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  Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2019 NASA "overpaid" Boeing by hundreds of millions of dollars on a fixed contract to develop a spaceship to carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), an audit report has said, compensation it called "unnecessary." The US has relied on Russia to transport its crews to the ISS since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, but has hired Boeing and SpaceX under multi-billion dollar contracts, with the two companies already two years behind schedule. "We found that NASA agreed to p ... read more |
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US has paid Russia 4 billion dollars to transport astronauts to ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 18, 2019 ver the past twenty years, 239 astronauts and cosmonauts have been taken to the ISS during 85 manned flights of Russia's Soyuz and US Space Shuttle. The US government has paid Russia nearly $4 ... more  
SpaceX Crew Dragon releases photos of emergency escape engines testCape Canaveral FL (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2019 SpaceX fired up the engines on its new passenger spacecraft, the Crew Dragon, during a ground test in Cape Canaveral, Florida, paving the way for the company to perform a crucial test flight of the ... more 
Audit criticizes NASA for payments to Boeing in human spaceflight programOrlando FL (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 A government report on NASA's quest to send people into space again criticizes the agency for making additional and "unnecessary" payments to Boeing Co. of up to $287 million. The report from ... more 
Arianespace will orbit TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 with Ariane 5Evry, France (SPX) Nov 18, 2019 On its fourth flight with Ariane 5 in 2019, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites at the service of long-term customers: TIBA-1 for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Spac ... more |
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Final spacewalk preps during biology, physics studies on ISSHouston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 The Expedition 61 crew is about to kick off a series of complex spacewalks on Friday to repair the International Space Station's cosmic particle detector. They had one more spacewalk review Thursday ... more  
China conducts hovering and obstacle avoidance test in public for first Mars lander missionHuailai, China (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 On November 14, 2019, China National Space Administration invited some foreign embassies and international organizations to witness hovering and obstacle avoidance test for Mars Lander of China's fi ... more  
EU to create own early missile warning systemBrussels (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2019 The European Union member states adopted on Tuesday a joint defence project, aimed at strengthening their capacity of early missile threat warning and countering it. The Council of the Europea ... more 
Turkey says will use Russian S-400 defence systemIstanbul (AFP) Nov 16, 2019 Turkey will use the S-400 missile defence system it has bought from Russia despite the US threat of sanctions, a senior defence official said Saturday. ... more 
Raytheon nabs $209.6M contract to upgrade parts on Aegis Weapon SystemWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2019 Raytheon has received a Navy contract to upgrade or replace national item identification numbered parts within two major subsystems of the Aegis Weapon System. ... more |
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Aircraft nose job assessed in Hertz chamberParis (ESA) Nov 14, 2019 ESA test facilities can test more than just space hardware: here, the 2.0m-diameter nose of an Airbus A340 aircraft is seen in ESA's Hertz chamber, undergoing radio-frequency testing. "We had ... more  |
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Roll-Royce nabs $1.2B contract for V-22 engine sustainmentWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2019 The U.S. Navy has awarded Rolls-Royce with a $1.2 billion contract to provide sustainment support for the V-22 AE1107C aircraft engine. ... more 
Erdogan says would buy Patriots but won't give up S-400sAnkara (AFP) Nov 14, 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Ankara would not give up the Russian S-400 missile defence system to purchase the equivalent US Patriot missiles in comments published Thursday. ... more  
Catapults, flaming arrows: Hong Kong protesters' medieval techHong Kong (AFP) Nov 14, 2019 With wooden catapults to launch petrol bombs and bows and arrows pilfered from sports departments, Hong Kong's democracy protesters are combining new tactics with medieval tech as they battle police. ... more 
Congress, Pentagon to hold off on multiyear F-35 contractWashington (UPI) Nov 14, 2019 The Department of Defense has promised "significant progress" on the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter, after hearing from lawmakers Wednesday that it's unlikely to receive a multiyear contract to continue the program until problems with the aircraft are resolved. ... more 
Clark Construction lands $570 million contract for Walter Reed renovationsWashington (UPI) Nov 13, 2019 Clark Construction Group has been awarded a $570 million for a multiyear construction project at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Naval Support Activity in Bethesda, Md. ... more |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 
Headwall BVBA, Belgium and geo-konzept of Germany announced at Agritechnica 2019 the formation of a Center for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Europe (CHRSE). Agritechnica is the world's largest trade fair for agricultural technology and geo-konzept is an Agritechnica exhibitor at Hall 15 / Stand J20.
The Headwall CHRSE will be located at geo-konzept's headquarters in Adelschlag, Germany. The ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019  General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $783 million contract for sustainment of the Navy's next-generation satellite communications system.
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers ground system sustainment of the Mobile User Objective System for the next decade, through 2029.
MUOS uses a constellation of five satellites in global connectiv ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019  Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed.
The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25.
The BLITS-M satellite is an improved ... more |
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 Tallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 18, 2019 
The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites to build the structures of satellites, rockets and jet aircraft.
But the life of those materials is limited by how they handle heat.
A team of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers from Florida State University's High-Performance Materials Institute is developing a design for a heat shield ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 
To seamlessly integrate electronics with the natural world, materials are needed that are both stretchable and degradable - for example, flexible medical devices that conform to the surfaces of internal organs, but that dissolve and disappear when no longer needed.
However, introducing these properties to electronics has been challenging. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science h ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), DLR Space Management has commissioned the continuation and further development of the Copernicus Data and Exploitation Platform Germany (CODE-DE). CloudFerro, one of the leading cloud-computing companies from Europe, has been entrusted, together with its subcontractor Erteco Technologies, with the implementation of ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 14, 2019 
Authorities in the Faroe Islands have announced the archipelago in the North Atlantic will be "closed for maintenance" for two days in April when tourists won't be welcome, instead opening the doors to volunteer caretakers.
In practice, the self-governing Danish islands will keep hotels open and international flights running, but popular tourist sites will be temporarily closed on April 16 a ... more |
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 Huailai, China (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 
On November 14, 2019, China National Space Administration invited some foreign embassies and international organizations to witness hovering and obstacle avoidance test for Mars Lander of China's first Mars exploration mission, and visit relevant test facilities in Huailai, Hebei Province. Zhang Kejian, administrator of China National Space Administration, attended the event and delivered a welc ... more |
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 Brussels (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2019 
The European Union member states adopted on Tuesday a joint defence project, aimed at strengthening their capacity of early missile threat warning and countering it.
The Council of the European Union adopted on Tuesday an updated list of 13 joint defence projects, covering both biological defence, chemical defence, space and cybersecurity. This brings the total number of projects undertake ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019  North Korea fired two short-range projectiles on Thursday, the South's military said, with nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington at a deadlock.
The weapons were launched from South Pyongan province in an easterly direction over the sea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
They flew 370 kilometres (230 miles) at a maximum altitude of 90 kilometres, they said, addin ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too.
The new ... more |
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 Playa Vista CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 
The trust between humans and autonomous machines is a top priority for Army researchers - as machines become integral to society, it is critical to understand the impact on human decision-making.
Dr. Celso M. de Melo, a computer scientist from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory at its ARL West campus in Playa Vista, California, along with Japan ... more |
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 Topeka KS (SPX) Nov 14, 2019 
The Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has successfully completed the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation using only onboard detect-and-avoid systems.
The flight mark the first time under Part 107 the FAA has authorized an operation to fly BVLOS without a requirement for visual observers or a gr ... more |
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