Space Business News
February 12, 2020
ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet Rocketdyne wins DARPA hypersonic propulsion technology contract



Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 12, 2020
Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract worth up to $19.6 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop enabling technologies for an advanced hypersonic defense interceptor known as Glide Breaker. "Advancing hypersonic technology is a national security imperative," said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. "Our team is proud to apply our decades of experience developing hypersonic and missile propulsion technologies to the Glide Breaker program." ... read more

MICROSAT BLITZ
Qarman CubeSat: falling into a fireball
Paris (ESA) Feb 11, 2020
This Wednesday 12 February, ESA's latest mission will enter the vacuum of space, not aboard a rocket but by being released from the International Space Station. The first task of the shoebox-sized Q ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Economical and environmentally friendly solutions on the commercial satellites market
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Feb 12, 2020
We are observing a considerable increase in the demand for satellite systems around the world. Various independent sources forecast that the nano- and microsatellite market will grow from $1.5 billi ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Arianespace at the service of SKY Perfect JSAT and KARI with JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 12, 2020
For its third flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect J ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
KBR wins $400M recompete to provide NASA Intelligent Systems Research
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 12, 2020
KBR has been awarded a $400 million contract by NASA to provide intelligent systems research and development support services at the agency's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. KBR will p ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet Rocketdyne nets $12.1M for anti-hypersonic missile program
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $12.1 million contract - which could be worth up to $19.6 million - by the Defense Research Projects Agency for its Glide Breaker program. ... more
ROBO SPACE
SubT Challenge Seeks Information to Enhance Virtual Competition
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2020
DARPA is seeking state-of-the-art virtual models, simulation meshes, and robot controllers for vehicles, sensors, and/or environments for informational and planning purposes in support of the agency ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Spaceflight Industries to sell Rideshare Launch Services Provider to Mitsui JV
Herndon VA (SPX) Feb 12, 2020
Spaceflight Industries, Inc. announced it has signed a definitive share purchase agreement with Mitsui and Co., Ltd., in partnership with Yamasa Co., Ltd. to sell its satellite rideshare launch busi ... more
GPS NEWS
Honeywell nets $3B+ deal for new Air Force navigation system sustainment
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 11, 2020
Honeywell Inc. was awarded a contract potentially worth $3.5 billion for development of GPS navigation system modernization, the Pentagon announced. The indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity ... more
GPS NEWS
Third Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III satellite delivered to Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
The nation's third next-generation GPS III satellite - and the first delivered by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) to the new U.S. Space Force - has arrived in Florida for an expected April launch. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
The industries of Artificial Intelligence and Space to meet for AIxSPACE
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
For the first time, the industries of AI and space have decided to combine their expertise in order to surpass the human limitations imposed by the infinite vastness of space. AIxSPACE, dedicated to ... more
UAV NEWS
Phase One Industrial and AI-Survey GmbH Sign Partner Integrator Agreement
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 05, 2020
Phase One Industrial, a world-leading provider of medium format metric cameras and imaging solutions for aerial applications, has announced that it has signed an agreement with AI-Survey GmbH, a dev ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Spaceport Camden - America's Small Rocket Pure Play
Woodbine GA (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
Once approved by the FAA, Spaceport Camden will be positioned to create generations of tech, research, service and manufacturing jobs in Camden County, Georgia. No other place in America has a bette ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Northrop postpones Antares rocket launch in Virginia on Sunday
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 11, 2020
Northrop Grumman postponed a cargo capsule launch to the International Space Station from Virginia at 5:44 p.m. EST Sunday. Northrop launch controllers announced an abort less than three minut ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Getting your payload to orbit
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
Launch vehicles and satellites are commonly built by different contractors in separate locations by two different talent pools. Satellite engineers and managers are not generally intimately familiar ... more


Northrop Grumman nabs $172.4M for two MQ-4C drones to Navy

MISSILE NEWS
U.S. approves deal to sell LRASMs to Australia for up to $990M
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 7, 2019
The State Department has approved a possible sale of up to 200 AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles and related equipment to the Australian government for an estimated cost of $990 million, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. ... more
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MISSILE NEWS
Iran unveils ballistic missile, 'new generation' engines
Tehran (AFP) Feb 9, 2020
Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled Sunday a short-range ballistic missile that they said can be powered by a "new generation" of engines designed to put satellites into orbit. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Multiple software errors doomed Boeing crew capsule test
Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2020
Multiple software issues and a poor radio link doomed a test flight of Boeing's crew capsule late last year, NASA said Friday, revealing for the first time a glitch that could have destroyed the spaceship on its re-entry. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA, Europe space agency launch Solar Orbiter mission
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 09, 2020
One of the most advanced science missions to study the sun in history - the Solar Orbiter - launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Florida on Sunday night. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Northrop postpones Antares rocket launch in Virginia on Sunday
Orlando FL (UPI) Feb 09, 2020
Northrop Grumman postponed a cargo capsule launch to the International Space Station from Virginia at 5:44 p.m. EST Sunday. Northrop launch controllers announced an abort less than three minut ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Space station to forge ultra-fast connections
Paris (ESA) Feb 10, 2020
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to install a high-speed radio link to enable almost real-time connections with Earth. The upgrade to the ESA Columbus laboratory will rel ... more
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Making 3-D printing smarter with machine learning
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2020
3-D printing is often touted as the future of manufacturing. It allows us to directly build objects from computer-generated designs, meaning industry can manufacture customized products in-house, without outsourcing parts. But 3-D printing has a high degree of error, such as shape distortion. Each printer is different, and the printed material can shrink and expand in unexpected ways. Manufactur ... more
+ NASA prepares for Moon and Mars with new addition to its deep space network
+ Amazon wants Trump testimony about huge Pentagon contract
+ First time controlling two spacecraft with one dish
+ New threads: Nanowires made of tellurium and nanotubes hold promise for wearable tech
+ Using sound and light to generate ultra-fast data transfer
+ Fastest high-precision 3D printer
+ Researchers report progress on molecular data storage system
Improving 5G Network Security
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2020
Emerging 5G mobile wireless networking technologies are slated to dramatically increase in both scale and speed, enabling much faster access to data collected from billions of connected devices. This supercharged information highway is envisioned to play an important role across several industries, ranging from medicine to manufacturing. Major advances in 5G, including new core network fea ... more
+ US Army and Air Force team up for multi-domain operations
+ NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Mission Leaves Goddard Space Flight Center
+ Protecting wideband RF systems in congested electromagnetic environments
+ General Dynamics receives $730M for next-gen satcom system
+ Airbus' marks 50 years in Skynet secure satellite communications for UK
+ Lockheed Martin gets $3.3B contract for communications satellite work
+ GenDyn nets $783M for next-gen Navy MUOS operations


Third Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III satellite delivered to Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
The nation's third next-generation GPS III satellite - and the first delivered by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) to the new U.S. Space Force - has arrived in Florida for an expected April launch. On Feb. 5, the third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV03) was shipped to Cape Canaveral from the company's GPS III Processing Facility near Denver aboard a massive Air Force C-17 ... more
+ Honeywell nets $3B+ deal for new Air Force navigation system sustainment
+ Google Maps marks 15-year milestone with new features
+ Space Force decommissions 26-year-old GPS satellite to make way for GPS 3 constellation
+ Using artificial intelligence to enrich digital maps
+ Galileo now replying to SOS messages worldwide
+ China's international journal Satellite Navigation launched
+ FAA warns military training exercise could jam GPS signals in southeast, Caribbean
NASA's Experimental X-59 Supersonic Jet to Be Complete By End of 2020
Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 10, 2020
Since 2016, Lockheed Martin has been working in collaboration with NASA on a new supersonic X-59 QueSST for the space administration's Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator program, scheduled for test flights in 2022. NASA's new experimental supersonic X-plane will be flying across the US by the end of 2020, a representative of Lockheed Martin, who was commissioned to build the plane, said on Frida ... more
+ Lockheed awarded $347.7M contract for 43 F-35s
+ Singapore Airshow hit by virus fears as 70 exhibitors pull out
+ Lockheed Martin delivers second KC-130J refueler to France
+ Coronavirus clips wings of Asia's biggest air show
+ First CMV-22B Osprey plane delivered to U.S. Navy
+ Boeing sounds alarm about virus impact on aviation
+ Boeing delivers first modified F/A-18 Super Hornet to Navy
T-MUSIC selects performers to develop integrated mixed-mode RF electronics in onshore foundries
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2020
Today's defense electronics systems rely on radio frequency (RF) mixed-mode electronics - those that integrate RF, analog, and digital circuits onto a single chip - to interface RF signals with digital processors. This technology supports critical communications, radar, and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities, as well as being widely used to support commercial telecommunications. The Depa ... more
+ Rare-earth element material could produce world's smallest transistors
+ Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing
+ DNA-like material could bring even smaller transistors
+ Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics
+ A quantum of solid
+ Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information
+ NRL researchers' golden touch enhances quantum technology


Aerosols have an outsized impact on extreme weather
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2020
Scientists at Caltech and JPL have tied a shift in winter weather patterns in Europe and northern Eurasia to a reduction in air pollution. Over the past 50 years, the occurrence of extremely cold days has decreased throughout Europe and northern Eurasia, which includes Russia. Combining long-term observations with a state-of-the-art climate model revealed what researchers describe as an "u ... more
+ Space key to wetland conservation
+ ECOSTRESS mission sees plants 'waking up' from space
+ Deep learning accurately forecasts heat waves, cold spells
+ January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service
+ The fingerprints of paddy rice in atmospheric methane concentration dynamics
+ Another reason to reduce man-made ozone: To cool a warming planet
+ Artificial intelligence to rebuild Iraq via second phase of the UNOSAT challenge
Draft US law seeks to make plastic industry responsible for waste
Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2020
Carry your own cup to the coffee shop. Recycle that soda bottle. Say no to straws. The growing global crisis of plastics waste is often framed as a problem stemming from careless consumers, but a new bill introduced in the US Congress Tuesday seeks to shift the responsibility back to industry. The proposed "Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act," introduced by Democratic lawmakers, would ... more
+ Global cost of air pollution $2.9 trillion a year: NGO report
+ Multiple eco-crises could trigger 'systemic collapse': scientists
+ Mark Ruffalo urges EU 'heroism' in chemical pollution fight
+ UD study maps areas of high Microplastic concentrations in the Delaware Bay
+ 'Open bar' for rats as Paris pension strikes hit waste collection
+ Uruguayan project uses virtual money to encourage plastic recycling
+ How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea


China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrives at launch site
Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2020
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China's Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The rocket will take part in a joint rehearsal with the prototype of the Chinese space station's core module at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. It is scheduled to make i ... more
+ China to launch more space science satellites
+ China's space station core module, manned spacecraft arrive at launch site
+ China to launch Mars probe in July
+ China's space-tracking vessels back from missions
+ China may have over 40 space launches in 2020
+ China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission
+ China's Xichang set for 20 space launches in 2020
'Over in under a minute': commander divulges how quickly moscow's defences can thwart missile attack
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2020
The Russian capital's air and missile defence system is one of the most sophisticated in the world, and includes a dense layer of anti-aircraft missile launchers, interceptor systems, and a unique tetrahedral truncated pyramid radio-radar station so powerful it can detect space debris. In the event of an enemy attack, Moscow's air defences would intercept and destroy enemy missile targets ... more
+ Greece to send Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia: official
+ US awaits Iraq's okay to deploy Patriots to protect troops
+ Lockheed nabs $114M deal to deliver Patriot missiles to UAE
+ Syrian defences fire on 'hostile missiles' from Israel: state media
+ Moscow lifts veil on missile attack warning system
+ Germany in talks with Lockheed, MBDA for missile defense program
+ Israel and Czech Republic sign $125 mn missile defence deal


Iran unveils ballistic missile, 'new generation' engines
Tehran (AFP) Feb 9, 2020
Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled Sunday a short-range ballistic missile that they said can be powered by a "new generation" of engines designed to put satellites into orbit. The Guards' Sepahnews website said the Raad-500 missile was equipped with new Zoheir engines made of composite materials lighter than on earlier steel models. It also unveiled Salman engines made of the same mate ... more
+ U.S. approves deal to sell LRASMs to Australia for up to $990M
+ Over 100 US troops suffered brain injury in Iran attack: Pentagon
+ Ukraine says Iran 'knew from start' missile downed plane
+ New footage shows Iranian missiles hitting Ukraine plane
+ Raytheon awarded $9M to maintain HARM weapons for Morocco, Turkey, U.S.
+ Iran's 'catastrophic mistake': Speculation, pressure, then admission
+ 'Surviving was a miracle': Iran's missile attack on Iraq base
Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerant
Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins. Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more
+ Nanobubbles in nanodroplets
+ New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light
+ A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale
+ Creating a nanoscale on-off switch for heat
+ Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter
+ SMART discovers breakthrough way to look at the surface of nanoparticles
+ Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules


The industries of Artificial Intelligence and Space to meet for AIxSPACE
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
For the first time, the industries of AI and space have decided to combine their expertise in order to surpass the human limitations imposed by the infinite vastness of space. AIxSPACE, dedicated to the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within the space industry has been launched by Euroconsult and Innovitech, experts in both space and innovation respectively. For this first edition, ... more
+ SubT Challenge Seeks Information to Enhance Virtual Competition
+ NASA contracts Maxar to supply robotic arm for lunar lander
+ Northrop Grumman Remotec and Kinova Robotics sign distribution agreement for robotic manipulator
+ NASA funds demonstration of assembly and manufacturing in space
+ Progressing towards assuredly safer autonomous systems
+ OFFSET Swarm Systems Integrators Demonstrate Tactics to Conduct Urban Raid
+ Progressing Towards Assuredly Safer Autonomous Systems


Northrop Grumman nabs $172.4M for two MQ-4C drones to Navy
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 07, 2020
Northrop Grumman has received a $172.4 million contract modification for delivery of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned air systems for the Navy, according to the Pentagon. The deal, which modifies a contract initially awarded in September 2018, exercises options to deliver to the drones for the Navy, maintain one Navy main operating base and also to conduct trade studies and collect administrat ... more
+ Phase One Industrial and AI-Survey GmbH Sign Partner Integrator Agreement
+ Extended range: VECTOR flies beyond 300 km using a UHF datalink
+ Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand low
+ Researchers develop new bio-inspired wing design for small drones
+ AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth test
+ Navy's first MQ-4C Triton drones arrive in Guam
+ Quantum technologies are changing the face of unmanned aircraft communications
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