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A&D
The Aerospace/Defense Industry serves, as its name represents, two main markets: Aerospace, which largely comprises the production, sale, and service of commercial aircraft. And Defense, which is dependent on the nation’s need for military weapons and systems designed to operate on land, sea, and in the air.
NASA aims to be ring master in Saturn mission
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is in for a thrilling ride, as engineers have been pumping up the spacecraft’s orbit…
If the weatherman says it’s raining…he’s probably right
The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11bn effort to…
Chicxulub crater shows asteroid impacts may have created life
After studying the Chicxulub crater, scientists have been able to show how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a…
Earth sees the brightest radio bursts ever
Thousands of mysterious bursts of radio energy fill space every day; these huge flashes typically pack as much…
There’s more than meets the eye with Pluto’s ice-cold heart
It has been discovered that under Pluto’s ‘heart’ is a cold, slushy ocean of water ice, according to data from…
Software supports aerospace and defense manufacturing operations
A manufacturer of electronic components for the aerospace and defense industries, Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing,…
Magnetic material improves de-icing
Icy conditions can be deadly, whether you're flying into bad weather or too close to power transmission lines…
NASA send satellites to admire Earth from afar
A suite of six next-generation, Earth-observing small satellite missions, are being launched this month by NASA, to…
Let’s twist again, like the Wright brothers did last century
The Wright brothers controlled the motion of their Flyer 1 aircraft using wires and pulleys that bent and…
One small step for historical lunar research
The extreme collision that created one of the moon’s largest craters, 3.8 billion years ago, has been reconstructed…