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April 21, 2020
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoAvionics and Mexican Space Agency Introduce a Nanosatellite Pilot Project for Future Space Missions



Columbia IL (SPX) Apr 20, 2020
Nanosatellite manufacturer and mission integrator NanoAvionics, together with the Mexican Space Agency (AEM) and students from the Polytechnic University of Atlacomulco will develop the first nanosatellite for the State of Mexico, (one of most important states of the country), the AtlaCom-1. Building the nanosatellite is part of a pilot project to establish a nanosatellite infrastructure for future space missions designed and built by Mexico's youth. The project, starting in September 2020, is a t ... read more

AEROSPACE
NASA Successfully Tests Telemetry Signal on Agency's First All-Electric X-plane
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2020
Recent ground testing on NASA's first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, successfully demonstrated the aircraft's ability to transmit its telemetry signal, allowing the team the capability to t ... more
AEROSPACE
NASA looks to university teams to advance aviation technology
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2020
NASA has selected five teams led by university faculty and students to examine a range of technical areas in support of the agency's aeronautics research goals. Known as the University Leaders ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Dialogue With US on Hypersonic Weapons Impossible Without Discussing Antimissile Systems - Moscow
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 17, 2020
Russia cannot have a dialogue with the US on new Russian hypersonic weapons without a thorough discussion of US hypersonic projects, its plans to create a global anti-missile system and to deploy we ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Space tourists will celebrate New Year 2022 in orbit for first time
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2020
Two space tourists who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Russian Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft in late 2021 will have a unique opportunity to celebrate the New Year in orbit. ... more
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UAV NEWS
Observing the atmosphere at high altitudes using unmanned aerial vehicles
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 16, 2020
Severe weather conditions such as low air temperatures and strong winds often bring difficulties to scientific expeditions in Antarctica. Thus, monitoring and forecasting the weather is critical. So ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA, SpaceX to Launch First Astronauts to Space Station from U.S. Since 2011
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 20, 2020
A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA announces first SpaceX crewed flight for May 27
Washington (AFP) April 17, 2020
A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, NASA announced on Friday, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by pandemic
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 17, 2020
Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return from the International Space Station to find a "different planet," transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 20, 2020
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. The trio departed the International S ... more
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UAV NEWS
American Manufacturers Swift Tactical Systems and Silvus Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2020
Swift Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Swift Engineering, and Silvus Technologies have entered into a strategic alliance. This collaboration combines Swift's world-class unmanned aircraft systems w ... more
ENERGY TECH
Applying mathematics to accelerate predictions for capturing fusion energy
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 16, 2020
A key issue for scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth is forecasting the performance of the volatile plasma that fuels fusion reactions. Making such predictio ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russia ready to talk hypersonic weapons with US
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 16, 2020
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that Moscow is open to holding talks with the United States on the development of advanced weapons, including hypersonic missiles. He said a ... more
MISSILE NEWS
US Norway to partner on hypersonic missile propulsion systems
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2020
A joint U.S.-Norwegian effort to produce solid fuel propulsion systems for hypersonic missiles was announced by the U.S. Defense Department on Monday. The Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
US Rocketry Chief Offers Novel Explanation for Why America Continues to Buy Russia's RD-180 Engines
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 17, 2020
Nearly a decade after the decommissioning of the Space Shuttle programme, NASA and its allies continue to depend on Russian Soyuz rockets to take crews to the International Space Station. Meanwhile, ... more


Air Force saves $7M on fuel for KC-135 by turning windshield wipers vertical

MILTECH
Future Army vehicles could see an improvement in structural materials
Aberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2020
Materials used for a Soldier's personal protection gear may be tough enough for vehicles too, according to a new Army study. Findings, released April 10 in the journal Polymer, show that polymers fi ... more
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MISSILE NEWS
Air Force selects Raytheon for Long-Range Standoff missile development
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 20, 2020
Raytheon Co. will remain the U.S. military's sole-source contractor of the nuclear Long-Range Standoff cruise missile, the U.S. Air Force announced. ... more
TRADE WARS
Virus hands China its first economic contraction in decades
Beijing (AFP) April 17, 2020
China's economy contracted for the first time in decades last quarter as drastic measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic brought activity to a standstill, official data showed Friday. ... more
TRADE WARS
EU aims to bar 'predatory' takeovers of weakened firms
Brussels (AFP) April 16, 2020
EU trade ministers vowed on Thursday to protect strategic European companies weakened by the virus-triggered downturn from "predatory" takeovers. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoAvionics selected for Norwegian-Dutch research mission for radar signals
London, UK (SPX) Apr 21, 2020
A consortium of Norwegian and Dutch research centres selected satellite integrator NanoAvionics to build two nanosatellites, 'Birkeland' and 'Huygens'. The purchase order is part of a military use o ... more
AEROSPACE
Germany eyes Airbus and Boeing fighter jets
Berlin (AFP) April 20, 2020
Germany confirmed Monday it aims to replace its ageing fleet of Tornado fighter-bombers with aircraft from both European manufacturer Airbus and US-based Boeing. ... more
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Russian cosmonauts begin 3D bioprinting experiment on ISS
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 14, 2020
Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have started printing inorganic components of rat bone tissue as part of an experiment devised by Russian company 3D-bioprinting Solutions, managing partner Yusef Khesuani said on Saturday. "The experiment began in orbit as planned at 11:45 Moscow time on April 11," Khesuani said. Prior to this, experiments on the printing o ... more
+ Now metal surfaces can be instant bacteria killers
+ Intelsat 901 Satellite Returns to Service Using Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle
+ New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold
+ Supporting small airports using virtual reality
+ Creating custom light using 2D materials
+ Raytheon awarded $17 million for dual band radar spares for USS Ford
+ Time-resolved measurement in a memory device
US Space Force pens $1B in contracts for unjammable modems
Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2020
The US Space Force (USSF) has awarded two $500 million contracts to develop and produce satellite communications modems secure from enemy jamming. On Monday, the USSF's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) announced that L3Harris and Raytheon had each received $500 million contracts to develop Protected Tactical Waveform-capable modems for the US Army and the Department of the Air Force, ... more
+ AEHF-6 Satellite Actively Communicating With U.S. Space Force
+ AEHF-6 satellite completes protected satellite constellation
+ Sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite ready for launch
+ Lockheed Martin selects SEAKR Wolverine mission processor for Protected Tactical SATCOM
+ Army scientists create quantum sensor that covers entire radio frequency spectrum
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $48.2M for MUOS satellite systems for Navy
+ Space and Missile Systems Center's multi-manifest satellite vehicle ready for integration on AEHF-6 mission


Apple data show dramatic impact of virus on movement
Hong Kong (AFP) April 15, 2020
Apple has launched a new website that shows with striking graphs how the coronavirus pandemic has slammed the brakes on life around the world. The tool visualises the movement of people in dozens of major cities and countries around the world based on the number of requests made for directions on Apple Maps since January 13. It shows the dramatic drop in the number of users driving, walk ... more
+ Gladiator introduces tiny integrated GNSS-Inertial Navigation Systems
+ USSF reschedules next GPS launch
+ China to launch last satellite for BeiDou navigation system in May
+ L3Harris Technologies passes PDR for experimental satellite navigation program
+ Wireless network helps scientists track small animals
+ China's BeiDou satellites help precise fertilizer distribution
+ Contingency Operations Program and GPS III SV02 Receives Operational Acceptance from USSF
NASA Successfully Tests Telemetry Signal on Agency's First All-Electric X-plane
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2020
Recent ground testing on NASA's first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, successfully demonstrated the aircraft's ability to transmit its telemetry signal, allowing the team the capability to track mission-critical data during flight. This data will be received on the ground during X-57's flight tests, where it will be monitored in real time by the project team during flight operation ... more
+ NASA looks to university teams to advance aviation technology
+ Air Force saves $7M on fuel for KC-135 by turning windshield wipers vertical
+ Air Force selects Wisconsin, Alabama bases for F-35As
+ Akima Logistics awarded $385M for work on C-21
+ Germany eyes Airbus and Boeing fighter jets
+ Studying pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer manmade flight
+ Taiwan virus aid sparks calls to rename China Airlines
Pushing the limits of 2D supramolecules
Tampa FL (SPX) Apr 17, 2020
Scientists at the University of South Florida have reached a new milestone in the development of two-dimensional supramolecules - the building blocks that make areas of nanotechnology and nanomaterial advancement possible. Since the 2004 discovery of graphene, the world's thinnest (one-atom-thick) and strongest (200 times stronger than steel) material, researchers have been working to furt ... more
+ A key development in the drive for energy-efficient electronics
+ Stretchable supercapacitors to power tomorrow's wearable devices
+ To tune up your quantum computer, better call an AI mechanic
+ PIPES researchers demonstrate optical interconnects to improve performance of digital microelectronics
+ Semiconductors can behave like metals and even like superconductors
+ New error correction method provides key step toward quantum computing
+ The ink of the future in printed electronics


Satellites providing clear picture of greenhouse gases
Paris (ESA) Apr 15, 2020
With increasing levels of greenhouse gases causing our climate to change, it is important to understand exactly where these gases come from and how they disperse in the atmosphere. A new dataset, produced by the European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative, provides a detailed view of carbon dioxide and methane - two of the most important human-made gases driving global warming. Heat- ... more
+ Ending global plant tracking, Proba-V assigned new focus
+ Identifying land cover from outer space
+ Ball Aerospace moves into full production of the Space Force's Weather System Follow-on satellite
+ 3D models of mountain lakes with a portable sonar and airborne laser
+ NASA data aids ozone hole's journey to recovery
+ Study may explain the source of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere
+ Heavy iron isotopes leaking from Earth's core
Senegal bans most single-use plastics
Dakar (AFP) April 20, 2020
A ban on single-use plastics came into effect in Senegal on Monday, although the government has said it will allow the sale of plastic water sachets until the coronavirus pandemic ends. The West African country won plaudits from environmentalists when it issued a law in January banning the import and sale of single-use plastics such as drinking straws, small bags and coffee cups. The mo ... more
+ Soot may only be half the problem when it comes to cookstoves
+ Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study
+ Toxic mineral selenium to blame for spinal deformities in California Delta fish
+ Activists concerned over increase in waste smuggling in Romania
+ NASA satellite data show 30 percent drop in air pollution over Northeast US
+ Bangladesh's water teeming with drugs, chemicals, study says
+ Scientists discover plastic-eating microbe


Parachutes guide China's rocket debris safely to earth
Beijing (XNA) Apr 07, 2020
China has been testing high-tech parachutes to control rocket debris and make space launches safer, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). During the March 9 launch of a Long March-3B rocket carrying a satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, a booster was equipped with parachutes and control devices. After the booster separated from the rocke ... more
+ China to launch IoT communications satellites named after Wuhan
+ China's experimental manned spaceship undergoes tests
+ China's Long March-7A carrier rocket fails in maiden flight
+ China's Yuanwang-5 sails to Pacific Ocean for space monitoring mission
+ Construction of China's space station begins with start of LM-5B launch campaign
+ China Prepares to Launch Unknown Satellite Aboard Long March 7A Rocket
+ China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrives at launch site
Russia positions S-500 as game changer for missile defense
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 14, 2020
Last month, a subsidiary of S-500 maker Almaz-Antey confirmed that multiple components of the next generation air defence system had been developed and tested, with the completed complex to start testing with the military later this year. The S-500 is not just a conventional air and missile defence system, but an anti-space weapon whose introduction will fundamentally change Russia's air d ... more
+ Iran warns US after Patriot deployment to Iraq
+ US deploys Patriot air defence system to Iraq
+ Lockheed awarded $932.8M to make THAADs for U.S., Saudi Arabia
+ Missile Defense Agency's Long Range Discrimination Radar closer to delivery
+ Arrows of misfortune as US Missile Defence needs upgrading
+ Syrian air defence responds to 'Israeli missiles': state media
+ Syrian air defence responds to 'Israeli missiles': state media


Dialogue With US on Hypersonic Weapons Impossible Without Discussing Antimissile Systems - Moscow
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 17, 2020
Russia cannot have a dialogue with the US on new Russian hypersonic weapons without a thorough discussion of US hypersonic projects, its plans to create a global anti-missile system and to deploy weapons in space, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik on Friday, stressing that this was an indisputable precondition of the dialogue. "As for some of our new systems, which Americ ... more
+ Russia ready to talk hypersonic weapons with US
+ US Norway to partner on hypersonic missile propulsion systems
+ Air Force selects Raytheon for Long-Range Standoff missile development
+ General Dynamics nabs $55.9M to make missile tubes for U.S., Britain
+ Lockheed nabs $818.2M to produce JASSMs for Air Force, allies
+ Raytheon awarded $641.3M for work on Tomahawks for Navy
+ Raytheon nabs $2.1B for work on Standard Missile-3 Block IB rounds
Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones
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
+ 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
+ Creating a nanoscale on-off switch for heat
+ Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter


Robots ride to rescue as delivery risks rise
Washington (AFP) April 16, 2020
What looks like a rolling picnic cooler stops at the crosswalk, waits for a car to pass and then navigates its way at a leisurely pace down the sidewalk in suburban Washington. Three blocks away, Jake Williams and his three-year-old daughter Emilia wait for the delivery robot and take out bags with pizza, fresh fruit and a loaf of French bread from the nearby Broad Branch Market. "We can ... more
+ Singapore disinfecting robot trialled in virus fight
+ Robots may become heroes in war on coronavirus
+ CIMON-2 makes its successful debut on the ISS
+ Autonomous Solutions and Phantom Auto Partner to Deploy Unmanned Yard Trucks
+ Crisis brings robots to medical frontline: researchers
+ Stanford engineers create shape-changing, free-roaming soft robot
+ Thai hospitals deploy 'ninja robots' to aid virus battle


American Manufacturers Swift Tactical Systems and Silvus Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2020
Swift Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Swift Engineering, and Silvus Technologies have entered into a strategic alliance. This collaboration combines Swift's world-class unmanned aircraft systems with Silvus' advanced MIMO communication systems for tactical applications. The commercial agreement will enable Swift to integrate the locally manufactured radios into its family of American mad ... more
+ Observing the atmosphere at high altitudes using unmanned aerial vehicles
+ Sky Sapience introduces tethered UAV platform HoverMast
+ Citadel Defense Launches New AI and Machine Learning Software to Detect and Defeat Air, Land, and Sea Drones
+ AFRL gives warfighters new weapons system
+ Boeing nabs $84.7M to build 3 more MQ-25s for Navy
+ SUGUS kicks off, a European project for integrating drones into the airspace
+ New research improves drone detection
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