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Air Force certifies first field unit for 3D printing of aircraft parts

Aug 19, 2019 (UPI)

The 60th Maintenance Squadron at Travis AFB, Calif., is the Air Force's first field unit with an industrial-sized 3D printer certified to produce nonstructural ...

NASA awards Physical Optics Corporation additional $4M contract for Zero Gravity Optical Fibers

Aug 15, 2019 (SPX)

The prototype was designed and built by POC's Applied Technologies Division, sponsored by NASA's advanced materials research study. The study intends to evaluat...

Norway detects radioactive iodine near Russia

Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)

The sample was collected at an air filter station in Svanhovd, in North Norway near the border with Russia, from August 9-12. On August 10, Russia's nuclear age...

Russia proposes self-destroying satellite to resolve space debris problem

Aug 14, 2019 (Sputnik)

Russian state-run corporation Roscosmos has obtained a patent for a satellite that destroys itself after the end of service or an unexpected breakdown. The mate...

Revolutionary way to bend metals could lead to stronger military vehicles

Aug 13, 2019 (SPX)

For nearly 100 years, scientists thought they understood everything there was to know about how metals bend. They were wrong. Materials science and engineering ...

Radiation up to '16 times' the norm near Russia blast site

Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)

The explosion at the Arctic facility on Thursday killed five scientists with Russia's nuclear agency, which later confirmed they were involved in testing new we...

SEAKR reports Canada Patent for Advanced ASIC RF processing technology for satellite applications

Aug 13, 2019 (SPX)

This technology provides highly integrated ADC, DSP, DAC, and digital IO functions implemented with design enhancements for improved radiation tolerance. The ra...

From plastic to X: sourcing military waste for on-site production of critical stocks

Aug 12, 2019 (SPX)

ReSource, the newest program from DARPA's Biological Technologies Office, sets out to revolutionize how critical supplies are procured, by using self-contained,...

Lockheed awarded $176M for repairs on Navy's SPY-1 radar

Aug 12, 2019 (UPI)

A Pentagon statement on Friday noted that modifications to 1,672 different part numbers are included in the five-year contract. Known as the "Shield of the Flee...

AFRL investigating space weather effects on satellite materials

Aug 12, 2019 (SPX)

The researchers determined the previously unknown chemical and physical effects of electron bombardment in Earth's magnetosphere on these polymers. Electrons tr...

Australia eyes rare earth deposits amid fears over China supplies

Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)

Linda Reynolds told an audience in Perth that resource-rich Australia had deposits that could safeguard supplies for allies including the United States and Brit...

Q-Tech launches space-qualified multi-output LVDS Hybrid Oscillators

Aug 09, 2019 (SPX)

These MIL-PRF-55310 oscillators are Type 1 Class 2 hybrids, delivering exceptional frequency and temperature stability for space satellite and other high-perfor...

How NASA will protect astronauts from space radiation at the Moon

Aug 08, 2019 (SPX)

The same sunspots that disrupted the television signals led to enormous solar flares - powerful bursts of energy from the Sun - Aug. 4-7 that year. Between the ...

Russia unveils ambitious project for laser recharging of satellites in orbit

Aug 08, 2019 (Sputnik)

Russia is developing a "space gas station" - a group of robots that will use lasers to recharge satellites in near-Earth orbit, Izvestia learned from experts at...

Could Mexico cactus solve world's plastics problem?

Aug 07, 2019 (AFP)

A packaging material that is made from the plant has been developed by a Mexican researcher and is offering a promising solution to one of the world's biggest p...

Millennium Space Systems to test orbital debris solutions with TriSept, Rocket Lab and Tethers Unlimited

Aug 07, 2019 (SPX)

Millennium Space Systems is designing and building, and will be operating the Millennium RAPTOR satellites and working with TriSept to manage the mission for th...

How roads can help cool sizzling cities

Aug 05, 2019 (SPX)

In cities with 1 million or more people, average air temperatures can be 1.8 to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit higher than in less densely populated areas. The differen...

Pentagon stalls $10 bn cloud contract eyed by Amazon

Aug 02, 2019 (AFP)

Amazon was considered a strong contender to provide technology for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program -- a contract that is also being p...

GOES-17 Mishap Investigation Board Study Completed

Aug 02, 2019 (SPX)

During postlaunch testing of the satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), teams discovered the instrument's infrared detectors could not be maintained at the...

Camera can watch moving objects around corners

Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)

That's because, hidden to the naked eye, he was being scanned by a high powered laser and the single particles of light he reflected onto the walls around him w...