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B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Completes First Ever Polar Test MissionPalmdale, CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2012 Under contract to the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has completed its first 18.5-hour sortie over the North Pole to validate new flight management software. The computer upgrade system, which is the cornerstone for all future B-2 upgrades, is now ready to enter low-rate initial production. The Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Increment 1 system verification review demonstrated the computer upgrade program successfully satisfied the government's requirements. The ... read more |
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  Iran 'advises' Arab neighbours against missile shield Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Wednesday "advised" neighbouring Arab states in the Gulf not to adopt a missile shield project being promoted by the United States. ... more | .. |
 NATO awards Typhoon support contract NATO has signed a five-year contract with Germany's Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH for support of Typhoon aircraft flown by four countries. ... more | .. |
  Pro-N. Korea newspaper hints at nuclear test North Korea could carry out another nuclear test if the launch of its long-range rocket leads to the expected suspension of US food aid, a pro-North newspaper in Japan said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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  Commentary: Mideast imbroglio The Egyptian revolution has led to economic bankruptcy, says Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a former U.N. secretary-general. Factories are closed and Egyptian workers are no longer wanted abroad, he lamented. ... more | .. |
  Russia denounces 'arrogant' US envoy comments Russia on Wednesday denounced as "arrogant" a vow by the US ambassador that NATO would deploy a missile defence shield in Europe despite the Kremlin's stiff resistance to the plan. ... more | .. |
 Gunter Grass accuses Israel of plotting to 'wipe out' Iran German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass touched off a firestorm of protest Wednesday with a poem accusing Israel of plotting Iran's annihilation and threatening world peace. ... more | .. |
 Israeli alarm over treaty with Egypt grows Israel's concerns that its historic peace treaty with Egypt could be in peril amid the political upheaval in Cairo have intensified with the announcement by the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood it will contest presidential elections next month. ... more |
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Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
Rochester's Kevin Righter kept NASA space rocks free from contamination
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  ATK Helps Launch National Security Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office ATK composite and propulsion technologies supported the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office Tues ... more | .. |
  Canadian watchdog slams F-35 program Canadian Auditor General Michael Ferguson says the conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been misleading Parliament about the soaring costs of a planned purchase of 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets to replace the Canadian air force's aging CF-18 aircraft. ... more | .. |
  US diplomat seeks to repair ties with Pakistan A top US diplomat on a fence-mending visit said Wednesday that Pakistan had to address US concerns about security, calling for a "balanced" relationship that works through the countries' differences. ... more | .. |
 Venue disaccord over Iran nuclear talks Crucial nuclear talks due to take place next week between Iran and world powers have run into disagreement over the host city, with Tehran on Wednesday saying it no longer wants Istanbul as the venue. ... more |
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  India inducts new Russian-made nuclear submarine India returned to the elite club of countries with a nuclear-powered submarine on Wednesday when it inducted a new vessel leased from Russia. ... more | .. |
 First US Marines arrive in Australia The first batch of 2,500 US Marines to be deployed in Australia began work Wednesday as Washington bolsters its presence in the strategically vital Asia-Pacific, to the irritation of China. ... more | .. |
 First F-35 For The Netherlands Rolls Out Of F-35 Production Facility The first F-35 Lightning II for The Netherlands rolled out of the F-35 production facility on April 1. This is the latest step in the production process leading to its eventual assignment to Eglin A ... more | .. |
  Iraq fugitive VP arrives in Saudi Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, accused of running a death squad, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a four-day visit to neighbouring Qatar, a top Saudi official told AFP. ... more |
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GHGSAT Selected as Copernicus Contributing Mission by ESA and EU
Launch of the most comprehensive European wetland map
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 Focus on food crisis, not rockets: Aquino tells N. Korea Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged North Korea to scrap a planned rocket launch and focus on feeding its people, as Southeast Asian leaders prepared Wednesday to issue a statement of concern. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan delays cuts to armed forces: lawmaker Taiwan's plan to cut its armed forces by a fifth has been held up by political wrangling, a lawmaker said Wednesday, delaying by a year a military reduction driven by improved ties with China. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded UK MOD Paveway IV Replenishment Contract The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded Raytheon UK a replenishment contract for Paveway IV, the latest generation GPS precision-guided munition, as part of a 60 million pound contract. R ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Receives Contract To Maintain Shared Early Warning System for US Space and Missile Command The system that provides U.S. Theater Combatant Commanders and partner nations with U.S. missile event information will continue to be supported by Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Air Force Electron ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman Awarded US Army III Corps Training Command Contract The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a five-year, $100 million contract to continue support of the III Corps Mission Command Training Center (MCTC). The program, which was awarded under ... more | .. |
 Boeing Completes On-cost, On-schedule Delivery of F-15K Slam Eagles to Korea Boeing has delivered the final two F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) on April 2 at Daegu Air Base. All ROKAF F-15Ks were delivered on cost and on schedule. "Boeing i ... more | .. |
 Boeing, Mitacs Sponsor Advanced Technology Research with Brazil and Canada Boeing in conjunction with Brazilian university researchers and Mitacs of Canada, expect ideas that were generated during a two-day Visual Analytics workshop in Sao Paulo to lead to high-tech projec ... more | .. |
 In candid study, Chinese scholar sees US decline Convinced that the United States is in decline, China's distrust is growing of the longtime superpower which it sees as bent on holding back the Asian power's rise, an influential scholar says. ... more |
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Robots Enhance Sewer Inspection and Maintenance with AI
Life as a chain of machines constructing machines
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 US, Japan warn N.Korea on missile The United States and Japan on Tuesday made a fresh warning to North Korea to drop plans for a missile launch, with barely a week to go before the communist state's threatened plans. ... more | .. |
 Report shifts Israel-Iran battle lines Reports that Israel has access to airbases in Azerbaijan, Iran's uneasy northern neighbor, could point to a strategic shift in the battle lines between the Jewish state and the Islamic Republic - and could affect the smoldering U.S.-Iranian standoff. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Alarm bell from Pakistan The still-deteriorating Pakistan-U.S. relationship is setting off new alarm bells. ... more | .. |
 India seeks to end Kashmir terrorist funds India's Union Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking to end cash flows funding militants in Kashmir. ... more |
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 Israeli, Palestinian negotiators 'to meet in coming days' Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are to hold renewed talks, in what would be their first public meeting in more than two months, a senior official said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Argentina's Falklands surrender message auctioned A copy of the original telex informing the British government of the Argentine military surrender in the Falklands war sold Thursday for Pounds 7,500 ($12,000, 9,000 euros), Bonhams auction house said. ... more | .. |
  Al-Qaeda sites go silent in possible cyber attack Al-Qaeda's main Internet sites have gone silent for more than a week in an unprecedented blackout that is most likely the result of a cyber attack, analysts said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Saudi, Qatar media attacks Iraq PM Saudi and Qatari newspapers on Tuesday lashed out at Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over his implicit criticism of Saudi Arabia and Qatar for their calls to arm Syrian rebels. ... more |
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