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Iran 'steps up military aid to Syria'Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jan 12, 2012 Even though Iran's locked in a confrontation with the West in the Persian Gulf, it appears to be stepping up its military efforts to save its strategic Arab ally, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, as he battles an insurrection aimed at toppling his regime. Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, head of Israel's Military Intelligence, claimed Wednesday Tehran's main Arab proxy, Hezbollah in Lebanon, is also "providing Assad with intelligence, weapons and other means, recently with active involvement." ... read more |
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  USAF Awards Contract to Lockheed Martin for GPS III Launch and Checkout Capability The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS III satellites from launch through early on-o ... more | .. |
  US Army Testing Demonstrates Readiness of Raytheon's MAINGATE Radio Raytheon's Mobile Ad hoc Interoperability Network GATEway (MAINGATE) radio system successfully provided tactical networking capabilities at two major U.S. Army exercises, giving soldiers reliable ba ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded Contract for US Air Force Field Service Support Raytheon has been awarded a $179.5 million follow-on contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide Contractor Field Service (CFS) support for U-2 sensors, data links and the Air Force Distributed Common ... more | .. |
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  Argon ST extends contract for US Navy's Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) program Boeing subsidiary Argon ST has received a $14.8 million follow-on award under its contract for the U.S. Navy's Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) program. The firm, fixed-price agreement provides c ... more | .. |
  India buys MBDA missiles India will buy 500 air-to-air missiles from European guided weapons manufacturer MBDA for its Mirage 2000 aircraft in a contract worth around $1.2 billion. ... more | .. |
  45th Space Wing: Looking Back at 2011 and Forward to 2012 Sharks! Let me be the first to welcome you back from what I hope was a relaxing and fun holiday. I know that we all welcomed the break after the recent launches, preparation for and ultimately execu ... more | .. |
  S. Korea, US, Japan to hold post-Kim talks next week South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold joint talks next week for the first time since the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il last month, an official in Seoul said on Thursday. ... more |
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 Iran president in Ecuador on last leg of LatAm tour Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Ecuador Thursday on the last leg of a Latin American tour aimed at marshaling support for his country's tense nuclear stand-off with the West. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded First International Airborne Low Frequency Sonar Contract Raytheon has been awarded an $80.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy in support of a Foreign Military Sale of the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar to the Royal Australian Navy. ... more | .. |
 Window for Palestinian state 'rapidly closing:' EU A European Union report obtained by AFP on Thursday says that booming Israeli settlement in the West Bank and limits on Palestinian movement and building are eroding chances of a Palestinian state. ... more | .. |
  US tribunal recommends court martial for Manning A US military tribunal is recommending a court martial for Army Private Bradley Manning for allegedly funneling thousands of classified US documents to WikiLeaks, the US Army said Thursday. ... more |
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  Taiwan's Ma expects stable ties under new China leader Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday ties with China are unlikely to change despite an imminent, once-in-a-decade power transition in Beijing. ... more | .. |
 US seeking to 'close down' Iran central bank The latest round of American sanctions are aimed at shutting down Iran's central bank, a senior US official said Thursday, spelling out that intention directly for the first time. ... more | .. |
  US drone strike kills four militants: Pakistan officials A US missile strike targeting a militant vehicle killed four rebels on Thursday in the second drone strike in 48 hours to hit Pakistan's tribal region, local security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Furious Iran wants action over scientist's killing The assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist sparked deep fury in Tehran on Thursday against prime suspect Israel and against the United States, which said it had nothing to do with the murder. ... more |
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SFL Missions Inc. Secures CSA Contract for HAWC Satellite Concept Study
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
How life's building blocks formed on early Earth examined through polyester protocell formation limits | .. |
 Dramatic vote looms in Taiwan as China, US watch Taiwan goes to the polls on Saturday in a knife-edge presidential election that could shape both the high-tech trading island's economic outlook and relations with Beijing and Washington. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon awarded contract for Evolved Seasparrow Missile Raytheon has been awarded two contracts totaling $212.8 million for the production of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile, with an option for $33 million in additional work. The first contract from ... more | .. |
 Raytheon and Thales Australia Deliver Next Generation Desktop to Australia's DoD Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions (RTCS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon, has announced a partnership with Thales Australia to deliver an innovative next generation desktop (NGD) environmen ... more | .. |
 Satellite imagery detects thermal "uplift" signal of underground nuclear tests A new analysis of satellite data from the late 1990s documents for the first time the "uplift" of ground above a site of underground nuclear testing, providing researchers a potential new tool for a ... more |
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 Raytheon Delivers First Upgraded Patriot Radar to Kuwait Raytheon has completed its first Configuration-3 Patriot radar upgrade for the State of Kuwait. This is the first of six radar modernization deliveries due under contract to the U.S. Army Aviation a ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Two-legged stools don't work Last week at the Pentagon, with the Joint Chiefs present, President Barack Obama unveiled the nation's newest defense strategy. To the administration's credit, the strategy was intended to set priorities to drive budgets, not the reverse. Unfortunately, as was the case three years ago with the President's Afghanistan-Pakistan study, the new strategy has several fundamental and potentially fatal flaws. ... more | .. |
 Slaying of scientist inflames gulf tension The assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran, allegedly by Israel's Mossad intelligence service, has supercharged tensions in the Persian Gulf where Iran is threatening to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key oil artery. ... more | .. |
  Brazil Eurocopter deal in full swing Brazil's Eurocopter EC725 Super Cougar production program is set to go into full swing this year after a deal worth more than $1 billion that saw off competition from rival U.S. and Russian manufacturers. ... more |
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Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
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Iran accuses Israel, US of killing nuclear scientist An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed by a car bomb on Wednesday that Tehran immediately blamed on Israel and Washington, worsening a tense international stand-off over its atomic programme. ... more | .. |
 World's nuclear stockpiles are not secure: study The world's nuclear stockpiles are far from safe and could fall into the hands of terrorists, the American non-governmental organization Nuclear Threat Initiative said Wednesday in a new study. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea says US offered food for nuke shutdown North Korea said Wednesday that the United States had offered food aid and a suspension of sanctions if it halted its uranium enrichment programme. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan army issues angry warning over PM comments Pakistan's army warned Wednesday of "grievous consequences" for the country over criticism by the prime minister that has escalated tensions between the powerful military and the government. ... more |
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 Ahmadinejad goes on tour Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making a pass through Latin American capitals this week as tensions between Iran and the United States continue. ... more | .. |
 IAI clinches $1 billion India arms deal Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a four-year, $1.1 billion deal with India for aircraft, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and intelligence systems, a major boost for the Jewish state's high-tech defense sector in an increasingly export-driven global market. ... more | .. |
  US court martial hears of 'sad' Iraq killings US marines could see only "silhouettes" as they entered a house where some of a total of 24 Iraqi civilians were killed in a controversial 2005 shooting, a soldier said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Iran's showdown with West sparks widespread concern Iran's showdown with the West led to warnings that the row is sliding into dangerous territory, as international alarm over a new uranium enrichment plant raised the stakes. ... more |
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