Russia using Generation 4.5 Su-35s fighter in Syria

The advanced supermaneuverable russian Su-35S multirole fighters have began combat missions in Syria. All Russian warplanes have recently been conducting operations with an obligatory cover provided by Russian and Syrian fighter jets as wells as modern air defense systems including the S-400 Triumf. The fighter has new avionics, a modern radar and advanced engines. It …

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Japan, France and Germany offer lower cost bids for Australia’s 12 submarine order

Confidential bids lodged with the Australian government last month by Germany, France and Japan each offer a dramatically lower cost of building an eight-submarine fleet in Adelaide than was ­anticipated, in the range of A$10 billion-A$12 billion. It was previously expected that the project would cost about A$20 billion, based on a 12-boat fleet. Even …

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DARPA improving memory with brain implants

Volunteers who got electrical arrays implanted in their brains are seeing improvements in their memory, DARPA said. The project, called Restoring Active Memory (RAM), could help people suffering from traumatic brain injury. People who were undergoing brain surgery and volunteered to get electrode implants saw improvement in their scores on memory tests, DARPA said. They …

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Captain America Civil War Trailer

This is the worldwide exclusive trailer debut for Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. The movie opens May 6, 2016 Captain America, Winter Soldier, Scarlett Witch, Hawkeye and Falcon versus Iron Man, War Machine, Black Widow, Vision and Black Panther Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million …

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New Protein Manufacturing Process Unveiled

Researchers from Northwestern University and Yale University have developed a user-friendly technology to help scientists understand how proteins work and how to fix them when they are broken. Such knowledge could pave the way for new drugs for a myriad of diseases, including cancer. The human body has a nifty way of turning its proteins …

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Future US Marines need speed to cover 300 mile battlezone before reaching the beach

The US Office of Naval research had a meeting bringing together leaders in academia, industry and military leaders to discuss technology to impact future amphibious naval operations. The topic of the meeting was “Expeditionary and Irregular Warfare: The Amphibious High Water Speed Challenge.” Leaders spoke about the urgent need for technology to advance amphibious operations …

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Russia Yu-71, US Prompt Global Strike and China’s Wu-14 Hypersonic missile programs

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, Strategic Command’s (Stratcom) senior leader, said during remarks at a nuclear deterrence conference that despite arms control efforts, hypersonic weapons are among several threatening strategic trends emerging in the world. China has conducted four flight tests of a 7,000 mile-per-hour maneuvering strike vehicle, and Russia is developing high-speed weapons and reportedly …

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Turkey completing a 26000 ton amphibious assault helicopter carrier in 2021

The Turkish government announced it signed a nearly $ 1 billion deal with a local shipyard to produce the country’s first Landing Platform Dock (LPD). The planned amphibious assault vessel will carry a battalion-sized unit of 1,200 troops and personnel, eight utility helicopters, three unmanned aerial vehicles and transport 150 vehicles, including battle tanks. It …

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NASA NIAC – Quaser and Pulsar space navigation and Cubesat planetary exploration

One of the new NASA NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced concept) studies is Differential Deployable Autonomous Radio Navigation (ΔDARN). This will be carried out by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Haystack Observatory. This will bring astronomical radio observations of quasars, masers and pulsars into play as a means to autonomously guide spacecraft among the planets, …

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China will complete Moscow-Kazan High Speed Rail by 2018 and will increase speed on 9 Indian rail lines to 100 mph

In a boost to Beijing’s bid to improve connectivity with Russia and Europe, China Railway Group Limited announced on Wednesday that one of its subsidiaries has won the $390 million Moscow-Kazan high-speed rail contract together with two Russian companies. The China-led consortium will jointly conduct surveying, regional development planning and design for the project between …

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Spacex Falcon 9 ready for resupply mission today and another reusable rocket landing attempt for the first stage

The cargo-laden Spacex Dragon spacecraft is being readied to head off the Earth so International Space Station astronauts can conduct science for the Earth as well as the Journey to Mars. Launch time today is 4:33 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station adjacent to Kennedy. The launch window …

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