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Elbit unveils new UAV command centerTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Feb 14, 2011 Elbit Systems says it has successfully flight-tested its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicles from one ground control station, greatly enhancing the operational flexibility of the long-range drones amid a growing global market for the aircraft. The tests underlined how Israel's high-tech defense industry is developing a wide range of unmanned robot systems for air, land and sea. These include Nahshson, a remote-controlled land vehicle that can tote 2 tons of cargo. This is ... read more |
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  Russia says foreign power may have caused spy satellite loss The Russian space agency suggested Monday that a foreign power may have been behind the space accident that disabled one of the country's most modern military satellites earlier this month. ... more | .. |
  Sticker shock: Pentagon reports cost millions The Pentagon on Monday highlighted efforts to save money in a new defense budget but revealed that its budget documents cost millions of dollars to prepare. ... more | .. |
  Iraq parliament approves eight new ministers Iraq's parliament approved eight new ministers on Sunday, filling some crucial posts in the premier's new cabinet but still leaving three sensitive security portfolios and the planning ministry vacant. ... more | .. |
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  China official backs N. Korea succession: KCNA A senior Chinese official has expressed support for the plan by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to transfer power eventually to his youngest son, the North's official news agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Afghan war costs $300 million a day: Pentagon The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012 but the war in Afghanistan stll costs the United States close to 300 million dollars a day. ... more | .. |
Three British troops killed in Afghanistan A British soldier was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan after it was announced earlier in the day that two soldiers had died in a blaze at the main British base in the war-torn country. ... more | .. |
  New Israel armed forces chief sworn in Lieutenant General Benny Gantz was sworn in on Monday as Israel's 20th armed forces chief of staff, taking charge as the Jewish state confronts turmoil sweeping the Arab world. ... more |
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  Onr Develops New Acquisition Model For Delivering Information To The Fleet To rapidly develop a new way to deliver information to the fleet, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has created a unique acquisition approach that developers will outline at the Feb. 22-24 Institut ... more | .. |
Argentina, US in diplomatic spat after cargo seized Argentina and the United States engaged Monday in a diplomatic spat after Buenos Aires authorities seized what they said were undeclared weapons and drugs on a US military aircraft last week. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Megabyte revolution The "Cairo Necropolis" is a bustling jumble of tombs and mausoleums where some 5 million homeless and impoverished (out of 18 million Cairenes) live and work among their dead relatives and ancestors. Along the base of the Mokattam Hills, the City of the Dead stretches for 4 miles from northern to southern Cairo. With 40 percent of Egypt's population of 82 million living under or just above the United Nations' poverty line of $2 a day, many come to Dead City looking for work, shelter and food. ... more | .. |
 Sandia Security Experts Help Kazakhstan Safely Transport, Store Soviet-Era Bomb Materials A Sandia National Laboratories team helped reach a major milestone in the nation's nuclear nonproliferation efforts by working with the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan to move nuclear materials ... more |
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Israel to build more east Jerusalem homes Jerusalem's municipal council on Monday approved the construction of 120 new homes in the Jewish settlement neighbourhood of Ramot in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, a councillor told AFP. ... more | .. |
Valentine protest targets Iraq leaders Brandishing roses and balloons and dressed in Valentine red, hundreds of young Iraqis denounced the "greed" of their leaders in a protest on Monday inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. ... more | .. |
  India, China growth race 'silly', says Nobel winner India's leading economist, Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, dismissed on Monday the "silly" obsession of comparing the economic growth rates of China and India. ... more | .. |
 Iran 'steadily' produces enriched uranium: IAEA head Iran is "steadily" producing enriched uranium, the head of the UN nuclear monitoring organization said in an interview published The Washington Post Monday. ... more |
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Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility Test
How Early Earth Supported the Formation of Polyester Protocells
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  At least 10 Chinese moles infiltrate Taiwan: report At least 10 Chinese moles are believed to have penetrated Taiwan's national security units, a retired agent told media Monday, as the island reels from its worst espionage case in half a century. ... more | .. |
Brazil aims to expand arms industry market Brazil is taking measures to build and expand a regional market for its resurgent defense manufacturing industry, extending to neighbors Argentina and Uruguay the promise of closer collaboration in the military and security sectors. ... more | .. |
Pentagon budget down due to Iraq pullout: US The Pentagon on Monday proposed a reduced defense budget for the first time since the September 11 attacks, finding savings in the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. ... more | .. |
Taiwan's defence compromised by agent: ex-spy chief Taiwan's ability to defend itself in the event of a Chinese invasion has been badly compromised by the island's worst espionage case in 50 years, an ex-spy chief has warned. ... more |
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Death toll from Iraqi suicide attack rises to 33 The death toll from an attack in which a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a bus filled with Shiite pilgrims near the Iraqi city of Samarra has risen to 33, medics said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
Talks only solution to Iran nuclear issue: Gul President Abdullah Gul said Turkey backs a negotiated settlement of the Iran nuclear issue by dialogue, as he prepared to travel to Tehran on his maiden official visit, state media reported. ... more | .. |
  India closes in on fighter aircraft deal India's air force is keeping its fingers crossed that the forthcoming $10.4 billion contract for 126 fighters won't fall foul of any corruption watchdog investigation. ... more | .. |
Key powers to study more Iran sanctions: diplomat Key powers seeking to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions will consider strengthening non-UN measures against Iran to include financial as well as oil and gas sanctions, a Western diplomat said Friday. ... more |
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New method employs atomic clocks and lasers to probe dark matter
Robot Demonstrates Advanced Gripping Technology in Space
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 Russian military border moves worry allies: US official NATO members behind the former Iron Curtain are concerned by Russia's military moves in its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad, a senior US arms-control official said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Swiss up in arms over guns in the home Xavier Schwitzguebel's collection of firearms is apparently so well dispersed throughout his Swiss home that he admitted it would take too long to dig them out and assemble them on a table. ... more | .. |
 Elbit Performs Joint Flight Missions Of Hermes 450 And Hermes 900 Elbit Systems has successfully performed a series of joint flight missions of its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The two different UAS were controlled and operated ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Conducts Free-Flight Demonstration Of JSOW-C From F-16IN Raytheon has completed a series of free-flight demonstrations of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) AGM-154-C from an F-16IN fighter aircraft. The tests were part of the Indian Air Force's Medium Mult ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman Wins US Marine Corps Common Aviation Command and Control System Contract The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Northrop Grumman for a key phase of the Marine Corps Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) that will enable more effective command, control and coordi ... more | .. |
 Boeing Submits Final NewGen Tanker Proposal To US Air Force Boeing has submitted its final proposal for the U.S. Air Force's KC-X tanker competition. The proposal offers a fleet of Boeing NewGen Tankers - 767-based, multi-mission aircraft that deliver superi ... more | .. |
U.S. helps secure Soviet-era nuclear stock U.S. nuclear experts have helped Kazakhstan move Soviet-era nuclear materials, enough to build an estimated 775 nuclear weapons, to safety, officials said. ... more | .. |
US vows to oppose UN resolution on Israel The United States, a veto-wielding permanent UN Security Council member, will use "the tools that we have" to block a resolution condemning Israeli settlements, a top US diplomat said Thursday. ... more |
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