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Study: Defense cuts has industry benefitsLondon (UPI) Sep 21, 2011 European efforts to cut defense spending will lead to outsourcing services and benefits for the support industry. International market research firm Frost and Sullivan, in its "European Defense Support in Service Market Assessment," forecasts the total support in service outsource spending in Europe will increase from $13.77 billion 2011 to $22.07 billion in 2020. Modernization, training and heavy maintenance support for platforms are areas most likely to be outsourced, it said. " ... read more |
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  Turkey's war against Kurds could widen Turkey is reported to be considering an intelligence alliance with Iran and Iraq to combat Kurdish separatists who have their main sanctuary in northern Iraq. ... more | .. |
  US in $5.85 billion Taiwan jet upgrade, China protests The Obama administration came under fire Wednesday from both China and domestic critics as it approved a $5.85 billion upgrade of Taiwan's fighter jets that stopped short of selling new F-16s. ... more | .. |
  Peru upgrades navy, air defenses Peru is upgrading its key naval assets and acquiring new components for its air defenses as the country grapples with unrest among coca growers in the Amazon, suspected to be part of the cocaine trail to North America and other destinations for the drug. ... more | .. |
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 U.S. Army ready for contract competition The U.S. Army says it is poised to conduct open competitions for re-capitalizing Humvees and producing joint light tactical vehicles. ... more | .. |
  Korean nuclear envoys to meet in Beijing North and South Korean envoys are to meet in Beijing, signaling a possible resumption of the stalled six-party talks on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: America don't get no respect The late American comedian Rodney Dangerfield's signature line was "I don't get no respect." Dangerfield's routine was packed with jokes about how anything from inanimate objects such as refrigerators to children and pets managed to disrespect him. ... more | .. |
 Britain keeps 'strong' stand on Iran nuclear effort Britain will maintain its "strong" opposition to Iran's nuclear program, Foreign Secretary William Hague warned the Iranian foreign minister during talks here Wednesday, a spokesman said. ... 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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 Anti-Israel move 'postponed' at UN nuke watchdog: Syria Syria's representative to the UN atomic agency said Wednesday that Arab countries had put off until 2012 tabling an anti-Israel resolution at the body's annual general meeting this week. ... more | .. |
 Obama: Iran, N. Korea face greater isolation US President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned that Iran and North Korea would face even deeper isolation if they failed to bring their nuclear programs under international law. ... more | .. |
  Four men missing on hunting trip in north Iraq Four Iraqi men - three Christians and a Turkman - were kidnapped on a hunting trip near the disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, the eponymous province's police chief said. ... more | .. |
Britain warns Iran over nuclear programme at UN meeting British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday warned his Iranian counterpart that Britain would resist any increase in Iran's nuclear capabilities, during a meeting at the UN in New York. ... more |
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China says US-Taiwan arms deal will harm ties China warned that a $5.85 billion deal announced Wednesday to upgrade Taiwan's fleet of F16 fighter jets would damage Sino-US relations, calling on America to stop arms sales to the island. ... more | .. |
US in $5.85 billion Taiwan jet upgrade, China protests The United States announced a $5.85 billion upgrade of Taiwan's fighter jets Wednesday, triggering swift rebuke from China even though the deal stopped short of the island's ambitions to buy new F-16s. ... more | .. |
  Drone attack kills 10 Qaeda suspects in south Yemen Ten Al-Qaeda suspects were killed while a top leader in the network escaped death as US drones carried out several air strikes on their strongholds in Yemen's south, local officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Russia launches military satellite after delay Russia on Wednesday successfully put a military satellite into orbit after a three-week delay caused by the failure of one its workhorse Proton-M rockets, the Roskosmos space agency said. ... 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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 Kurd rebels forced from northwestern Iran: Guards Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that they had now cleared northwestern Iran's border area of armed Kurdish rebels, who are based in Iraq. ... more | .. |
 Hungry N. Korea soldiers steal from civilians: report North Korea has stepped up a crackdown on soldiers in a northeastern city who are stealing from locals because they cannot survive on their food rations, a report said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Rabbani killing shows bleak hopes for Afghan peace The killing of Afghanistan's chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani shows the futility of attempts to start serious talks with the Taliban even after 10 years of war, experts said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 New US drone bases to strike Somalia, Yemen: report The United States is building an array of secret new drone bases to conduct strikes against Al-Qaeda targets in Somalia and Yemen, according to the Washington Post. ... more |
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  Leveraging Satellite and Missile Defense Expertise For Precision Space Tracking Lockheed Martin is leveraging its satellite and missile defense expertise on the Manufacturing and Production Readiness Integrated Systems Engineering Team for the Precision Tracking Space System (P ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Progress Report Lockheed Martin's F-35 flight test program moves closer to reaching year-end milestones since the last update issued July 26. Since then, the F-35 Lightning II 5th Generation multirole fighter condu ... more | .. |
  European special forces fought in Libya: Iraq FM European special forces fought alongside Libyan rebels to oust the country's strongman Moamer Kadhafi, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Tuesday. ... 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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  Britain rounds up suspected terrorists Police in the Britain's West Midlands this week conducted intelligence-driven raids in Birmingham, arresting seven people and reportedly disrupting an Islamic terrorist plot. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi Shiites threaten departing U.S. army U.S. troops preparing to pull out of Iraq face a growing threat from a Shiite militia known as Asaib Ahl al-Haq , founded and led by veteran insurgent Qais al-Khazali. ... more | .. |
 Dhaka police and Jamaat-e-Islami clash Police in Dhaka arrested a leading member of the Islamic pro Pakistan party Jamaat-e-Islami in a crackdown after violence erupted during a protest. ... more | .. |
Mongolia: Britain caved on spy extradition Britain's courts caved in to political pressure when they allowed the extradition of a Mongolian security official to Germany, the Asian country says. ... more |
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 US hammers Pakistan over Haqqani network The United States on Tuesday renewed blunt demands that Pakistan crack down on Haqqani militants based in the country, saying the network posed a serious threat to US forces in Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
 World welcomes Libyan 'revolution' leaders to UN US President Barack Obama Tuesday led the United Nations welcome for the Libyan leaders who deposed Moamer Kadhafi, but warned NATO would carry out air strikes there while civilians are "threatened." ... more | .. |
 Iraq violence leaves five dead Violence across Iraq, including coordinated bombings against provincial government offices in the western city of Ramadi, killed at least five people on Tuesday, officials said. ... more |
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