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Blue Origin has taken the wraps off Blue Ring, its multi-orbit, multi-mission space platform that will provide a wide variety of logistical services to commercial and government customers, from medium Earth orbit to interstellar space.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading New Blue Origin space platform to act as a cosmic multi-tool
The Moon is a dusty place, so to tidy things up a bit, ESA is experimenting with high-energy lasers and simulated lunar soil to explore the possibility of sintering lunar regolith to pave roads and landing fields for future lunar outposts and keep the … Continue reading ESA looks at melting moondust to lay down lunar roads
A Northrop Grumman command and control system has successfully defended Washington DC and the National Capital Region in a simulated attack. The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) virtually proved itself against cruise missiles and hijacked aircra… Continue reading UBCS command center defends Washington DC against simulated attack
Boeing and defense company Nammo partnering with the US Army have set a new range record during an indirect fire test of a ramjet-powered artillery shell when a Ramjet 155-mm round was fired from a 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA).Cont… Continue reading Ramjet-powered artillery shell sets new range record
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has begun to pay dividends as the space agency releases the first preliminary results of the sample return mission from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu, showing the presence of a high carbon content and water – the primary bui… Continue reading OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples hold the building blocks of life
NASA’s deep-space probe to an estimated US$10-quadrillion metal-rich asteroid is on its way. The Psyche mission lifted off on October 13 at 10:19 am EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.Co… Continue reading NASA mission to US$10-quadrillion asteroid lifts off
DARPA has contracted Raytheon to develop a practical version of a revolutionary air-breathing rotating detonation engine called Gambit, which would have no moving parts and could lead to lighter missiles with longer ranges at lower cost.Continue Readin… Continue reading Raytheon to build revolutionary rotating detonation engine for DARPA
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is developing an AI co-pilot for aircraft called Air Guardian that actively co-operates with the pilot, making the computer part of a team instead of an emergency backup.Continue Rea… Continue reading MIT system promotes AI from backup to co-pilot
As the age of the smart weapon continues, Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US Navy contract to develop a new self-guided 57-mm artillery shell for the Navy’s Mk110 Naval Gun Mount medium-sized gun used on Littoral Combat Ships.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Northrop Grumman to build one-shot-one-kill shell for US Navy
On the cosmic fashion front, Axiom Space is teaming up with the Italian luxury apparel house Prada to create the high-tech spacesuits that NASA astronauts will wear when they return to the Moon in 2025 as part of the Artemis program.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Axiom Space teams with high-fashion Prada to create new NASA spacesuit