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Embraer drawn into U.S. Air Force rowSao Paulo (UPI) Feb 29, 2012 Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is getting drawn into a row over the U.S. Air Force light air support program in which it worked with the U.S. company Sierra Nevada Corp. The Air Force this week canceled a $355 million contract awarded last year in which Embraer's Super Tucano light attack aircraft won over U.S. rivals. The Air Force said it decided to set aside the contract because of problems with documents used in the contract award. Rival U.S. manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft c ... read more |
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  Al-Qaida, pounded by U.S., seeks new wars Al-Qaida's announcement that Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamists have merged with the jihadist network and reports jihadists are joining the year-old struggle to topple the Syrian regime suggest that al-Qaida, weakened by U.S. attacks, is seeking to reinvent itself. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Why wars start and are lost As the White House defuses efforts to restart a 21st-century variant of the ancient Persian wars through a pre-emptive, presumptive Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, history offers several stark warnings and lessons about starting and losing wars to be ignored at our risk. ... more | .. |
  Deadly violence rocks China's restive Xinjiang Twenty people died when a group armed with knives attacked a market in Xinjiang, the latest outbreak of violence in the ethnically divided Chinese region, authorities said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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  US Air Force prepared if diplomacy with Iran fails: general The United States has powerful bombs at the ready in the case of possible military action against Iran and work is under way to bolster their firepower, the air force chief said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 NATO urges Afghanistan to sign US deal: Karzai NATO has urged Afghanistan to accelerate the signing of a strategic partnership deal with the US in the wake of deadly protests over the burning of the Koran, President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Saudi, Chinese foreign ministers hold phone talks The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and China, sharply at odds over the crisis in Syria, discussed regional developments in phone talks on Wednesday, Saudi state media reported. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Team Completes On-Orbit Testing Of First AEHF Satellite Lockheed Martin reports the successful completion of on-orbit testing for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications space vehicle (SV-1). The AEHF system will ... more |
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Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systems
Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
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 Sweden needs up to 80 new Gripen fighter jets: military Sweden will have to begin replacing its ageing fighter fleet in 2020 and will need 60 to 80 new Swedish-made Gripen jets, the military said in a report handed over to the government Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Iran denies any atomic activity at suspect military site Iran said on Wednesday that "no nuclear activity whatsoever" has taken place at its military site of Parchin, which UN nuclear watchdog inspectors demanded last week to visit but were refused. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea, US agree on nuclear halt North Korea's new leadership said Wednesday it would suspend nuclear and missile tests and its uranium enrichment programme as part of a deal that includes US food aid for the impoverished nation. ... more | .. |
 Republicans criticize US, N. Korea deal Republican lawmakers Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama and warned that North Korea was not to be trusted after it promised to suspend its nuclear program in exchange for US food aid. ... more |
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  Taiwan air force captain held over leaks to China A Taiwanese air force captain at a radar command and control centre has been arrested for allegedly leaking classified data to China, officials and media said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Bombs kill six as Iraq says 70,000 dead 2004-2011 Car bombs in Iraq killed six people on Wednesday as authorities released figures showing nearly 70,000 people died in violence from 2004 to 2011, markedly fewer than numbers from other sources. ... more | .. |
 Japan defence chief 'may cancel' F-35 deal Japan's defence chief said Wednesday the country may cancel its $4.7 billion order for the US-built F-35 stealth jet if Washington fails to stick to the proposed price and deadlines. ... more | .. |
 US nuclear oversight too lax: science group A study of safety lapses at nuclear power facilities in the United States found that owners of atomic plants too often either close an eye to problems or fail to adequately address them, a watchdog group said Tuesday. ... more |
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LA fires fully contained after burning for 3 weeks: state agency
Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts
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 Army chief wants more women in Australian military Australia's army chief has called for the recruitment of more women, gays and ethnic minorities in the military, saying the country's changing demographics make it unsustainable not to. ... more | .. |
  US commander: China friction ebbing A top US commander said Tuesday that China has been entering fewer confrontations with its neighbors as he credited a firm line by Washington and its allies with changing Beijing's thinking. ... more | .. |
 Iraq car bombs kill six Car bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Wednesday killed six people, including three security force members, and wounded at least 10, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Airborne Network Demonstrates Tactical Potential at Army Integration Exercise The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), developed by Northrop Grumman, demonstrated its tactical airborne networking potential during the U.S. Army's Network Integration Evaluation (NIE ... more |
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  SpectIR IRST System Demonstrates Capability During Air National Guard Live Fire Test Lockheed Martin's SpectIR transportable infrared search and track (IRST) pod successfully acquired, tracked and provided a weapons cue during a recent live fire flight test conducted by the Air Nati ... more | .. |
 U.S. arms suppliers maintain global lead U.S. defense manufacturers and exporters maintained their global lead in the latest tally of international arms market deals recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. ... more | .. |
  Germany preps Israeli super-sub for tests Germany's Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft shipyard is expected to hand over one of the world's most advanced submarines to Israel's navy this year for sea trials. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Bin Laden's advice Nine months after U.S. Navy SEALs ended Osama bin Laden's terrorist activities - and life - an interesting revelation has come to light about the man whose hatred of the West triggered the deaths of more than 3,000 innocent victims on Sept. 11, 2001. ... more |
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  Interpol swoop nets 25 suspected 'Anonymous' hackers Interpol has arrested 25 suspected members of the 'Anonymous' hackers group in a swoop covering more than a dozen cities in Europe and Latin America, the global police body said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Iran warns Azerbaijan over Israeli 'arms buy': reports Iran challenged Azerbaijan on Tuesday over $1.5 billion in arms it said were purchased from arch-foe Israel, state media reported, in a sign of further strains between the neighbouring countries. ... more | .. |
 Iran minister optimistic nuclear talks will go ahead Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday he was optimistic that talks with the international community over its controversial atomic activities would go ahead. ... more | .. |
 Syria sends elite troops to Homs: activist The Syrian military has sent elite reinforcements from a unit commanded by President Bashar al-Assad's brother Maher to the besieged rebel city of Homs, an activist on the ground said on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Riots in China's Xinjiang kill at least 12: state media Riots in the volatile Chinese region of Xinjiang left at least 12 people dead Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua reported, in the latest unrest to rock the country's remote northwest. ... more | .. |
US commander: China friction ebbing A US commander said Tuesday that China has entered fewer confrontations with neighbors, crediting a firm line by Washington and its allies with persuading Beijing to take a more "thoughtful" approach. ... more | .. |
US commander admits conditions on N. Korea aid A US commander acknowledged Wednesday that Washington has linked food aid to North Korea to progress on military issues, saying that the impoverished communist state needs to halt its nuclear program. ... more | .. |
 Boeing B-1 Bomber Completes 10,000th Combat Mission The Boeing B-1 bomber aircraft has completed its 10,000th combat mission. The heavy bomber entered service with the U.S. Air Force on June 29, 1985, and has been in nearly continuous combat for the ... more |
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