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Boeing Phantom Ray Completes First FlightSt. Louis MO (SPX) May 04, 2011 The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight April 27 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The 17-minute flight took place following a series of high-speed taxi tests in March that validated ground guidance, navigation and control and verified mission planning, pilot interface and operational procedures. Phantom Ray flew to 7,500 feet and reached a speed of 178 knots. "This day has been two-and-a-half years ... read more |
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 Australian Herons Achieve Record Flying Hours The fourth rotation (ROT 4) of Australia's Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Detachment in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has set a unit record for monthly flying hours. Commanding Officer Heron RPA Det ... more | .. |
  Russia aims for $9.5 billion arms sales Russia aims to earn $9.5 billion from arms sales in 2011, a significant part in Latin America, new data after last month's premier arms show in Rio de Janeiro indicated. ... more | .. |
  Successful Test Deployment of New Zodiac Marine Evacuation System The first deployment of a Zodiac Medium Inflatable Slide (MIS) MES escape slide by the French Navy was a successful demonstration of the new system's capability. The slides had been installed aboard ... more | .. |
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  Boeing Receives JDAM Contracts Valued at 100 million dollars Boeing has announced that it has received contracts totaling $100 million for two types of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on March 17 awarded the compan ... more | .. |
  Celebrations a mark of confidence The plaza in front of the White House turned into a party scene early Monday as thousands of people, mostly in their 20s, converged to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden. ... more | .. |
 Milestone Achieved with Test of JAGM's Single Rocket Motor Solution Raytheon and Boeing have completed a series of government-funded tests of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile's single rocket motor solution. During the tests, rocket motors designed by Boeing and ... more | .. |
  Russia demands defence safeguards from US Russia's foreign ministry said Tuesday it would seek defence safeguards from the United States following Romania's decision to host US interceptors for a proposed European missile defence shield. ... more |
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  More violent neo-Nazis in Germany Political support for Germany's far-right is waning but the number of neo-Nazis ready to commit violence is on the rise, the head of the country's security agency said. ... more | .. |
  Two loud blasts as jets overfly Tripoli Two loud explosions were heard early Wednesday as jets overflew the Libyan capital Tripoli, days after the regime said Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi escaped an air strike that killed one of his sons. ... more | .. |
 Bin Laden unarmed when killed: White House Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot dead by US special forces, but he tried to resist and there was a "volatile firefight," the White House said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Pakistan's split personality Osama Bin Laden established close bonds with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida - "the base" - was set up by bin Laden to keep track of volunteers flocking in from all over the Arab world to fight the Soviets. ... more |
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 Bin Laden was 'on CIA radar for months' The killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy SEALs culminated a clandestine operation that went into high gear earlier this year when the al-Qaida leader broke cover in northwest Pakistan, says a Pakistani Islamist expert with access to jihadist circles. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Iran and uranium Recently the United States pledged to provide more than $1 billion in aid to Africa before the end of the fiscal year. But another transaction is brewing, between Iran and Zimbabwe, that has received far less interest but could have a far larger impact on U.S. foreign policy. ... more | .. |
 It's a bird, a plane -- it's Superman's citizenship! Superman the ultimate American? Perhaps not any more. ... more | .. |
 Gulf air force deals 'to hit $63 billion' The Middle East market for military aircraft and air-defense systems, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is expected to generate revenues of nearly $63 billion by 2020, a new study says. ... more |
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SFL Missions Inc. Secures CSA Contract for HAWC Satellite Concept Study
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
How life's building blocks formed on early Earth examined through polyester protocell formation limits | .. |
 Netanyahu to lobby UK, France over Palestinian state When Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu visits Britain and France this week, he will point to a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation deal as part of his fight to head off UN recognition of a Palestinian state. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea says N. Korea staged bank cyber-attack North Korea was behind a cyber-attack that paralysed operations at one of South Korea's largest banks last month, prosecutors in Seoul said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  12 killed in Iraq violence Violence in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Tuesday killed 12 people, including nine who died when a car bomb exploded near a popular market, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Romania airbase to host US missile shield Bucharest said Tuesday US missile interceptors would be deployed in southern Romania, a key link in Europe for a defence shield, prompting Moscow to ask for "safeguards" from Washington. ... more |
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  Gibraltar slams new 'incursion' by Spanish navy The Gibraltar government condemned as "provocative and unlawful" an incident on Tuesday in which it said a Spanish naval vessel incurred into its territorial waters and then called on commercial ships to leave the area. ... more | .. |
 NATO friendly fire kills up to 10 Afghans: police Up to 10 Afghan guards were killed Tuesday in a NATO air strike along a highway in southern Afghanistan, police said, in the latest friendly fire incident involving the alliance's forces. ... more | .. |
 Netanyahu to lobby UK, France over Palestinian state When Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu visits Britain and France this week, he will point to a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation deal as part of his fight to head off UN recognition of a Palestinian state. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea stages live-fire drill near N.Korea border South Korea staged live-fire artillery exercises Tuesday on two frontline islands near the tense border with North Korea, including one that was hit by a deadly barrage from the North last November. ... more |
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Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
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S. Korea says N. Korea staged cyber attack on bank North Korea was to blame for a cyber-attack that paralysed operations at one of South Korea's largest banks last month, prosecutors said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Libya rebels try to turn youthful zeal into military might Don't worry about nuclear bombs but watch out for hallucinatory gas, joked the military instructor to much laughter from the Libyan wannabe rebel fighters sitting in the shade of a tree. ... more | .. |
Seoul to stage live-fire drill near N.Korea border South Korea was Tuesday to stage live-fire artillery exercises on two islands near the tense border with North Korea, including one hit by a deadly barrage from the North last November. ... more | .. |
 U.S., Pakistani relations and bin Laden Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. Special Forces in Pakistan may signal a more independent U.S. attitude toward Pakistan, foreign policy experts said Monday, but it also could make the contentious and complicated relationship "extraordinarily difficult." ... more |
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Kadhafi tanks probe rebel city as son is buried Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi have launched a new armoured incursion into the besieged rebel city Misrata as his son, killed in a NATO-led air strike, was buried in Tripoli. ... more | .. |
 China calls bin Laden death 'positive development' China said the death of Osama bin Laden was a "positive development" in the fight against terrorism and called for stepped-up world anti-terror cooperation. ... more | .. |
 Australian FM: Bring China into system Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd pressed Tuesday for a global effort to bring China into institutions, saying that the future of the world economy depended on it. ... more | .. |
 Navy SEALs shine in risky bin Laden strike US Navy SEALs, legendarily tough, secretive specialists, led the bold commando operation in Pakistan that took down the world's most wanted man: 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, US officials said. ... more |
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