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Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies Unveils New Unmanned Quad Rotor Vertical Take-Off and Landing SystemLas Vegas NV (SPX) Aug 09, 2012 Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies' new small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system gives warfighters, first responders and others in small, cluttered, urban environments an eye-in-the-sky in just minutes. The rugged, five-pound VTOL quad rotor, dual-sensor platform features an extended hover, perch and stare capability that provides military, civil and commercial customers with aerial reconnaissance in crowded areas unreachable by fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems. T ... read more |
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 Boeing Team Demonstrates Expanded Control of Unmanned Aircraft Swarm Boeing and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) have demonstrated that an operator on the ground, using only a laptop and a military radio, can command an unmanned aeria ... more | .. |
  Navantia use Paramarine Advance Marine Design Software in the development of naval ships and submarines Paramarine software, developed by QinetiQ GRC, is being used by Navantia to support the development of both new naval surface ships and submarines. It is specifically being used for stability calcul ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Performs First Ever Outdoor Flight Test Of Laser Powered UAS Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive have completed a series of flight tests of the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to further validate the performance of an innovative laser power system. These tes ... more | .. |
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  Outside View: Tehran's covetous plot Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei demands the closure of Camp Ashraf from the Iraqi government. The 1,200 men and women who still call Ashraf home would be dislodged at all costs, with violence if necessary. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a stooge of the clerical regime, is determined to do this unless the international community stands up. ... more | .. |
  Spain: ETA figure in arrested in France One of most-wanted members of the Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in southern France, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced this week. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka eyes Mi-17 helicopters Sri Lanka is conducting a feasibility study into the purchase of Mi-17 helicopters from Russia for use by the air force in its commercial venture. ... more | .. |
  China says Gu Kailai didn't contest murder charge The wife of a former Chinese leader at the centre of a scandal that has rocked the Communist party did not deny murder during her one-day trial, which ended Thursday with no verdict, the court said. ... more |
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  Taiwan, China sign investment pact as protesters rage China and Taiwan signed a landmark investment pact on Thursday as hundreds of protesters voiced their anger over the island's ever closer economic ties with its giant former foe. ... more | .. |
 Australia urges deeper US-China ties Australia said Thursday it was "optimistic" about the emergence of China as a world power but said strong and peaceful ties between Beijing and the United States would be key to regional stability. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong police body cameras spark fears In a first for Asia, Hong Kong police said Thursday they will trial the use of video cameras attached to their uniforms to film exchanges with the public, despite concerns from human rights groups. ... more | .. |
 Nagasaki marks bomb with nuclear-free Japan call The mayor of Nagasaki called Thursday for a Japan free of nuclear fears as the city marked the 67th anniversary of its World War II atomic bombing by the United States. ... more |
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  Australian fined over Iraq oil-for-food kickbacks The former managing director of an Australian wheat firm that paid sanctions-busting bribes to secure UN oil-for-food programme contracts in Iraq was fined Aus$100,000 (US$106,000) on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops: ISAF An Afghan soldier turned his weapon on NATO allies Thursday in the latest in a series of so-called green-on-blue attacks, the US-led International Security Assistance Force said. ... more | .. |
  British defense scientists make progress Technological innovations in the defense and security field aren't confined to the private sector as developments in Britain are proving. ... more | .. |
 China recognition needed in Asia-Pacific Peace in Asia-Pacific will come only when the United States and its allies recognize China as a "great power," former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said. ... 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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 New York police launch high-tech surveillance New York police on Wednesday launched what officials say is a revolutionary camera surveillance system that will simultaneously scan the streets and call up data on suspects. ... more | .. |
 Afghan civilian casualties down first time in 5 years: UN The number of Afghan civilian casualties has fallen for the first time in five years, dropping by 15 percent in the first half of 2012, the United Nations said Wednesday as a double suicide attack killed three US soldiers. ... more | .. |
Murder trial for wife of China's Bo Xilai opens One of China's highest-profile trials in decades opens on Thursday when the wife of the disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai appears in court charged with murdering a British businessman. ... more | .. |
  Over 2,000 Syrians including two generals flee to Turkey More than 2,000 Syrians, including two defecting generals, have fled to Turkey amid escalating clashes in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, the Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Iraq attacks on Shiites and lawyers kill 21 A car bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in Iraq and the shooting of a lawyer and his family left 21 people dead on Wednesday, after Al-Qaeda warned it would target lawyers and retake territory in a new campaign. ... more | .. |
 Yemen soldiers mutiny over restructuring: army source Hundreds of Yemeni soldiers have abandoned their posts in the south in protest at a decision by President Abrabuh Mansur Hadi to restructure the armed forces, a military source told AFP on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Egypt army declares success in Sinai crackdown Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi sacked his spy chief and two generals on Wednesday after a deadly ambush on soldiers prompted the military to launch unprecedented air strikes on militants in the Sinai. ... more | .. |
 Still raw wounds greet US medics in Iraq's Fallujah In an Iraqi city where US military offensives levelled entire neighbourhoods in 2004, a hospital has turned to American doctors to treat children with heart problems that residents blame on fallout from the fighting. ... more |
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Low-carbon energy investment hit record $2.1 tn in 2024: report
World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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 Former Blackwater fined $7.5 mn over US arms case The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million to avoid US prosecution for smuggling arms, the Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Rafael key to blocking Hezbollah missiles Amid a welter of reports about how Israel is upgrading its defenses to counter long-range Iranian missiles, military commanders say the gravest threat comes from closer to home: Hezbollah's reputed arsenal of 43,000 missiles and rockets. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Terror decline predictable? A report issued by the U.S. Department of State last week cites a sharp decline in the number of worldwide terrorist incidents from 11,641 in 2010 to 10,283 in 2011. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: North Korean domestic policy Undoubtedly, North Korea's new 20-something leader, Kim Jong Un, was thrilled by the Olympic weightlifting competition in which the country was represented by Om Yum Chol, 20. Om won a gold medal, setting a record by lifting three times his body weight. ... more |
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 Israel sells Hermes UAVs in Latin America While Brazil develops its capability for producing high-tech unmanned aircraft system, its long-term Israel partner Elbit has secured another multimillion-dollar contract to supply its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 drones to an unnamed Latin America country. ... more | .. |
 EU raps Lebanon on Syrian refugee move The European Union has urged Lebanon to honor its humanitarian commitments in the wake of its deportation of Syrian refugees back to their war-torn country. ... more | .. |
 India's first nuclear submarine set for trials India on Wednesday said its first home-built nuclear submarine was set for sea trials, as it detailed billion-dollar projects to arm its navy with warships, aircraft and modern weaponry. ... more | .. |
 Pussy Riot: Radical punks with message for Putin Young and educated, they campaign for the environment and volunteer at children's hospitals. But they also love performing punk music and use it to publicise their shared distaste for President Vladimir Putin. ... more |
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