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Israel seeks to boost UAV strike powerTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 12, 2011 The Israeli air force is expanding its wing of unmanned aerial vehicles built by Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems, some to be used as missile-armed gunships. Meantime, The Jerusalem Post reports that state-run IAI, Israel's leading defense contractor, is working with Rheinmetall Defense of Germany to develop a new weapons system for aerial drones to cope with proliferating threats facing the Jewish state. The air force plans to form a new squadron of medium-altitude, long-en ... read more |
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 Turkey in talks with US on Predator drones: deputy PM Turkey was in talks with the United States to base Predator drones on its territory to operate against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, Anatolia news agency quoted Turkey's deputy prime minister as saying Monday. ... more | .. |
  Key US lawmaker: China 'drunk' with economic might China seeks to match US military might, hacks US government computers "daily," and is "drunk with economic power," a key US lawmaker warned Monday as he warned against new cuts at the Pentagon. ... more | .. |
  US senators seek to force fighter sale to Taiwan Two US senators introduced legislation on Monday demanding President Barack Obama sell Taiwan no fewer than 66 advanced F-16 fighter jets despite Beijing's fierce objections. ... more | .. |
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  Republic of Korea Navy Awards Raytheon Phalanx Contract Raytheon has signed a $65.5 million contract to deliver five Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon Systems to the Republic of Korea Navy for the new Ulsan-1 class FFX ship program. The direct comme ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal to US Navy to Consolidate Shipboard Computer Networks Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program that will consolidate complex network systems into one modern shipboard comput ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Fifth Generation IRCM System Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the company's fifth generation infrared countermeasures (IRCM) system specifically designed to protect military rotary-wing platforms. The demonstration prove ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin To Provide New Training Technology for the US Air Force C-130J Program The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin an $84.3 million contract to provide the first phase of the C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (MATS) II program. Under the award, Lockhe ... more |
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Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
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  Erdogan in Egypt deepens Israeli isolation Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan's visit to Cairo Monday to boost ties with the post-Mubarak regime adds to Israel's multiplying woes as two of its one-time strategic allies get together to deepen its international isolation. ... more | .. |
  Gunmen kill 22 bus passengers in west Iraq: police Gunmen killed 22 passengers on a bus coming from Syria late Monday in a desert region west of Baghdad, police general Haider Rzayj told AFP. ... more | .. |
  US blames bombing at NATO base on Haqqani militants The US military on Monday blamed the militant Haqqani network for a massive truck bombing attack against a NATO base in central Afghanistan that wounded more than 100. ... more | .. |
Kadhafi forces fight back, China recognises NTC A defiant Moamer Kadhafi vowed to fight until victory as his forces launched surprise fightbacks on three fronts on Monday, and as Libya's interim government won recognition from China. ... more |
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  Elbit accused of misrepresentation Israel's Elbit Systems Ltd. and its Australian subsidiary are being taken to court in Australia over alleged misrepresentation. ... more | .. |
  Indian militants likely set off court bomb Home-grown terrorists are likely responsible for last week's deadly attack on the Delhi High Court, India's Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said. ... more | .. |
 Activists unite in Lebanon against killer cluster bombs Hundreds of activists and officials from across the globe gather in Beirut Monday with one aim in mind - to rid the planet of cluster munitions which have killed or maimed tens of thousands of people worldwide. ... more | .. |
  Russia defends bomber flights near Japan Russia on Monday defended its strategic bombers' recent mission near Japan and accused Tokyo of trying to stir up the long-standing territorial row between the two countries. ... 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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 AeroVironment Receives Order for Raven AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $15,909,962 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract order on September 1, 2011, under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises Army contractor logistics s ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Delivers Another Super Hercules To Dyess Lockheed Martin has delivered the sixth C-130J Super Hercules to crews at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, Thursday. Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, 18th Air Force Commander, accepted delivery of the s ... more | .. |
 US drone kills four militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone strike killed at least four militants Sunday in a restive Pakistani tribal area, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Tears unite Americans on 10th anniversary of 9/11 Tears flowed and bells tolled at Ground Zero on Sunday as Americans marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in a rare moment of unity for a country still shaken by the horrific attacks. ... more |
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 Iraq's Sadr says no anti-US attacks before pullout Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, in a statement seen on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon attacks inspired war of 'vengeance': US US military and political leaders on Sunday paid solemn tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and to troops who have waged a war of "vengeance" in the decade since. ... more | .. |
 Turkey asks US to base Predators on its soil: report The United States is considering a request from Turkey to base Predator drones there to operate against Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq, The Washington Post reported late Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Fear of rising China unites polarized US politicians With the 2012 election cycle heating up, US politicians this week harnessed worries over a rising China to power support for everything from patent law reform to debt reduction - and their own ambitions. ... 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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 China uses 9/11 to crack down on Xinjiang: group Over the past decade China has used the global "war on terror" to jail thousands of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the far-western and restive Xinjiang region, a minority rights group said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Eight killed in Iraq violence Three soldiers, a policeman and a journalist were among eight people killed Saturday in attacks in Iraq, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 China says "trust" main challenge for relations with EU The main challenge for China-EU relations lies in the lack of trust produced by Europe's "double standards", China's vice minister for foreign affairs Fu Ying said here on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 F-16 pilot was ready to ram hijacked plane on 9/11 A F-16 pilot scrambled on 9/11 to prevent another attack on the US capital says she was prepared to ram her plane into a hijacked aircraft - as there was no time to arm her plane with missiles. ... more |
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Fewer Taiwanese want to work or live in China: poll Fewer Taiwanese people intend to work or live in China despite efforts promoting closer trade and tourism links, a survey showed Saturday. ... more | .. |
NATO grapples with Libya arsenals threat NATO is grappling with a growing threat of sophisticated weapons falling into the hands of potential foes in Libya as the North African country inches toward an endgame for its civil war. ... more | .. |
ATF Mexico gun scandal far from over A smoldering scandal is stalking the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama despite it being temporary obscured by budget battles and unemployment figures. ... more | .. |
UAVs 'could end Israel-Turkey rift' Israeli commentators say that Turkey's pressing need for unmanned aerial vehicles, as its conflict with Kurdish separatists flares anew, may help mend the deepening rift between the onetime strategic allies. ... more |
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