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AeroVironment Introduces Shrike VTOL Unmanned Aircraft SystemMonrovia CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2011 AeroVironment has introduced its lightweight and man-portable Shrike VTOL unmanned aircraft system. In August 2008 AeroVironment announced the receipt of a contract from DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to develop a portable, stealthy, persistent perch and stare (SP2S) unmanned aircraft system. Shrike VTOL represents the conclusion of this development effort. "With more than four years of customer funding behind it, our new Shrike VTOL unmanned aircraft system is designe ... read more |
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  WikiLeaks says hit with cyberattack Controversial anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks said Tuesday it was fending off a cyberattack after being lambasted for releasing more supposedly confidential US diplomatic cables. ... more | .. |
  Bolivian ex-officials get prison for 2003 massacre A Bolivian court on Tuesday sentenced several top former officials, including the one-time head of the country's armed forces, to prison for their role in a brutal crackdown that left some 65 people dead during a 2003 protest. ... more | .. |
  Iran sues Russia over missing missiles Iran has filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in a bid to force Russia to sell it the powerful S-300PMU air-defense system under an $800 contract Moscow abrogated in 2010, citing U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program. ... more | .. |
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  China tightens security in restive Xinjiang China has banned pigeon flying and tightened airport security in the run-up to an international trade fair in Xinjiang after a series of deadly attacks in the restive region, state media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  S.Africa carries out defence policy review South Africa is carrying out its first defence policy review in 13 years in a bid to address new security threats such as shipping piracy, the defence minister said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 British marine killed in Afghanistan blast A British Royal Marine was killed in a roadside bomb explosion while leading a security patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 US, Australia schemed against IAEA chief: cable The United States and Australia schemed unsuccessfully in 2005 to block Mohamed ElBaradei's election to a third term as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a newly leaked US diplomatic cable shows. ... more |
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Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
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  US says Syria retains control over chemical weapons The United States said Tuesday that Syria retains control over its chemical weapons stockpile following reports of US and Israeli fears that militants could seize them during anti-government protests. ... more | .. |
 Obama hails 9/11 generation of US warriors President Barack Obama Tuesday hailed America's "9/11 generation" including 6,200 killed in a "hard decade of war," as he set the tone for the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. ... more | .. |
 NATO says Libya war not finished NATO vowed Tuesday to keep bombing Moamer Kadhafi forces until they stop attacking civilians, warning that the elusive Libyan leader was still commanding some troops. ... more | .. |
  US Iraq pull-out to proceed as scheduled: Maliki Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said US forces will leave Iraq as scheduled by year's end, and that there will not be any permanent US bases in the country, a statement from his office said on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Cayman Islands beef up security screening Cayman Islands security authorities are beefing up customs security at all entrance points amid rising fears that criminal and narcotics gangs from other regional locations are targeting the Caribbean territory. ... more | .. |
 Iraq struggles a decade after 9/11 A decade after 9/11 attacks that set the stage for the 2003 invasion, Iraq is struggling to rebuild as dysfunctional politics, a persistent insurgency and rampant graft blunt the promise of its oil wealth. ... more | .. |
 'Friends of Libya' should declare war over: Poland Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on Tuesday for the Libyan war to be declared over during an international conference of the "friends of Libya" hosted by Paris on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon under fire over war contracts The Pentagon has wasted more than $30 billion on contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan due to shoddy management and a lack of competition, an independent inquiry said Monday. ... 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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  US Army Selects Northrop Grumman for Force Protection Contract Northrop Grumman has received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) award from the U.S. Army to provide force protection systems and components in theater and the continental United St ... more | .. |
 USAF And Lockheed Martin Sign 5-Year Tri-Mode Seeker Cooperative Agreement The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate and Lockheed Martin have signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to assess the viability of its ... more | .. |
  ASC Signal Will Support L-3 Communications with Multi-Band Transportable Communications for a U.S. Government Agency ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a multi-million dollar sub-contract by L-3 Narda Satellite Networks (L-3 Narda), to provide more than 100, 3.9-meter, quad-band, fly-away antenna components a ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin AMF JTRS Team Delivers Joint Tactical Radio to AFRL For C-130J And C-5 Integration Risk Reduction High-capacity, secure battlefield communications links between all elements of the U.S. military forces are one step closer to truly being connected. The Lockheed Martin team has delivered a Small A ... more |
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Africa bombs fuel fears of jihadist spread Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb killed 18 people in the suicide bombing of an Algerian military academy Friday while two days later an increasingly aggressive jihadist group blew up U.N. headquarters in Nigeria in another suicide attack, killing 23 people. ... more | .. |
 Gaza teen dies of wounds from Israeli raid: medics A Gaza teenager died on Monday from wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike earlier this month, bringing the death toll from the Israeli raids to 27, medics said. ... more | .. |
 Turkish military renews raids on PKK bases in Iraq: army Turkish jets bombed bases in northern Iraq used by the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a fresh campaign last week that killed as many as 160 rebels, the military said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon under fire over war contracts The Pentagon has wasted more than $30 billion on contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan due to shoddy management and a lack of competition, an independent inquiry said Monday. ... more |
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Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
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  Israeli spat blocks missile defense plan A dispute between two major defense companies has blocked the Israeli military's plans to install systems on new armored personnel carriers to knock out enemy missiles. ... more | .. |
 South Korea charges five men with spying Prosecutors charged five South Korean men, including their alleged ringleader, with spying for North Korea, the Seoul district prosecutor's office said. ... more | .. |
 Iran atomic chief says fuel swap talks over: IRNA Iran will no longer negotiate a nuclear fuel swap with some of the world powers, its atomic chief said on Monday, adding however that it is ready for closer cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. ... more | .. |
Victims of Baghdad mosque attack buried Dozens gathered at Baghdad's biggest Sunni mosque on Monday for the funeral of one of at least 28 people, including a lawmaker, killed in a suicide blast that has been blamed on Al-Qaeda. ... more |
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Libya war yet to end, say coalition chiefs The chiefs of staff of countries militarily involved in the Libyan conflict agreed on Monday that the war in the North African country was not over yet. ... more | .. |
 Baghdad mosque attack kills MP, 27 others An elderly bandage-swathed suicide bomber blew himself up in Baghdad's biggest Sunni mosque, killing an MP and at least 27 others in an attack that was blamed on Al-Qaeda on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan's 10 years of chaos The 9/11 attacks that thrust Pakistan into the war on terror have brought the nuclear-armed state to its knees, fighting Islamist radicals at home and risking pariah status abroad. ... more | .. |
 NATO warplane flies over Tripoli, blasts heard A half dozen explosions were heard in the distance early Monday in Tripoli just after a NATO warplane flew over the Libyan capital. ... more |
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