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  Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 Four 50th Wing Staff Agency Airmen attended a SpaceX briefing on its latest developments and future travel plans to the International Space Station, by Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, April 17. Col. Jack Fischer, 50th Space Wing vice commander and former NASA astronaut, shared the conference, "Preparing for flight aboard SpaceX/Crew Dragon: Post Certification Mission 1," to keep Airmen engaged and informed on the cooperative effo ... read more |
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Getting Down to Earth with CAVES in SpaceParis (ESA) Apr 23, 2020 NASA astronaut Jessica Meir rocks her CAVES shirt on board the International Space Station. Jessica was the first woman to participate in ESA's underground astronaut training programme in 2016. It m ... more 
CASIS welcomes new NASA ISS National Lab program executiveHouston TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 NASA recently shared its response to the findings and recommendations from an Independent Review Team (IRT) commissioned to evaluate the operations of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. Nati ... more  
Fast-track training for pilots who never leave the groundMelbourne FL (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 Explosive growth in the use of drones or remotely piloted aircraft for commercial and military operations has increased the demand for trained operators, and the U.S. Air Force has turned to L3Harri ... more  
High value targets found in minutes versus days during Wake-Cho Feasibility StudySan Clemente CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 Teams from Swift Tactical Systems, in partnership with its Japanese counterpart, Swift-Xi, both subsidiaries of Swift Engineering, completed personnel search and rescue and animal identification mis ... more |
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Is it time for a 'new way of war?' What China's army reforms mean for the rest of the worldSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 The ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu once said, "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." Looking at the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) today, it's ha ... more 
Air Force awards $258.7M to Dataminr for push alerts systemWashington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2020 The Air Force has awarded Dataminr with a five-year, $258.7 million contract to develop a system of push alerts, the Pentagon announced Thursday. ... more 
Future Army vehicles could see an improvement in structural materialsAberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 Materials used for a Soldier's personal protection gear may be tough enough for vehicles too, according to a new Army study. Findings, released April 10 in the journal Polymer, show that polymers fi ... more 
US Military not sure if Iran's launch of 'military' satellite was successfulWashington DC (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2020 Tehran earlier announced that it had launched a new military satellite into low Earth orbit, after the country failed in several previous attempts to send a civilian-made device in space. Vice ... more 
Can high-power microwaves reduce the launch cost of space-bound rockets?Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 Governments throughout the world use rockets to launch satellites and people into orbit. This currently requires a lot of high-energy fuel, which is 95% of total rocket mass. Because the launch cost ... more |
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 Russia starts adapting RD-180 engine used in US for super-heavy Yenisei Rocket 
Lockheed expects slowed production due to COVID-19, F-35 to be hit hardestWashington DC (UPI) Apr 22, 2020 Lockheed Martin expects lower sales and slower deliveries for some of its programs in in the coming months - particularly the F-35. ... more  |
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Iran hails military satellite launch as US tensions simmer Tehran (AFP) April 22, 2020 Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they had successfully launched the country's first military satellite on Wednesday, at a time of renewed tensions with US forces in the Gulf. ... more  
Chinese help for virus gets wary reception in FranceParis (AFP) April 18, 2020 An operation by France's Chinese community to help the diaspora during the coronavirus outbreak by distributing masks, disinfectant and gloves has prompted questions and legal problems for some of its backers. ... more 
New stop-movement order will allow some soldiers to change stationWashington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2020 Army officials say they will allow hundreds of soldiers to make scheduled permanent-change-of-station moves later this year following less-restrictive measures approved in the Pentagon's extended stop-movement order. ... more 
Germany opts for US-European solution to replace fighter jet fleetBerlin (AFP) April 21, 2020 Berlin plans to buy 93 Eurofighters and 45 US-made F-18s to replace ageing combat jets, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Tuesday, emphasising that the US planes were necessary to help Germany meet its NATO obligations. ... more 
American Manufacturers Swift Tactical Systems and Silvus Technologies Announce Strategic AllianceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 Swift Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Swift Engineering, and Silvus Technologies have entered into a strategic alliance. This collaboration combines Swift's world-class unmanned aircraft systems w ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 13, 2020 
Bacterial pathogens can live on surfaces for days. What if frequently touched surfaces such as doorknobs could instantly kill them off?
Purdue University engineers have created a laser treatment method that could potentially turn any metal surface into a rapid bacteria killer - just by giving the metal's surface a different texture.
In a study published in the journal Advanced Materi ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 
The U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year, $500 million ceiling, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract - with an initial delivery order of $30.6 million - for the Air Force and Army Anti-jam Modem (A3M).
A3M provides the Department of the Air Force and Army with a secure, wideband, anti-jam satellite commu ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
Your phone's GPS, the WiFi in your house and communications on aircraft are all powered by radio-frequency waves, or RF waves, which carry information from a transmitter at one point to a sensor at another. The sensors interpret this information in different ways. For example, a GPS sensor uses the angle at which it receives an RF wave to determine its own relative location. The more precisely i ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
Explosive growth in the use of drones or remotely piloted aircraft for commercial and military operations has increased the demand for trained operators, and the U.S. Air Force has turned to L3Harris for solutions to that challenge. Traditional live-flight training approaches are time consuming, expensive and can tie up valuable resources.
Last year, the U.S. Air Force tasked L3Harris with ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 
Artificial intelligence has become a focus of certain ethical concerns, but it also has some major sustainability issues. Last June, researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst released a startling report estimating that the amount of power required for training and searching a certain neural network architecture involves the emissions of roughly 626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide. T ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 22, 2020 
We are all too aware that COVID-19 is a serious threat to health, is putting huge pressure on healthcare systems and it could leave the global economy struggling for years to come. With lockdown measures in force across the globe, the pandemic is also affecting aspects of everyday life that may not be so obvious. The drop in commercial flights, for example, has led to fewer measurements for weat ... more |
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 Fieni, Romania (AFP) April 22, 2020  Peacocks may not be the first thing visitors expect to see at a cement plant.
But a factory in the Romanian town of Fieni has built a spacious aviary for the birds in a bid to convince the public of its environmental credentials.
The idea was the brainchild of the plant's technical director Cristian Voinitchi who said he wanted to show people that even though the factory - which belongs ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 07, 2020 
China has been testing high-tech parachutes to control rocket debris and make space launches safer, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
During the March 9 launch of a Long March-3B rocket carrying a satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, a booster was equipped with parachutes and control devices.
After the booster separated from the rocke ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 14, 2020 
Last month, a subsidiary of S-500 maker Almaz-Antey confirmed that multiple components of the next generation air defence system had been developed and tested, with the completed complex to start testing with the military later this year.
The S-500 is not just a conventional air and missile defence system, but an anti-space weapon whose introduction will fundamentally change Russia's air d ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation $165 million for Lot 9 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) in March. Assets will include all-up round missiles and captive air training missiles for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales.
"AARGM provides the U.S. Navy and allies unmatched protection to detect and defeat surface-to-air ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2020 
Scientists have developed a way to remotely control the release of adrenal hormones like adrenaline and cortisol.
Previous studies have linked problems with the regulation of hormones from the adrenal gland with mental health disorders, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The new research, detailed in the journal Science Advances, could help scientists investig ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) April 9, 2020 
Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against the deadly coronavirus.
One team of robots temporarily cared for patients in a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began.
Meals were served, temperatures taken and communications handled by mac ... more |
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 San Clemente CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 
Teams from Swift Tactical Systems, in partnership with its Japanese counterpart, Swift-Xi, both subsidiaries of Swift Engineering, completed personnel search and rescue and animal identification missions as part of a contract with Okayama Prefecture in Japan.
The proof of concept program validates Swift's unmanned aerial systems and capabilities under unique scenarios. First, the team's ab ... more |
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