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  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2019 Firearms could possibly be included in the emergency survival kit of Russia's next-generation Orel spacecraft, according to a spokesperson for the Russian space agency Roscosmos. "The survival kit for the next-generation Orel cargo spacecraft will be built in the later stages of its [spacecraft's] development", the spokesperson said, adding that Roscosmos is "considering [different] options" when it comes to including firearms in the emergency kit. Firearms could be indispensable in case of ... read more |
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New FlexGround Service Delivers High-Speed Broadband to Forces in Remote AreasMcLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots ... more 
ARISS-US announces substantial gift toward the cost of the InterOperable Radio SystemNewington CT (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 The US team leaders of ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, are extremely happy to officially announce that the philanthropic arm of Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) h ... more 
Brad Pitt talks weightlessness and calluses on phone call to ISSWashington (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 When Brad Pitt called the International Space Station (ISS) Monday to talk to American astronaut Nick Hague, the conversation turned to the unexpected consequences of weightless life. ... more 
Space Station science: learning from LucaParis (ESA) Sep 17, 2019 There is plenty of science on the boil at the International Space Station - including an experiment literally designed to expand our knowledge of the boiling process. Get a glimpse into the ex ... more |
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Testing and Training on the Boeing StarlinerHouston TX (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, a veteran of two stays aboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle mission STS-134, works through a check list inside a mockup of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner ... more  
Fire forces Japan to cancel rocket launch to ISSTokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2019 A pre-dawn fire on Wednesday forced Japan's space agency to cancel the launch of an unnamed rocket meant to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, the operator said. ... more 
SES selects SpaceX to launch O3b mPOWER MEO communications systemLuxembourg (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 SES has selected SpaceX as a launch partner to deliver its next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellation into space on board Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral. The two companie ... more  
Italy joins Britain, Sweden to develop Tempest fighter planeWashington (UPI) Sep 13, 2019 BAE Systems and Italian defense contractor Leonardo agreed to work cooperatively on the next-generation Tempest fighter plane. ... more  
Russia deploys S-400 missiles in Arctic; Offers Saudi ABM systemsAnkara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities. ... more |
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 Developer hints at start date for mass production of Russia's S-500 missile system 
Northrup Grumman wins $42.8M contract to fix B-2 wing panelsWashington (UPI) Sep 16, 2019 Northrup Grumman Systems Corp. was awarded a minimum $42.8 million to build trailing edge components of the B-2 stealth bomber, the Defense Department announced. ... more  |
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US Air Force selects Hughes to strengthen SATCOM resilienceGermantown MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a $2.2M contract funded by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), to produce an Enterprise ... more 
Boeing awarded $45M contract for U.S. Navy, Australian P-8A upgradesWashington (UPI) Sep 12, 2019 The Boeing Company has been awarded more than $45 million for P-8A aircrew training upgrades for the U.S. Navy and government of Australia. ... more 
Cargo locking problem keeps Air Force's KC-46 tankers groundedWashington (UPI) Sep 16, 2019 The U.S. Air Force barred its KC-46 tanker planes from carrying cargo or passengers until a problem with cargo locks is resolved. ... more 
Poland approved by State Dept. for $6.5B buy of F-35AsWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2019 A potential $6.5 billion deal that could bring up to 32 F-35A Lightning II fighter planes to Poland's military was approved by the State Department. ... more  
New vibration sensor detects buried objects from moving vehicleWashington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 Detecting landmines can be a challenging and slow process. Detecting them from a moving vehicle would make the process more speedy, but at the expense of accuracy. At the Optical Society's (OS ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 
A team of engineers, scientists, and satellite operators recently restored a damaged satellite instrument that is used to measure temperature and water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere.
After the instrument, the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), was damaged by radiation as it flew on the Suomi-NPP satellite, the team made a successful switch to the sensor's electronic B-side, returning t ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 
For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots.
Satellite technology on the ground and in space has improved greatly in that time, so that yesterday's large, bulky antennas have been replaced by fully integrated terminals the size of a lapt ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Sep 09, 2019 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a global geolocation network, currently has 39 in-orbit satellites and is expected to be completed in 2020, authorities said Wednesday.
At present, the BDS, independently constructed and operated by China, has officially provided RNSS (Radio Navigation Satellite System) services worldwide, with a total of 39 in-orbit satellites, after high- ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 16, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force barred its KC-46 tanker planes from carrying cargo or passengers until a problem with cargo locks is resolved.
The planes, made by Boeing Co., were found to have malfunctioning locks on the aircraft's floor, potentially causing heavy cargo to suddenly move unrestrained around the interior of the aircraft.
The Air Mobility Command revealed the deficiency on Sept ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 
In power electronics, semiconductors are based on the element silicon - but the energy efficiency of silicon carbide would be much higher. Physicists of the University of Basel, the Paul Scherrer Institute and ABB explain what exactly is preventing the use of this combination of silicon and carbon in the scientific journal Applied Physics Letters.
Energy consumption is growing across the g ... more |
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Clemson University physicists will conduct a pair of three-year rocket missions funded by NASA Heliophysics designed to deepen our understanding of the visible and invisible mechanisms that modulate energy into Earth's atmosphere.
Stephen Kaeppler is the principal investigator on a project titled "INCAA," which will study how energy is transferred and dissipated during colorful active auro ... more |
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 Pekanbaru, Indonesia (AFP) Sept 13, 2019  Hundreds held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday, desperately hoping that downpours will extinguish forest fires and wash away toxic haze covering wide swathes of the country that has forced mass school closures.
Illegal fires to clear land for farming are raging on Indonesia's Sumatra and Borneo islands with firefighters battling round the clock through charr ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019  Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities.
"We are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory.
"She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying the S-300 Russian missile system and the same way that Turkey has already done in buying ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2019 
The U.S. Navy's Tomahawk missiles will receive upgrades under a $7.2 million contract with Raytheon, the Defense Department announced.
The deal, announced Thursday, is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement, and will provide an updated technical data package of the guidance test set and upgrade of existing units, including hardware and ... more |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine.
Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 11, 2019 
It's mission over for a robot called Fedor that Russia blasted to the International Space Station, the developers said Wednesday, admitting he could not replace astronauts on space walks.
"He won't fly there any more. There's nothing more for him to do there, he's completed his mission," Yevgeny Dudorov, executive director of robot developers Androidnaya Tekhnika, told RIA Novosti state news ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 10, 2019 
A team of defense contractors has remotely launched Javelin missiles from an unmanned vehicle.
The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, fired the Javelin missiles from a Kongsberg remote launcher mounted on a Titan unmanned ground vehicle in a test fire at the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center in Alabama.
"Javelin offers true fire-and-fo ... more |
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