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FAA Sets Display Rules for Skyryse Fly-by-Wire R66
The final special conditions require clear mode, control-position and system-state information when digital controls replace mechanical feedback in the helicopter.
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NASA Plans for 50,000 Annual Citizen-Science Responses
The agency is seeking comment through Oct. 13 on renewing a framework for public data gathering, image and sound classification, transcription and problem-solving projects.
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NIST Seeks Guardrails for AI in Vulnerability Database
The 60-day inquiry seeks evidence on automation, human review, auditability and safeguards for the federal vulnerability database.
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USITC Orders LCD Glass Import Exclusions
The commission found a Section 337 violation involving two Corning patents and issued limited relief covering infringing LCD glass products tied to four remaining respondents.
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USITC Seeks Comment on Wi-Fi Import Relief
An administrative judge recommended limited exclusion and cease-and-desist orders after an initial patent finding; the commission has not issued a final remedy.
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Hybrid-Electric Saab 340 Flew Above 30,000 Feet
NASA says the megawatt-class system combined electric motors, a gas turbine and energy storage in a regional-aircraft demonstration.
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NIST's Looping Laser Mixed Metals That Usually Separate in 3D Printing
The team rewrote printer controls to stir a tiny molten pool, then used synchrotron X-rays to watch the new alloy solidify in under a second.
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NIST Publishes Three Secure Remote-Access Designs for Water Utilities
The final practice guide demonstrates lab-tested architectures for operational technology, but utilities must adapt the examples to their own systems and risks.
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NIST Resin Standard Aims to Make 3D-Print Curing Reproducible
Reference Material 8047 gives photopolymer laboratories a shared resin for measuring how light exposure controls cure depth and layer bonding.
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GAO Sets Four-Pillar Test for U.S. AI Standing
The method asks analysts to assess science and technology, human capital, governance and the economy before ranking the United States against peers.
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GAO Finds Overlapping Reporting Duties in 80 Cybersecurity Regulations
The watchdog identified 117 rules from 37 agencies across nine critical-infrastructure sectors and said roughly 70% shared a reporting type with another rule.
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NSF Puts $50 Million Into Two AI-Driven Materials Platforms
Teams in Texas and Wisconsin will build national user facilities for autonomous alloy and extreme-environment materials research.
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NIST Adds 52,000 Chemical Fingerprints to Its Mass-Spectra Library
The 2026 update expands two reference collections used to identify unknown substances in laboratories, manufacturing and forensic work.
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NASA Adds Eight Providers to Its $476 Million Earth-Data Contract
The on-ramp expands the commercial satellite program to 14 listed awardees while keeping the original contract ceiling and 2028 end date.
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NSF Project Triad Aims to Link Three Quantum Systems
The initiative would integrate quantum sensing, networking and computing, with a proof-of-concept system planned through the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory.
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Robotic Servicer Launches to Extend Satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit
The DARPA-funded vehicle carries NASA-supported robotic arms designed to inspect spacecraft and install mission-extension pods.
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NASA Adds 150-Petabyte Mission Archive to Federal Genesis AI Effort
The agency says the initiative will pair decades of space and Earth data with Department of Energy computing to accelerate engineering and scientific discovery.
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NIST Aug. 19 Lab Tour Opens NanoFab and Million-Pound Force Machine
Registration closes Aug. 12 for the Gaithersburg anniversary tour, which is limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents age 12 and older.
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NASA Delivers 3.5-Pound Navigation Receiver for Altus-1 Lunar Relay
NavCube3-mini will test GPS and Galileo navigation near the Moon as NASA builds commercial communications coverage for future South Pole missions.
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NSF Names 14 Universities in First CyberAICorps Scholarship Awards
The projects join AI and cybersecurity coursework with labs, internships and government-service commitments.
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AI Medical Notes and Coding Are Spreading Faster Than Independent Accuracy Evidence
GAO says clinician use climbed from 21% to 28% in two years, while privacy, billing and health-spending effects remain unsettled.
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NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 Will Test Autonomous Navigation With Two Lunar Spacecraft
The 2027-targeted demonstration pairs identical small spacecraft for rendezvous, proximity operations, cislunar communications and radiation measurements.
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NSF Launches $100 Million Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs Program
Up to 10 state or multistate consortia will pool computing resources and train staff and faculty to widen access to AI-enabled research.
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Battery Recycling Could Cut Critical-Mineral Import Reliance in 2–3 Years
GAO sees a near-term opening for copper, cobalt, lithium and nickel recovery, while semiconductor substitutes and e-waste processing remain years behind.
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Federal Cyber Rotation Program Drew 634 Applicants—and Approved Eight
GAO says the Office of Personnel Management effectively suspended the cross-agency program after limited participation and no new postings in 2025.
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NSF Awards $83 Million for AI-Ready Scientific Data Systems
Six named projects will connect repositories, computing and AI resources, while additional planning grants prepare future national infrastructure proposals.
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NASA Sets Roman Space Telescope Launch for Aug. 30
The Falcon Heavy mission will send a 288-megapixel wide-field observatory toward Sun–Earth L2 for surveys of dark energy, exoplanets and the infrared sky.
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NIST Backs Quantum Manufacturing Center With Initial $20 Million
An agreement with SRI creates a center focused on turning one-off quantum components into scalable systems, supply chains and testable production processes.
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FCC Samples 2,000 Urban Tracts to Set 2027 Broadband Benchmarks
Selected fixed-service providers have until August 14 to report rates that will shape the federal reasonable-comparability test for supported broadband service.
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NIST Proof Finds Fixed AI Guardrails Cannot Stop Every Adaptive Prompt
The result supports a continuous cycle of red-teaming, updates and recovery planning instead of treating an AI system’s launch controls as final.
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GAO Says 100-Program Broadband Push Still Lacks a National Strategy
The watchdog says coordination and National Broadband Map data-quality recommendations also remain incomplete as agencies steer tens of billions of dollars.
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DOT AI Infrastructure Plan Targets Predictive Maintenance and Faster Construction
The federal effort is intended to use artificial intelligence in transportation design, maintenance and network operations, but the announcement sets goals rather than project budgets.
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NASA Opened Its First Major New Wind Tunnel in More Than 40 Years
The 20-foot vertical test chamber at Langley can run at 117 mph and handle free-flying models of aircraft, drones and returning space capsules.
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Four Lunar Cargo Landers Are Moving From Models to Ground Tests
NASA’s newest update puts Blue Moon Mark 1 past thermal-vacuum testing while Blue Ghost 2, IM-3 and Griffin-1 advance through assembly and environmental work. Flight targets remain plans, not completed deliveries.
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Five Fabric Squares Are NIST's New Test for Smarter Textile Recycling
RGTM 10279 gives laboratories the same five blind samples to scan, classify and compare—an effort to make AI-assisted textile sorting measurable across facilities.
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White House expands AI data-center ratepayer pledge, but enforcement remains the central question
The administration says more than 200 organizations now participate in a voluntary framework intended to keep data-center infrastructure costs off ordinary electric bills.