EU country of Luxembourg and the United States agreed on Friday to work more closely on projects in space, including research and exploration as well as defence and commerce. In the last few years, the grand duchy of Luxembourg has moved to join the US at the forefront of what has been dubbed the new space race. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to boost research, exploration, defence, and space commerce as well as tackle problems like regulatory reform an ... read more |
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Rocket Lab to launch rideshare mission for SpaceflightHuntington Beach CA (SPX) May 13, 2019 Rocket Lab announced Friday that its next flight will launch multiple spacecraft on a mission procured by satellite rideshare and mission management provider, Spaceflight. The launch window will ope ... more  
DIH-HERO - a medical robotics networkBerlin, Germany (SPX) May 13, 2019 The Digital Innovation Hub Healthcare Robotics (DIH-HERO) has the goals of fostering closer exchanges between science and companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), acceleratin ... more  
Lockheed Martin awarded $84.9 million Navy contract for AEGIS system developmentWashington (UPI) May 8, 2019 The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin an $84.9 million contract modification for work on the AEGIS weapons system, the Defense Department announced. ... more 
Beyond the Metal: Investigating Soft Robots at NASA LangleyHampton VA (SPX) May 09, 2019 Into the Spiderverse's newest crew of villains include a brilliant scientist named Doctor Octopus who uses flexible robotic arms to commit her dastardly deeds. Her bionic arms can throw objects, aid ... more |
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Air Force releases proposal request for the Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement ContractLos 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, inde ... 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  
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 
Next AEHF satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral for June launchCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 10, 2019 The US Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its arrival in Florida. Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely ... more 
Patriot system, transport ship sent to Middle East as Iran tensions riseWashington DC (UPI) May 13, 2019 The Defense Department is moving the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock ship and a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery to the Middle East for additional military strength amid rising tensions with Iran. ... more |
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 Rocket Crafters Chooses RUAG Space as Preferred Supplier 
Ariane 6 series production begins with first batch of 14 launchersParis (SPX) May 07, 2019 Following the initial institutional and commercial launch orders for Ariane 6 obtained by Arianespace since the autumn of 2017, and the resolution of the ESA Council on April 17, 2019, related to th ... more  |
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Training AI to win a dogfightWashington DC (SPX) May 10, 2019 Artificial intelligence has defeated chess grandmasters, Go champions, professional poker players, and, now, world-class human experts in the online strategy games Dota 2 and StarCraft II. No AI cur ... more  
Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can'tWest Lafayette IN (SPX) May 10, 2019 What can fly like a bird and hover like an insect? Your friendly neighborhood hummingbirds. If drones had this combo, they would be able to maneuver better through collapsed buildings and other clut ... more 
SpinLaunch Breaks Ground for New Test Facility at Spaceport AmericaSpaceport America NM (SPX) May 09, 2019 Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport, and SpinLaunch, an innovative new space company revolutionizing access to space, today celebrated the ground-breaking of Spin ... more 
Space robotics market worth over $3.5bn by 2025London, 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 ... more  
Raytheon to provide U.S. Marines with Naval Strike Force MissileWashington (UPI) May 8, 2019 Raytheon Co. announced on Tuesday it was chosen to integrate the Naval Strike Force Missile into the U.S. Marine Corps' existing structure. ... more |
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 Cocoa FL (UPI) May 09, 2019 
Rocket Crafters, a Cocoa, Fla.-based space startup, has signed an agreement with RUAG Space to use RUAG components.
The memo of understanding is a further step toward launching a suborbital rocket test this winter, according to Robert Fabian, president at Rocket Crafters. The firm is aiming for a piece of the expanding small-satellite market. Its rocket under development is called Intrepid ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 10, 2019 
The US Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its arrival in Florida. Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ahead of its expected June launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. AEHF-5's launch comes just eight months after AEHF- ... more |
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 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 |
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 Washington (UPI) May 10, 2019 
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 24 Apache helicopters and spare parts to Qatar for $3 billion.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification Thursday, notifying Congress of the possible foreign military sale.
The contract also includes four spare engines, as well as night vision sensors, fire control radars, radio frequency interf ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Creating two-dimentional materials large enough to use in electronics is a challenge despite huge effort but now, Penn State researchers have discovered a method for improving the quality of one class of 2D materials, with potential to achieve wafer-scale growth in the future.
The field of 2D materials with unusual properties has exploded in the 15 years since Konstantin Novoselov and Andr ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) May 08, 2019 
A Yale-led team of scientists may have found a new factor to help explain the ebb and flow of Earth's magnetic field - and it's something familiar to anyone who has made a vinaigrette for their salad.
Earth's magnetic field, produced near the center of the planet, has long acted as a buffer from the harmful radiation of solar winds emanating from the Sun. Without that protection, life on E ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 10, 2019 
A top Indian minister has made an ambitious promise that the government will clean New Delhi's toxic air in the next three years.
The World Health Organization ranks New Delhi as the world's most polluted capital, with the 20 million residents breathing air way above danger limits for most of the year.
Transport and water resources minister Nitin Gadkari, plunged into a tense election ca ... more |
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 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 |
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 Washington (UPI) May 8, 2019 
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin an $84.9 million contract modification for work on the AEGIS weapons system, the Defense Department announced.
The contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a prior contract, the Defense Department said on Tuesday. It covers combat system engineering, architecture, development, integration and testing; Naval Integrated Fire Control-Count ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 10, 2019 
The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, was developed as a missile for land attacks, but could reportedly be used for maritime strikes soon. The US authorities earlier awarded Lockheed Martin, who manufactures the F-35 fighters, a $928-million contract to develop it. They are expected to fly for the first time this year.
The US-based defence giant Lockheed Martin has presente ... more |
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 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 |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) May 09, 2019 
Into the Spiderverse's newest crew of villains include a brilliant scientist named Doctor Octopus who uses flexible robotic arms to commit her dastardly deeds. Her bionic arms can throw objects, aid her in moving quickly in fight scenes, and a host of other functions. While we can leave the evil geniuses to the movies, two genius interns are investigating soft robotics like the supervillain's in ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 10, 2019 
What can fly like a bird and hover like an insect? Your friendly neighborhood hummingbirds. If drones had this combo, they would be able to maneuver better through collapsed buildings and other cluttered spaces to find trapped victims.
Purdue University researchers have engineered flying robots that behave like hummingbirds, trained by machine learning algorithms based on various technique ... more |
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