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Britain and France sign two deals on drone cooperationLondon (AFP) July 24, 2012 Britain and France on Tuesday signed two agreements paving the way for greater cooperation between the neighbours on the use of military drones. British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian pledged closer military ties and said the deals represented "a new positive step in Franco-British cooperation on Unmanned Air Systems". "Cooperation is essential at a time when defence budgets are under pressure," the ministers said in a joint statement, as Le Drian ... read more |
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  Russia tells Syria not to use chemical weapons Russia urged its Middle East ally Syria on Tuesday to refrain from using chemical weapons despite its threat to unleash the previously unreported arsenal in case of a foreign attack. ... more | .. |
  Colorado gun sales soar after mass shooting: report Gun sales in Colorado have soared in the aftermath of the shooting tragedy in Aurora that claimed 12 lives and left 58 wounded, the Denver Post reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  EU-Iran officials hold talks on nuclear row European and Iranian diplomats appeared to make little headway as they met in Turkey on Tuesday in a bid to seek common ground in the protracted negotiations on Tehran's disputed nuclear drive. ... more | .. |
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 Israel's IAI signs Italian deals worth $1B Israel Aerospace Industries has secured two contracts worth nearly $1 billion to provide Italy with a reconnaissance satellite and two Gulfstream early warning aircraft in an unusual deal with Rome. ... more | .. |
 Israel braces for trouble with Syria Israel's electronic listening post atop Mount Hermon overlooking Damascus is working overtime as Israeli military chiefs monitor the accelerating collapse of the Syrian President Bashar Assad's Syrian regime in a 17-month-old uprising that became a civil war. ... more | .. |
  Control-Alt-Hack game lets players try their hand at computer security Do you have what it takes to be an ethical hacker? Can you step into the shoes of a professional paid to outsmart supposedly locked-down systems? Now you can at least try, no matter what your backgr ... more | .. |
  US Army awards Raytheon contract to upgrade Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System Raytheon has received an $81 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop and produce a new version of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS). It will provide general and fires ... more |
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 Boeing-built Legacy UHF Payload Operating on MUOS-1 Satellite Boeing reports that its legacy communications payload onboard the Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-1) satellite has passed all on-orbit tests. MUOS-1 was launched on Fe ... more | .. |
  US 'confident' F-22 jet oxygen problems solved The US Air Force is "confident" it has identified the problems that led some pilots to complain of dizzy spells and blackouts while flying its most advanced fighter jet, the Pentagon said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Leaders pan Nagorno-Karabakh elections Presidential elections in the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have added fuel the long-simmering conflict there, world leaders say. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Assad and 'standing tall' While it is doubtful Syria's Bashar Assad ever had any intention of voluntarily stepping down as president, it has now become clear he has crossed the line of no return in exercising that decision on his own. ... more |
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  Olympics: Britain to deploy 1,200 more troops Britain will deploy an extra 1,200 troops to the London Games, Olympics minister Jeremy Hunt announced Tuesday, following a shortfall in the numbers of guards provided by private contractor G4S. ... more | .. |
 Syrian rebels stretching regime troops thin: experts Syrian rebel forces are stretching the Syria army nationwide, grabbing border posts and countryside regions as they challenge the regime in its symbolic power centres of Damascus and Aleppo, experts say. ... more | .. |
 Jordan should avoid military role in Syria: analysts The spike in violence in Syria has triggered alarm bells in Jordan that it could be dragged into the conflict with "severe" repercussions, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Gunmen attack NATO supply trucks in Pakistan Gunmen in Pakistan attacked trucks bound for NATO in Afghanistan Tuesday, killing a driver, officials said, in the first such incident since supply lines reopened after a seven-month blockade. ... 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
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 Computer hackers and defenders mix in Las Vegas Rival factions from the Internet security world will mix warily this week at a pair of Las Vegas conferences gathering computer security experts and software savants who make sport of hacking them. ... more | .. |
  Worker charged in fire aboard US Navy submarine A civilian maintenance worker has been charged with setting fire to a US attack submarine, causing $400 million in damage, according to a complaint seen by AFP on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Obama defends his foreign policy ahead of Romney trip US President Barack Obama touted a track record of foreign policy success Monday and implicitly criticized the positions of his Republican rival Mitt Romney, who heads this week to Europe and the Middle East. ... more | .. |
 Gun culture thrives despite US massacre A girl aged five or six tries out a rifle in an Aurora gunshop, oblivious to Friday's massacre in this Colorado town. "Honey, it's too big for you, we will find you another," says her mother. ... more |
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  Security tightened after Iraq attacks kill 113 Security was tightened on Tuesday in Baghdad neighbourhoods engulfed by a wave of nationwide violence which saw 113 people killed and 250 wounded in Iraq's deadliest day in two and a half years. ... more | .. |
 European hybrid helicopter finishes US tour European helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter's super-fast new X3 model on Monday completed a promotional tour of the United States, the largest military and civilian market in the world. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea puts attack choppers near border: reports North Korea has recently deployed dozens of attack helicopters near its disputed sea border with South Korea, media reports said Tuesday, as both sides strengthen their military presence in the area. ... more | .. |
 Russia's ground forces to get Iskander-M systems The Iskander-M tactical missile system that surpasses similar foreign weapons should become the basis of Russia's ground forces, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a conference dedicated ... more |
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Low-carbon energy investment hit record $2.1 tn in 2024: report
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  Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program Begins Second Low Rate Initial Production Phase Boeing reports that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin Low Rate Initial Production 2 (LRIP 2) of 10 APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded contract for Continuing BACN Mission Support The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman two contract modifications totaling $156 million to continue operating and maintaining the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) system in suppo ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Delivers First B-1 Radar Modification Kit Northrop Grumman has delivered the first B-1 bomber radar prime mission equipment kit under a series of U.S. Air Force contracts worth a combined total of $161 million for the B-1's Radar Reliabilit ... more | .. |
 International F-35 Fleet Begins Build Up At Eglin AFB ZM135, a British F-35B and the first international Lockheed Martin Lightning II, takes off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 9:03 a.m. CDT en route for Eglin Air Force Base, Fl ... more |
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 US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan A US drone attack on Monday killed at least 10 militants in a restive northwestern Pakistani tribal area, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 12 die in Brunei helicopter crash Brunei has confirmed 12 military personnel died and two were injured when their helicopter crashed during a flight back to base. ... more | .. |
 Syria's Alawites 'prepare for last stand' There are growing signs that Syrian President Bashar Assad is setting up strongholds for his minority Alawite sect in their ancestral lands in northwestern Syria, where they will presumably dig in as the country Syria dissolves amid a 17-month-old revolution - or make a last stand. ... more | .. |
Civilian worker to be charged for US Navy sub fire A civilian maintenance worker has been arrested for setting fire to a US attack submarine, causing $400 million in damage, according to a complaint seen by AFP on Monday. ... more |
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