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LockMart Completes End-To-End System Test Of First MUOS SatelliteSunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2011 The first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) military communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy has successfully completed a major end-to-end system test, validating satellite performance and functionality with user ground terminals. Completion of this key milestone confirms the system meets requirements and allows the satellite to proceed to final factory test activities prior to launch. MUOS will augment and replace the legacy Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Follow-On ... read more |
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  Northrop Grumman Wins Contract for Rapid DNA Biometrics Northrop Grumman and teammate IntegenX has announced that they have won an award on the Biometrics Operations and Support Services - Unrestricted (BOSS-U) contract vehicle to supply IntegenX's Rapid ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Aims to Integrate STM on Light-Attack Aircraft Raytheon is seeking to integrate its Small Tactical Munition onto a wide variety of light-attack aircraft. STM is a new 12-pound, 22-inch-long, precision-guided, gravity-dropped weapon. Althou ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Found and lost? Leon Panetta's first major address as U.S. Defense secretary was clearly designed to be magisterial, the credo of the Free World, still headed by the United States, cognizant of its worldwide responsibilities, albeit with much budgetary belt-tightening. ... more | .. |
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  Experts: Cybercrime threats 'persistent' Businesses need to become more aware of the "persistent and dynamic" threats posed by cybercrime, security experts at a London conference said this week. ... more | .. |
  Iraqi militants on rise amid U.S. pullout As the government dithers on the thorny issue of allowing U.S. troops to stay on after the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline, Tehran-backed Shiite "special Groups" and Sunni militants are squaring off for a showdown that could plunge Iraq into anarchy. ... more | .. |
  Poland, Ukraine good for defense firms Military modernization in Poland and the Ukraine to meet NATO standards will benefit international defense firms, a market research report says. ... more | .. |
 Humala on risky road to battle corruption Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has embarked on a politically hazardous course to fight deep-rooted corruption in government and security forces, winning about as many enemies as friends. ... more |
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  Australia opens clothing test facility Australia has opened a $4 million "virtual-soldier" combat clothing test facility within the Defense Science and Technology Organization in Melbourne. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan plans missile deployment in disputed islands Taiwan's defence minister has backed a plan to deploy advanced missiles in the South China Sea over concerns that rival claimants to disputed islands are building up their arms, a legislator said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  US officials brief China, Russia, Turkey on alleged plot The United States has sent top officials to China, Russia and Turkey to brief counterparts there about the alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, a US official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Drone attack in Pakistan kills Haqqani commander US drone missiles on Thursday killed 10 militants including a commander in the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, which the American military has linked to Pakistani intelligence. ... more |
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F-35 fighter program might face cuts: top US officer The US military's top officer signalled Thursday that the Pentagon might have to cut one of three planned models of the new F-35 fighter jet, citing budget pressures. ... more | .. |
Beauty becomes latest, peaceful, target in Iraq Unheard of during the reign of Saddam Hussein and unthinkable during years of violence, an unlikely innovation is slowly being rolled out in Baghdad by Iraqis back from overseas: the one-stop beauty centre. ... more | .. |
 Prosecutors say greed doomed Russian arms trafficker Anti-aircraft missiles, millions of bullets, tons of explosive - prosecutors say so-called "merchant of death" Viktor Bout was ready to deliver weapons by the planeload before being arrested in a sting operation worthy of James Bond. ... more | .. |
 US generals brief S.Korea's Lee in 'tank' South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on Wednesday received a briefing from top US commanders on the threat posed by North Korea in a visit to the Pentagon, officials said. ... more |
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Quantum factors elevate plant energy transport efficiency
Small temperature rise could triple Earth heat hazard
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 US Air Force calls drone fleet virus a 'nuisance' A computer virus that hit the US drone fleet last month created a "nuisance" but no serious threat to flight operations for the unmanned aircraft, the US Air Force said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Aerostat system detects cruise missiles and supports engagement Raytheon's aerostat system - Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) - recently completed a successful 14-day endurance test at a range in Utah demonstrating its readiness. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Awarded VNsight Sensor Production Contract for the Apache Helicopter The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $19 million follow-on production contract for the VNsight low-light-level TV capability for Apache attack helicopters. The VNsight visible/near infrared ... more | .. |
  New Northrop Grumman Laser Threat Terminator Aims to Aid Army Missile Seeker Countermeasure Efforts Northrop Grumman recently delivered its new All Semiconductor Airborne Laser Threat Terminator (ASALTT) to the U.S. Army's Information and Intelligence Warfare Directorate (I2WD) Seeker Effects Labo ... more |
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  First MEADS Battle Manager Begins Integration Testing in the United States MEADS International (MI) has begun integration testing on the first completed Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) battle manager at the MEADS Verification Facility in Orlando, Fla. The ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Excalibur Ia-2 Ready for Use in Afghanistan Raytheon successfully fired nine rounds in U.S. Army lot acceptance tests, which means the Excalibur Ia-2 precision-guided projectile is ready for U.S. Army and Marine Corps use in Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
 Report: Bioterrorism still a major threat Bioterrorism remains a major threat for the United States despite more than $65 billion spent on protecting the country from myriad dangers, the Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center said in its latest report Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Britain reviewing contracting procedure Britain's military could save hundreds of millions of dollars by introducing new rules governing single-source equipment contracts, officials said. ... more |
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Rubio in Costa Rica as he seeks to curb China influence; Panama lawsuit would axe HK canal concession
New Belgian government ditches nuclear power exit plan
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Outside View: Political acts of insanity One symptom of insanity is repeating the same action and expecting a different outcome. Cynics often accuse the United States of falling into that trap in conducting its foreign policy. ... more | .. |
 With new threats, US Army must reinvent itself: Panetta The US Army won't be fighting conventional wars against columns of tanks in the future and will have to prepare for new threats from cheaper high-tech weaponry, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Baghdad attacks kill 23 in worst day in a month Attacks mainly targeting security in Baghdad, including two suicide car bombs minutes apart against police stations, killed 23 people on Wednesday, the Iraqi capital's deadliest day in more than a month. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi FM in Ankara to discuss fight against Kurdish rebels Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrived in Ankara Wednesday for talks with Turkish leaders to boost the fight against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported. ... more |
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 Iran plot: Pentagon cools fears of military action The Pentagon on Wednesday said an alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington required a diplomatic and legal response, playing down the possibility of military action. ... more | .. |
 No big mistakes found in US chopper crash: officials A US military investigation into the August crash of a helicopter in Afghanistan that killed 30 Americans has found no major mistakes were made in the operation, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Expert: Drone virus poses ongoing threat Reports of a virus infecting computers used by pilots to control armed military drones show even protected systems may not be secure, a U.S. expert says. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Supplying Upgrades to Battlefield, Surveillance and Recon Enterprises Sorting through the massive amounts of operational intelligence available to those in theater is becoming easier as Lockheed Martin upgrades the data management and fusion capabilities of the enterp ... more |
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