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  Orlando FL (SPX) Jan 17, 2020 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $31.9 million contract for the Operational Fires (OpFires) Phase 3 Weapon System Integration program. OpFires seeks to develop and demonstrate an innovative ground-launched system to enable a hypersonic boost glide missile system to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly engage time-sensitive targets. Lockheed Martin, DARPA and the U.S. Army, aims to develop and demonstrate an innovative, ground-la ... read more |
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Gremlins program completes first flight test for X-61A vehicleWashington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2020 DARPA's Gremlins program has completed the first flight test of its X-61A vehicle. The test in late November at the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah included one captive-carry mission aboar ... more 
Exquadrum-Dynetics team test full-scale OpFires rocketAdelanto CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2020 Exquadrum has completed the hot-fire test of the revolutionary new rocket being developed to accomplish the DARPA Operational Fires (OpFires) advanced tactical weapon system mission objectives. The ... more 
Russia claims edge as US lags in hypersonic weapons developmentWashington DC (Sputnik) Jan 20, 2020 Last week, US President Donald Trump admitted that the United States is working on the development of hypersonic rockets, noting that the US is seeking to add them to its arsenal of "big, powerful, ... more  
The chance to be greaterWright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Air Force Capt. Joshua Lee knew as a kid that he wanted to be part of the U.S. military. "I always wanted to be in the military. My dad was in the Coast Guard for 21 years, so I have always kn ... more |
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Jessica Meir, Christina Koch complete first 2020 spacewalkWashington DC (UPI) Jan 15, 2020 NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the first spacewalk of 2020 on Wednesday, spending more than six hours conducting battery repair work on the International Space Station's Port-6 truss. ... more 
Spinlaunch receives additional $35M from investorsLong Beach, CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2020 Jonathan Yaney, Founder and CEO of SpinLaunch, Inc., has announced that the company has received an additional investment of $35 million for continued development of the world's first kinetic launch ... more 
First Spacebus Neo satellite launchedParis (ESA) Jan 17, 2020 Ariane 5's first launch of 2020 has delivered two telecom satellites, Konnect and GSAT-30, into their planned transfer orbits. Arianespace announced liftoff at 21:05 GMT (22:05 CET, 18:05 local time ... more
Crew ready for spacewalk while working Earth and Fire ResearchHouston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 The first of three spacewalks planned for January begins Wednesday to continue upgrading International Space Station power systems and a cosmic ray detector. While the spacewalkers ready their suits ... more 
NASA rings in busy new year in Florida to prepare for Artemis MissionsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will have a busy year preparing facilities, ground support equipment and space hardware for the launch of Artemis I, the first uncrewed launch of the Space Lau ... more |
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 SpaceX sucessfully tests Crew Dragon emergency abort system 
X-60A program conducts integrated vehicle propulsion system verification testWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Jan 17, 2020 The Air Force Research Laboratory's X-60A program recently achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing. The X ... more  |
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FAA warns military training exercise could jam GPS signals in southeast, CaribbeanWashington DC (UPI) Jan 17, 2020 A military training exercise scheduled for this weekend could jam GPS signals in the Southeast and Caribbean, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. ... more  
Israel starts to install sensors along Lebanon borderJerusalem (AFP) Jan 19, 2020 Israel's army said it would start drilling to install ground sensors along its border with Lebanon on Sunday, a year after an operation to destroy tunnels dug across the frontier. ... more 
Ukraine plane struck by two missiles: NYTWashington (AFP) Jan 15, 2020 Two Iranian missiles struck down a Ukrainian passenger jet, the New York Times reported Tuesday, posting verified security camera footage showing double projectiles gliding through the sky before hitting their target. ... more 
Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airlinerTehran (AFP) Jan 21, 2020 Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angry protests. ... more  
Trisept secures dedicated rideshare mission aboard Orbex PrimeForres UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 TriSept Corporatio has procured a full mission aboard an Orbex Prime launch vehicle set to lift off in the fall of 2022 from the UK's first spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. With its expansion into ... more |
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 Orlando FL (UPI) Jan 17, 2020 
Physicists are teaming up with computer scientists in a NASA-funded study to help predict solar flares and radiation that can disable spacecraft and potentially kill astronauts.
NASA has awarded a $550,000 grant to the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne to begin the three-year machine learning project next month. Computer algorithms will analyze data and imagery from the sun and ... more |
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 Fairfax VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $731.8 million cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system sustainment. MUOS is a next-generation satellite communications system that provides secure voice and data communications for U.S. forces worldwide.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 17, 2020 
A military training exercise scheduled for this weekend could jam GPS signals in the Southeast and Caribbean, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
An FAA advisory warns pilots could experience "unreliable or unavailable GPS signal" during a training exercise scheduled for Jan. 16 through Jan. 24.
The U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group Four will be conducting GPS testin ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 
Air Force Capt. Joshua Lee knew as a kid that he wanted to be part of the U.S. military.
"I always wanted to be in the military. My dad was in the Coast Guard for 21 years, so I have always known the military lifestyle. I knew I wanted to join, but I didn't know which branch to go into," said Lee. "Part of me wanted to join the Coast Guard to honor my dad, and the other part wanted to join ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 
Graphene-based heterostructures of the van der Waals class could be used to design ultra-compact and low-energy electronic devices and magnetic memories. This is what a paper published in the latest issue of the Nature Materials journal suggests. The results have shown that it is possible to perform an efficient and tunable spin-charge conversion in these structures and, for the first time, even ... more |
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 Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2020 
The almost six-week-long EUREC4A (Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate) field campaign will begin on 20 January 2020. The aim is to test theories about the role of clouds and convection in climate change by conducting comprehensive measurements in the atmosphere and ocean.
In addition, EUREC4A will examine how fine-scale features in the ocean - eddies and fronts - ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2020 
Parcels piled high at sorting centres and drivers speeding down bike lanes to deliver takeout lunches are ubiquitous sights in urban China, where e-commerce and delivery apps have taken over everyday life.
But the growing embrace of consumerism is generating mountains of waste: The nation will produce as much as 500 million tonnes of waste annually by 2030, the World Bank warns, up from just ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 
China's aerospace industry will see a busy year in 2020, with the number of space launches expected to exceed 40, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The highlights of the space activities include the launch of China's first Mars probe, the Chang'e-5 lunar probe, which is expected to bring moon samples back to Earth, the final step of China's current ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has received a $114 million contract to accelerate delivery of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles to United Arab Emirates through the Foreign Military Sales program, according to the Department of Defense.
The Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target, or Patriot, missile program is an air-defense guided missile system with long-range, medium-to-high-altitude and ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2020 
New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.
The projectiles were fired 30 seconds apart and explain why the plane's transponder was not working as it hurtled to the ground - it was disabled by the first strike, before bei ... more |
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 
A team headed by Professor Frank Stienkemeier at Freiburg's Institute of Physics and Dr. Marcel Mudrich, professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, has observed the ultrafast reaction of nanodroplets of helium after excitation with extreme ultraviolet radiation (XUV) using a free-electron laser in real time. The researchers have published their findings in the latest issue of Nature Commu ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 17, 2020 
NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge isn't for the faint of heart. The critical thinking that goes into designing rovers and the hours spent building them require dedication from teams of students from high schools, colleges and universities around the world.
The 26th annual challenge, managed by the Office of STEM Engagement at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabam ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2020 
Cameras "miles in the sky", a countdown and then "boom": US President Donald Trump has recounted the final moments of Iran's powerful General Qasem Soleimani in an American drone strike.
Trump delivered the account Friday night to Republican Party donors gathered at his Florida residence Mar-a-Lago for a fundraising dinner, US media said.
CNN on Saturday broadcast an audio recording in w ... more |
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