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July 11, 2012
AEROSPACE
Lockheed Martin Delivers Four F-35s To USAF And Marine Corps
Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2012
With the delivery of four Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft since June 29, an important milestone was achieved as the Department of Defense now possesses more operational-coded F-35s than test aircraft. A total of nine F-35s have been delivered for the year, giving the DOD a total of 30 aircraft fleet-wide. Of these, 16 are operational aircraft and 14 are test planes. "To date, the F-35 program has focused on system development and flight testing while most recently transitioning to low r ... read more

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UAV NEWS

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Establish Fire Scout Training Center in Florida
Northrop Grumman has established a new training facility for Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operators that offers improved flight simulators, hands-on aircraft maintenance and classroom instruction. ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Raytheon Advanced Tactical System readies for 2.0 launch
Raytheon has announced a fall release of its Raytheon Advanced Tactical System 2.0, which leverages the Google Android mobile platform to bring intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) da ... more
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MILTECH

Boeing Introduces Intelligent Sensor Camera System for Defense and Security Customers
Boeing has introduced its Intelligent Sensor, a new camera system that provides defense and security customers with fully integrated video-processing capability. It is designed for high-performance, ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

Northrop Grumman to Supply Platform Management System for UK Royal Navy's Next Astute-Class Submarine
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply the Platform Management System (PMS) for the Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class submarine, Anson. Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit ... more
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UAV NEWS

University of Texas at Austin researchers demonstrate first 'spoofing' of UAVs
A University of Texas at Austin research team successfully demonstrated for the first time that the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be commandeered by an outside sourc ... more
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UAV NEWS

UAVForge Reveals Challenge Of Developing Perch And Stare UAV
DARPA's UAVForge, a crowdsourcing competition to design, build and manufacture an advanced small unmanned air vehicle (UAV), set out to determine if a loosely-connected community of UAV enthusiasts ... more
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AEROSPACE

Boeing, Embraer clinch new partnership
The Boeing Co.'s footprint in Brazil is set to increase with the announcement of yet another partnership between the U.S. aviation and defense manufacturer and Brazilian counterpart Embraer, in some ways rivals in the marketplace. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Seoul truck driver rams home his point
South Korea has expressed regret over a truck-ramming incident at the gates of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Barroso urges resumption of Mideast talks
Re-launching Palestinian-Israeli peace process remains a "strategic priority" for the European Union, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says. ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

Clinton to make landmark visit to Laos
Hillary Clinton will Wednesday become the first US secretary of state to visit communist-run Laos in 57 years on a brief trip focusing on the legacy of the Vietnam War and a controversial dam project. ... more
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NUKEWARS

North Korea show used Mickey without Disney approval
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's nuclear program already has the world's attention but the young dictator has now defied the owner of one of America's most famous exports - Mickey Mouse. ... more
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TERROR WARS

Olympics: Londoners lose fight to prevent rooftop missiles
London residents on Tuesday lost their court battle to prevent the government placing surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their apartment block during the Olympics. ... more
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THE STANS

NATO probes deadly roadside bomb in Afghanistan
NATO is investigating if the roadside bomb that penetrated an armored vehicle and killed six US troops at the weekend was a new type of device or just contained more explosives than normal. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Opponents decry nepotism in Iraq Kurd council
The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region was accused of nepotism and sharply criticised Tuesday for naming his son head of the region's new national security council. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Lebanon bolsters army presence at Syria border
The Lebanese on Tuesday began sending troop reinforcements to the border with strife-torn Syria after deadly attacks in the region, an army spokesman told AFP. ... more
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Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas
GMV teams up with +Atlantic CoLAB in AIR4Health project to enhance public health forecasting
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
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CYBER WARS

US NSA chief backs cybersecurity law
The head of the powerful National Security Agency, General Keith Alexander, said Monday the US must adopt a law to protect the country from cyberattacks while insisting that it would respect privacy. ... more
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MILTECH

Ex-US commander McChrystal calls for reviving draft
The former US commander in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, has urged that the draft be reinstated to spread the burden of fighting and to instill a sense of shared civic duty among young Americans. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Lift Iran sanctions for nuclear talks to go forward: MP
World powers must lift sanctions imposed on Iran if talks over its controversial nuclear programme are to go forward, an influential lawmaker said on Tuesday. ... more
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MILPLEX

NGOs complain at being excluded from UN arms talks
Non-government groups complained Tuesday that they have been excluded from international talks on a conventional arms treaty that have now entered a second week. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Annan to brief UN Security Council on Syria
UN and Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday on the Syria crisis after a tour through Damascus, Tehran and Baghdad, he told journalists in Iraq. ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Raytheon reveals new missile defense system architectural analysis capability
Raytheon has introduced a new missile defense system architectural analysis tool designed to help identify the best ways to leverage current NATO assets in support of growing Europe's integrated air ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Norway fires first ground-based Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile from NASAMS launcher
The Royal Norwegian Air Force successfully fired a Raytheon Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile from a National Advanced Surface-to-Air-Missile System (NASAMS). During the first-of-its-kind test at the Ando ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Raytheon awarded $636 million for Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
Raytheon has been awarded a $636 million development and sustainment contract to provide the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to The Boeing Company, which is the prime contractor for the Ground-based Mid ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Additional VLA Missiles
US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $27 million, firm-fixed-price contract to produce components for 22 Vertical Launch anti-submarine (VLA) missiles. A supersonic, urgent attack anti-submarine warfar ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Unique MEADS Mobile Testing Capability Arrives At White Sands Missile Range
A first-of-its-kind mobile test facility has been delivered to White Sands Missile Range, N.M. to support the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The mobile test facility, or the MEADS Syste ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

New Raytheon Standard Missile factory nears completion in Alabama
Raytheon's all-up-round Standard Missile production facility in Huntsville, Ala., is nearing completion. The state-of-the-art factory, located on the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal, should be complete ... more
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AEROSPACE

U.K. boosts up-armed Typhoon for Mideast
British Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a major sales push for the Eurofighter Typhoon armed with new weapons systems, with the Persian Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Oman as key targets. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Russia will not sell Syria new weapons: official
Russia will not supply new weapons to its Arab ally Syria while fighting there continues, Moscow arms export officials said Monday, while stressing that old contracts would be fulfilled. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Iraq gun and bomb attacks kill three
Gun and bomb attacks north of Baghdad on Monday killed three people including two anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen, security and medical officials said. ... more
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TERROR WARS

Mali jihadists threaten North Africa
Algerian jihadists are reported to have reinforced Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaida in their self-declared state in northern Mali amid signs the conflict there may be spilling over across the drought-hit region spanning North Africa. ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Two missiles miss targets in Taiwan drill
Two of 26 missiles missed their targets when Taiwan's military carried out a live-fire exercise Monday, but officers in charge said they were happy with the result. ... more
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