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September 13, 2020
DRAGON SPACE
Chinese spacecraft launched mystery object into space before returning to Earth



Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 11, 2020
The People's Republic successfully launched a reusable spacecraft into space atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert last Friday, with Chinese media reporting the experimental spacecraft's successful return to Earth on Sunday. The mysterious Chinese reusable spacecraft which made a trip into space last week launched an unknown object into orbit before returning to Earth, SpaceNews.com has reported. According to the outlet, the object wa ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Fiery Blast After Astra Rocket Launch Fail in Kodiak
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 14, 2020
Founded in 2016, Astra is an space launch service based in Alameda, California. The company's stated goal is to construct smaller and more effective rockets to place satellites into orbit. Ast ... more
AEROSPACE
NASA and DLR study the transformation of the air transport system
Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2020
The integration of new types of aircraft into the air transport system requires it to change. Over the coming years, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the German Aerosp ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China's launch of new satellite fails
Jiuquan (XNA) Sep 14, 2020
Optical remote-sensing satellite Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C, which was launched aboard the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 13:02 p.m. (Beijing time) ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
ISS may need to evade US Military cubesat
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 14, 2020
The ISS underwent a Debris Avoidance Manoeuvre (DAM) this July after a threat of colliding with the remains of a Soviet-era satellite emerged. A DAM is not something out of the ordinary for the stat ... more
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ENERGY TECH
'Floppy' atomic dynamics help turn heat into electricity
Durham NC (SPX) Sep 07, 2020
Materials scientists at Duke University have uncovered an atomic mechanism that makes certain thermoelectric materials incredibly efficient near high-temperature phase transitions. The information w ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
"Mighty Mice" in space could lead to new therapies for muscle and bone loss on Earth
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 11, 2020
Findings from the "Mighty Mice" investigation on the International Space Station (ISS) may help "save the day" both for earthbound patients with muscle and bone loss as well as astronauts on prolong ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Exolaunch to Deliver SALSAT into Orbit for the Technische Universitat Berlin
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2020
The Technische Universitat Berlin, a leading German university specializing in space engineering, and Exolaunch, a rideshare launch and deployment solutions provider, announces a launch agreement fo ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA Goddard's first virtual interns reflect on their summer experience
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2020
When many NASA employees transitioned to a mandatory work-from-home status in March 2020, because of COVID-19, the agency prepared to launch its first-ever fully virtual internship to ensure student ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Backbone of a spacecraft for missions to deep space
Paris (ESA) Sep 09, 2020
This structure is the frame and base for the European Service Module, part of NASA's Orion spacecraft that will return humans to the Moon. Built in Turin, Italy, at Thales Alenia Space, this i ... more
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ROBO SPACE
DoD to start live fighter trials with AI pilots by 2024, Esper says
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2020
The Pentagon plans to conduct live trials pitting tactical aircraft controlled by artificial intelligence against human pilots, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Japan's Abe urges stronger defences to face missiles
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2020
Japan must strengthen its ballistic missile defences, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, a potentially controversial proposition given the country's pacifist constitution, which limits its military capabilities. ... more
UAV NEWS
US Military set to deploy advanced Israeli drone system for US Special Forces
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2020
Following a joint R and D program led by the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR and D), in the Israel Ministry of Defense, with leading drone developer, XTEND, and the Combating Te ... more
AEROSPACE
New airship production commences in Israel
Rosh Haayin, Israel (SPX) Sep 09, 2020
All over the world, aerial transportation plays an important role in many spheres of life, including tourism, transportation of passengers and cargo, and defense. This field is currently completely ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Air Force Research Laboratory Tracks Sporadic E
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Sep 10, 2020
Researchers at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in New Mexico, have discovered a new way to track and characterize a phenomenon called "Sporadic E" naturally occurring in the upper atmosphere, w ... more


Airbus thinks goose tip could trim fuel consumption

MILTECH
Pentagon rescinds order to shut down Stars and Stripes
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 11, 2020
The Pentagon rescinded its order to close down the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the publication announced. ... more
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MILTECH
'Project Convergence' exercise tests Army's modernization efforts
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 11, 2020
The U.S. Army's "Project Convergence" is underway in Arizona to integrate its various fighting capabilities into a unified force, its chief said on Friday. ... more
AEROSPACE
India hails 'game-changer' French jets as China tensions soar
Ambala, India (AFP) Sept 10, 2020
India's defence minister hailed the formal commissioning Thursday of the country's first new French Rafale jets as a "strong message" to its adversaries, amid an escalating border row with China. ... more
AEROSPACE
10 F-35Bs fly to Britain for exercise with HMS Queen Elizabeth
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2020
Britain's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has departed Portsmouth, England for a short cruise in anticipation of training drills with 10 F-35Bs from the United States. ... more
AEROSPACE
Why India chose France's more expensive Rafale jets over Eurofighter Typhoon
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 11, 2020
The five Rafale jets recently inducted into the Indian Air Force are part of a larger delivery of 36 fighter jets that India has ordered from France at a price of $8.7 billion. The Indian Air ... more
AEROSPACE
Air Force fixes battery testing failure in KC-135, C-130
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2020
Airmen from Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Ohio and Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma have updated procedures for testing the condition of aircraft batteries on the KC-135 Stratotanker and C-130 Hercules. ... more
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L3Harris Technologies awarded international sonar system program
Sylmar CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2020
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to deliver two Low-Frequency Active Towed Sonar (LFATS) systems to a NATO member. The LFATS system is used on ships to detect, track and engage all types of submarines. L3Harris specifically designed the system to perform at a lower operating frequency against modern diesel-electric submarine threats. "This award ... more
+ Giant particle accelerator in the sky
+ Northrop's 'life extension' spacecraft heads to the rescue
+ ESA's polar station marks three decades satellite tracking
+ Expanding ESTEC's Test Centre
+ Future Rocket Engines May Include Large-Scale 3D Printing
+ Earth's Van Allen radiation belts double as particle accelerator
+ Aerospace's CT Scanning Lab uses x-rays to solve the hardest problems
Air Force Research Laboratory Tracks Sporadic E
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Sep 10, 2020
Researchers at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in New Mexico, have discovered a new way to track and characterize a phenomenon called "Sporadic E" naturally occurring in the upper atmosphere, where large structures of dense plasma form. These plasma structures, which occur at mid latitude locations around the world, disrupt radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves (or simply "radio ... more
+ Lockheed Martin to build Mesh Network of 10 smallsats
+ Lockheed, York nab $281.6M for new military satellite network
+ New US Space Force technology beats satellite jamming attempts in recent test
+ Airbus to build BADR-8 satellite for Arabsat
+ U.S. Army readies 'Capability Set '23' for communications modernization
+ Northrop Grumman to provide key electronic warfare capabilities for AC MC-130J aircraft
+ South Korea's first military satellite launched


Tech combo is a real game-changer for farming
Beijing (XNA) Aug 18, 2020
Global acceptance and application of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System will gather momentum on the back of further integration with telecom technologies like 5G and the internet of things, company executives and experts said. Their comments came after Beidou started offering full-scale global services on July 31. More importantly, navigation technologies are increasingly intertwin ... more
+ Launch of Russia's Glonass-K satellite postponed until October
+ GPS 3 receives operational acceptance
+ Air Force navigation technology satellite passes critical design review
+ Software upgrades for Beidou to continue
+ Beidou's eye can help spot and stop rampant illegal mining
+ Full global service of Beidou signals space tech independence
+ Beidou also belongs to world
NASA and DLR study the transformation of the air transport system
Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2020
The integration of new types of aircraft into the air transport system requires it to change. Over the coming years, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will be working together on research into how the air transport system can be transformed to meet these new challenges. To this end, in 2020 ... more
+ Why India chose France's more expensive Rafale jets over Eurofighter Typhoon
+ Air Force fixes battery testing failure in KC-135, C-130
+ Airbus thinks goose tip could trim fuel consumption
+ China airshow 'will be held' in November, say backtracking organisers
+ New airship production commences in Israel
+ India hails 'game-changer' French jets as China tensions soar
+ 10 F-35Bs fly to Britain for exercise with HMS Queen Elizabeth
DARPA Selects Teams to Increase Security of Semiconductor Supply Chain
Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2020
As Internet of Things (IoT) devices rapidly increase in popularity and deployment, economic attackers and nation-states alike are shifting their attention to the vulnerabilities of digital integrated circuit (IC) chips. Threats to IC chips are well known, and despite various measures designed to mitigate them, hardware developers have largely been slow to implement security solutions due t ... more
+ New technology lets quantum bits hold information for 10,000 times longer than previous record
+ Pentagon: It's time to bring microelectronics manufacturing to the U.S.
+ Artificial materials for more efficient electronics
+ Spin, spin, spin: researchers enhance electron spin longevity
+ US court overturns Qualcomm defeat in antitrust case
+ 'Drawn-on-skin' electronics offer breakthrough in wearable monitors
+ Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials


Emissions pioneer GHGSat secures US$30m in Series B funding
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 11, 2020
GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, has successfully completed the first tranche of Series B funding, raising US$30m and more than doubling the total amount raised since GHGSat was founded to over US$55m. This latest funding has secured the growth trajectory of the company, enabling it to accelerate construction of its unique fleet of emissions dete ... more
+ Machine-learning nanosatellites to monitor global trade
+ China launches new optical remote-sensing satellite
+ Momentus awarded NASA TROPICS Pathfinder mission
+ ESA launches small Belgian satellite carrying VTT's remote sensing technology into space
+ NASA 'eyes' arrival of new NOAA weather satellite's 1st instrument
+ Vega lofts exactEarth's ESAIL microsatellite
+ Space Flight Laboratory reports dual launch of atmospheric microsats
Sick of city din? Try 'noise-cancelling headphones' for your flat
Singapore (AFP) Sept 10, 2020
Sick of noise from construction work, speeding trains and car alarms flooding in through the open window of your tiny apartment in a crowded metropolis? Scientists believe they have found a way for city dwellers to let in fresh air while reducing the urban cacophony - and it is a bit like popping massive, noise-cancelling headphones onto your flat. Under the system devised in Singapore ... more
+ 1000s protest in Mauritius over oil spill; operator to pay millions
+ For small island nations, marine plastic cleanup is prohibitively expensive
+ In EU, 1 in 8 deaths linked to pollution: report
+ Bolsonaro slams 'cancer' of environmental NGOs
+ Mauritian citizen becomes powerful voice for oil spill anger
+ Toxic liquid leaks into Paris river from cement plant
+ 2 dead as Mauritius oil spill clean-up boats collide


Chinese spacecraft launched mystery object into space before returning to Earth
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 11, 2020
The People's Republic successfully launched a reusable spacecraft into space atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert last Friday, with Chinese media reporting the experimental spacecraft's successful return to Earth on Sunday. The mysterious Chinese reusable spacecraft which made a trip into space last week launched an unknown object ... more
+ China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth after 2 days
+ Mars-bound Tianwen 1 hits milestone
+ China's Mars probe over 8m km away from Earth
+ China seeks payload ideas for mission to moon, asteroid
+ China marching to Mars for humanity's better shared future
+ From the Moon to Mars: China's long march in space
+ Tianwen 1 probe to soon blast off for Mars
Japan's Abe urges stronger defences to face missiles
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2020
Japan must strengthen its ballistic missile defences, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, a potentially controversial proposition given the country's pacifist constitution, which limits its military capabilities. Abe made the call despite being in the final days of his tenure, after deciding to resign for health reasons - a sign, analysts said, of the importance he attaches to the issue. ... more
+ Advanced Patriot missile fails in live-fire test
+ Russia testing news S-500 Systems, mass production on the way
+ Lockheed nets $18.8M to support Japan's Aegis Ashore system
+ IBCS engages advanced tactical ballistic missile and cruise missile during rigorous test
+ US Japan to build network of satellites to detect missile launches
+ MBDA and Lockheed Martin submit proposal for Germany's Integrated Air And Missile Defense System
+ IBCS intercepts multiple targets, demonstrates resiliency and survivability in contested environment


DARPA's air-breathing hypersonic missiles ready for free-flight tests
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 02, 2020
Captive carry tests of two hypersonic weapons have been completed, with their first free flights scheduled for later this year, according to DARPA and the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have each designed hypersonic missiles for a combined program of the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program ... more
+ Lockheed Martin awarded $183M contract for HIMARS launchers
+ Harpoon missile firing sinks ship in Hawaiian naval exercise
+ Pentagon slams Chinese missile launches in South China Sea
+ Indian troops armed with Russian portable SAMs deployed near China border
+ DARPA's Gremlins Program completes second flight test in demonstration series
+ Iran unveils missiles with increased range
+ Army seeks proposals for Marines' new shoulder-fired rocket system
Nano particles for healthy tissue
Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage. Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more
+ Hybrid nanomaterials hold promise for improved ceramic composites
+ Scientists open new window into the nanoworld
+ The smallest motor in the world
+ Crystalline 'nanobrush' clears way to advanced energy and information tech
+ Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire
+ To make an atom-sized machine, you need a quantum mechanic
+ Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones


DoD to start live fighter trials with AI pilots by 2024, Esper says
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2020
The Pentagon plans to conduct live trials pitting tactical aircraft controlled by artificial intelligence against human pilots, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday. He also said the United States' AI will be governed by ethics that power rivals like Russia and China lack, and will coordinate AI strategy with nearly a dozen democratic allies in a new partnership. The comme ... more
+ Pentagon picks Google Cloud for AI-assisted cancer diagnoses
+ Miniature antenna enables robotic teaming in complex environments
+ Educated yet amoral: AI capable of writing books sparks awe
+ Toward a machine learning model that can reason about everyday actions
+ Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs
+ AlphaDogfight trials foreshadow future of human-machine symbiosis
+ Human Rights Watch eyes treaty banning 'killer robots'


US Military set to deploy advanced Israeli drone system for US Special Forces
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2020
Following a joint R and D program led by the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR and D), in the Israel Ministry of Defense, with leading drone developer, XTEND, and the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO), of the U.S. Department of Defense, an operational pilot program has been launched employing Sparrowhawk drones in the defense of U.S. Special Forces. The prog ... more
+ Adding chameleon-like capabilities to defence drones
+ Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat breeders
+ Iran invests in advanced drone technology
+ Britain, Belgium to collaborate on MQ-9B drone acquisition
+ Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza over balloon attacks
+ SqwaQ demonstrates BVLOS UAS flight capabilities for controlled airspace
+ Turkish drone kills 2 Iraqi officers in Kurdish region: army
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