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  Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2019 Funding for the proposed Space Development Agency could be limited until the Defense Department submits to Congress a detailed plan for the new agency. In a draft of the Defense Department funding bill for fiscal year 2020, released on Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee appropriators would block funding for the SDA until 90 days after the secretary of defense submits a detailed plan for the new agency. The SDA is due to exist under the Department of Defense, but by 2022 will fall un ... read more |
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China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid developmentBeijing (XNA) May 16, 2019 China's satellite navigation and location services industry achieved a total output value of 301.6 billion yuan (about 43.93 billion US dollars) in 2018, up 18.3 percent than the previous year, acco ... more  
UH satellite chosen for NASA space missionHonolulu HI (SPX) May 16, 2019 A satellite designed and developed by researchers and engineers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa is among 16 small research satellites from 10 states that NASA has selected to fly as auxil ... more  
DLR tests the City-ATM system at the Kohlbrand Bridge in HamburgHamburg, Germany (SPX) May 16, 2019 Parcel-delivery drones, air taxis and uncrewed inspection aircraft will to fly over cities and interact with one another in the future. They must be able to recognise and avoid one another, ideally ... more 
Tug-of-war drives magnetic north sprintParis (ESA) May 16, 2019 As far as we know, Earth's magnetic north has always wandered, but it has recently gained new momentum and is making a dash towards Siberia at a pace not seen before. While this has some practical i ... more |
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Robotics used to restore full power for the Space StationHouston TX (SPX) May 14, 2019 Robotics ground controllers in NASA's Mission Control Center at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston successfully replaced a failed Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) on the International Space ... more  
UA Partners With Space Tango to Test Diagnostic Tool in SpacePhoenix AZ (SPX) May 09, 2019 Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix are partnering with Space Tango, a private aerospace company that designs, builds and operates facilities on the International ... more 
Studying DNA Breaks to Protect Future Space TravelersHouston TX (SPX) May 13, 2019 Earth's atmosphere shields life on the ground from cosmic radiation that can damage DNA. Astronauts in space have no such protection, and that puts them at risk. An investigation on the Internationa ... more 
NASA awards ATLAS Space Operations space operations partnershipTraverse City MI (SPX) May 07, 2019 ATLAS Space Operations, Inc., a leading innovator in communications for the space industry, today announced NASA has awarded it a contract for the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program' ... more  
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for Air Force set June 22Orlando FL (UPI) May 15, 2019 SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is set for its third-ever launch June 22, carrying 24 payloads for the U.S. Air Force and other government clients, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fl ... more |
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 Boeing nabs $10.8M for Harpoon missile production for Saudi Arabia  
Navy awards $22.7M to BAE for three 57mm MK 110 gun mountsWashington (UPI) May 15, 2019 BAE Systems Land & Armaments received a $22.7 million U.S. Navy contract to build gun mounts, the Defense Department announced. ... more  |
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F-35 suffers millions in damage from bird strikeWashington (AFP) May 15, 2019 A US F-35 stealth bomber suffered millions of dollars in damage after colliding with a bird during take-off from an air base in Japan, the US Marine Corp said in a statement Wednesday. ... more 
High-tech supremacy at stake in US-China trade warBeijing (AFP) May 10, 2019 A race for global supremacy in the tech sector is at the centre of the fraught trade war negotiations between the United States and China. ... more 
NISTex-II instrument successfully launched on May 4thWashington DC (SPX) May 14, 2019 On May 4, 2019, the Navy Interferometric Star Tracker Experiment II (NISTEx-II) instrument, a joint project of the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and NASA, was successfully launched into space aboard ... more 
Luxembourg and US agree to deepen cooperation in spaceLuxembourg (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. ... more 
ESA and GomSpace sign contract to adapt and improve smallsat subsystems for deep spaceAalborg, Denmark (SPX) May 14, 2019 GomSpace and ESA have signed a contract to adapt and improve smallsat systems and subsystems for science missions in deep space. The contract value is 3.900.000 euro over 18 months. (3.300.0 ... more |
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 Metairie LA (SPX) May 16, 2019 
Geocent, LLC, a national Information Technology and Engineering firm with its headquarters in Louisiana, was informed by NASA that its innovative materials for radiation shielding and thermal barrier coatings were chosen to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to evaluate their potential applications for lunar habitation, long-term deep space missions such as Mars, and other unspecif ... 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 (ESA) May 16, 2019 
As far as we know, Earth's magnetic north has always wandered, but it has recently gained new momentum and is making a dash towards Siberia at a pace not seen before. While this has some practical implications, scientists believe that this sprint is being caused by tussling magnetic blobs deep below our feet.
Unlike our geographic North Pole, which is in a fixed location, magnetic north wa ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 15, 2019 
A US F-35 stealth bomber suffered millions of dollars in damage after colliding with a bird during take-off from an air base in Japan, the US Marine Corp said in a statement Wednesday.
"On May 7, 2019 an F-35B with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing aborted take-off due to a bird strike at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and safely taxied off the runway," the statement said. ... more |
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 Konstanz, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2019 
When it comes to performing a calculation destined to arrive at an exact result, humans are hopelessly inferior to the computer. In other areas, humans are still lengths ahead of it: An example is signal processing, which plays an important role in autonomous driving.
In the search for new computer concepts that are closer to the human brain, research is concentrating, amongst others, on p ... 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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 Mexico City (AFP) May 16, 2019 
Mexico City declared an air pollution alert for the second straight day Wednesday, urging people to stay indoors, canceling school and moving the semi-finals of the first-division football league to another city.
The capital, whose sprawling metropolitan area is home to more than 20 million people, has been blanketed in a thick layer of smog since Saturday.
Authorities say the problem is ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 16, 2019 
China's satellite navigation and location services industry achieved a total output value of 301.6 billion yuan (about 43.93 billion US dollars) in 2018, up 18.3 percent than the previous year, according to an annual industry report.
The data was published in the White Paper on the Development of China's Satellite Navigation and Location Services Industry (2019), which was released by the ... more |
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 Washington 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.
On Friday, the Pentagon announced the ship and an additional launching system for PAC-3 missiles are part of the U.S. Central Command's original request from earlier this week fo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 15, 2019 
Boeing Co. has received a $10.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for production of Harpoon missiles for Saudi Arabia's military.
The modification calls for obsolescence redesign efforts in producing and delivering the AGM-84 Harpoon Block II missiles, a ship-based weapon, to be completed by the end of August. The Defense Department made the announcement on Tuesday.
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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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 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 |
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 Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019 
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $163.6 million contract for support services on the U.S. Army's fleet of MQ-5B Hunter drones.
The company will operate, engineer, reconfigure and maintain the unmanned aerial systems as part of the new contract, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Work will be performed at Northrop Grumman's plant in Sierra Vista, Ariz., with the contract es ... more |
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