Monthly Archives: October 2024
Young adults in Philly advocate for gun ownership education, even after experiencing tragedy
Top Stories Tamfitronics Gun violence in Philadelphia has become a national news story, but 22-year-old resident Isaiah Stanton knows about the gun crisis there firsthand.Last year, he opened up the Citizen app, which provides location-based safety alerts, only to find out that his brother Ronald Wimberley, a jokester with a big personality and a bigger laugh, had been fatally shot.Wimberely was 26 when he was killed in Philadelphia. His case remains unsolved and no arrests have been made. He had a daughter named Naomi, loved dirt bikes and enjoyed gardening.“After his passing, it really inspired me just to go like 10 times harder,” Stanton said. “My brother, he’s watching me. He’s proud, you know, that I’m doing so good.”Ronald Wimberly's funeral program.Courtesy Kimberly JonesAs of Oct. 1, there were 841 shootings in Philadelphia this year...
China chooses 2 teams to develop low-cost space station cargo spacecraft
Top Stories Tamfitronics A Shenzhou-15 astronaut wearing a Feitian EVA suit with red markings emerges from the Wentian module, as imaged by a camera on the Tiangong robotic arm. Credit: CMSAHELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has selected two proposals to develop spacecraft for low-cost space station resupply missions, echoing earlier moves by NASA.The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) opened a call last year for proposals for low-cost cargo transportation systems to serve the Tiangong space station. Four proposals from 10 submissions were chosen to enter a detailed design phase in September 2023.Now, two teams have won through, CMSEO announced during a Oct. 29 press conference. The agency has selected the Qingzhou cargo spacecraft from the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAMCAS) and the Haolong cargo space shuttle proposal...
DoD industrial base plan targets weak links in supply chains
Top Stories Tamfitronics Credit: DoDWASHINGTON — U.S. defense officials said Oct. 29 the Pentagon is evaluating measures to address critical vulnerabilities in the defense industrial supply chain. This includes supply constraints in the space sector that are hampering the manufacturing of military satellites.“This is an incredibly important issue,” Carla Zeppieri, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience, said during a Pentagon press briefing.“Single sources of supply is a problem across the industrial base,” noted Laura Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.Zeppieri said risks tied to “single sources” and “fragile sources” of critical components in the defense supply chain are among the issues addressed in the newly released National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan.The unclassified version of the plan highlights measures to strengthen domestic manufacturing for defense purposes and increase supply...
Avio picks developer for first US rocket motor production facility
Top Stories Tamfitronics Inside Avio’s manufacturing site in Colleferro near Rome, Italy. Credit: Avio / Michele D'OttavioTAMPA, Fla. — Italian rocket maker Avio plans to set up its first solid motor production facility in the United States in 2028 to capture growing demand in the space and defense markets.The company’s recently established U.S.-based subsidiary said Oct. 29 that it has contracted real estate development firm ACMI Properties to pick a location for the factory in the first half of 2025.While the facility’s core focus would be on missiles for U.S. government tactical needs, following a contract with defense contractor Raytheon and a partnership with the U.S. Army, Avio USA CEO James Syring said there is also strong demand for boosters from commercial space launchers.“The demand signal was very, very strong on the defense tactical side,” said...
