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  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 A key challenge to capturing and controlling fusion energy on Earth is maintaining the stability of plasma - the electrically charged gas that fuels fusion reactions - and keeping it millions of degrees hot to launch and maintain fusion reactions. This challenge requires controlling magnetic islands, bubble-like structures that form in the plasma in doughnut-shaped tokamak fusion facilities. These islands can grow, cool the plasma and trigger disruptions - the sudden release of energy stored in th ... read more |
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Launches from Kourou to resume in JuneMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 30, 2020 Launches from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana, which was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will resume in mid-June with the launch of the Vega rocket, France's Arianespace space trans ... more  
Galileo positioning aiding Covid-19 reactionParis (ESA) Apr 30, 2020 As European governments plan their phased recoveries from the lockdown states triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the positioning delivered through satellite navigation is becoming more important th ... more  
NASA contributes expertise, ingenuity to COVID-19 fightWashington DC (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 NASA has joined the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) with efforts underway across the country to augment the national response, a few of which were highlighted in a media briefing today. " ... more 
NASA develops COVID-19 prototype ventilator in 37 daysPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 24, 2020 A new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers and tailored to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients passed a critical test Tuesday at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New ... more |
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Quantum entanglement offers unprecedented precision for GPS, imaging and beyondTucson 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 ... more 
Galileo Green Lane, easing pressure at the EU's internal bordersPrague, Czechia (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is working together with the European Commission (EC) on an app to facilitate the movement of goods and freight within the EU in support of the COVID-19 pandemic respo ... more  
Iran receives signals from Noor satellite: commanderTehran (XNA) Apr 26, 2020 Several stations across Iran have received signals from the Noor 1 (Light 1) satellite that was launched into space on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported on Friday, quoting commander of the Isla ... more 
Department of the Air Force commissioned RAND Space Launch Market Report releasedLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 Last summer, the Department of the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise requested a RAND Corp. study of the heavy lift launch market. The RAND study confirms the heav ... more 
Permanently open call for commercial space transportation servicesParis (ESA) Apr 29, 2020 ESA has set up an 'open call' for proposals from European commercial entities for new services in the domain of space transportation to space, in space, returning from space, or any combination of ... more |
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 L3Harris Technologies awarded third LRIP order on US Army's HMS Manpack IDIQ contract  
FN America, Colt's awarded $383.3M to make M16A4s for Iraq, othersWashington DC (UPI) Apr 29, 2020 FN America and Colt's Manufacturing received a $383.3 million, five-year contract to manufacture M16A4 rifles for Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal through the Pentagon's foreign military sales program. ... more  |
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Debris of missing Canadian NATO helicopter found off GreeceAthens (AFP) April 30, 2020 Debris from a Canadian military helicopter operating as part of a NATO surveillance force has been found in the sea between Greece and Italy, a Greek military source said Thursday. ... more  
Singapore launches first drone delivery serviceSingapore (AFP) April 29, 2020 Singapore's first drone delivery service has begun by taking vitamins to a ship, with its operator saying Wednesday the devices are crucial in reducing human contact during the coronavirus pandemic. ... more 
GE nabs $707.3M to produce F110 engines for allied governmentsWashington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2020 General Electric was awarded $707.3 million Tuesday to produce F110 engines for several allied militaries, according to the Pentagon. ... more 
B-1B Lancer flies 29-hour mission for exercise with Japan air defense forceWashington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2020 A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron integrated with the Japan Air Self Defense Force to conduct bilateral and theater familiarization training near Japan last week, the Air Force announced. ... more 
Northrop says it's on schedule with next-generation OmegA rocketOrlando FL (UPI) Apr 28, 2020 Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. is on schedule for testing of its next-generation rocket, the OmegA, despite the challenges of operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, a company executive s ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 
Texas Instruments (TI) and NASA have teamed up to give students who are learning remotely the opportunity to connect, collaborate and win out-of-this-world prizes in a new, space-themed coding contest.
The NASA and TI Codes Contest challenges middle and high school students to improve a process or product on the International Space Station - whether it's a better way to help astronauts sta ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 
L3Harris Technologies has received a third low-rate initial production (LRIP) order valued at $95 million by the U.S. Army under the HMS (Handheld, Manpack and Small Form-Fit) IDIQ contract to bring AN/PRC-158 multi-channel radios to the battlefield.
This LRIP will be followed by an Operational Test that will inform a Full Rate Production decision for the AN/PRC-158 and other HMS products. ... more |
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 Prague, Czechia (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is working together with the European Commission (EC) on an app to facilitate the movement of goods and freight within the EU in support of the COVID-19 pandemic response. The "Galileo Green Lane" app will ease the flow of freight through borders and enable the efficient transit of critical goods.
The COVID-19 outbreak represents a serious threat not only to ... more |
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 Athens (AFP) April 30, 2020 
Debris from a Canadian military helicopter operating as part of a NATO surveillance force has been found in the sea between Greece and Italy, a Greek military source said Thursday.
The helicopter was attached to the Canadian frigate Fredericton, from which it had taken off for a patrol.
"Debris has been found in Italy's zone of control and intervention" in the Ionian Sea, the military so ... 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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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Apr 23, 2020 
When John Romero, president of Owyhee Air Research (OAR), got into the business of wildlife research, he did so for the love of wildlife. Now, he says, "it's more a love of the work and the services we can provide."
The Nampa, Idaho-based company is on the forefront of wildlife study, wildfire containment and natural resource surveying using L3Harris aerial infrared technology.
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 28, 2020 
Lockdowns imposed to halt the spread of the coronavirus have been recently linked with cleaner air quality over Europe and China. New images, from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, from the European Union Copernicus programme, now show some cities across India seeing levels drop by around 40-50% owing to its nationwide quarantine.
On 25 March 2020, the Indian government placed its popu ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2020 
China is constructing the largest steerable radio telescope in Asia with a 70-meter-diameter antenna to receive data from its first Mars exploration mission which is expected to be launched this year.
China aims to complete orbiting, landing and roving on the red planet in one mission, which has been named Tianwen-1.
The telescope, with an antenna the size of nine basketball courts, ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) April 27, 2020 
Syrian air defence intercepted several missiles fired during an "Israeli" air strike on Monday against targets near the capital Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported.
It did not give details of the positions targeted shortly before dawn but said the military "shot down a number of missiles before they reached their targets".
SANA described it as "Israeli aggression" carried ou ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 29, 2020 
Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a biohybrid robot featuring an actual rat spinal cord and a tissue-engineered muscle system.
After culturing the system in the lab for a week, the spinal cord began to generate electrical signals that caused the artificial muscles to contract.
When scientists compared the development of the tissue-engineere ... more |
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 Singapore (AFP) April 29, 2020 
Singapore's first drone delivery service has begun by taking vitamins to a ship, with its operator saying Wednesday the devices are crucial in reducing human contact during the coronavirus pandemic.
The use of drones is part of the city-state's drive to embrace technological innovation, as well as an effort to tackle a manpower shortage in a country of just 5.7 million.
The drone deliver ... more |
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