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Intelsat General To Support Armed Forces Radio And Television ServiceBethesda MD, May 23, 2011 Intelsat General, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat, S.A., has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $145 million to provide comprehensive satellite connectivity to the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS). The AFRTS provides multi-channel, broadcast-quality radio and television programs to military forces and their families stationed outside of the United States and aboard Navy ships at sea. Intelsat General will provide the satellite capacity and ter ... read more |
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  Thousands protest against US drone attacks in Pakistan Thousands demonstrated in Karachi on Sunday to demand an immediate end to US missile strikes in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas and urge the blocking of NATO supplies passing through the country. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman to Develop New Micro Gyro Technology for DARPA Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been selected to develop a new type of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) gyroscope technology for the Defense Advan ... more | .. |
 Stratospheric UAV Payloads Provide New Ways to Chase Al Qaeda The classic special operations success in killing Osama bin Laden was certainly supported by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). That was undoubtedly a difficult operation given the limited endurance b ... more | .. |
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 RAF Announces New Reaper Squadron A new Reaper squadron is to form at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire which will control the aircraft over Afghanistan from the UK for the first time. Speaking at the disbandment of Number XIII Tornado ... more | .. |
 Rotorcraft Technology Contributes to US Navy's Successful Test Bed Flight Northrop Grumman's Digital Avionics Suite technology was recently used for the first time in the successful flight of a UH-1N helicopter that serves as an avionics test bed for future rotary wing ha ... more | .. |
  19 Iraqis, two US troops dead in Baghdad bombs More than a dozen bomb attacks in and around Baghdad on Sunday left at least 19 Iraqis and two American soldiers dead and more than 80 other people wounded. ... more | .. |
  Gates warns against shrinking US military Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday called for maintaining a powerful US military and warned against slashing its budget as a response to the country's fiscal troubles. ... 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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 Kurdish defence official backs US troop extension A senior Kurdish official on Sunday backed keeping US troops in Iraq beyond a year-end withdrawal deadline, voicing rare support for an extension just months before American forces must pull out. ... more | .. |
  China confirms Kim's visit: Seoul spokesman China's Premier Wen Jiabao confirmed Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is visiting China to study its dramatic economic development, South Korean officials said. ... more | .. |
 Obama vows pressure on Iran's nuclear plans President Barack Obama vowed Sunday to "keep up pressure" on Tehran to prevent the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons, as he condemned its support for extremists in the region. ... more | .. |
 US Navy and Northrop Grumman-led UCAS-D Flight Test Team Honored Twice by USAF The U.S. Air Force has recognized for operational excellence the U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman flight test team that successfully conducted first and subsequent flights of the Navy's X-47B unmanned air ... more |
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 Israel approves new West Bank settler homes: NGO Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of 294 new homes in Beitar Ilit settlement on the occupied West Bank, anti-settlement NGO Peace Now reported on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  US, Japan committed to Okinawa base move: Campbell A top US diplomat on Sunday underlined Washington's commitment to relocating an unpopular military base within Japan's southern Okinawa island, brushing aside calls to freeze the plan. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan asks Beijing to help build naval base Pakistan wants China to build a naval base at a deep-sea port in southwestern Baluchistan province, its defence minister said Sunday, while also inferring that Washington was a fair weather friend. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan renews bid to buy subs, F-16s from US Taiwan on Sunday said it was still pursuing its bid to buy eight submarines and dozens of F-16 fighters from the United States despite warming relations with former arch-rival China. ... 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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 18 dead in blasts in and around Baghdad More than a dozen bomb attacks in and around Baghdad on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, including 12 people killed in a suicide attack, and 80 wounded. ... more | .. |
 Britain ends Iraq military mission Britain concluded its naval training mission in Iraq on Sunday, more than eight years after it contributed the second largest contingent of troops to the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. ... more | .. |
 China confirms Kim's visit: Seoul spokesman China's Premier Wen Jiabao confirmed Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is visiting China to study its dramatic economic development, South Korean officials said. ... more | .. |
 Obama-Netanyahu talks tense, cold: Israel media Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's White House meeting with US President Barack Obama was tense, cold, and a sign of the ideological divide between the two leaders, Israeli media said Sunday. ... more |
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  Russia to push restraint in Arab world, nuclear safety at G8 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will talk up the benefits of restraint in the Arab world and push for new rules on nuclear safety when he attends a key world summit in France this month. ... more | .. |
 Libya says NATO warplanes raid port, Kadhafi home in Tripoli NATO warplanes early Sunday carried out raids against the port of Tripoli and the residence of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi near the centre of the capital, a Libyan official said. ... more | .. |
 Attacks in disputed Iraqi province kills seven Seven people were killed in attacks in the disputed northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk on Saturday, police said, just two days after a string of anti-police attacks in the region killed 29. ... more | .. |
 Tibetan leader warns India of China 'encirclement' The newly-elected head of Tibet's government-in-exile has warned India that it is being encircled by "Chinese interests" as Beijing strengthens its South Asian presence. ... 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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 US will help seal Israel-Palestinian peace: Jordan Peace between Israel and the Palestinians will be sealed with US help, Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Saturday as he urged American businessmen to invest in his country. ... more | .. |
 15 dead in NATO tanker fire in Pakistan: officials A bomb attack Saturday on a NATO fuel tanker headed to Afghanistan sparked a huge fire that killed 15 people who had rushed to collect petrol leaking from the bombed-out vehicle. ... more | .. |
  Russia plays down missile differences with US Russia said Saturday it may be ready to drop its objections to the US-backed missile defence shield for Europe if it receives a formal security pledge from the United States. ... more | .. |
Afghan hospital explosion kills three: defence ministry An explosion inside the main military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least three people and wounded a number of others, the Afghan defence ministry told AFP. ... more |
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India says Sino-Pakistan ties a 'serious concern' India views with "serious concern" growing defence ties between China and Pakistan and says it will have to bolster its own military capabilities to meet the challenge. ... more | .. |
North Iraq violence kills 5: police Violence in the disputed northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk left five people dead on Saturday, police said, just two days after a string of anti-police attacks in the region killed 29. ... more | .. |
 Iran arrests 30 people suspected of spying for US The Iranian intelligence ministry said on Saturday that it had made 30 arrests as it dismantled a network suspected of spying for the United States on its basic infrastructure as well as its nuclear and defence research. ... more | .. |
Netanyahu lectures Obama in Oval Office Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Barack Obama against chasing what he called a Middle East peace "based on illusions" as he lectured the US president amid a widening rift in US-Israeli ties. ... more |
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