November 9, 2018
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Google and NASA have an agreement to compare Google 72-qubit quantum Bristlecone chip and possibly near-term follow-up quantum chips against regular supercomputers. Alibaba had a recent paper which indicates quantum simulations on classical computers can be more competitive against quantum …
November 9, 2018
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Sandia National Laboratories has a hypersonic wind tunnel and advanced laser diagnostic technology to help develop hypersonic technology. Sandia has an annual budget of over $3 billion. U.S. development of autonomous hypersonic missiles and drones are a top defense priority. …
November 8, 2018
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China and Russia had a life-size model of a proposed wide-body long-haul jet at the opening of China’s largest airshow. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) showed off the model of the CR929’s cockpit …
November 7, 2018
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U.S. Special Operations Command will put a human into its powered combat exoskeleton in the middle of 2019. The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) is a complex system with many state-of-the-art technologies. The suit is comprised of a base …
November 5, 2018
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The FCC will be voting to approve several companies with new non-geostationary satellite constellations. Viasat (California) will only launch 20 medium-Earth-orbit satellites instead of 24 as per their original plan. Kepler will create a new satellite system for the Internet …
November 2, 2018
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China is building most of the new energy generation in the world. How this power is generated will shape global climate. 1.5 degree scenario requires China to build 500 GW or more of nuclear power by 2050 Nuclear power capacity …
November 2, 2018
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Increasing from a 285 ship navy to a 355 ship Navy will cost the US about $900 billion over 30 years. Instead the US could buy a fleet of 3000 SpaceX BFRs. Spacex BFRs will be completely reusable rockets. They …
October 30, 2018
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China space program has several moon missions over the next few years, a three-module space station by 2022, robotic mission to Mars and more. China will help launch Pakistani astronauts in 2022. China will try to land a robot rover …
October 28, 2018
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT, HTT) and Dar Al-Handasah (founding member of the Dar Group) will bring the Abu Dhabi commercial hyperloop system to reality in 2019. Construction of the Hyperloop commercial track is targeted to begin in Q3 2019. Dar …
October 28, 2018
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The US is spending $1.8 billion on three exascale supercomputers which should be completed in 2021-2022. The US is building the A21 at Argonne national labs, Frontier at Oak Ridge national lab and El Capitan at Livermore national lab. By …
