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  • Rocket maker for NASA and the Air Force to begin 3D printing parts

    <a href="http://www.ulalaunch.com/">United Launch Alliance</a> (ULA), the company that makes rockets for NASA and the U.S. Air Force, plans to 3D print more than 100 flight-ready components for its next-gen model of rocket.

    Written by Lucas Mearian21 April 15 06:24
  • Cosmonauts deploy nanosatellites during spacewalk

    Two Russian cosmonauts are in the middle of a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station, in part to release a nanosatellite that will take images of Earth.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin19 Aug. 14 04:41
  • NASA team fixes lunar orbiter glitch

    NASA engineers have fixed a problem with the new lunar orbiter and the spacecraft is continuing its month-long journey to the moon.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin09 Sept. 13 11:26
  • Google Project Loon: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Internet!

    Google engineers are planning to test a system aimed at providing accessible Internet service to parts of the world with insufficient communications infrastructure – a collection of high-flying balloons equipped with specialized radios, dubbed Project Loon.

    Written by Jon Gold17 June 13 19:11
  • Hackers use corporate attacks as staging grounds for other cyber assaults

    Attackers have invaded corporate networks to steal sensitive data and use them as staging grounds to attack other corporate networks — and IT managers detecting these invaders may find yet another surprise: law enforcement lurking in their networks monitoring it all as part of a cyber-sting.

    Written by Ellen Messmer01 March 13 18:09
  • SANS NetWars tests cybersecurity pros against peers

    Organizers played "Eye of the Tiger" and "We are the Champions" over the loudspeakers as participants in the SANS Institute's NetWars Tournament of Champions sat down at their laptops and prepared for action.

    Written by Grant Gross18 Dec. 12 20:10
  • Raytheon acquires cybersecurity vendor Pikewerks

    Defense and aerospace systems vendor Raytheon has acquired cybersecurity vendor Pikewerks in an effort to add to Raytheon's capabilities to defend against sophisticated threats facing customers in the intelligence, defense and commercial sectors, the companies announced Monday.

    Written by Grant Gross06 Dec. 11 05:53
  • US Air Force mulling changes as major ERP system project stumbles

    The U.S. Air Force is close to making decisions on the future of a sprawling Oracle ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) project that is supposed to remake the military branch's worldwide supply chain, according to a recently released document.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus02 Nov. 11 06:02
  • Space elevator enthusiasts face unanswered questions

    Might solar energy provide the power needed to send cars up a space elevator? Could you build one fat elevator and split it into two? Can as many as six cars travel up and down a space elevator?

    Written by Nancy Gohring13 Aug. 11 05:21
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