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  Washington DC (UPI) May 12, 2020 British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group conglomerate, will sell as many as 25 million of his shares in the Virgin Galactic space tourism venture, his company said Monday. The Virgin Group said it's notified U.S. regulators of the plan, which has been influenced by sagging demand in the leisure, retail and travel industries. Branson's shares are worth about $500 million and will be sold via Virgin subsidiary Vieco 10 Limited. Virgin said it "intends to use any p ... read more |
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Northrop Grumman's cargo capsule departs space stationWashington DC (UPI) May 11, 2020 A Northrop Grumman cargo capsule departed the International Space Station at 12:09 p.m. EDT Monday, carrying trash and science experiments, and bound for a fiery destructive re-entry. ... more  
How many jobs do robots really replace?Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without wo ... more  
Digipen student project heading to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocketRedmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will ... more 
NASA Funds Artemis Student Challenges to Inspire Space ExplorationWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 NASA will award nearly $2.4 million to universities as part of the Artemis Student Challenges, a bold new initiative to inspire the next generation - the Artemis Generation. The six universities rec ... more |
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Launch Complex 39B prepared to support Artemis IKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 07, 2020 A legacy of the Apollo Program and shuttle era, Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the site of NASA's return to the Moon and is now ready for Artemis I-an uncrewed mission a ... more 
Spider eyes in spaceParis (ESA) May 07, 2020 Not everyone can fly to the International Space Station, but astronauts are working hard to bring the experience to Earth - including through a virtual reality (VR) film project known as ISS Experie ... more 
Ready, set, go for COVID-conscious astronaut trainingParis (ESA) May 07, 2020 After nearly two months of confinement, it is not only school students who are progressively returning to class. ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer also returned to training at ESA's European Astronaut C ... more  
China says launch of key new space rocket 'successful'Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2020 China on Tuesday successfully launched a new rocket and prototype spacecraft, state media said, in a major test of the country's ambitions to operate a permanent space station and send astronauts to the Moon. ... more  
Pentagon announces new mission for secretive space droneWashington (AFP) May 6, 2020 The US Air Force said Wednesday it would be sending its high-tech X-37B space drone back into orbit this month - the sixth trip for the reusable vehicle that maneuvers around the Earth on secretive missions. ... more |
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 Velodyne Lidar announces multi-year sales agreement with GeoSLAM  
China cuts Australian beef imports after warning over virus probeSydney (AFP) May 12, 2020 China suspended imports from four major Australian beef suppliers Tuesday, just weeks after Beijing's ambassador warned of a consumer boycott in retaliation for Canberra's push to probe the origins of the coronavirus. ... more  |
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Japan receives its first V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraftWashington DC (UPI) May 11, 2020 The first two tilt-rotor V-22 Ospreys helicopters for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force have arrived at U.S.M.C. Air Station Iwakumi, Japan. ... more  
Javelin JV completes the first F-Model missileOrlando FL (SPX) May 11, 2020 The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies, and Lockheed Martin completed the first production Javelin F-Model (FGM-148F) mis ... more 
Northrop Grumman supports government flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout RadarPatuxent River MD (SPX) May 11, 2020 The U.S. Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), commenced flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar. "The AN/ZPY-8 radar signi ... more  
Satellites for NASA funded AERO-VISTA mission to be built by NanoAvionicsColumbia IL (SPX) May 08, 2020 NanoAvionics has received a contract to build two nanosatellites for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AERO-VISTA mission team at NanoAvionics' recently opened manufacturing facility i ... more 
Textron nabs $20.7M contract modification for Navy drone programWashington (UPI) May 8, 2019 AAI Corp., doing business as Textron Systems, was awarded a $20.7 million contract modification Friday for work on the Navy's Unmanned Influence Sweep System and Unmanned Surface Vehicle program. ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) May 11, 2020 
In partnership with the Air Force Test Pilot School, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works successfully demonstrated an autonomous Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) system to enhance operational effectiveness for the warfighter in denied communications environments.
"As a remotely piloted aircraft pilot, having the opportunity to test an emerging technology and see it perform funct ... more |
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 San 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 Battle Management family of Systems (ABMS).
Under the contract, awarded by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's C3I and Networks Directorate, Northrop Grumman is providing engineeri ... more |
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 San Jose CA (SPX) May 08, 2020 
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has announced a multi-year sales agreement with GeoSLAM, a global market leader in 3D geospatial technology solutions. GeoSLAM uses Velodyne lidar sensors in its ZEB-HORIZON mobile scanner that provides 3D mapping of indoor, underground and difficult to access environments without the need for GPS.
Velodyne's Puck LITE sensors enable GeoSLAM systems to achieve data cap ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 12, 2020 
British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group conglomerate, will sell as many as 25 million of his shares in the Virgin Galactic space tourism venture, his company said Monday.
The Virgin Group said it's notified U.S. regulators of the plan, which has been influenced by sagging demand in the leisure, retail and travel industries.
Branson's shares are worth about $5 ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) May 11, 2020 
From sustainable energy to quantum computers: high-temperature superconductors have the potential to revolutionize today's technologies. Despite intensive research, however, we still lack the necessary basic understanding to develop these complex materials for widespread application.
"Higgs spectroscopy" could bring about a watershed as it reveals the dynamics of paired electrons in superc ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 08, 2020 
NASA has selected a new pathfinding CubeSat mission to gather data not collected since the agency flew the Dynamics Explorer in the early 1980s.
The new mission, called Dione after the ancient Greek goddess of the oracles, will carry four miniaturized instruments to study how Earth's upper atmospheric layers react to the ever-changing flow of solar energy into the magnetosphere - the envel ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) May 11, 2020  A controversial tax on plastic in Italy supposed to come into effect this year will be pushed back to 2021, La Repubblica daily reported on Monday.
The plastic tax had been included in Italy's 2020 Budget Law. But last month, the region of Emilia-Romagna, where most plastic producing companies are located, asked the government to delay the tax, due to new economic pressures from the coronav ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2020  China's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed" on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon.
The spacecraft - which was launched Tuesday - arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after a hitch in an earlier part of the key test.
It said the cabin structure of the spacec ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 7, 2020 
The US is pulling out four of its powerful Patriot missile systems from Saudi Arabia, after determining the threat from Iran that sparked an arms buildup in the region last year had waned, a Defense Department official said Thursday.
Two of the anti-missile batteries deployed following the September attacks on Saudi oil installations "are now leaving," the official said on condition of anony ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 06, 2020  Raytheon Missile Systems was awarded a $19 million contract modification to exercise options for Navy Rolling Airframe Missile and Guided Missile Launching Systems, according to the Department of Defense.
The deal modifies a contract awarded in June 2019 to provide the missile system for the U.S. Navy and the Japanese military, under the Foreign Military Sales program.
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) May 11, 2020 
Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and his colleagues have investigated energy transport ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 
In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without work, while other observers have been more skeptical about such scenarios.
Now a study co-authored by an MIT professor puts firm numbers on the trend, finding a very real impact - although one tha ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 06, 2020  Boeing announced Tuesday it has presented its first unmanned aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force.
The Loyal Wingman is the first aircraft to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years, and is the company's largest investment in a drone outside of the United States, according to the company.
"This is a truly historic moment for our country a ... more |
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