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Raytheon First to Successfully Test With On-Orbit AEHF SatelliteMarlborough, MA (SPX) Nov 24, 2011 Raytheon has become the first to successfully test with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. Raytheon's Army Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) is the first operationally-fielded terminal to interoperate with an on-orbit AEHF satellite. The first AEHF satellite, launched in August 2010, recently began an extensive set of operational tests. In this testing, SMART-T AEHF has already demonstrated interoperable communications using the AEHF satellite's eXten ... read more |
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  Argus One UAV Completes Flight Testing With New Pod Bay and Propulsion System World Surveillance Group has announced that the Argus One UAV, equipped with a newly developed pod bay and integrated propulsion unit, has successfully completed a series of flight tests in preparat ... more | .. |
  Bluefin to Provide UUVs for US Navy's LCS Mine Countermeasure Bluefin Robotics is being awarded a subcontract from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for engineering and manufacturing of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (S ... more | .. |
  Kurdistan insists Exxon oil deal constitutional The prime minister of north Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region insisted on Thursday that an oil deal the region signed with ExxonMobil against Baghdad's wishes is constitutional. ... more | .. |
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  Elbit Systems Awarded Order for Driving Trainers Israeli MOD Elbit Systems was awarded an order by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) for the supply of Armored Driving Trainers (ADTs) for several Israel Defense Forces combat vehicle types as well as for a ... more | .. |
 Chile to take delivery of French warship Chile will take delivery of a reconditioned French navy landing craft next month after a successful conclusion of a long-delayed $80 million deal, part of the Latin American country's overall strategy to refurbish the military. ... more | .. |
  Israel PM reaffirms importance of peace with Egypt Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday stressed the importance of peace with Egypt, as apprehension grew ahead of Egyptian elections expected to produce big wins for the Muslim Brotherhood. ... more | .. |
  19 killed in south Iraq bombings: officials Three bombs exploded Thursday in the south Iraq port city of Basra, killing 19 people, including high-ranking army and police officers, and wounding at least 65, security and medical officials said. ... more |
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Rebel army calls for air strikes on Syria Free Syrian Army chief Riyadh al-Asaad on Thursday called for foreign air strikes on "strategic targets" in Syria to speed up the fall of the regime, in a telephone interview with AFP. ... more | .. |
 New Weapon for Australian Soldiers Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare has announced that the Australian Defence Force has now taken delivery of 437 new Carl Gustav 84 mm guns and thermal sights. The 437 new guns are the improv ... more | .. |
  Israel PM urges sanctions on Iran oil, banking sectors Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Thursday for sanctions to be imposed on Iran's oil and banking sectors to put pressure on it to rein in its controversial nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
Karzai says NATO strike killed seven Afghan civilians Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday accused NATO-led international forces of killing up to seven civilians, most of them children, in an air strike in the south. ... more |
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  Debt deal failure looms over US military strategy Military leaders have adapted US strategy as the Pentagon faces major budget cuts, but experts fear the new plans could be shattered due to the threat of automatic financial reductions. ... more | .. |
China navy to carry out Pacific exercises China has said it will conduct "routine" naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean, in the week after a major diplomatic campaign by US President Barack Obama to assert the United States as a Pacific power. ... more | .. |
 Britain sells its Harrier jets to US as spares Britain is selling its last 72 Harrier fighter jets to the United States to be used as spare parts, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly Of The First International F-35 For UK The first international Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II rolled out of the factory Sunday evening. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will use the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet, kn ... more |
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 Kratos on Winning Team to Provide Army Unmanned Aerial System Technical Support Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, reports that its Weapon Systems Solutions Division - Digital Fusion Solutions, Inc. (DFSI) subsidiary was a critical team member of Aerodyne, Inc., which was a ... more | .. |
 Raytheon To Develop Game-Based Training Methods And Systems To Improve Decision-Making The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), through an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract, has awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies a $10.5 million multi-year contract unde ... more | .. |
  Iraq executes 12 'Qaeda' members for murder Iraq on Thursday executed 12 Al-Qaeda members convicted for the massacre of 70 people at a wedding, although they were officially put to death for other murders, the deputy justice minister said. ... more | .. |
  Iran 'builds own missile defense system' Iran says it is developing its own missile defense system after Russia last year blocked delivery of the formidable S-300PMU system, which had been purchased in 2007. ... more |
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Defiant Iran eyes retaliation for sanctions A defiant Iran said on Wednesday that it will not back down despite newly announced Western sanctions over its atomic drive, as it took the first steps to hit back at the measures. ... more | .. |
 Up to 763 contractors to train Iraqi forces: US A maximum of 763 civilian contractors and 157 US military personnel will train Iraqi security forces post-2011, if the Iraqi government gives its approval, a US officer said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Arms trade drives soaring LatAm homicide rates: experts Illegal weapons trafficking has turned Latin America into a region of bloodletting in which over 40 percent of the world's homicides take place, experts warned Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Security firms under pressure to clean up Electronic security firms are coming under increasing pressure to submit staff and group members to proper scrutiny and purge their organizations of those with criminal records. ... 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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 Killing Field leader 'served his country' A top Khmer Rouge leader blamed "unruly elements" within the Khmer Rouge's brutal Maoist regime in the late 1970s for the estimated 1.7 million civilian deaths. ... more | .. |
 Egypt unrest stirs fears inside Israel Days of protest in Egypt, ahead of elections expected to produce big wins for the Muslim Brotherhood, have stirred fears in Israel about bilateral ties and the future of the countries' peace treaty. ... more | .. |
 Israeli starts jail term for leaking army secrets to media A young Israeli woman convicted of spying and leaking classified military documents to Israel's Haaretz newspaper began her four-and-a-half year prison sentence on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Austrian army to slash two thirds of its tanks to save money The Austrian army will sell, scrap or recycle two thirds of its armoured vehicles by late 2013, allowing it to save up to 15 million euros yearly, Defence Minister Norbert Darabos announced Wednesday. ... more |
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  Perry says China's communists doomed, lack virtue Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry slammed China's communist leaders Tuesday, predicting they were destined for the "ash heap of history" and not running a "country of virtues." ... more | .. |
 Sombre S. Korea marks anniversary of deadly attack South Korea Wednesday marked the first anniversary of a deadly North Korean bombardment with sombre ceremonies and a military drill, as Pyongyang accused Seoul of provoking the attack. ... more | .. |
 British sanctions are 'unprofessional': Iran central bank Britain's decision to cut off all financial links with Iran as part of new Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme is "utterly unprofessional," the head of Iran's central bank was quoted as saying by state television Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 System Integration Test For CANES Shipboard Networking Program Completed Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the formal contractor system integration testing of its Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system for the U.S. Navy. The purpose ... more |
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