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Britain spends $5 billion on TridentLondon (UPI) May 19, 2011 Britain will spend nearly $5 billion to prepare the development of a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines, which critics say are too expensive. Defense Secretary Liam Fox Wednesday told Members of Parliament that a study of alternatives to the so-called Trident program was also being prepared. That's an obvious nod to the Liberal Democrats, the junior coalition partner, which has in the past said developing and maintaining the very costly nuclear deterrent is unnecessary. Critics ... read more |
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  HART On-Demand Intelligence System Proves Value To Warfighters Ahead of Theater Deployment Northrop Grumman has demonstrated that its Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART) system increases warfighter situational awareness during a recent Spiral 7 DARPA field exercise conducted ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Awarded Continuing Operation of Battlefield Airborne Communications Node Contract The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $48.7 million contract modification for continuing operations and support of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) system. Under ... more | .. |
  Pakistan PM sees China's Hu to end visit Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday was to meet China's president at the end of a visit full of praise for ties with Beijing, amid a crisis with the US over Osama bin Laden's killing. ... more | .. |
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  Reports: N. Korea heir apparent visiting China North Korea's leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-Un began a visit to China Friday, South Korean media reported, a trip seen as conferring Beijing's blessing on its close ally's succession process. ... more | .. |
  F-35 now 'unaffordable': Defense official The cost of building the F-35 fighter jet, set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet, is "unaffordable" in its current version and must be reviewed, the Pentagon's top acquisition official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 NATO: More than 1,700 Taliban give up their arms More than 1,700 former Taliban combatants have turned in their weapons to join a reintegration program started by the Afghan government nearly a year ago, the NATO general in charge of the program said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Spy scandals mar Netanyahu's trip to US As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu heads to Washington for an important speech to Congress on troubled Middle East peace efforts, he's grappling with an intelligence crisis involving the United States and his former national security adviser. ... more |
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ATLAS bolsters radio frequency network through new HawkEye 360 alliance
Mobix Labs Secures Defense Funding to Advance SATCOM SoC Innovation
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 NATO says its planes hit eight Kadhafi warships NATO aircraft hit eight warships of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's forces overnight Friday in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte, the Atlantic alliance said in a statement. ... more | .. |
  Australia gives green light for Largs Bay Australia is going ahead with the purchase of an amphibious helicopter landing dock ship after completing sea trials to determine the state of the vessel. ... more | .. |
  Bomb attacks on north Iraq police kill 29 A spate of bomb attacks against police in Iraq's disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Thursday killed at least 29 people, the worst violence to hit the country in nearly two months. ... more | .. |
AU chief says UN resolution on Libya "violated" African Union president Jean Ping has said that the United Nations resolution authorising the use of force to protect civilians in war-torn Libya has been "violated." ... more |
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 Russia sabotaged Iran nuclear programme: report Then Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the sabotage of Iran's nuclear programme in 2006, according to WikiLeaks documents published by Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Four injured in fresh Afghan anti-NATO protest Four people were injured in fresh protests in Afghanistan Thursday as the UN urged "restraint" a day after 14 people died in demonstrations against a NATO-led military operation. ... more | .. |
  NATO wants 'true strategic partnership' with Russia: chief NATO's secretary general called Thursday for a "true, strategic partnership" between NATO and Russia after warnings from Moscow of a possible new Cold War should the two sides fail to agree on missile defence. ... more | .. |
 Israel rejects Obama peace plan, Palestinians cagey Israel on Thursday rejected President Barack Obama's call for a peace deal based the 1967 borders, as the Palestinians said their leadership would hold a meeting to discuss the US leader's policy speech. ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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 New EU sanctions target over 100 Iranian firms The European Union on Thursday agreed to sanction more than 100 Iranian companies, sharply expanding the number of firms hit by an assets freeze over Iran's disputed nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
 Fired Russian major alleges troops fed dog food A Russian major dismissed from the interior ministry was ordered to apologise Thursday after posting a video on the Internet purporting to show troops being fed dog food. ... more | .. |
 China military not out to challenge US: PLA general A top Chinese general said Wednesday his country was ready to bolster military ties with the United States but warned that Washington's arms sales to Taiwan remained a stumbling block. ... more | .. |
  Hardware Encryption For New Computer Memory Technology Security concerns are one of the key obstacles to the adoption of new non-volatile main memory (NVMM) technology in next-generation computers, which would improve computer start times and boost memo ... more |
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 LockMart To Upgrade Finland's Precision Fires Capability Lockheed Martin has received a $45.3 million contract to upgrade 22 Finnish Army M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers, incorporating the Universal Fire Control System and other enhanc ... more | .. |
 Armored and Counter IED Vehicles Market 25 Billion Dollars for 2011 The global armored and counter IED vehicles market has an estimated value of US$25.1 billion for 2011. The market is expected to decline during the forecast period, as global operations in Afghanist ... more | .. |
  FLIR introduces next gen explosives detection FLIR Systems has announced the introduction of the next generation of its industry leading handheld, explosives detector - Fido NXT. The completely redesigned Fido NXT provides expanded explosives d ... more | .. |
 Boeing KC-767 Tankers for Italian Air Force Formally Enter into Service The first two Boeing KC-767 advanced aerial refueling tankers for the Italian Air Force (ItAF) formally entered into service today during a public ceremony near Rome. The ItAF accepted delivery of t ... more |
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MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris
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 Second F-35A Production Jet Arrives at Edwards AFB The second Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II production aircraft flies above the compass rose of Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 13. The aircraft, designated AF-6, f ... more | .. |
 Ban 'willing' to work on as UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday gave his strongest indication yet that he will stand for a second term as secretary general of the United Nations, in an interview with AFP. ... more | .. |
 Interpol launches nuclear terror prevention unit Interpol on Wednesday announced the creation of a nuclear terrorism prevention unit to counter a threat "facing all" nations. ... more | .. |
  Arms sales to Taiwan damage US-China ties: Chen A top Chinese general said Wednesday that further US arms sales to Taiwan could damage fledgling military ties between Washington and Beijing, and that it amounted to American meddling. ... more |
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 Israel warned: 'Blast Hezbollah missiles' Former Defense Minister Moshe Arens has warned that Israel's civilian population is a sitting duck in the face of the growing threat of massive missile attacks by Hezbollah, a menace he says "will have to be removed." ... more | .. |
 Germany details Bundeswehr reform Germany will slash by one-fifth the number of troops as part of a broader reform that is intended to transform the country's armed forces. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon to save $23M in U.S. Bank deal The Pentagon stands to save at least $23 million a year after changing the way it pays the cost of transporting military personnel's effects during redeployment or in response to other logistical needs related to service personnel. ... more | .. |
 Russia expels Israeli military attache for 'spying' Russia has expelled Israel's military attache at its Moscow embassy on "unfounded" spying allegations, the Israeli military said Wednesday, in a case that media say has officials here puzzled. ... more |
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