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May 17, 2016

New Antares Rocket Rolls Out at NASA Wallops
Wallops VA (SPX) May 17, 2016
Orbital ATK's Antares first stage with the new engines is rolled from NASA Wallops Flight Facility's Horizontal Integration Facility to Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A on May 12, 2016, in preparation for the upcoming stage test in the next few weeks. The team will continue to work meticulously as they begin final integration and check outs on the pad and several readiness reviews prior to the test. The window for the stage test will be over multiple days to ensure technical ... read more

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Russia to start financing new Phoenix carrier rocket development in 2018 Russia will begin financing the development of a new carrier rocket dubbed Phoenix in 2018, Deputy General Director of Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Aleksandr Medvedev said F ... more		NASA Invests in Next Stage of Visionary Technology Development NASA has selected eight technology proposals for investment that have the potential to transform future aerospace missions, introduce new capabilities, and significantly improve current approaches t ... more		Air Force demos key rocket engine technologies for new launch systems The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne achieved a major milestone under the Hydrocarbon Boost program, which is advancing domestic rocket engine technologies in sup ... more
				Russia Spent $1.3Bln on Vostochny Cosmodrome So Far Russia has so far spent 84 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) on the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday. Vostochny had been under construct ... more		AAC Microtec avionics aboard microsatellite deployed from the ISS AAC Microtec has supplied a key avionics component for the new Philippine microsatellite Diwata-1, which was launched from Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 23 a ... more

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

SES Enables Danish Defence Wideband Global Satcom System Connectivity SES S.A. reports it will provide two anchor stations for the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO). Under the agreement, SES Techcom Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES ... more		US missile shield in Romania goes live to Russian fury A US anti-missile defence system in Romania aimed at protecting NATO members from threats by "rogue" nations became operational Thursday, triggering Russian fury despite US insistence it does not target Moscow. ... more		US-China: the clash of the titans UN nuclear chief in Tehran ahead of fresh Iran-US talks Changing face of war puts Denmark on drone offensive		Researchers teach AI system to run complex physics experiment A pair of physicists in Australia have trained an artificial intelligence system to replicate the experiment that won the 2001 Nobel Prize. ... more
				Russia's Glonass system to get 8 more satellites by end of 2017 Russia's Glonass navigation system will receive eight more satellites by the end of 2017, the head of Russia's Roscosmos's Department of Navigational Space Systems said Thursday. "Launches to ... more		China, U.S. hold first dialogue on outer space safety China and the United States have held their first dialogue here on outer space safety. During the dialogue on Tuesday the two sides exchanged views on issues such as outer space policy, bilateral co ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

Industry Wants to Ensure the Warfighter Is Always Supported On April 12th in a darkened room at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Gen. John Hyten prefaced his talk to the 32nd Space Symposium with a short, stark video. Its theme: This is how much the warfighte ... more		Payload integration begins for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission with Galileo spacecraft The first of two Galileo navigation satellites to be orbited on Arianespace's May 24 Soyuz flight has been integrated on its payload dispenser system, marking a key step as preparations advance for ... more		Trump admin proposes redefining 'harm' to endangered animals Australian PM vows not to bow to Trump on national interest Mexico seeks security coordination with US over border military moves		How the Marriage of Third Offset, Better Buying Power Affects Industry The value the U.S. Department of Defense places on space was apparent last year in standing up the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC) as the first working element of the de ... more
Soft wearable robot lightens heavy loads A flexible exosuit, developed by researchers at Harvard University, reduces the energy cost of walking when carrying heavy load, according to a proof-of-principle study published in the open access ... more		Enhancing lab-on-a-chip peristalsis with electro-osmosis If you've ever eaten food while upside down - and who hasn't indulged this chimpanzee daydream? - you can thank the successive wave-like motions of peristalsis for keeping the chewed bolus down and ... more		Hyperloop One test bodes well for transit's fast future The possible future of transit zipped along a short track in the desert outside Las Vegas on Wednesday before sliding to a stop in a bed of sand, sending up a tan wave. ... more		UPSat, an open-source Greek satellite University of Patras (MEAD and ECE departments) initiated the design and development the first micro-satellite made in Greece: UPsat. The project was completed with the contribution, development and ... more

	Thousands of Hellfire missiles for UAE Thousands of AGM-114 R/K Hellfire Category III missiles are being sought by the United Arab Emirates from the United States. ... more		Egypt approved for Harpoon missile buy Egypt's procurement of Harpoon missiles for its submarines through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program has gained State Department approval. ... more

US firm pushes for deep-sea mining off Pacific island

Trump trade war casts pall in China's southern export heartland

Nvidia CEO in Beijing as US tech curbs, trade war threaten sales

Lockheed gets $321M Long Range Anti-Ship Missile contract		Saab to unveil first Gripen E aircraft this week		Russian Armed Forces Use Glonass Satellites for Aiming in Syria		Binocular vision-based UAVs autonomous aerial refueling platform		AeroVironment: Navy deploying underwater-launched UAS
Paramount announces armed ISR aircraft		Ukraine's National Guard gets new vehicles		A year of mystery swirls around latest X-37B mission		Iran says it has equipped tanks with anti-TOW jamming system		US, Russia step up war of words over missile shield

F-35 test pilot completes 1,000th vertical landing

Tamar missile fired from U.S. Army Multi-Mission Launcher

Orbital ATK completes installation of world's largest solid rocket motor

BAE Systems, Czech company team for CV90 contract

U.S. MRAPs arrive in Egypt

Hybrid hydrostatic transmission enables robots with human-like grace and precision

European vote against China market status not 'constructive': Beijing

Chinese pouring billions into US real estate: study

Ingestible robot operates in simulated stomach

NASA satellite data could help reduce flights sidelined by volcanic eruptions

China economy eases in April, sparking worries on rebound

Australia, US boost efforts to protect steelmakers

More debris 'almost certainly' from MH370: Australia

First work platforms powered tested in VAB for Space Launch System

Danish govt recommends F-35s for combat jet order

Raytheon gets Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile contract

French EC145 helicopters getting avionics upgrade

Nepal's quake recovery costs up by a quarter

Belgian prisons 'like North Korea' as strike crisis hits

Artist Ai Weiwei says Gaza key part of refugee crisis

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