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Protonex Technology has announced that it has received a $265,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for advanced development of high performance fuel cell systems for small unmanned aerial vehicles. This award expands upon a series of efforts by Protonex to miniaturize fuel cells for use in smaller UAVs. Under the terms of this AFRL contract, Protonex ... read more 
Newport RI (SPX) May 13, 2009The US Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Rhode Island has placed a contract with Sonardyne for the supply of an additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar system. The announcement follows the completion of rigorous acceptance and readiness trials by NUWC in 2008 when Sentinel was shown to meet the US Navy's performance requirements for diver detection. The latest contract adds an ... more
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Iran weighs talks with US as Trump letter arrives
Iran's Khamenei says US threats of military action 'unwise' With Trump letter en route, Iran weighs talks with US China says to host Russia, Iran for nuclear talks this week Iran says to receive Trump letter 'soon' Iran's Pezeshkian rejected US talks under threats Coolant leak at Europe's biggest nuclear reactor: operator Nuclear inspectors review contentious Bangladesh plant Iran says would consider limited nuclear talks with US Germany's Merz open to France extending nuclear deterrent 
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Port Coquitlam, Canada (SPX) May 13, 2009Kongsberg Mesotech is pleased to release a white paper outlining the most recent technological advances in sonar technologies and how these can protect military and civilian ports and visiting ships from attack by enemy divers. The white paper is entitled "New Advances in Sonar Diver Detection Systems: The Hidden Threat Facing Military and Civilian Ports." This new Kongsberg white pa ... more  
Camden AK (SPX) May 13, 2009Lockheed Martin has broken ground on an expansion of its state-of-the-art Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile production complex in Camden, AR. Lockheed Martin anticipates that the new facility will allow for continued production expansion and modest hiring of new employees over the next several years. The new 71,000 square-foot PAC-3 All Up Round (AUR) II building will be built ... more 
Newport News VA (SPX) May 13, 2009Northrop Grumman has delivered the nation's newest and most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). It is the 10th and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and was constructed by the company's Shipbuilding sector in Newport News, Va. "We are proud to be part of history by delivering the final Nimitz-class carrier to the Navy today," said Ken Mahler ... more  
Moscow (AFP) May 13, 2009Russia views the United States and NATO as major threats to global security and potentially to its own military, according to a sweeping new security document unveiled by the Kremlin on Wednesday. The document, outlining Russia's national security strategy through 2020, reflected continuing fears of old Cold War foes but also said Moscow would pursue a "rational and pragmatic" foreign policy ... more |
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Indonesia plans $40 bn energy projects in 2025: ministerJakarta (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 Indonesia plans more than 20 energy projects worth around $40 billion this year, its energy minister said Tuesday, as it tries to increase domestic refining capacity. ... more  
EU vows to slash red tape but stick to climate goalsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 The EU on Wednesday proposed paring back its environmental rules to give businesses breathing room faced with US and Chinese competition - while still vowing to decarbonise Europe's economy. ... more 
Japan sets new 2035 emissions cut goalTokyo (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 Japan Tuesday pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels but climate campaigners said the target fell short of what was needed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. ... more 
  
KP Labs Unveils Smart Mission Lab to Revolutionize Space Technology ValidationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 KP Labs has launched Smart Mission Lab, an innovative platform aimed at transforming the development and testing of AI models and onboard data processing for space missions. Supported by ESA InCubed ... more 
Goonhilly Provides Critical Communications for Lunar Mission, Advancing Moon EconomyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd continues to play a pivotal role in lunar exploration and infrastructure expansion, reinforcing its importance in humanity's return to the Moon. Goonhilly is delive ... more 
Spire Establishes Two-Way Optical Link Between Satellites in OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has successfully demonstrated a two-way optical communication link between two satellites in o ... more
  
Alibaba shares surge after launch of new DeepSeek competitorBeijing (AFP) Mar 6, 2025 Alibaba shares surged more than seven percent in Hong Kong trade on Thursday after the Chinese tech giant launched an artificial intelligence model it says can compete with DeepSeek, this year's surprise tech star. ... more 
Christie's first AI art auction sees hits... and plenty of missesNew York (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Christie's first auction of art made by artificial intelligence (AI) ended Wednesday with mixed results, providing scant clues as to the future of the new and controversial medium. ... more 
Amazon Prime Video tests AI-assisted dubbingSan Francisco (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Amazon's Prime Video streaming service announced Wednesday it will begin testing AI-assisted dubbing to make its international content more accessible to viewers worldwide. ... more
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Singapore (AFP) May 12, 2009US defence industry giant Lockheed Martin said it is open to using some Indian components if chosen to supply the country's navy with its Aegis ballistic missile defence system. "Because of the way the Aegis combat system is constructed, there is the ability to put specific indigenous capabilities in portions of it," Ric Rushton, director for sea-based missile defence at the firm, told AFP ... more 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 12, 2009 Over the last nearly eight years of the global war on terror and the continuing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, production costs at Holston Army Ammunition Plant have been reduced by approximately 50 percent. At Radford Army Ammunition Plant, the production cost for a pound of nitrocellulose has been reduced by more than 40 percent. Radford is the heart of the U.S. ammunition indust ... more 
Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) May 11, 2009An Afghan government investigation has found that 95 out of 140 civilians killed in US air strikes a week ago were under 18 years old, an official said Wednesday. The government has paid compensation to the families of the 140 people said to have been killed in the western Afghan province of Farah as well as 25 wounded, provincial government spokesman Farid Ahmad Ayobi told AFP. The inve ... more  
Seoul (AFP) May 13, 2009North Korea has increased activities around a plant which can produce weapons-grade plutonium but does not seem to have restarted it yet, a report said Wednesday. The plant was shut down under a six-nation nuclear disarmament deal. But the North, angry at UN Security Council condemnation of its April 5 rocket launch, has announced it is quitting the pact and would restart the reprocessin ... more |
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Taiwan training jets resume flights after crash; Philippine fighter wreckage, crew bodies foundTaipei (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Taiwan's air force said Wednesday it has resumed flights of locally made Brave Eagle training jets, which were grounded for safety checks last month after one of them crashed. ... more 
France denounces 'aggressive' Russian jet in the MediterraneanParis (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 France on Tuesday said a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a French surveillance drone over the eastern Mediterranean, denouncing its "aggressive" behaviour. ... more
Philippine Air Force fighter goes missing during 'tactical' operationManila (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 A Philippines FA-50 fighter jet and its two-man crew went missing during an overnight operation flying from a base near the central city of Cebu, air force officials said Tuesday. ... more
  
In El Salvador, a river without fish feeds fear of miningSanta Rosa De Lima, El Salvador (AFP) Mar 6, 2025 El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. The runoff from a gold mine upstream, already shuttered two decades ago, has long killed them all. ... more 
Cooling La Nina expected to be 'short-lived': UNGeneva (AFP) Mar 6, 2025 The cooling weather phenomenon La Nina that emerged late last year is weak and likely to be brief, the UN said Thursday, dashing hopes it could help rein in soaring global temperatures. ... more 
Indonesia seeds clouds to stem rainfall after capital floodsJakarta (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Indonesian authorities have started to seed clouds to stem heavy rainfall that caused flooding around capital Jakarta, officials said, after one person died and thousands more were displaced. ... more
  
ESA Red Cross alliance advances crisis responseParis, France (SPX) Mar 06, 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has signed a Memorandum of Intent to leverage space technology for global humanitarian aid. ... more 
Aid group says 4,000 displaced by battle for key Myanmar port siteYangon (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Fierce fighting between Myanmar's military junta and ethnic minority rebels closing in on the planned site of a strategic China-backed port has displaced 4,000 people, a local aid worker said on Wednesday. ... more 
Israel halts humanitarian aid; 116 killed in Gaza since ceasefireWashington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would not allow any further humanitarian aid into Gaza. Palestinian officials said Israeli fighters had killed some 116 people since the tenuous first phase of a ceasefire took effect in January. ... more |
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