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The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team reached a major milestone as the final portion of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) ground system was transitioned to operations. Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, NASA and the NPOESS Integrated Program Office officially handed over the NPOESS Interface Data Processor for NPP satellite data processing to the ... read more 
Melbourne (UPI) Jul 15, 2009 Global artificial intelligence companies will battle it out in Australia's outback to be one of the winners of a competition to design next-generation combat robots. Judges for the Australian-led competition will chose five companies to be given hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money to further develop their prototypes next year. The Australian government working with ... more
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Nuclear inspectors review contentious Bangladesh plant
Iran says would consider limited nuclear talks with US Germany's Merz open to France extending nuclear deterrent Iran's Khamenei slams 'bullying' after Trump threats Attack on Iran nuclear plant would leave Gulf without water, Qatar PM warns North Korea's Kim inspects 'nuclear-powered submarine' project Trump invites Iran leader to nuclear talks -- or else Trump offers nuclear talks with Iran No talks with US under 'maximum pressure' policy, Iran FM tells AFP Trump says he wrote to Iran urging nuclear talks 
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Washington (AFP) July 15, 2009The United States voiced concern Wednesday about rising tension between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea as a senator led calls to boost US seapower faced with Beijing's growing military. Experts at a Senate hearing pointed to a string of incidents -- including standoffs this year between US and Chinese ships -- as evidence of a more assertive sea posture by Beijing. ... more  
Marion MA (SPX) Jul 17, 2009Lockheed Martin, in a joint venture with Granite State Manufacturing (GSM), received a $6.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to design, test and manufacture an upgraded Multifunction Mast Antenna System to improve submarine communications. Currently, all U.S. Navy submarines operating at periscope depth, including the new Virginia-class attack submarines, use the antenna system as their ... more  
Baghdad (UPI) Jul 16, 2009 According to Iraqi officials, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is making plans for his beleaguered government to wage a five-year war against al-Qaida jihadists and other insurgents as the United States withdraws its military forces. To do that would mean building up the Shiite-dominated government's intelligence capabilities. The problem is that the various security services established ... more  
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2009A Northrop Grumman-developed MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) testing in the U.S. provided a real-time video feed of electro-optical/ infrared sensor (EO/IR) imagery to participants at the Paris Air Show recently. The video feed was provided by a U.S. Navy aircraft flying from the Webster Annex of NAS Patuxent River, Md. The aircraft ... 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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Washington (AFP) July 16, 2009The link between repeated combat tours for US soldiers and a rising number of suicides in the ranks remains unclear, officials and researchers said on Thursday. "It's not true that repeated deployments are the primary factor involved in the suicide issue," Robert Ursano of the Uniformed Services University in Maryland told reporters. "There's no question that repeated deployments ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) July 16, 2009The next head of the UN atomic watchdog said Thursday that the cases of Iran and North Korea were "very different" because Tehran has not withdrawn from the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran also accepts UN inspectors at its nuclear facilities, said Yukiya Amano, a Japanese diplomat who was chosen earlier this month as the next director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ... more 
Bangkok (AFP) July 17, 2009North Korea's nuclear programme and Myanmar's rights record are set to dominate Asia's largest security forum next week, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes her debut at the meeting. Foreign ministers at the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in the Thai resort island of Phuket are also expected to discuss the region's economy and joint action on ... more 
Baghdad (UPI) Jul 16, 2009 Thousands of Iraqis detained prior to the beginning of the year by U.S. troops for security-related offenses are slowly but steadily being released from custody as the United States scales back operations in the run-up to complete withdrawal from the country. In late June there were about 10,800 detainees -- 19 of them juveniles -- behind the concrete barriers, concertina wire and ... more |
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Germany's Merz open to France extending nuclear deterrent
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