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  Washington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2020 Boeing's decision to break up tests of its Starliner space capsule flight software into segments was a major reason the craft failed to reach the International Space Station in December, company Vice president John Mulholland said Friday. Boeing made the ill-fated decision to skip end-to-end software tests for the entire length of its Starliner space capsule flight to the International Space, breaking the flight into segments for testing instead. One of the tests ended at the point where ... read more |
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Russia successfully test fires Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missileWashington DC (UPI) Feb 28, 2020 Russia has successfully test-launched its Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from a ship for the first time and is planning more tests from nuclear submarines. The missile was fired from the fr ... more  
Regulators move to fine telecoms for selling location dataWashington (AFP) Feb 29, 2020 US regulators moved to impose fines Friday against the nation's four major wireless carriers for selling location data of customers without their consent. ... more  
Simple self-charging battery offers power solutions for devicesWashington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2020 A new type of battery combines negative capacitance and negative resistance within the same cell, allowing the cell to self-charge without losing energy, which has important implications for long-te ... more  
Book Review: Alcohol in Space - Past, Present and FutureColorado Springs CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2020 This book is a genuine treasure, focused on the making and consumption of alcohol throughout history...with a new upshot - the growing role of alcohol production in low Earth orbit (LEO) - or should ... more |
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Navy installs ODIN laser weapon system to counter aerial dronesWashington DC (UPI) Feb 20, 2020 The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that it has installed a laser weapon system that allows ships to counter aerial drones. ... more 
Four BeiDou satellites join system to provide servicesBeijing (XNA) Feb 27, 2020 Four new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have recently passed tests in orbit and joined the system to provide positioning, navigation and timing services. The four s ... more 
Raytheon awarded $90.4M for JMEWS warheads for Tomahawk missilesWashington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2020 Raytheon Missile Systems has received a $90.4 million contract to provide engineering and manufacturing development for the Navy's Joint Multiple Effects Warhead System (JMEWS), the Pentagon announced. ... more 
Turkish drones kill 19 Syrian government soldiers as tensions soarAnkara (AFP) March 1, 2020 Turkish drone strikes in Syria's northwestern Idlib province killed 19 government soldiers on Sunday, a war monitor reported, as tensions soared between Damascus and Ankara. ... more  
Raytheon nets $15M to support small diameter bomb IIWashington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2020Washington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2020 Raytheon has been awarded a $15 million increase to a previous contract for Small Diameter Bomb II technical support, increasing the total value of the contract to $115 million, the Department of Defense said. ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin nabs $1.1B to provide GMLRS to Romania, South Korea 
PLD Space successfully achieved a full rocket engine test for MIURA 1 missionElche, Spain (SPX) Feb 27, 2020 In May 2019 PLD Space suffered a catastrophic engine failure, which provoked material damage, including the loss of the first flight version of the TEPREL-B liquid rocket engine, developed by PLD Sp ... more  |
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Lockheed Martin awarded $141.7M for repair capabilities for the F-35Washington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2020 Lockheed Martin received a $141.7 million contract modification for repair capabilities for the F-35 combat aircraft, the Pentagon announced. ... more 
Saudi military students to resume flight training in U.S., Navy saysWashington DC (UPI) Feb 26, 2020 Saudi Arabian flight students have been cleared to resume flight training in the United States after being grounded - following a shooting at a naval base in Florida - as the Navy investigated its vetting of foreign students. ... more  
Japan school closure plan stuns parents, officialsTokyo (AFP) Feb 28, 2020 The Japanese government's abrupt call for schools nationwide to close over the coronavirus outbreak has caught parents and administrators off-guard, prompting criticism even as some experts defended the move. ... more 
Beijing ramps up crowd control measures on virus fearsBeijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2020 Fearing a resurgence of crowds as coronavirus cases drop, Beijing is not taking any chances, limiting numbers in parks, keeping shoppers apart in supermarkets and preventing cinemagoers from sitting close together. ... more  
Pentagon adopts 'ethical principles' for artificial intelligence useWashington (AFP) Feb 24, 2020 The Pentagon announced Monday it has adopted "ethical principles" for the use of artificial intelligence by the armed forces, a measure aimed at convincing US tech giants to collaborate with the military. ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 
Exotrail, a French company dedicated to providing innovative on-orbit transportation solutions for the small satellite market have signed a contract with AAC Clyde Space, Europe's leading nanosatellite solutions specialist.
Exotrail will equip them with cutting-edge propulsion solutions for their customers, including global satellite telecommunications leader Eutelsat for its ELO 3 and ELO ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 
Lockheed Martin's third satellite based on the modernized LM 2100 bus launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket and is traveling to its transfer orbit for a series of in-orbit tests before operations are handed over to Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation. JCSAT-17 will provide flexible mobile communications services to users in Japan and the surrounding region. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 29, 2020 
US regulators moved to impose fines Friday against the nation's four major wireless carriers for selling location data of customers without their consent.
The Federal Communications Commission proposed fining T-Mobile more than $91 million; AT&T some $57 million; Verizon $48 million, and Sprint $12 million.
The wireless firms were accused of having disclosed mobile network user location ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2020 
Lockheed Martin received a $141.7 million contract modification for repair capabilities for the F-35 combat aircraft, the Pentagon announced.
This contract is funded with Fiscal 2019 funds from Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps coffers.
Lockheed closed out 2019 with $2.35 billion in contracts to support the aircraft, versions of which are used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Mari ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 27, 2020 
A team of international scientists investigating how to control the spin of atom-like impurities in 2D materials have observed the dependence of the atom's energy on an external magnetic field for the first time.
The results of the study, published in Nature Materials, will be of interest to both academic and industry research groups working on the development of future quantum application ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2020 
NASA has selected a new space-based instrument as an innovative and cost-effective approach to maintaining the 40-year data record of the balance between the solar radiation entering Earth's atmosphere and the amount absorbed, reflected, and emitted. This radiation balance is a key factor in determining our climate: if Earth absorbs more heat than it emits, it warms up; if it emits more than it ... more |
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 Dakar (AFP) Feb 29, 2020 
Volunteers gathered to clear a beach strewn with used compresses, dirty needles and vials of blood on Saturday, apparently discarded by nearby hospitals in Senegal's capital Dakar.
The city beach, named Cap-Manuel, is bordered by turquoise waters on one side and construction sites on the other.
It's a hit with locals, and children often use it as a football pitch.
But a video pub ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Feb 21, 2020 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-5 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday for a maritime space monitoring mission.
It is the first voyage of the ship this year.
Before the end of the Spring Festival, the mission members were gathered and quarantined on the ship to prevent the novel coronavirus infection. They completed the prepa ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) Feb 20, 2020 
Turkey said Thursday it wanted no "face-off" with Moscow over Syria's offensive near the two countries' border but said it might receive US defence missiles to protect Turkish forces.
Tensions have mounted in the last three months between rebel-backer Turkey and Syria ally Moscow over President Bashar al-Assad's offensive in northwest Idlib, the last-rebel held region.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 28, 2020 
Russia has successfully test-launched its Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from a ship for the first time and is planning more tests from nuclear submarines.
The missile was fired from the frigate Admiral Gorshkov in early January while it was cruising in the Barents Sea, state news agency TASS reported Thursday. It landed at a military testing range in the Northern Ural mountain range mo ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 24, 2020 
The Pentagon announced Monday it has adopted "ethical principles" for the use of artificial intelligence by the armed forces, a measure aimed at convincing US tech giants to collaborate with the military.
"AI technology will change much about the battlefield of the future, but nothing will change America's steadfast commitment to responsible and lawful behavior," Secretary of Defense Mark Es ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 20, 2020 
The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that it has installed a laser weapon system that allows ships to counter aerial drones.
According to the Navy, the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) was installed on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey during the vessel's recently completed dry-docking restricted availbility.
The system's development, testing a ... more |
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