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February 05, 2025
EARTH OBSERVATION
ATLAS bolsters radio frequency network through new HawkEye 360 alliance



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
ATLAS Space Operations(R) has formed a strategic alliance with HawkEye 360, a leader in space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics. This partnership incorporates ATLAS' ground stations in Mingenew, Australia and Awarua, New Zealand into HawkEye 360's global network, further strengthening the company's RF monitoring initiatives. "Integrating the ATLAS ground stations in Mingenew and Awarua not only optimizes our network for reduced latency but adds capacity and redundancy to our operations ... read more

ENERGY TECH
Advancing safer lithium energy storage
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Charging our phones has become so routine that we rarely reflect on the breakthrough that made it possible. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, introduced commercially in the 1990s, propelled a tech ... more
TECH SPACE
Alloy discovered that barely changes with temperature
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Most metals tend to lengthen as temperatures climb. The Eiffel Tower, for instance, can stand roughly 10 to 15 centimeters taller in summer than in winter because of this thermal expansion. While su ... more
SPACEWAR
BlackSky secures multiyear EMDYN contract to enhance global on demand satellite imagery
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has signed a multi-year contract with geospatial intelligence fusion specialist EMDYN (Emerging Dynamics) to provide satellite imagery services for defense clie ... more
SPACEWAR
Kayhan Space Debuts Unified Satcat Suite for Industry Wide Spaceflight Intelligence
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Kayhan Space, a provider of modern spaceflight and safety solutions, has announced the official rollout of its expanded Satcat Product Suite. This major enhancement of its space intelligence exchang ... more
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ROBO SPACE
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Drone shows are an increasingly popular form of large-scale light display. These shows incorporate hundreds to thousands of airborne bots, each programmed to fly in paths that together form intricat ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Mobix Labs Secures Defense Funding to Advance SATCOM SoC Innovation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Mobix Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBX), recognized for cutting-edge Wireless technology and semiconductor expertise, reports that its newly integrated RaGE Systems Inc. (CAGE:863W3) has been selected for a ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a US-based commercial space provider that develops satellite buses, technology, and in-space transport solutions, announced that AFWERX, part of the U.S. Air Force Rese ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space moves LizzieSat-3 to Vandenberg for upcoming orbit mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) (the "Company" or "Sidus"), known for its innovative and agile space mission services, has confirmed that LizzieSat(TM)-3 has arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Cal ... more

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NUKEWARS
Trump reinstates 'maximum pressure' campaign on Iran
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum to restore the so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran from his first administration, which failed to achieve its goal of bringing about a new deal with Tehran to prevent it from securing a nuclear weapon. Instead, the Middle Eastern country has escalated its nuclear weapons program. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
El Salvador offers to jail violent U.S. criminals in 'unprecedented' deal
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025
El Salvador has agreed to take deportees from the United States and violent criminals from U.S. prisons in an "extraordinary migratory agreement." Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the deal Monday following a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in Central America. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
India says OpenAI chief willing to collaborate on AI
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
India's technology minister said Wednesday that OpenAI chief Sam Altman was "willing to collaborate" with the world's most populous country in its bid to develop its own cut-price AI systems. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Trump in 'no rush' to speak with China's Xi despite tariff battle
Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, despite expectations that they would hold talks after announcing tit-for-tat tariffs in a growing trade conflict. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance. ... more
SINO DAILY
Australia expresses 'serious concerns' for writer jailed in China
Sydney (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
Australia said Wednesday it is concerned for the health of jailed Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, who was handed a suspended death sentence a year ago by a Beijing court. ... more
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DEMOCRACY
What Elon Musk's Twitter tactics may bode for US government
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
As Elon Musk and his aides take control of the US Treasury's payments system, the drastic job cuts and other shake-ups he instituted on buying Twitter may offer a preview of what government workers can expect. ... more
ROBO SPACE
EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Pregnant teenager among five Ukrainians killed by Russian missile
Izyum, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
A Russian ballistic missile strike on Tuesday killed five people - including a pregnant teenager - and wounded more than four dozen others in the east Ukrainian town of Izyum, officials said. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Panama lawsuit requests axing CK Hutchison's canal concession
Panama City (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
Two Panamanian lawyers filed a complaint Monday to cancel the concession of a Hong Kong-based company for operating two ports on the Panama Canal, following US President Donald Trump's threats to seize the vital waterway. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
China says to probe Google over anti-monopoly violations
Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
China on Tuesday said it would probe US tech giant Google over violations of anti-monopoly laws after Washington slapped 10 percent levies on Chinese goods. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Trump trade threats overshadow European defence meet
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
The threat of a transatlantic trade war loomed large Monday over a gathering of European leaders aimed at boosting the continent's defences in the face of an aggressive Russia. ... more
TERROR WARS
U.S., local officials say 'no specific credible' terror threats exist for upcoming Super Bowl
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 3, 2025
Officials say there are no "credible threats" to the looming Super Bowl in New Orleans after a New Year's Day terror attack killed 14 people and injured 57. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russian missile kills four, wounds 20 in east Ukraine: governor
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
A Russian missile fired Tuesday on the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum killed four people and wounded 17, the governor of the broader Kharkiv region said on social media. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025


The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its fifth H-3 rocket on Sunday, carrying the Michibiki No. 6 satellite, a key addition to Japan's independent positioning system ... more

NUKEWARS
Ex-UK soldier jailed for 14 years for spying for Iran
London (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
A former British soldier who sparked a manhunt after escaping from prison before his trial was sentenced by a UK court on Monday to 14 years for spying for Iran. ... more
WAR REPORT
Palestinian ministry says Israeli raid in West Bank kills one
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
The Palestinian health ministry said one person was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Sunday, a day after a deadly series of air strikes in the occupied territory. ... more
WAR REPORT
Russia and Ukraine trade blame for attack on Kursk school
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday for a strike on a school in a Ukrainian-occupied town in Russia's Kursk region, while Kyiv said new missile and drone attacks killed at least 18 people in Ukraine. ... more
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WAR REPORT
Blast near Ukraine army recruitment centre wounds one
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
An explosion near a recruitment centre for the Ukrainian military on Sunday wounded one person, police said, as Kyiv struggles to draft more recruits to fight off Russia's invasion. ... more
WAR REPORT
Netanyahu appoints Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel's new army chief
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 1, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named retired Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel's new armed forces chief Saturday after his predecessor resigned last month taking responsibility for failing to stop Hamas's October 2023 attack. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
How China allegedly contributes to the deadly fentanyl crisis
Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump has slapped new tariffs on Chinese goods, partly in response to Beijing's alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the United States. ... more
TRADE WARS
How things stand in China-US trade tensions with Trump 2.0
Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to wield the United States's vast economic weight to hit back at China for its alleged unfair trade practices and role in America's deadly fentanyl crisis. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
DRC foreign minister accuses Rwanda of illegal occupation amid M23 conflict
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister on Friday accused Rwanda of illegally occupying part of its territory, after the M23 rebel group captured the eastern Congolese city of Goma. ... more
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