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  Beijing (XNA) May 21, 2019 A company in China has become the third in the world, after two others in the United States, to have developed a new type of rocket engine at the cutting edge of space propulsion, its maker said. LandSpace, a private startup in Beijing, announced on Friday that its TQ-12 methane rocket engine successfully underwent a 20-second trial run at the company's test facility in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. It is the world's third high-performance methane engine after SpaceX's Raptor and Blue Origin's BE-4. ... read more |
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ESA signs contracts for enhanced Ariane 6 composite upper stage technologiesParis, France (SPX) May 21, 2019 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed two contracts for technology maturation with MT Aerospace AG, an affiliate of the listed OHB SE space and technology group and with ArianeGroup, lead contr ... more  
NASA Selects Studies for Future Space Communications and ServicesCleveland OH (SPX) May 21, 2019 NASA has selected eight U.S. companies to conduct five-month studies and explore conceptual space communication system designs for future NASA near-Earth missions. The agency's Space Communica ... more  
Turkey says to produce S-500s with Russia after S-400 missile dealAnkara (AFP) May 18, 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey and Russia would jointly produce S-500 defence systems after Ankara's controversial purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Moscow. ... more 
NASA Testing Method to Grow Bigger Plants in SpaceKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 20, 2019 In an effort to increase the ability to provide astronauts nutrients on long-duration missions as the agency plans to sustainably return to the Moon and move forward to Mars, the Veg-PONDS-02 experi ... more |
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Pentagon looks for new vendors to replace F-35 parts made in TurkeyWashington (UPI) May 13, 2019 The Defense Department is seeking new parts suppliers for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to replace those coming from Turkey should it buy a defense system from Russia. ... more 
SKorea to buy SM-2 missiles; Japan approved for AMRAAM missile purchaseWashington (UPI) May 20, 2019 The South Korean military was approved to purchase $313.9 million in missiles from U.S. manufacturers, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. ... more  
Citadel Defense awarded contract to prevent UAV attacks at sensitive government locationsSan Diego, CA (SPX) May 21, 2019 Commercially available drones are being adapted for nefarious use and can be employed by terrorists and criminals to drop explosive payloads, deliver harmful substances, conduct illicit surveillance ... more  
China launches new BeiDou navigation satelliteXichang (XNA) May 20, 2019 China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 11:48 p.m. Friday. Launched on a Long Marc ... more  
China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missionsBeijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level. b>The Long March-7 br> /b> The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier r ... more |
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 Bell Boeing awarded $42.2M for engineering, technical support for V-22 
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  |
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Northrop Grumman awarded $163.6M to support Army's Hunter droneWashington (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. ... more 
Trump, NASA want another $1.6 billion to return America to the moonWashington (UPI) May 14, 2019 President Trump has put forth a budget amendment requesting an additional $1.6 billion for NASA and its plans to return America to the moon. ... more 
Northrop Grumman awarded $46M for Air Force threat simulation, training systemsWashington (UPI) May 14, 2019 Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $46 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force for eight joint threat emitter units for electronic warfare simulation and training. ... more 
Lockheed nabs $11.9M for modification kits, special tooling for F-35sWashington (UPI) May 16, 2019 Lockheed Martin has been awarded an $11.9 million contract for work on F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft of the U.S. military and allied nations who participate in the program. ... more  
Planet-Hunter CubeSat Images Los AngelesPasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2019 A small satellite designed to hunt for new planets beyond the solar system recently looked down at Earth to capture an image of California's "City of Stars." The greater Los Angeles area stand ... 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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 Xichang (XNA) May 20, 2019 
China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 11:48 p.m. Friday.
Launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket, it is the fourth BDS-2 backup satellite and the 45th satellite of the BDS satellite family.
After being sent to the geostationary earth orbit and in-orbit tests, it will be ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 17, 2019 
Bell Boeing was awarded a $42.2 million contract for engineering and technical support for the V-22 Osprey flight control system and on-aircraft avionics for the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force.
The contract includes fleet software sustainment, the U.S. Defense Department announced Thursday.
The V-22 is built jointly by Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing Defense, Space & Secu ... 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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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019 
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem, especially for those living in urban areas. Not only does it negatively impact our ecosystems, it considerably affects our health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 8 million premature deaths per year are linked to air pollution, more than double of previous estimates.
One of the pollutants with the strongest ev ... more |
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 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (AFP) May 18, 2019  The towering heap of rubbish at the Pata-Rat landfill in western Romania has been condemned as an "environmental time bomb", but for many of its neighbours this putrid mountain of refuse is a livelihood - one they want to protect from closure.
Looming on the hills near Romania's fifth-biggest city Cluj-Napoca, the trash heap rises to five storeys high in places, emitting a noxious odour and ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 
China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level.
b>The Long March-7 br> /b>
The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier rocket with high reliability and safety. It is designed to launch cargo vehicles during the construction of China's manned space station project and meet the long-term demand for upgrading manned carri ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 16, 2019  The US believes it is "possible" Turkey will decide against buying a Russian air defense system whose proposed purchase has strained relations between the NATO allies, a top official said on Thursday.
Washington has warned for months that Turkey's adoption of the Russian S-400 missile system would endanger Western defense and jeopardize Ankara's planned purchase of 100 of the US's F-35 steal ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) May 18, 2019  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey and Russia would jointly produce S-500 defence systems after Ankara's controversial purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Moscow.
Turkey's push to buy the S-400s has further strained already tense relations with the United States which has repeatedly warned Ankara of the risks including sanctions as a result of the pu ... 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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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 20, 2019 
NASA astronaut Anne McClain performs the first series of tests of an Astrobee robot, Bumble, during a hardware checkout. To her right is the docking station that was installed in the Kibo module on the International Space Station on Feb. 15.
Bumble, and another robot named Honey, launched to the space station on Apr. 17, aboard Northrop Grumman's eleventh commercial resupply services missi ... more |
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 San Diego, CA (SPX) May 21, 2019 
Commercially available drones are being adapted for nefarious use and can be employed by terrorists and criminals to drop explosive payloads, deliver harmful substances, conduct illicit surveillance, and execute harmful cyber security attacks on a network.
Government officials, security figureheads, and military leadership are extremely concerned about frequent illegal flights buzzing over ... more |
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