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  Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market. They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which are not limited to spatial-temporal big-data applications and aerospace application systems, and jointly buil ... read more |
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Harris to build new satellite connection system prototype for USAFMelbourne FL (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Harris Corporation (will build and demonstrate a prototype ground antenna system under a U.S. Air Force Defense Innovation Unit program designed to improve communications with the agency's growing n ... more  
Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusionVancouver, Canada (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Scientists from the University of British Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Maryland, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Google are conducting a mult ... more  
NASA Reaches New Milestone on Complex, Large RocketWashington DC (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 NASA achieved a significant milestone in manufacturing the first large, complex core stage that will help power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on upcoming missions to the Moon. NASA and lead c ... more  
Microgravity Zero Boiloff Tank experiments provide data for Pressure Control SystemsCleveland OH (SPX) May 31, 2019 Long-duration cryogenic storage of propellant and life support liquids is an enabling technology within the critical path of nearly all envisioned human planetary missions [1]. The pressurization an ... more |
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BlackBird Partners with Bye Aerospace to Make On-Demand Flying More Affordable Than DrivingDenver CO (SPX) May 23, 2019 BlackBird, the world's leading on-demand general aviation marketplace, and Bye Aerospace, the world's leading electric aircraft developer, today announced a long-term partnership to make flying more ... more 
NASA Makes Progress Assembling Massive Space Launch System Rocket StageMichoud LA (SPX) May 30, 2019 NASA and Boeing technicians have begun the second of three major activities to join the large structural parts of the core stage for NASA's deep space rocket, the Space Launch System. When this task ... more  
Cosmonauts complete spacewalk at International Space StationWashington (UPI) May 29, 2019 A pair of Russian cosmonauts completed a spacewalk on Wednesday to retrieve science experiments and carry out maintenance on the International Space Station. ... more 
AFRL demonstrates world's first daytime free-space quantum communication enabled by adaptive opticsStarfire Optical Range, NM (SPX) May 27, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Starfire Optical Range (SOR) recently demonstrated quantum communication in daylight under conditions representative of space-to-Earth satellite links. ... more  
TechDemoSat-1 on-board camera captures drag sail deploymentGuildford UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has released an image showing the successful deployment of the de-orbit drag sail on-board TechDemoSat-1. The deployment of the Icarus-1 drag sail, which was s ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman nabs $65M for drones for Navy, Australia 
New Russian Soyuz-5 launcher should conquer commercial market - RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 02, 2019 The new Russian Soyuz-5 medium-lift launcher will aim at conquering the commercial market, Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. "We have so ... more  |
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Ozmens' SNC test-fires new rocket engine in preparation for US launchesSparks, NV (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security contractor owned by SNC CEO Fatih Ozmen, and Chairwoman and President Eren Ozmen, for the first time opened to public view ... more  
Insitu nabs $47.9M to deliver ScanEagle drones to four U.S. allies in AsiaWashington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 Insitu was awarded a $47.9 million contract for 34 ScanEagle reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles for four governments in Asia. ... more 
General Atomics awarded $36.4M for drone, intelligence work in AfghanistanWashington (UPI) May 31, 2019 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. received a $36.4 million contract modification for unmanned drone services in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced. ... more 
RUAG Space produces thermal insulation for launchersZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Europe's leading space supplier, RUAG Space, kicked off a new product line. RUAG Space has started providing thermal insulation for launch vehicles. "We have more than 25 years of experience in high ... more  
Oshkosh, Broshuis land $13.3M Army contract for new semitrailersWashington (UPI) May 30, 2019 Oshkosh Defense said Thursday that the U.S. Army has awarded it and a partner a $13.3 million contract to produce a semitrailer for heavy equipment transporter. ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Aluminum is one of the most promising materials for aeronautics and automobile industry. Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials.
Doping aluminum melt with nickel and lanthanum, scientists managed to create a material combining benefits of both composite materials and stan ... more |
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 Starfire Optical Range, NM (SPX) May 27, 2019 
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Starfire Optical Range (SOR) recently demonstrated quantum communication in daylight under conditions representative of space-to-Earth satellite links.
"This is the world's first such demonstration, integrating quantum communication with a novel filtering technique enabled by adaptive optics (AO), a technology pioneered at the SOR," said Dr. Kelly H ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 27, 2019 
The output value of China's satellite navigation industry is expected to surpass 400 billion yuan (about 57.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2020, according to the ongoing 10th China Satellite Navigation Conference on Thursday.
"Currently, we have built the complete industry chain which is made up of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) basic products, application terminals and systems, ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) May 23, 2019  BlackBird, the world's leading on-demand general aviation marketplace, and Bye Aerospace, the world's leading electric aircraft developer, today announced a long-term partnership to make flying more affordable than driving for trips up to 300 miles. BlackBird has agreed to purchase Bye Aerospace's first 100 commercial 4-seat eFlyer 4s and 10 eFlyer 2s.
As the nation's largest aviation mark ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 23, 2019 
MIT researchers have designed a way to generate, at room temperature, more single photons for carrying quantum information. The design, they say, holds promise for the development of practical quantum computers.
Quantum emitters generate photons that can be detected one at a time. Consumer quantum computers and devices could potentially leverage certain properties of those photons as quant ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
Harmful algal blooms in the Red Sea could be detected from satellite images using a method developed at KAUST. This remote sensing technique may eventually lead to a real-time monitoring system to help maintain the vital economic and ecological resources of the Red Sea.
Monitoring harmful blooms using traditional in-situ methods is not only costly and labor intensive but often requires col ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) June 3, 2019 
Roman Yudakov points in the distance to a stinking mountain of trash looming over the Russian capital and sighs: "Take a look at our pyramid!"
The rubbish towers above the Timokhovo dump outside Moscow, one of the biggest in Europe. Authorities plan to build an incinerator to burn some of the trash, but Yudakov and other activists are fighting for it to be recycled instead.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) June 2, 2019 
The Syrian army's anti-aircraft defence was activated Sunday against "enemy missiles" fired from Israel at "positions" in southwest Damascus, the official SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying.
"At dawn Sunday, enemy air targets arrived from the occupied Golan", the military source said. "Our air defence blocked and shot down these enemy missiles which targeted our positions in ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 30, 2019  Britain's Royal Air Force has been testing a miniature missile decoy device on its Typhoon fighter jets, Defense Minister Stuart Andrew announced.
The BriteCloud, which is roughly the size of a soda can, is designed to protect combat jets from the latest radar-guided missiles. They utilize powerful radar emissions to disrupt the targeting system within air-to-air and surface-to-air missile ... 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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 Washington (AFP) May 31, 2019  It's official: the machines are going to destroy you (if, that is, you're a professional multiplayer gamer).
A team of programmers at a British artificial intelligence company has designed automated "agents" that taught themselves how to play the seminal first-person shooter Quake III Arena, and became so good they consistently beat human beings.
The work of the researchers from DeepMind ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 
Insitu was awarded a $47.9 million contract for 34 ScanEagle reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles for four governments in Asia.
The Boeing subsidiary will provide 12 aircraft for Malaysia, 8 for Indonesia, 8 for the Philippines and six for Vietnam, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday.
The order also provides for spare payloads, spare and repair parts, support equipmen ... more |
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