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  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2019 Limited production of the sophisticated new air defence system, most of whose characteristics remain under wraps, was said to have begun earlier this year, but the system has not yet concluded military testing. Russia plans to begin mass production of the S-500 air defence system in the second half of 2020, Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Russian defence industry giant Rostec, has announced. "I think mass production will begin in a year," Chemezov said, speaking to Russia's RBC newspaper in an inter ... read more |
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Orion Test Article on the MoveSandusky OH (SPX) Sep 18, 2019 Engineers recently lifted and moved a full-scale test version of the 13-ton Orion service module in preparation for upcoming pyroshock tests at NASA Glenn's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. Dur ... 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  
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 
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 |
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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  
Aerojet Rocketdyne Scores Big Contracts on US ICBM, Hypersonic Missile ProgramsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2019 Aerojet Rocketdyne has scored parts of several big contracts in the burgeoning US missile program, including developing a hypersonic missile and the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the next ... more 
Baikonur Cosmodrome Getting Ready for Last Launch of Russian Rocket With Ukrainian PartsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2019 The Baikonur cosmodrome is getting ready for the last start of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Ukrainian parts, Russian state space agency Roscosmos announced on Friday. "Baikonur Cosmodrome ha ... 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 
Russia mulls equipping cutting-edge cosmonaut emergency survival kit with firearmMoscow (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 ... more |
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 Boeing starts assembly of first KC-46A tanker for Japan  
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  |
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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 
Tyndall AFB holds industry day as rebuilding gives way to upgradesWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2019 The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday that nearly a year after Hurricane Michael wrecked Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., it is planning to rebuild an upgraded base in partnership with community and private industry. ... 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 
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 
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 |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 18, 2019 
The space habitat development company Bigelow Aerospace tweeted on Tuesday that two inoperative satellites, the US's Genesis II and Russia's Soviet-era Cosmos 1300, might collide.
While the odds of a crash are only 5.6 percent, Bigelow Aerospace, the owner of Genesis II, says it's another troubling sign that Earth's orbit is becoming dangerously crowded.
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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 17, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday that nearly a year after Hurricane Michael wrecked Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., it is planning to rebuild an upgraded base in partnership with community and private industry.
The third industry day teaming Air Force planners with community representatives and private industry to plan rebuild was held Thursday at the Panama City campus of Florida State Un ... 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.
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