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May 31, 2020
ROCKET SCIENCE
US astronauts enter space station in milestone mission



Washington (AFP) May 31, 2020
 NASA astronauts entered the International Space Station on Sunday after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade, a triumph for SpaceX and private enterprise. The arrival completed the first leg of the trip, designed to test the capabilities of the Crew Dragon capsule. But the mission will only be declared a success when the astronauts return safely to Earth in a few months' time. The spaceship's hatch opened at 1:02 pm Eastern Time (1702 GMT) as Bob Behnke ... read more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Moscow bemused at US space 'hysteria' as Musk taunts Russia
 Moscow (AFP) May 31, 2020
 Moscow space officials on Sunday said they were puzzled by "hysteria" around the successful SpaceX flight as Elon Musk taunted Russia and US President Donald Trump vowed to beat it to Mars. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
For Russia, SpaceX success is 'wakeup call'
 Moscow (AFP) May 31, 2020
 Russia has lost its long-held monopoly as the only country able to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station following the flawless manned launch by US company SpaceX. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Russia plans rocket tests, lunar programme resumption
 Moscow (AFP) May 31, 2020
 Russia on Sunday put a brave face on the loss of its space travel monopoly, saying it planned to test two new rockets this year and resume its lunar programme in 2021. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Next-gen laser facilities look to usher in new era of relativistic plasmas research
 Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2020
 The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses in many of today's highest-powered research lasers. As next-gen ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Surprise link found to edge turbulence in fusion plasma
 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) May 27, 2020
 Blobs can wreak havoc in plasma required for fusion reactions. This bubble-like turbulence swells up at the edge of fusion plasmas and drains heat from the edge, limiting the efficiency of fusion re ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Advanced Air and Missile Defense, in the hands of soldiers
 Falls Church VA (SPX) May 28, 2020
 It's a cold December morning at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and two surrogate cruise missile targets have just been launched, one after the other. They are flying separate courses among ... more
UAV NEWS
Citadel Defense launches Deepfake AI to prevent drone attacks on military and government assets
 San Diego CA (SPX) May 27, 2020
 Citadel Defense, a proven innovator in full spectrum counter drone solutions, has released new software incorporating deepfake neural networks to protect against adversarial spoofing tactics. This c ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Surrey reveals its implantable biosensor that operates without batteries
 Surrey UK (SPX) May 22, 2020
 Researchers from the University of Surrey have revealed their new biodegradable motion sensor - paving the way for implanted nanotechnology that could help future sports professionals better monitor ... more
ROBO SPACE
The concept of creating brain-on-chip revealed
 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) May 29, 2020
 Lobachevsky University scientists in collaboration with their colleagues from Russia, Italy, China and the United States have proposed the concept of a memristive neurohybrid chip to be used in comp ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX rocket lifts off on historic private crewed flight
 Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) May 30, 2020
 A SpaceX rocket carrying two veteran NASA astronauts was headed for the International Space Station on Saturday on the first ever crewed flight by a private company, ushering in a new era in space travel. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Elon and Gwynne, the pair who made SpaceX
 Washington (AFP) May 25, 2020
 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. - commonly known as SpaceX - is slated to send two astronauts into space on Wednesday. Despite not yet being 20 years old, the company has already developed a creation myth: on September 28, 2008, its first rocket Falcon 1 launched for the fourth time. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Nanosatellite with global mission tested for space
 Paris (ESA) May 29, 2020
 ESA's largest antenna test facility remains operational despite the COVID-19 pandemic, performing pre-flight testing for the latest satellite in a constellation to serve the internet of things. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX astronaut launch: here's the rocket science it must get right
 Birmingham UK (The Conversation) May 28, 2020
 Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, will make history by travelling to the International Space Station in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Doug Liman to direct Tom Cruise film shot in space
 Washington DC (UPI) May 29, 2020
 Doug Liman will direct Tom Cruise in the first narrative feature film to be shot in space. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Tuesday that Liman, 54, will direct Cruise, 57, in the new movie fil ... more

AFRL marks 10 years of ramjet development since X-51A test mission

SPACE TRAVEL
Airbus wins ESA contract to construct third European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecraft
 Bremen, Germany (SPX) May 27, 2020
 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service Module (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft. The contract is worth aro ... more

SPACE TRAVEL
No SpaceX T-shirts for tourists at Cape Canaveral
 Merritt Island, United States (AFP) May 27, 2020
 NASA begged tourists to watch the SpaceX launch online, but space fans are still showing up in Florida. It would have been pretty good news for Brenda Mulberry - if she'd had some SpaceX T-shirts to sell them. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First test of Virgin Orbit rocket fails to accomplish goal
 Los Angeles (AFP) May 25, 2020
 The first test launch of a rocket that is released from a jumbo jet at 35,000 feet and then propels itself into orbit to deploy a satellite failed on Monday, the Virgin Orbit company said. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China space program targets July launch for Mars mission
 Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2020
 China is targeting a July launch for its ambitious plans for a Mars mission which will include landing a remote-controlled robot on the surface of the red planet, the company in charge of the project has said. ... more
AEROSPACE
F-35 costs falling, Pentagon estimates indicate
 Washington DC (UPI) May 29, 2020
 Acquisition of F-35 fighter planes will be less expensive, with development and procurement costs down 7.1 percent, a Defense Department assessment indicates. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
US approves sale of 84 Patriot missiles to Kuwait
 Washington (AFP) May 28, 2020
 The United States said Thursday it has approved the sale of 84 of the most recent generation of Patriot missiles to Kuwait, plus equipment to modernize the country's antimissile program, for a total of $1.425 billion. ... more
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Machine-learning tool could help develop tougher materials
Boston MA (SPX) May 21, 2020
 For engineers developing new materials or protective coatings, there are billions of different possibilities to sort through. Lab tests or even detailed computer simulations to determine their exact properties, such as toughness, can take hours, days, or more for each variation. Now, a new artificial intelligence-based approach developed at MIT could reduce that to a matter of milliseconds, maki ... more
+ Kyoto scientists announce a 'nuclear' periodic table
+ SpaceChain invests in Core Semiconductor to drive open Direct Satellite-to-Devices Communication
+ UK commits new funding to combat space debris
+ Designing a flexible material to protect buildings, military personnel
+ Solving the space junk problem
+ New Observatory Will Track Near-Earth Satellites and Space Debris
+ New Army 3-D printing study shows promise for predictive maintenance
Roccor creates Helical L-Band Antenna for first-ever space demonstration of Link 16 Networks
Longmont CO (SPX) May 26, 2020
 Roccor, a Colorado-based disruptive military and commercial hardware supplier in the rapidly growing small satellite market, has created a deployable L-band antenna that makes possible the reception and transmission of Link 16 signals via spacecraft. The project is in partnership with Viasat, Inc. and the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, and is part of the world's ... more
+ UK nears final stage of Skynet satellite contract competition
+ NIST researchers boost microwave signal stability a hundredfold
+ IBCS Goes Agile
+ Northrop Grumman to rapidly develop net-centric gateway
+ Dominate the electromagnetic spectrum
+ L3Harris Technologies awarded third LRIP order on US Army's HMS Manpack IDIQ contract
+ Lockheed Martin's new contract with DARPA can disrupt the future of space
Out-of-the-box spoofing mitigation with Galileo's OS-NMA service
Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) May 25, 2020
 Over the past two decades, satellite-based positioning has become an indispensable, every-day technology that we constantly rely on - often even without being aware of it. With the relentless expansion of applications and use cases, driven largely by falling cost of ownership and improvements in positioning accuracy, there will soon be one GNSS receiver in operation for every person on the plane ... more
+ Harnessing space to save lives at sea
+ Galileo in high latitudes and harsh environments
+ New BeiDou satellite starts operation in network
+ Velodyne Lidar announces multi-year sales agreement with GeoSLAM
+ Galileo positioning aiding Covid-19 reaction
+ GPS celebrates 25th year of operation
+ Galileo Green Lane, easing pressure at the EU's internal borders
Russia begins building first stealth bomber
Moscow (AFP) May 26, 2020
 Russia has begun manufacturing the prototype of its first strategic stealth bomber, state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, as the country presses ahead with the modernisation of its military. Quoting defence industry sources, TASS said the state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation was overseeing the project. It said material was being shipped for the project and that work had beg ... more
+ Sirkorsky awarded $17.9M modification for work on the H-53K
+ U.S. Air Force scales back fitness testing, citing COVID-19 concerns
+ AFRL, AFSOC launch palletized weapons from cargo plane
+ F-35 costs falling, Pentagon estimates indicate
+ UAVenture Capital spins off FreeFall Aerospace to form FreeFall 5G
+ China becomes large shareholder in Norwegian Air Shuttle
+ Hong Kong airport to resume limited transit services
DARPA Selects Teams to Increase Security of Semiconductor Supply Chain
Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2020
 As Internet of Things (IoT) devices rapidly increase in popularity and deployment, economic attackers and nation-states alike are shifting their attention to the vulnerabilities of digital integrated circuit (IC) chips. Threats to IC chips are well known, and despite various measures designed to mitigate them, hardware developers have largely been slow to implement security solutions due t ... more
+ Xilinx 'lifts off' with launch of industry's first 20nm space-grade FPGA for space applications
+ 'One-way' electronic devices enter the mainstream
+ Huawei says 'survival' at stake after US chip restrictions
+ Scientists break the link between a quantum material's spin and orbital states
+ Light, fantastic: the path ahead for faster, smaller computer processors
+ US seek to cut off China's Huawei from global chip suppliers
+ Taiwan chip giant TSMC to build $12bn US plant
Calling for ideas for next Earth Explorer
Paris (ESA) May 26, 2020
 As part of ESA's continuing commitment to realise cutting-edge satellite missions to advance the scientific understanding of our planet and to show how new technologies can be used in space, a new Call for Earth Explorer mission ideas has been released. The Call invites scientists working in Earth observation to submit ideas for ESA's 11th Earth Explorer mission. Our planet works as ... more
+ Volcanic eruptions reduce global rainfall
+ NASA's AIM Spots First Arctic Noctilucent Clouds of the Season
+ ESA's oldest Earth-observer images Delhi airport
+ Common CFC replacements break down into persistent pollutants
+ Tiny NASA satellite captures first image of clouds and aerosols
+ New, rapid mechanism for atmospheric particle formation
+ Space video streaming company Sen awards Momentus orbital deployment contract
Bulgarian minister charged over illegal waste imports from Italy
Sofia (AFP) May 30, 2020
 Bulgaria's deputy environment minister Krassimir Zhivkov has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in illegally importing harmful waste from Italy and burning it, prosecutors said Saturday. Italian and Bulgarian authorities had been investigating two Bulgarian brothers operating in their countries. They own a recycling business and deal with dangerous waste such as batteries, lead a ... more
+ Gold mining with mercury threatens health of communities miles downstream
+ Copenhagen under fire over massive sewage dump
+ Wind can carry PFAS pollution miles away from manufacturing facilities
+ Amazon shareholders reject dissident moves to reshape company
+ Up to 90 percent fewer condensation trails due to reduced air traffic over Europe
+ Research aircraft investigate reduced concentrations of pollutants in the air
+ In China, quarantine improves air and prevents thousands of premature deaths
China space program targets July launch for Mars mission
Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2020
 China is targeting a July launch for its ambitious plans for a Mars mission which will include landing a remote-controlled robot on the surface of the red planet, the company in charge of the project has said. Beijing has invested billions of dollars in its space programme in an effort to catch up with its rival the United States and affirm its status as a major world power. The Mars mis ... more
+ More details of China's space station unveiled
+ China's tracking ship Yuanwang-5 back from rocket monitoring mission
+ China's Kuaizhou rocket industrial park partially operational
+ China's experimental new-generation manned spaceship works normally in orbit
+ Long March-5B rocket enables China to construct space station
+ China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: official
+ China's space test hits snag with capsule 'anomaly'
Advanced Air and Missile Defense, in the hands of soldiers
Falls Church VA (SPX) May 28, 2020
 It's a cold December morning at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and two surrogate cruise missile targets have just been launched, one after the other. They are flying separate courses among the jagged San Andres and Sacramento mountains toward soldiers in a U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense unit at a test site called TAC-2 - Tactical Command Post 2. These sophisticated targets pre ... more
+ US approves sale of 84 Patriot missiles to Kuwait
+ Boeing awarded $128.5M modification to GMD missile upgrade contract
+ US pulling Patriot missile batteries from Saudi
+ Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Missiles and Defense Partner on Next Generation Interceptor
+ US Army awards $6B contract to Lockheed Martin for PAC-3 MSE production
+ SBIRS GEO-5 space vehicle enters critical thermal vacuum testing
+ Syria air defence intercepts 'Israeli' missiles: state media
Raytheon nabs $92.4M for work on NASAMS
Washington DC (UPI) May 21, 2020
 Raytheon was awarded a $92.4 million contract for work on the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System, the Pentagon announced Thursday. According to Raytheon, NASAMS is a mid-range air defense missile system that consists of the Sentinel radar, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles - for which Raytheon was awarded a $768.3 million contract in December - and Kongsberg's Fir ... more
+ Morocco to purchase missiles, missile defense system from France
+ Boeing nabs $3.1B in cruise missile deals for Saudi Arabia, other partners
+ Boeing scores deals to deliver more than 1,000 missiles to Saudi
+ Javelin JV completes the first F-Model missile
+ Raytheon nabs $19M for RAM missiles, GMLS launchers
+ Lockheed completes final test of Precision Strike Missile for Army
+ Northrop Grumman's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile continues to protect the US Navy
Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire
Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) May 11, 2020
 Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and his colleagues have investigated energy transport ... more
+ To make an atom-sized machine, you need a quantum mechanic
+ Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones
+ New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines
+ Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerant
+ Nanobubbles in nanodroplets
+ New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light
+ A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale
The concept of creating brain-on-chip revealed
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) May 29, 2020
 Lobachevsky University scientists in collaboration with their colleagues from Russia, Italy, China and the United States have proposed the concept of a memristive neurohybrid chip to be used in compact biosensors and neuroprostheses. The concept is based on the existing and forward-looking solutions at the junction of neural cellular and microfluidic technologies that make it possible to grow a ... more
+ Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice
+ Denmark develops robot to conduct coronavirus tests
+ Next generation of soft robots inspired by a children's toy
+ Robot dog on virus park patrol in Singapore
+ A soft touch for robotic hardware
+ E-commerce startup banks on robotics, AI to win consumers
+ UCLA and Carnegie Mellon researchers develop real-time physics engine for soft robotics
Citadel Defense launches Deepfake AI to prevent drone attacks on military and government assets
San Diego CA (SPX) May 27, 2020
 Citadel Defense, a proven innovator in full spectrum counter drone solutions, has released new software incorporating deepfake neural networks to protect against adversarial spoofing tactics. This capability helps U.S. and allied forces combat growing enemy tactics that attempt to confuse existing security intelligence equipment as electronic warfare escalates. Citadel was the first compan ... more
+ Researchers use drones, machine learning to detect dangerous 'butterfly' landmines
+ How drones can monitor explosive volcanoes
+ Northrop Grumman supports government flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout Radar
+ FLIR to supply Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for US Army's Soldier Borne Sensor Program
+ Textron nabs $20.7M contract modification for Navy drone program
+ Elbit Systems Introduces a UAS-Based Long-Range Maritime Rescue Capability
+ US military lose second drone in Niger
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