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Oxford-based UK tech firm Tokamak Energy has reached a milestone in privately-funded fusion research after its ST-40 spherical tokamak reactor reached a temperature of 100 million °C (180 million °F), which it says is the threshold for commercial fusio… Continue reading Tokamak Energy achieves temperature threshold for commercial fusion
The wreck of one of the most famous exploration ships in history has been located. Using a robotic submersible, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has found Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, which was crushed in the Antarctic pack ice in 1915.Conti… Continue reading Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance found after 107 years under the ice
Research sponsored by ESA aims to develop a method to not only detect dangerous superoxide soils on the Moon and Mars that could imperil astronauts, but also a way to turn these hazards into oxygen farms for future missions.Continue ReadingCategory: Sp… Continue reading Corrosive Martian and lunar soils could be used to farm oxygen
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has unveiled its latest jet-powered robotic drone, the Gambit, which is designed to use artificial intelligence and autonomous systems to fly alongside human-piloted aircraft and achieve air dominance… Continue reading General Atomics’ Gambit autonomous combat drone takes the initiative
BAE Systems has carried out its most realistic combat exercise to date using crewed and autonomous aircraft operating as teams. The demonstration at an undisclosed US Department of Defense flight test range saw fighter aircraft and drones equipped with… Continue reading BAE combat test teams fighter aircraft with AI-enabled drones
The US Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace a US$2.37-billion contract to design and build two sensor payloads for a pair of polar-orbiting satellites intended to warn of ballistic and hypersonic missile launches.Continue Reading… Continue reading New satellite payloads for continuous early-warning missile detection
Israel has conducted successful live-fire tests of the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems C-Dome, a sea-going version of the Iron Dome missile defense system, aboard the Sa’ar 6 corvette Israeli Naval Ship (INS) Magen against multiple threats.Continue Rea… Continue reading Israeli Navy tests sea-going version of the Iron Dome missile defense
Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics subsidiary has signed an agreement with SpaceX and Australian telecommunications company Optus to put its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft and Mission Extension Pod (MEP) into regular commercial service.Continu… Continue reading SpaceX to launch Northrop Grumman’s robotic satellite repair spacecraft
The war in Ukraine is having an interplanetary impact. Deteriorating relations between Russia and Europe mean the joint ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars rover mission faces a launch delay that could set back its Red Planet landing by at least two years.Continue R… Continue reading Ukraine invasion could delay ExoMars rover mission by two years
The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya (NATO name Cossack), has been confirmed to be destroyed in the fighting in Ukraine, according to Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and satellite images posted on the internet.Contin… Continue reading Only example of world’s largest aircraft destroyed in Ukraine fighting