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Verizon Business & We Are Incandescent's UKII unveil the future of UK industry

Verizon Business and We Are Incandescent have unveiled a new online platform to highlight the innovation, talent and future potential of the UK industry. The UK Innovation Industries (UKII) Intelligence Report presents stories of pioneering companies and organisations from far and wide across UK industry sectors – from food security to space-based research, quantum computing to clean mobility, advanced manufacturing and creative production – and provides insight into the key areas of fo...

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NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science

NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Sunday, April 28 weather permitting. The agency will provide coverage of undocking and departure beginning at 12:45 p.m. EDT on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media. Dragon will undock from the...

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Lockheed Martin Successfully Transitions Long Range Discrimination Radar To The Missile Defense Agency

Theï¿½ Long Range Discrimination Radar ï¿½(LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station in Clear, Alaska, completed DD250 final acceptance and was officially handed over to the Missile Defense Agency in preparation for an Operational Capability Baseline (OCB) decision and final transition to the Warfighter. In addition, prior to this transition, the system has started Space Domain Awareness data collects for the United States Space Force.ï¿½ “This milestone represents years of dedication to the MDA's mis...

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NASA Sets Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station

NASA will provide live coverage, beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 25, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is expected to begin at 10:55 a.m. and could last up to seven hours. NASA will stream the spacewalk on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media. Expedition 71 crewmates Oleg Kononenko and...

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ESA's astronaut class of 2022 graduate

ESA celebrated the graduation of its class of 2022 astronaut candidates. The ceremony, held at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, signified the successful completion of basic training for the five European astronaut graduates and the Australian Space Agency's first astronaut, all now eligible for spaceflight assignments. The new graduates ESA astronauts are Sophie Adenot, Pablo ï¿½lvarez Fernï¿½ndez, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaï¿½l Liï¿½geois and Marco Sieber. Also, as testament to ESA...

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RTX's Collins Aerospace named a finalist for three Crystal Cabin Awards

Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been named a finalist for three Crystal Cabin Awards, the only international award recognizing excellence in aircraft interior innovation. Crystal Cabin Award winners will be announced in eight categories on May 28 in Hamburg, Germany as part of the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo. Collins was nominated for three solutions that help airlines improve the inflight and cabin experience. Collins' STARLight™ structural technology ï¿½utilizes a...

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Most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy found

Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion star orbiting it. Data from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and other ground-based observatories were used to verify the mass of the black hole, putting it at an impressive 33 times that of the Sun. Stellar...

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Northrop Grumman Expands Australia MQ-4C Triton Support Team

Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) has signed a contract with L3Harris Corporation (L3HCA) for the operation and maintenance of command-and-control systems aboard Australia's MQ-4C Triton multi-intelligence uncrewed aircraft fleet. The collaboration is another milestone in advance of delivery of the platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). - - - • As prime systems integrator on Triton, Northrop Grumman has collaborated with several suppliers to integrate and maintain key sys...

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NASA Astronaut Loral O'Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara returned to Earth after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. The trio departed the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 11:54 p.m. EDT on April 5, and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 3:17 a.m., April 6 (12:17 p.m. Kazakhstan time), southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. O'Hara laun...

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Northrop Grumman and EpiSci to Collaborate on Advanced Autonomy Capabilities

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is collaborating with EpiSci to further develop advanced, trusted autonomous tactical solutions for the United States and its allies. EpiSci's TacticalAI software will integrate into Northrop Grumman's aeronautics system architecture to accelerate the delivery of advanced autonomous solutions.ï¿½ï¿½ “Northrop Grumman collaborates with innovative small businesses, like EpiSci, to help meet the needs of our customers,” said Tom Pieronek, chief technolog...

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U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $ 483M JAGM, HELLFIRE Follow-On Production Contract

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a follow-on production contract forï¿½ Joint-Air-to-Ground Missiles ï¿½(JAGM) andï¿½ HELLFIRE ï¿½missiles with a Program Year 3 (PY3) award total value of $ 483 million. This contract will provide JAGM and HELLFIRE procurement and production support for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and international customers. This contract is the third follow-on award that is a part of a multiple-year award that was initially awarded inï¿½ March 2023. The total contract...

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