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January 25, 2013

South Korean rocket launch set for Jan 30
Seoul (AFP) Jan 24, 2013
South Korea confirmed Thursday that it will make another bid on January 30 to put a satellite in orbit and join an elite club of global space powers that includes China, Japan and India. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said the much-anticipated launch - postponed twice last year - was scheduled to take place between 3:55pm and 7:30pm (0655 and 1030 GMT) next Wednesday. Preparations by South Korean and Russian experts for the mission were going "smoothly" at the Naro Space Cen ... read more

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AFRL Selects Surrey Satellite US to Evaluate Small Satellite Approach to GPS The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) to investigate cost reduction and augmentation of the current GPS constellation through the applicat ... more		US condemns N. Korea over nuclear test threat The United States on Thursday denounced North Korea for threatening a third nuclear test and imposed new sanctions, in an early showdown for President Barack Obama's second administration. ... more		North Korea defiant in face of US, China pressure North Korea kicked out at rival South Korea on Friday, even as China and the United States sought to pressure the isolated state into backing away from a threatened nuclear test. ... more
				Taiwan boat returns after Japan water cannon duel A boat with Taiwanese activists who had intended to land on disputed Japanese-controlled islands returned home Thursday after coastguard vessels from the two sides converged and duelled with water cannon. ... more		Former Iran lawmakers offer nuclear compromise Exiled former Iranian lawmakers on Thursday proposed a compromise to avert conflict over Tehran's nuclear program, calling for an end to sensitive uranium enrichment and an easing of US-led sanctions. ... more

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Lockheed Martin JLTV Undergoes Successful Design Review Lockheed Martin's family of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles successfully completed a top-to-bottom government design review in late December, well ahead of the first Engineering and Manufacturing Deve ... more		F-35C Completes First In-Flight Dual Refueling For the first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft refueled together with a Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules in the sky above Patuxent River, Md. recently. ... more		Astronauts on NASA's Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots - here's why NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech Bioactive compounds with industrial applications discovered in Andes bacteria		Lockheed Gets Apache M-TADS PNVS Performance Based Logistics Contract Lockheed Martin has received a $90.6 million Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the U.S. Army for sustainment of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision S ... more
				Marines Get Improved Precision Extended Range Munitions The United States Marine Corps awarded Raytheon a contract for the design, development and demonstration of a new production representative 120mm long-range, guided-mortar munition. Once fielded, th ... more		Raytheon, US Navy demonstrate new dual targeting capability for JSOW C-1 The U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated the dual targeting capability of Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1. Two recent tests during the program's integrated test phase prove the weapon can ... more

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Russian air force replacing transports The Russian air force is undertaking a decade-long program to replace its aging transports. ... more		US military opens door to women in ground combat Ushering in a new era for the US military, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday lifted a ban on women serving in ground combat, saying female troops had proven themselves in a decade of war. ... more		One-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source Concrete as a carbon store Emory researchers explore heart cell growth in space to advance treatments on Earth		Kerry vows to strengthen 'critical' China ties Senator John Kerry, on track to be America's next secretary of state, told US lawmakers on Thursday that he would work to boost ties with China, but warned of a "long slog" ahead. ... more
				US scholar urges dramatic rethink on Taiwan With Beijing growing in strength, a US scholar is calling for a major rethink on Taiwan in which the island would cut its troop numbers in half and rebrand its army as a self-defense force. ... more		China develops deep-sea submarine China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. has developed a new manned submersible capable of deep dives. ... more

Israel upgrades missile-killer Iron Dome

NATO Patriot missiles operational in Turkey at weekend

Protest in Ankara against Patriot missile deployment

Raytheon awarded contract for HARM upgrade

Short-range ballistic missile again fired in Syria: NATO

Iran develops new missile launcher

Sagetech, ING Robotic Aviation Demonstrate "Sense and Avoid" Capabilities of UAV's

Northrop Grumman, Cassidian Fly First Sensor-Equipped Euro Hawk

TerraLuma Selects Headwall's Micro Hyperspec for UAV Applications

Insights from the SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Users' Workshop

Boeing to Upgrade Combat Survivor Evader Locator Radios, Base Stations

NATO member orders Falcon III radios

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Charging forward: The impact of electrifying heavy-duty vehicles on the grid

Explained: Generative AI's environmental impact

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Former Chinese leader takes step back: reports		Russia's Chechen war drags on		Japan's Algeria survivors, dead arrive in Tokyo		China buys Russian bombers		Competition for hypersonic vehicles resumes
China unmanned car to 'help driver sleep': reports		New UN sanctions spark North Korean fury		UN sanctions unlikely to bring N. Korea to heel: analysts		Outside View: NATO RIP		First African forces moving to central Mali: French FM

N. Korea slams Kim Jong-Un plastic surgery reports

Iran proposes Cairo for P5+1 nuclear talks: report

Top Kashmir minister calls nuclear conflict warning 'daft'

US military to lift ban on women in combat

NATO Patriot missiles operational in Turkey at weekend

Taiwan 'not ruling out' culture pact with China: official

Dawn missile attack kills Syrian family: activists

Iraq suicide bomb at Shiite mosque kills 42

Afghan 'spy' killed over US drone strikes: officials

US charges East European cyber virus gang

FARC signal progress in peace talks

Child soldiers still recruited in Myanmar

Israel centrists gain, but Bibi squeaks in

Netanyahu's new govt to face pressure on peace, Iran

Prince Harry 'thrilled' to be back in Britain

Raytheon, USAF complete Small Diameter Bomb II fit check on F-35 aircraft

Britain to axe up to 5,300 army jobs

Japanese PM holds out olive branch to China

US support to French forces is free of charge: Pentagon

China woman held in morgue for three years: media

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