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  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 Rutgers computer scientists used artificial intelligence to control a robotic arm that provides a more efficient way to pack boxes, saving businesses time and money. "We can achieve low-cost, automated solutions that are easily deployable. The key is to make minimal but effective hardware choices and focus on robust algorithms and software," said the study's senior author Kostas Bekris, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers Unive ... read more |
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Planes landing in Israel see GPS signals disruptedJerusalem (AFP) June 27, 2019 GPS signals in Israel's airspace have been disrupted for three weeks, a government spokesman said Thursday, with local reports suggesting that Russia might be the cause of the problem. ... more  
LightSail 2 phones home to mission controlPasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2019 The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft sprang loose from its Prox-1 carrier vehicle as planned, and sent its first signals back to mission control at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California. ... more  
Ozmens' SNC Satellite Boosts U.S. Exploration and ResearchSparks NV (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) free-flying satellite, built on a spacecraft platform designed and developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) ... more  
Astronomers Help Wage War on CancerLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2019 Techniques developed by astronomers could help in the fight against breast and skin cancer. Charlie Jeynes at the University of Exeter will present his and Prof. Tim Harries team's work 3 July at th ... more |
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Frequentis Defense gets $8.4M contract for work on MQ-25 StingrayWashington DC (UPI) Jul 04, 2019 Frequentis Defense Inc. received an $8.4 million U.S. Navy contract for work on the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned air vehicle, the Defense Department announced. ... more  
Lockheed Martin gets $174.9M Navy contract for anti-ship missile supportWashington (UPI) Jul 5, 2019 Lockheed Martin's $174.9 million contract with the U.S. Navy calls for updating components of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile system. ... more  
Leidos Inc. awarded $66.7M for Air Force Research Lab C4ISR sensor workWashington DC (UPI) Jul 04, 2019 Leidos Inc. received a $66.7 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop sensor and sensor systems, the Defense Department announced. ... more 
Saudi cities face growing threat of Yemen rebel dronesRiyadh (AFP) July 3, 2019 Yemen's Iran-aligned Huthi rebels have stepped up drone and missile attacks on Saudi cities, highlighting what analysts call the kingdom's military vulnerabilities amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. ... more 
BAE, Rheinmetall launch military vehicle joint ventureWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 Defense contractors Rheinmetall of Germany and BAE Systems of Britain launched a joint venture on Monday to build combat vehicles. ... more |
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 Oshkosh Defense awarded $320M to supply FMTVs for U.S., allies  
Pratt and Whitney to build spare F-35A/C engines in $358M contractWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 Pratt and Whitney Military Engines will build spare engines for F-35 Lightning II fighter planes in a $358.5 million contract, the Defense Department announced. ... more  |
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F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft arrive in QatarWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 F-22 Raptor stealth fighter planes were deployed to Qatar for the first time, Defense Department officials said, as tensions between Iran and the United States heightened. ... more 
Second deadly crash of German army helicopter in a weekFrankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 1, 2019 An army helicopter crashed in northern Germany on Monday, killing the pilot, defence officials said, in the second fatal crash in a week for a military plagued with equipment problems. ... more 
Air Force Thunderbolt hits bird, drops three dummy bombs over FloridaWashington (UPI) Jul 2, 2019 An A-10C Thunderbolt II jet was struck by a bird and dropped three dummy bombs used for training over northern Florida, the plane's home base in central Georgia said late Monday. ... more 
Erdogan says US refusal to deliver F-35 jets would be 'robbery'Ankara (AFP) July 4, 2019 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it would be "robbery" for the United States to deny Turkey the F-35 fighter jets it has bought, according to comments published on Thursday. ... more 
Lockheed awarded $348.2M for F-35 Lot 12 productionWashington DC (UPI) Jul 04, 2019 Lockheed Martin was awarded a $348.2 million contract for Lot 12 low-rate initial production of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet for the U.S. military and its allies. ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2019 
The thermal vacuum test campaign of the first Spacebus Neo satellite was completed on 25 June. Less than 100 metres from the Mediterranean Sea, the Konnect satellite has spent the past six weeks being exposed to the cold emptiness of space.
These enormous test chambers, which can be cooled to minus 180 Celsius, are designed to accommodate an entire spacecraft and effectively replicate the ... more |
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 Titusville FL (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's fifth Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite (AEHF-5) completed encapsulation into its payload fairing in preparation to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its launch window is currently scheduled to open at 6:00 a.m. EDT on June 27.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
GPS, a satellite-based navigation system used by an estimated four billion people worldwide to figure out where they are on Earth at any moment, could be used to pilot in and around lunar orbit during future Artemis missions.
A team at NASA is developing a special receiver that would be able to pick up location signals provided by the 24 to 32 operational Global Positioning System satellit ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2019 
The University of Dayton Research Institute was awarded a $28.5 million contract for sustainment studies on the F-15 fighter plane, the Pentagon announced.
The contract with the U.S. Air Force, announced Wednesday, calls for systems and structural engineering field and programmed depot maintenance support, reliability and maintainability analysis and aircraft structural integrity progra ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have grown atomically thin crystalline layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with varying composition over space, continuously feeding in different types of TMDC to a growth chamber to tailor changes in properties.
Examples include 20nm strips surrounded by different TMDCs with atomically straight interfaces, and layered structure ... more |
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
The successful launch on 24 June 2019 (EST) of 6 satellites for the FORMOSAT-7 joint US-Taiwanese weather forecasting constellation marks the start of another SSTL-enabled space mission, a cause for celebration at SSTL's UK HQ.
The launch on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre was attended by SSTL staff including Managing Director, Sarah Parker who said "We are ver ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) July 2, 2019 
Dozens of shipping containers full of waste will be returned to France and other developed countries, Indonesia said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian nations increasingly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash.
The 49 containers were loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules, according to customs officials on Batam ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 02, 2019 
The satellites, which will reportedly include Yaogan-class remote sensing vehicles and named after the Leo constellation, are expected to be equipped with a self-piloting system.
Beijing plans to deploy 192 artificial intelligence satellites into orbit to observe the Earth's surface by 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reports.
"It is safe to say that the satellites still remain ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) July 1, 2019 
Sweden's armed forces said Monday it had deployed a new air defence missile system on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, following years of increased militarisation in the region.
"Through its geographical location the island provides essential military advantages in regards to protection and control of shipping, air control over the Baltic Sea and the ability to place military units a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019  A $36.7 million contract for Rolling Airframe Missiles and Guided Missile Launching Systems has been awarded to Raytheon Missile Systems, the Defense Department announced.
The missile system was ordered by the U.S. Navy and the Japanese military, under the Foreign Military Sales program. Japan will underwrite the cost of nine percent of the contract, which was announced on Friday.
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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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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots operating in manufacturing facilities have often posed risks to workers because they are not responsive enough to their surroundings. To make it easier for people and robots to work in close proximity in the future, Prof. Matthias Althoff of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new system: IMPROV ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 04, 2019 
Frequentis Defense Inc. received an $8.4 million U.S. Navy contract for work on the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned air vehicle, the Defense Department announced.
The company, based in Columbia, Md., will provide engineering and logistics for the design, development, test, manufacture and repair of the MD-5A Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System, which supports the MQ-25. The integra ... more |
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