7NEWS Sydney announces new weekend presenting duo of Michael Usher and Angie Asimus
25 Oct
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7NEWS Sydney announces new weekend presenting duo of Michael Usher and Angie Asimus

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Australia’s #1 news service today announced Angie Asimus will take up a new seat at the 7NEWS Sydney desk alongside Michael Usher on weekends.From tonight, the duo will co-anchor weekend editions of Sydney’s 7NEWS on Friday and Saturday evenings, live from 6.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus.Asimus will also continue her role as 7NEWS Sydney weather presenter alongside co-anchors Mark Ferguson and Angela Cox, appearing each week on Sundays to Tuesdays.Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Angie Asimus said: “I’ve worked on every news bulletin at the network in some capacity, at every hour of the day, from reading Sunrise news to reporting live on The Latest.“This next chapter is a dream come true. To be appointed weekend co-anchor of our flagship 6pm news bulletin alongside Michael Usher is...
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Sawfly Fossil from Miocene Period Discovered in Australia
25 Oct
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Sawfly Fossil from Miocene Period Discovered in Australia

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Paleontologists say they have discovered the first fossil of an Australian sawfly species, Good newsfound at McGraths Flat in central New South Wales.Good news. Image credit: Michael Frese, University of Canberra.Good news lived in Australia during the Miocene period, between 11 and 16 million years ago.This species belongs to Pergidae, a moderate-sized family of sawflies occurring in the western hemisphere and the Australasian region.“Despite the name, sawflies are not flies but a type of wasp, with spitfires the most widely recognized group of sawfly species in Australia,” said CSIRO paleontologist Dr. Juanita Rodriguez and colleagues.“They are called sawflies because they have a saw-like ovipositor that is used to lay eggs, and they could be mistaken as flies because they lack a typical wasp waist.”“The sawfly family Pergidae includes 441 species, of which...
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Space Development Agency selects 19 companies for low-Earth orbit demonstration program
24 Oct
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Space Development Agency selects 19 companies for low-Earth orbit demonstration program

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Top Stories Tamfitronics The Space Development Agency is deploying a mesh network of smallsatellites in a proliferated constellation. Credit: Northrop GrummanWASHINGTON The Space Development Agency selected 19 companies from the space industry to participate in its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (HALO) program, an effort to accelerate the development of satellite technologies.Under the program, the selected vendors will compete for contracts to carry out experimental space missions, providing the agency a testing ground for advanced technologies that may later be integrated into future satellite networks.The goal is to test and refine technologies before integrating them into the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) a large satellite network designed to enhance military communications and missile tracking capabilities.“Through HALO, we now have an even faster and more flexible contracting mechanism in place,” said...
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Millennium Space secures $386 million contract for missile-defense satellites
24 Oct
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Millennium Space secures $386 million contract for missile-defense satellites

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Missile tracking satellite illustration. Credit: Millennium Space SystemsWASHINGTON The U.S. Space Force awarded a $386 million contract to Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, to build six satellites designed to detect and track missiles that could threaten the United States and allies.The contract, announced Oct. 23, marks the second major deal for Millennium Space in this program, following a $509 million agreement in December for an identical set of six satellites.The California-based company will produce a total of 12 satellites to operate in medium Earth orbit (MEO) an altitude range between low Earth orbit, where most commercial satellites operate, and the much higher geosynchronous orbit used by many weather and communications satellites.These satellites will carry specialized infrared sensors, developed by Boeing, capable of detecting and tracking both traditional ballistic missiles...
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