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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.
The leaning tower of San Francisco?
The Sentinel-1 satellites have shown that the Millennium Tower skyscraper in the centre of San Francisco is sinking…
Tropical Storm Otto being watched over by NASA satellites
The late-season Tropical Storm Otto is most certainly on its way to Central America, yet satellites are keeping a…
New stars found in the core of the Milky Way
A new family of stars in the core of the Milky Way Galaxy has been discovered, which provides new insights into the…
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…