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  Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 As NASA takes its first steps toward establishing a long-term presence on the Moon's surface, a team of propulsion development engineers at NASA have developed and tested NASA's first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine, or RDRE, an advanced rocket engine design that could significantly change how future propulsion systems are built. The RDRE differs from a traditional rocket engine by generating thrust using a supersonic combustion phenomenon known as a detonation. This design produces m ... read more |
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Stratolaunch creates Advanced Program Office at Purdue for hypersonicsWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 Stratolaunch LLC and Purdue University are pleased to announce they have established a partnership dedicated to accelerating the time required to design, build, test and fly hypersonic vehicles. ... more 
DARPA, NASA Collaborate on Nuclear Thermal Rocket EngineWashington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 DARPA, via its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program, is collaborating with NASA to build a nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engine that could expand possibilities for the s ... more  
OneWeb and Marsh's mission-critical collaboration continuesLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, have announced that their relationship will continue through in ... more 
Viasat managed services contract by US Marine CorpsCarlsbad CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, has announced it was awarded a contract to provide end-to-end satellite communications (SATCOM) support through a fully managed service t ... more |
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Saving Earth-based explorers and enabling explorationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 In 2022, NASA-developed Search and Rescue technologies enabled rescue personnel to save 397 lives in the U.S. region. Since 1979, NASA has provided technical expertise to the Cospas-Sarsat program, ... more 
NASA safety system enables Rocket Lab launch from WallopsWallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 A revolutionary NASA flight safety system has enabled a new era of space transportation with the successful flight of Rocket Lab USA's Electron rocket Jan. 24, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in ... more  
UAE astronaut says not required to fast during Ramadan on ISSHouston (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi said Wednesday that he will not be required to fast during Ramadan while on his upcoming space mission. ... more 
Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerfulAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 It was believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind of electric propulsion widely used in orbit, need to be large to produce a lot of thrust. Now, a new study from the University of Michigan sugg ... more |
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NASA, Boeing teams achieve milestone ahead of crewed flightHouston TX (SPX) Jan 23, 2023 NASA and Boeing recently completed a full start to finish integrated mission dress rehearsal for the company's CST-100 Starliner flight with astronauts to the International Space Station, which is s ... more  
Chinese astronauts send Spring Festival greetings from space stationBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2023 The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA ... more  
New generation of AI AssistantsWashington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 The Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program is a cutting-edge initiative that aims to develop virtual task guidance assistants for military personnel. These assistants will be able to work ... more  
Ukraine leader says wants long-range missiles, jets from WestKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he wants the West to send long-range missiles and jets to his war-torn country to help repel Russian troops. ... more |
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New Galileo service set to deliver 20 cm accuracyParis (ESA) Jan 25, 2023 Galileo's capabilities have grown with the addition of a new High Accuracy Service, freely available worldwide to anyone with a suitably equipped receiver. Delivering horizontal accuracy down to 20 ... more 
NASA, DARPA will test nuclear engine for future Mars missionsWashington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missi ... more  
NASA goes live with surrogate eVTOL flight tests in TexasEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 On a rainy October day, a Bell Textron 407GXi helicopter lifted off from the Hillwood Alliance Texas Flight Test Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and began making its way to the University of North Texa ... more  
Finland approves military sales to Turkey amid NATO rowHelsinki (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Finland's defence ministry said Wednesday the country had issued the first commercial export licence for military materiel to Turkey since 2019 - a key demand for Ankara to approve Helsinki's NATO bid. ... more 
Western tanks: political and military boost for UkraineParis (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 The decisions by Germany and the United States to deliver battle tanks to Ukraine represent a weighty show of Western political support for Kyiv that could also help its military breach Russian invaders' lines. ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 23, 2023 
The Spanish government satellite operator, Hisdesat, has awarded multinational GMV a contract to build and develop the ground segment of the SPAINSAT NG program satellites. The two new satellites, scheduled for launch in 2024 and 2025 respectively, will replace the operator's current SpainSat and XTAR-EUR satellites, and significantly improve on their performance and capabilities.
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 Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, has announced it was awarded a contract to provide end-to-end satellite communications (SATCOM) support through a fully managed service to the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The contract is an extension following a successful pilot and follow-on service program in the government's FY22 through which Viasat delivered a fully managed ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Jan 20, 2023 
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that Slingshot Aerospace awarded the RF data provider a contract to provide data for Slingshot's space-based monitoring and detection of RF threats and to support Slingshot's proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for th ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 
Two Philippine air force aviators were killed in a crash Wednesday, while rescuers were searching for another plane that went missing the previous day with six people on board, authorities said.
During a training, the military's SF260 Marchetti plane plummeted onto a rice paddy in Pilar town near Manila, killing the pilot and another aviator, Bataan province's Police Chief Colonel Romell Vel ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 
Dutch firm ASML, a major equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, announced on Wednesday a drop in profits last year amid tech trade frictions between China and the United States.
The group reported a net profit of 5.6 billion euros ($6.1 billion) for 2022, 4.4 percent lower than in the previous year.
But the maker of lithography machines that print microchips said it expects ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 20, 2023 
With diminishing ice one of the biggest casualties of our warming world, it's imperative that accurate measurements continue to be made for scientific research and climate policy, as well as for practical applications such as ship routing.
To ensure that ESA and NASA are getting the best out of their ice-measuring satellites and to help prepare for Europe's new CRISTAL satellite, the two s ... more |
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jan 20, 2023 
The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.
The paper, published in the January issue of Aquaculture Journal, analyzed carbon and nitrogen levels at two mixed-species kelp farms in southcentral and southeast Alaska during the 2020-21 growing season. Tissue and seawater samples ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2023 
The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on New Year's Eve.
The trio, dressed in blue jumpsuits with dark red patterns, each held a sticker showing their own calligraphy. Two of the stickers were written with the Chinese character "f ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
The Kremlin refused to say Friday whether Russia was preparing for strikes on the capital after images of missile defence systems on several Moscow rooftops circulated on social media.
The pictures appeared to show a Pantsir anti-aircraft system installed on the defence ministry building along the Moskva River, which was visible Friday on the main ministry building in the capital.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he wants the West to send long-range missiles and jets to his war-torn country to help repel Russian troops.
Zelensky, who turned 45 on Wednesday, thanked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US leader Joe Biden for their decision to send heavy tanks to Ukraine.
But Zelensky, who looked exhausted but determined, said Ukraine nee ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 
Computer chips are packed with billions of microscopic transistors that enable powerful computation, but also generate a great deal of heat. A buildup of heat can slow a computer processor and make it less efficient and reliable. Engineers employ heat sinks to keep chips cool, sometimes along with fans or liquid cooling systems; however, these methods often require a lot of energy to operate. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
The Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program is a cutting-edge initiative that aims to develop virtual task guidance assistants for military personnel. These assistants will be able to work with various sensor platforms to help military personnel perform complex physical tasks and expand their skillsets.
Unlike the AI assistants that are currently available, PTG technology will be ... more |
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 San Clemente CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2023 
Swift Engineering announced its Japanese Subsidiary, Swift Xi, signed an agreement with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in a project called "Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Digital Transformation of Industries: Research and development on 3D spatial information infrastructures." Both Swift Tactical Systems and Swift Engineering will sup ... more |
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