June 17, 2009 Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense SpaceWar Advertising Kit
RAF Ends 18 Years Of Combat Operations In Iraqi Skies
Norfolk, UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
The last Tornado GR4s and VC10 tanker aircraft returned to the UK from the Middle East yesterday, marking the end of 18 years of combat operations for the RAF in the Gulf. The Tornados from XIII Squadron arrived home yesterday, Wednesday 3 June 2009, at RAF Marham in Norfolk while the VC10s from 101 Squadron, who provided air-to-air refuelling for the Tornados all the way back from the Mid ... read more

LockMart Marks 25th Anniversary Of First Hit-To-Kill Missile Intercept
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
Lockheed Martin is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the world's first hit-to-kill intercept of a ballistic missile target outside the earth's atmosphere. The U.S. Army's Homing Overlay Experiment vehicle, developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team, destroyed a test missile above the Pacific Ocean June 10, 1984. This proved the ability to destroy enemy missiles with sheer force of impact ... more

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IAI Seals Deal To Provide GRIFFIN 3 Laser Guided Bomb Kit
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
GRIFFIN 3 hitting a target Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has recently signed a contract worth tens of millions of dollars to provide a foreign customer with the GRIFFIN 3, the Next Generation Laser Guided Bomb (NGLGB) Kit. The GRIFFIN 3 Kit is an advanced guidance kit which is attached to a general purpose or penetration aerial bomb. Itzhak Nissan, President and CEO of IAI, said: "The ... more

IAI Develops Arrow 3 Interceptor
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing an innovative Arrow 3 Missile, designed to intercept and destroy the future, longer range threats. The interceptor integrates seamlessly into the Arrow Weapon System (AWS), complementing the current and future blocks of the Arrow 2, and enabling multiple engagement opportunities through its large kinematic envelope and short flight time. Rece ... more

Raytheon Begins Testing Upgraded Laser-Guided Maverick Missile Components
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
Raytheon is testing key components that will be used in the AGM-65E2, the U.S. Air Force's newest variant of the laser-guided Maverick missile. The laser-guided Maverick missile is a direct-attack, air-to-ground precision munition used extensively by the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps in ongoing combat operations. The newest variant of the missile, the AGM-65E2, will have an e ... more

US Marines' Disaster Recovery And Database Replication Projects In Iraq
Roseland NJ (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
Expand Networks has announced Multi-National Forces - West, the highest level of command for the US Marines Corps Marine Air -Ground Task Force (MAGTF) in Iraq, has deployed Expand Networks WAN optimization technology to improve the performance of critical applications over satellite links used in its operations in Iraq. The optimization technology successfully supported the US Marines rel ... more

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  • NKorea readies new missile launch pad: newspaper


  • NKorean 'heir apparent' visits China: report


  • Venezuelan TV urges talks with Chavez


  • Walker's World: Where Iran goes now
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    ENERGY NEWS
    How hard is it to prevent recurring blackouts in Puerto Rico?
    Boston MA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
    Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) have shown that using decision-making software and dynamic monitoring of weather and energy use can significantly improve ... more
    US emissions stagnate in 2024, challenging climate goals: study
    Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2025
    US greenhouse gas emissions barely decreased in 2024, leaving the world's largest economy off track to achieve its climate goals, according to an analysis released Thursday, as the incoming Trump administration looks set to double down on fossil fuels. ... more
    Pace of German emissions cuts slows in 2024: study
    Berlin (AFP) Jan 7, 2025
    German greenhouse gas emissions fell again in 2024 but at a slower rate, due to lagging green investment by industry and households, according to a study published Tuesday. ... more

    TECH SPACE
    A Sustainable Development Goal for Earth's Orbit
    London, UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
    Scientists are advocating for the United Nations to establish a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on protecting Earth's orbit and curbing the accumulation of space debris. Current ... more
    ReOrbit and Ananth Technologies Collaborate on GEO Satellite Development
    Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
    ReOrbit, a prominent provider of software-driven satellites for secure communications, has formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ananth Technologies, a leading Indian aerospace and def ... more
    Debris falling from the sky: more often, more risk
    Paris (AFP) Jan 8, 2025
    It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet. ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    RoboForce secures $10M to launch AI-powered robotic workforce
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025
    RoboForce, a pioneering provider of robotic labor solutions, has announced the completion of $10 million in early-stage funding. Supported by prominent investors such as Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes ... more
    Passed the Turing Test living in Turing Futures
    Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 03, 2024
    A recent perspective published in the Nov. 13 issue of Intelligent Computing has highlighted how modern artificial intelligence systems have fulfilled Alan Turing's vision of machines capable of lea ... more
    Are we ready for the ethical challenges of AI and robots
    Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2024
    Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enabled robots are rapidly integrating into everyday life, evolving from simple tools into entities that resemble human partners. This transformation brings criti ... more

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    Sarkozy boosts French arms sale in gulf
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jun 15, 2009
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accompanied by an Airbus full of Cabinet ministers and business tycoons, recently flew to Abu Dhabi to inaugurate France's first permanent military base in the Persian Gulf -- and to hustle some of the big defense contracts coming up in the region. Abu Dhabi is the richest of the seven sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates, and France is a ... more

    Russia hosts summit minus Ahmadinejad
    Yekaterinburg, Russia (AFP) June 15, 2009
    Russia Monday hosted a summit of a security forum seen as a counter to US power but without Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who put off his trip after his disputed re-election. Officials said that Ahmadinejad would not be appearing on the first day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg, but was still expected to arrive on ... more

    Pakistan army chief takes flight over Swat battle zone
    Islamabad (AFP) June 15, 2009
    Pakistan's army chief Monday took a fighter jet trip over the northwest region where troops are battling Taliban militants, and vowed to defend the nation "at all costs", an official statement said. General Ashfaq Kayani, joined by the air force chief, visited soldiers at an operating base before the trip on an F-16, a day after the government announced an expansion of their seven-week-long ... more

    N. Korea threatens nuclear escalation
    Pyongyang, North Korea (UPI) Jun 15, 2009
    North Korea has vowed to develop its nuclear program and build more nuclear bombs in response to a U.N. vote for tough new sanctions against it. The announcement, which was carried in the official news agency KCNA Saturday, said the communist regime would enrich uranium and use all its plutonium stocks for nuclear weapons. The threat follows a U.N. resolution to expand and tight ... more

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  • Sri Lanka military says rebel sub found


  • Raytheon Fires First Excalibur Ib Projectiles From Swedish Archer Gun System


  • Maiden Test Flight For RAF Future Aircraft


  • MC-12 Flies First Combat Mission
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    Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
    SpaceX launches new round of spy satellites for NRO, and record setting Starlink campaign same day
    Iran TV shows missile base after paramilitary march against 'threats'
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  • Most US troops out of Iraqi cities: US commander
  • McChrystal, new US commander in Afghanistan
  • Iran in spotlight at IAEA meet
  • China programmer says glitches in filtering software
  • European military carrier delayed
  • Northrop Grumman Delivers Flight-Ready Integrated CNI System For F-35
  • China and Russia: friends and rivals
  • US says significant fall in foreign fighters in Iraq

  • SKorean leader in US as NKorea tension soars
  • NKorea Spent Years Developing Nukes, Amid Claims Of More Tests
  • Boeing Demonstrates Cybersecurity Capabilities To Address Emerging Threats
  • National health agencies join to fight chronic diseases
  • Police cars overturned in south China protest
  • Hong Kong's air cargo traffic drops 17.6 percent
  • Eye of the storm? Red Sea on the boil
  • China may conduct anti-monopoly review on Rio, BHP tie-up

  • Chinese PM says recovery still uncertain: state media
  • Foreign direct investment falls for eighth straight month in China
  • Light-emitting transistor sets record
  • China defends restrictions on raw materials export
  • Poland wants clear answer on US missiles: government
  • NKorea's uranium plan to create trickier nuclear standoff
  • Iranian elections deal blow to Obama's hopes for dialogue
  • Kyrgyz, Russian leaders to discuss fate of US base: source



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