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  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 A new space sector initiative was agreed this week between Scotland's Spaceport sites. The Scottish Space Leadership Council has announced the formation of the Spaceports Alliance, a sectoral Working Group which aims to represent the common interests of the UK Spaceport community, to facilitate rapid progress in developing the national infrastructure for, and international promotion of, the country's space launch capabilities. A concordat has been signed by three vertical rocket launch sites - She ... read more |
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DoD to start live fighter trials with AI pilots by 2024, Esper saysWashington 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 
Air Force destroys surrogate cruise missile in hypervelocity projectile testWashington DC (UPI) Sep 15, 2020 The Pentagon on Tuesday released video showing the rapid detection and destruction of surrogate Russian cruise missiles as part of a test of a new weapons system. ... more  
NASA's Partnership Between Art and Science: A Collaboration to CherishGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 NASA has long used art to represent everything from abstract astrophysical concepts to presentations of satellites in orbit that cannot be directly photographed in great detail. Since 2013, Ma ... more  
"Mighty Mice" in space could lead to new therapies for muscle and bone loss on EarthKennedy 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 |
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Lockheed Martin selected to integrate missile warning onto EGS via FORGEBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 As part of the U.S. Space Force's effort to build a more flexible, resilient and survivable missile early warning system, while also reducing long-term sustainment and operations costs, control of o ... more  
Exolaunch to Deliver SALSAT into Orbit for the Technische Universitat BerlinBerlin, 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  
The future of electric aviation in AustraliaMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2020 Deakin University has released a white paper that evaluates the opportunities and next steps for Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) in Australia, focusing on electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTO ... more 
Light processing improves robotic sensing, study findsAberdeen Providing Ground MD (SPX) Sep 15, 2020 A team of Army researchers uncovered how the human brain processes bright and contrasting light, which they say is a key to improving robotic sensing and enabling autonomous agents to team with huma ... more 
US to stop using Russian rocket engine RD-180 in Mid-2020s says ULAMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2020 US company United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to end operation of the Atlas-5 launch vehicle with the Russian RD-180 engine in the mid-2020s, Julie Arnold, an ULA spokeswoman, told Sputnik. Th ... more |
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Israeli tech start-ups take on the EmiratesTel Aviv (AFP) Sept 14, 2020 The moment a deal normalising ties between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was announced, the head of a Tel Aviv technology organisation received dozens of LinkedIn invitations from Emiratis. ... more  |
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China sends nine satellites into orbit by sea launchQingdao, China (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 China successfully sent nine satellites into planned orbit at the Yellow Sea Tuesday. The nine satellites, belonging to the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 group, blasted off atop a Long March-11 carrier ... more 
Air Force delays fitness testing until JanuaryWashington DC (UPI) Sep 16, 2020 The Air Force said Wednesday it plans to resume fitness testing for service members in January after putting the assessments on pause in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. ... more  
AEHF-6 protected communications satellite completes on-orbit testingSunnyvale CA (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 The sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) protected communications satellite successfully completed its On-Orbit Test (OOT) period on Aug. 27, 2020. "Successfu ... more  
NASA Search and Rescue partners with Australian Space Research CenterGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 NASA's Search and Rescue office has entered into a collaboration with the SmartSat Cooperative Research Center (CRC), a consortium of universities and other research organizations, partnered with in ... more 
ISS may need to evade US Military cubesatMoscow (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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 London, UK (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2020 
"Millions of pieces of space junk orbiting the Earth present a significant threat to UK satellite systems, which provide the vital services that we all take for granted - from mobile communications to weather forecasting," said Sharma.
As he urged mankind to "clean up our act", the official announced new funding to track floating debris, left orbiting the Earth in the wake of a diverse array of ... more |
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 
The sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) protected communications satellite successfully completed its On-Orbit Test (OOT) period on Aug. 27, 2020.
"Successful OOT demonstrates that all space vehicle performance requirements have been met and that we are on track for satellite control authority handover to Space Operations Command before the end of the yea ... more |
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 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 |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2020 
Navy sailors joined Marines in training on the CMV-22B Osprey aircraft after the Navy received its first of 39 Ospreys, the Marines announced on Monday.
Navy personnel are currently deployed in the Middle East with Marine Medium Trirotor Squadron 166, based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
The sailors are learning the intricacies of flying and maintaining the CMV-22B O ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2020  Japan's SoftBank Group said Monday it is selling British chip designer Arm to US firm NVIDIA for up to $40 billion, potentially creating a new giant in the industry but sparking an investigation by UK regulators and fears about the impact on jobs.
If approved, the deal will be one of the largest acquisitions anywhere in the world this year and propel NVIDIA to the forefront of the semiconduc ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 15, 2020 
NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), aboard the Aqua satellite, captured carbon monoxide plumes coming from California wildfires last week. There were 28 major wildfires burning across the state as of Sept. 14. This includes the August Complex Fire, which started on Aug. 17 and has since burned over 471,000 acres, making it the largest fire on record in California.
The animation sho ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2020  Island nations like the Seychelles are uniquely vulnerable to the barrage of plastic pollution pouring into the world's oceans, and research published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports suggests the cleanup bill is prohibitively expensive.
"The Indian Ocean is fringed with countries that have poor waste management infrastructure," lead researcher April Burt told UPI in an email. ... more |
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 Qingdao, China (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 
China successfully sent nine satellites into planned orbit at the Yellow Sea Tuesday.
The nine satellites, belonging to the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 group, blasted off atop a Long March-11 carrier rocket, China's first sea-launched rocket, at 9:23 a.m. (Beijing Time).
The satellites were developed by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. Three of the satellites will be used for v ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 
As part of the U.S. Space Force's effort to build a more flexible, resilient and survivable missile early warning system, while also reducing long-term sustainment and operations costs, control of our nation's advanced infrared surveillance satellites will soon be integrated via the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) onto the next-generation ground system, the Government-own ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 
France is confident that a deal on developing a joint European military drone project will be signed this year, after the conclusion of tough price negotiations with manufacturers, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
"A few small details" still need to be worked out, but "we're rather optimistic about this project," an official in Defence Minister Florence Parly's office said.
The Eurod ... more |
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