|
|
|
  Washington DC (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 President Donald Trump has nominated Air Force General John Raymond to lead the US Space Command in a move toward establishing a fifth branch of the armed forces for outer space, Vice President Mike Pence told the National Space Council. "I'm proud to share with all of you that the president has announced his nominee to lead the new unified combatant command, the United States Space Command", Pence said. "Four-star Air Force General John Raymond will lead US Space Command". Raymond currently ... read more |
 |
 
U.S. Army, Raytheon complete preliminary design review of DeepStrike missileWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2019 The U.S. Army and Raytheon are moving ahead with the first flights tests of the new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile later this year after successfully completing preliminary design review of the system. ... more  
Inmarsat agrees to $3.4 bn takeover from consortiumLondon (AFP) March 25, 2019 British satellite operator Inmarsat on Monday agreed to a $3.4 billion cash takeover from a consortium of investment funds. ... more  
Russia plans to launch Glonass-M satellite in mid-MayMoscow (XNA) Mar 24, 2019 Russia plans to launch a Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit in mid-May, local media reported Saturday. "The launch of a Glonass-M navigation satellite has been tentatively planned in mi ... more  
EU presents plan for safe 5G amid Huawei suspicionsStrasbourg, France (AFP) March 26, 2019 The European Commission on Tuesday presented its plan to ensure the secure introduction of 5G telecoms networks, with suspicions hanging over Chinese giant Huawei. ... more |
|
|
| Previous Issues | Mar 26 | Mar 25 | Mar 23 | Mar 22 | Mar 21 |
|
|
|
|
|
 
Seven killed in Yemen air strike: Save the childrenDubai (AFP) March 26, 2019 At least seven people, including four children, were killed and eight injured in an air strike near a hospital in Yemen, Save the children said on Tuesday. ... more  
Malaysia threatens EU fighter jet boycott over palm oilKuala Lumpur (AFP) March 24, 2019 Malaysia may retaliate against an EU plan to curb palm oil use by purchasing new fighter jets from China instead of European arms companies, its leader said Sunday. ... more  
Oman allows US military to use its portsMuscat (AFP) March 24, 2019 Oman on Sunday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that would allow American ships and warplanes to take advantage of ports and airports. ... more  
Colombian Air Force tanker refuels U.S. Navy Growlers at Red FlagWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 The Colombian Air Force's tanker refueled the entire fleet of the U.S. Navy's EA-18G Growlers during the air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag 19-2 in Nevada earlier this month. ... more 
China buys hundreds of Airbus jets: Macron calls for 'strong Euro-China partnership'Paris (AFP) March 25, 2019 China on Monday signed a huge deal to buy 290 Airbus A320 and 10 A350 airliners, the French presidency announced. ... more |
|
 Sikorsky-Boeing's SB-1 "Defiant" battlefield helicopter makes first flight  
General Atomics awarded $19.7M for French MQ-9 Reaper supportWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 General Atomics has been awarded an $8.9 million contract to produce and integrate weapons on the French Air Force's MQ-9 Block 1 aircraft. ... more  |
|
|
|
 
Raytheon to update Advanced Synthentic Aperture Radar for U-2 Dragon LadyWashington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 Raytheon signed a $320 million undefinitized contract to develop new version of the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar that flies on the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. ... more 
China pursuing 'new world media order' to suppress criticismTaipei (AFP) March 25, 2019 China is trying to establish a "new world media order" to prevent and counter criticism, a project that threatens press freedom globally, watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned in a report released Monday. ... more  
Bolsonaro orders celebration of Brazil military coup: spokesmanBrasilia (AFP) March 26, 2019 Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday ordered the armed forces to hold "appropriate commemorations" of the March 1964 military coup - while denying it was a coup. ... more 
Sun-Synchronous Orbits are ObsoleteBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 A sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) is one of the most frequently used orbits for Earth-science and national security missions. SSOs are near-polar orbits whose ascending nodes precess at a rate that is m ... more 
German arms export policy 'unpredictable': French envoyBerlin (AFP) March 26, 2019 Germany's military export policy is "unpredictable" and subject to shifting domestic politics, the French ambassador to Berlin charged Tuesday, voicing concern over the future of European defence projects. ... more |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2019 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully tested two interceptors against a dummy intercontinental ballistic missile Monday.
The interceptor missiles, which were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California,
shot down a test ballistic missile launched from 4,000 miles away on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the agency said in a news release.
The syst ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2019 
The U.S. Army and Raytheon are moving ahead with the first flights tests of the new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile later this year after successfully completing preliminary design review of the system.
During testing of the Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, the Army evaluated all aspects of the new missile's design, including its advanced propulsion system, lethality package and ... more |
|
|
 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 
Russian cosmonauts will carry out an experiment on controlling a drone driven by a propeller on board the International Space Station, Alexander Bloshenko, a science advisor to the Roscosmos's chief, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"The experiment has been introduced into the program", Bloshenko said. During experiments with the propeller-driven drone, it is first planned to work out the design ... more |
|
 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch provider for all ten WGS satellites.
"We are very proud to deliver this critical asset to orbit in support of the U.S. and Allied warfighters deployed around th ... more |
|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
DARPA aims to apply the power of social networks to research and development via a novel social media platform purpose-built to quicken the pace of U.S. technology development. Polyplexus, which was recently launched as a public platform, is designed to increase access to scientific evidence and accelerate hypothesis development, research proposal generation, and research sponsor engagement. The ... more |
|
 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 24, 2019 
Malaysia may retaliate against an EU plan to curb palm oil use by purchasing new fighter jets from China instead of European arms companies, its leader said Sunday.
The Southeast Asian country is the world's second largest palm oil producer after neighbouring Indonesia, and recently threatened to challenge the bloc's plan to phase out its use in biofuels at the World Trade Organization.
... more |
|
|
 Brasilia (AFP) March 26, 2019 
Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday ordered the armed forces to hold "appropriate commemorations" of the March 1964 military coup - while denying it was a coup.
"Our president has ordered the Defense Ministry to carry out appropriate commemorations related to March 31, 1964," 55 years on, Bolsonaro's spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said at Planalto Palace in Brasilia.
Th ... more |
|
 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can be. Researchers have announced a potential solution - a laser-driven photoacoustic microfluidic pump, capable of moving fluids in any direction without moving parts or electrical contacts.
The work is described in th ... more |
|
|
 Baghdad (AFP) March 24, 2019  Five years after the Islamic State group swept across Iraq, Baghdad is bidding to reclaim its role as a regional player while walking a tightrope between rival backers the US and Iran.
The country is seeking to position itself as a "bridge" between rival powers in a region beset by deep divisions, says Iraqi political scientist Ihssan al-Shemmari.
Following more than a decade of internat ... more |
|
 Washington (AFP) March 23, 2019 
President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly announced the cancellation of sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea.
"It was announced today by the U.S. Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea. I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional Sanctions!" Trump ... more |
|
|
 Washington (AFP) March 26, 2019 
US Senate Republican leaders forced a stunt vote Tuesday on a climate change measure they ridicule, seeking to corner Democratic presidential hopefuls over an expensive, economy-upending plan proposed by the party's liberal left wing.
The chamber easily rejected the Green New Deal, a proposal offered by progressive Democrats that would dramatically shift the United States away from fossil fu ... more |
|
 Tokyo (AFP) March 26, 2019 
Japan will for the first time next month lift an evacuation order in one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, officials said Tuesday.
The government plans to lift the order for part of Okuma town on April 10, cabinet office official Yohei Ogino told AFP.
It will be the first time the government has lifted an evacuation order in the towns - Okuma and Futaba ... more |
|
|
 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
|
 Hong Kong (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Growing restrictions on Hong Kong's freedoms are hurting business confidence, the United States warned in a report Friday, accusing the city's government of sacrificing human rights to support mainland Chinese priorities.
Hong Kong enjoys liberties unseen on the mainland under the "one country, two systems" framework, and has a special trading status with the US based on its autonomy from th ... more |
|
|
 Baghdad (AFP) March 24, 2019 
For the millions forced to endure the Islamic State group's brutal rule, life in the "caliphate" was a living hell where girls were enslaved, music was banned and homosexuality was punishable by death.
The jihadists applied an ultra-conservative interpretation of Islamic law across the swathes of Syria and Iraq that they captured in 2014, torturing or executing anyone who disobeyed.
The ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force announced it is planning future experiments involving laser and microwave energy weapons after recent successes in testing sessions.
Future experiments in the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign are planned at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement.
The tests by the 704th Test Group, essentially the use of mi ... more |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
