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  Orlando FL (UPI) Apr 28, 2020 Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. is on schedule for testing of its next-generation rocket, the OmegA, despite the challenges of operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, a company executive said. Northrop's OmegA program is the company's entry in a four-way competition with SpaceX, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance to provide new launch services for military satellites. "We're fortunate to be in a position where we can keep working, despite some problems with obtaining materials from ... read more |
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Dream Chaser TenacitySparks NV (SPX) May 04, 2020 Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, marked National Space Day by announcing the name of its first orbital vehicle set to ... more 
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines orderedHuntsville AL (SPX) May 04, 2020 NASA has awarded a contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California, to manufacture 18 additional Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engines to support Artemis missions to the Moon. ... more  
NASA, SpaceX target historic spaceflight despite pandemicWashington (AFP) May 2, 2020 NASA and SpaceX said Friday they were pressing ahead with plans to launch astronauts to space from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade later on this month, despite the coronavirus pandemic. ... more 
Why our launch of the NASA and SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the ISS is essentialWashington DC (SPX) May 04, 2020 On April 17, NASA and SpaceX announced that the upcoming flight test of the new Crew Dragon spacecraft with our astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley is now scheduled for lift off no earlier ... more |
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Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythmChampaign IL (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 Miniature biological robots are making greater strides than ever, thanks to the spinal cord directing their steps. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers developed the tiny wal ... more  
Telemedicine on the frontline in SpainParis (ESA) May 01, 2020 Space technology is in action in Barcelona, Spain, as emergency responders employ two ESA-supplied telemedicine devices to triage and treat urgent patients. Offering ultrasound, laryngoscopy a ... more  
Lockheed Martin's new contract with DARPA can disrupt the future of spaceSunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 DARPA has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.8 million contract for the first phase of satellite integration on the Blackjack program. Lockheed Martin will define and manage interfaces between Black ... more 
L3Harris Technologies awarded third LRIP order on US Army's HMS Manpack IDIQ contractRochester NY (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 L3Harris Technologies has received a third low-rate initial production (LRIP) order valued at $95 million by the U.S. Army under the HMS (Handheld, Manpack and Small Form-Fit) IDIQ contract to bring ... more 
Department of the Air Force commissioned RAND Space Launch Market Report releasedLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 Last summer, the Department of the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise requested a RAND Corp. study of the heavy lift launch market. The RAND study confirms the heav ... more |
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 NASA develops COVID-19 prototype ventilator in 37 days 
Scientists build biobot with a real rat spinal cordWashington DC (UPI) Apr 29, 2020 Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a biohybrid robot featuring an actual rat spinal cord and a tissue-engineered muscle system. ... more  |
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Mind-controlled arm prostheses that 'feel' are now a part of everyday lifeGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 For the first time, people with arm amputations can experience sensations of touch in a mind-controlled arm prosthesis that they use in everyday life. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine ... more 
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satelliteColumbia IL (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 NanoAvionics has been selected to build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an in-orbit demonstration of NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). This a result of a contract between NASA Ames Res ... more  
Liteye expands their counter UAS layered approach with Raytheon Missiles and Defense's PhaserCentennial CO (SPX) May 04, 2020 Liteye Systems, Inc., is a Colorado-based, world-leader in Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS). Liteye manufacturers multiple combat proven configurations for the US DoD that are highly effective ... more 
Northrop Grumman to rapidly develop net-centric gatewaySan Diego CA (SPX) May 04, 2020 Northrop Grumman Corporation is rapidly working on developing and fielding a gatewayONE prototype, an open system enabling translation and communication across platforms, in support of the Advanced ... more 
UCF researchers develop groundbreaking new rocket-propulsion systemOrlando FL (SPX) May 01, 2020 A University of Central Florida researcher and his team have developed an advanced new rocket-propulsion system once thought to be impossible. The system, known as a rotating detonation rocket ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020 
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ESA has resumed its watch on the skies around our planet. The Agency's Optical Ground Station observatory, 2 400 m above the shores of Tenerife, tracks orbital space debris and near-Earth asteroids.
The Optical Ground Station (OGS) is located high on the slopes of the volcanic island, to take advantage of Tenerife's clear weather conditions. It was originally bu ... more |
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 Annapolis Junction MD (SPX) May 01, 2020 
Electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domain capabilities are converging to provide advanced combat weapon systems for warfighters.
In this area, the Consortium Management Group (CMG)/ Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5), on behalf of the U.S. Army, awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] a Project Agreement to move into the second phase of development for the "Ai ... more |
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 Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 
The Global Positioning System, better known as GPS, marks its 25th year of operation Apr. 27, 2020.
On this date in 1995, the system reached full operational capability, meaning the system met all performance requirements. U.S. Air Force Space Command formally announced the milestone three months later.
"This is a major milestone," Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Jr., former Air Force Vice Ch ... more |
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 Athens (AFP) April 30, 2020 
Debris from a Canadian military helicopter operating as part of a NATO surveillance force has been found in the sea between Greece and Italy, a Greek military source said Thursday.
The helicopter was attached to the Canadian frigate Fredericton, from which it had taken off for a patrol.
"Debris has been found in Italy's zone of control and intervention" in the Ionian Sea, the military so ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020 
Tiny integrated circuits destined for space missions, etched onto a single wafer of silicon, examined under a magnifier.
To save money on the high cost of fabrication, various chips designed by different companies and destined for multiple ESA projects are crammed onto the same silicon wafers, etched into place at specialised semiconductor manufacturing plants or 'fabs'.
Once manufac ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) May 01, 2020 
A supercell thunderstorm pelted a city center in Argentina a few years ago with hailstones so large scientists suggested a new category to describe them - gargantuan hail.
Researchers investigating the 2018 storm found one hailstone likely measured between 7.4 and 9.3 inches across, potentially setting a new world record. The current record belongs to a hailstone that measured 8 inches acr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 30, 2020 
China's capital is clamping down on single-use items such as plastic cutlery and toothbrushes in the food and hotel industries from May 1, as the country forges on with plans to cut waste.
Starting Friday, restaurants, delivery services and hotels in Beijing are not to supply such disposable items unless customers ask for them.
The restrictions in Beijing follow a government plan announc ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2020 
China is constructing the largest steerable radio telescope in Asia with a 70-meter-diameter antenna to receive data from its first Mars exploration mission which is expected to be launched this year.
China aims to complete orbiting, landing and roving on the red planet in one mission, which has been named Tianwen-1.
The telescope, with an antenna the size of nine basketball courts, ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) May 01, 2020 
Lockheed Martin received a $6.07 billion contract from the U.S. Army for the production of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors and associated equipment, to be delivered across FY21, FY22 and FY23 contract years.
The contract calls for the production and delivery of PAC-3 MSE interceptors, launcher modification kits, associated equipment and ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2020 
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the third and final test of its next-generation long-range missile designed for the Army's Precision Strike Missile program, the company announced on Thursday.
According to Lockheed, the test took place at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and follows successful tests conducted in December and March.
"Today's PrSM test, a highly st ... more |
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 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 |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 
For the first time, people with arm amputations can experience sensations of touch in a mind-controlled arm prosthesis that they use in everyday life. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports on three Swedish patients who have lived, for several years, with this new technology - one of the world's most integrated interfaces between human and machine.
The advance is unique: th ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) April 30, 2020 
A Polish company is betting that its drones can help save lives by speeding up deliveries of coronavirus test samples and medical supplies.
The Spartaqs drone-maker said on Thursday that it had successfully flown coronavirus samples from one Warsaw hospital to another in a test-run that it hopes will pave the way to the use of drone technology for medical purposes.
The return flight of ... more |
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