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June 29, 2017
UAV NEWS
Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS



Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2017
Phase 1 of DARPA's Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program concluded recently following a series of obstacle-course flight tests in central Florida. Over four days, three teams of DARPA-supported researchers huddled under shade tents in the sweltering Florida sun, fine-tuning their sensor-laden quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the intervals between increasingly difficult runs. DARPA's FLA program is advancing technology to enable small unmanned quadcopters to fly autonomously thro ... read more

WATER WORLD
Seagull carried out an autonomous end-to-end unmanned Mine Counter Measure mission
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 29, 2017
Seagull, Elbit Systems' groundbreaking Multi-Mission USV, participated in the bi-national MCM trials for unmanned maritime systems that were organized by the Directorate General of Material Resource ... more
SUPERPOWERS
NATO says non-US 2017 defence spending to rise 4.3%
Brussels (AFP) June 28, 2017
European NATO allies and Canada will increase defence spending this year by 4.3 percent, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday, amid pressure from President Donald Trump to spend more. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
N. Korea conducts rocket engine test: report
Seoul (AFP) June 28, 2017
North Korea recently tested a small rocket engine, a monitoring group said Wednesday, after a US official had reportedly suggested the test could be a step to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Under US pressure, UN agrees on deep cuts to peacekeeping
United Nations, United States (AFP) June 29, 2017
A deal on cutting nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget was reached Wednesday following weeks of negotiations over US demands for sharp cost reductions, UN diplomats said. ... more
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SUPERPOWERS
US defence chief rebukes Putin for 'mischief'
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (AFP) June 28, 2017
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of making international "mischief" and said America's commitment to NATO remains unwavering. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Australia accused of spying on China: Chinese media
Beijing (AFP) June 29, 2017
A Chinese state-run newspaper accused Australia of spying on China and stealing its technology on Thursday, weeks after Beijing rejected allegations of interference in Australian politics. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Provocateur Ai Weiwei taunts US with activist piece
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2017
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is blunt. When he wanted to make a political statement about crackdowns on dissent, he brought portraits of 176 political prisoners to one of America's most infamous high-security federal prisons. ... more
MILTECH
BAE, Leonardo partner on precision-guided artillery ammunition
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017
BAE Systems and Leonardo are partnering to develop new precision-guided munitions for use with large-caliber ground and naval guns for U.S. and allied military forces. ... more
MILTECH
Switzerland orders Saab's anti-tank weapon
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017
The Swiss Federal Office for Defense Procurement has ordered Saab's next generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon system for the Swiss Army, the company announced on Wednesday. ... more
CYBER WARS
NATO says cyber attacks a call to arms
Brussels (AFP) June 28, 2017
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned the alliance must step up its defence against cyberattacks, saying they could potentially trigger their Article 5 mutual defence commitment. ... more


Taiwan offers cancer treatment to China dissident Liu

FLOATING STEEL
Huntington Ingalls awarded contract for Flight III destroyers
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017
Huntington Ingalls has received a modification to an existing contract to build the under-construction DDG 125, the eventual Jack H. Lucas, to the Flight III baseline standard. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Austal awarded $584.2 million for littoral combat ship construction
Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017
Austal USA is receiving a not-to-exceed Congressional cost-cap contract for $584.2 million for the construction of an Independence-class littoral combat ship and associated services. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Australia's aviation training ship sails to home port
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017
A Multi-role Aviation Training Vessel by Damen Shipyards has sailed to Australia on her maiden voyage for official handover to the Royal Australian Navy, the company announced on Tuesday. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
China launches first Type 055 destroyer
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017
China's People's Liberation Army Navy's first Type 055 guided missile destroyer has reportedly been launched from Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. ... more

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Test of US-Japanese missile interceptor fails
Washington (AFP) June 22, 2017
The US Navy and the Japanese ministry of defense have unsuccessfully attempted to intercept a ballistic missile in a test of a jointly built system off Hawaii, the US military said Wednesday. The two nations have been working together since 2006 to develop a variant of the Standard Missile-3, a ship-launched missile that operates as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Tue ... more
Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017
Boecore awarded contract for ballistic missile launch warning system
Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017
Lockheed receives PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile contract
Seoul (AFP) June 24, 2017
S. Koreans march to protest US missile defence system
SM-3 Block IIA missile fails intercept test
Washington (UPI) Jun 22, 2017
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Japan Ministry of Defense conducted a intercept test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA in the ocean off Hawaii. The launch ended in failure when the SM-3 missed its target, a medium-range ballistic missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. The launching ship, the USS John Paul Jones, successfully detected ... more
Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017
RAMSYS GmbH awarded RAM missile contract
Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017
IAI test fires new surface-to-surface missile
Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017
Raytheon, Kongsberg to bid for Navy missile contract


Supercam in the ARCTIC: Manned and Unmanned planes with ADS-B
Izhevsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 27, 2017
Unmanned Systems Group (Izhevsk, Russia) has successfully conducted joint flights of Supercam UAV together with manned aircrafts (both equipped with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system) in conjuction with FGUP "GosNIIAS" on a drifting ice base in the Arctic. Rapid deployment of an aerodrome and a base for scholars and tourists was a priority task. Possessing knowledge ... more
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017
Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system
Washington (UPI) Jun 22, 2017
Leonardo, Hensoldt awarded $323 million U.K. IFF contract
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2017
Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS
Harris Corp. awarded Special Forces radio contract
Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017
Harris Corp. RF Communications was awarded a $255 million maximum-ceiling contract for the Special Operations Forces Tactical Communications Next Generation Manpack, or STC NGMP, radio, the Department of Defense announced on Monday. The contract is in support of the Special Operations Commands Capital Equipment Replacement Program, which includes replacing legacy models of man portable ... more
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017
Airbus provides German troops with support communications at 15 sites worldwide
Singapore (SPX) May 30, 2017
Airbus further extends channel partner program for military satellite communications in Asia
Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017
Radio communications have surprising influence on Earth's near-space environment
Switzerland orders Saab's anti-tank weapon
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017
The Swiss Federal Office for Defense Procurement has ordered Saab's next generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon system for the Swiss Army, the company announced on Wednesday. The NLAW system is a shoulder-fired anti-tank missile system that attacks its target from above. It has an effective firing range of more than 2,600 feet. "The Swiss customer has conducted a detailed, competitive ... more
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017
First upgraded LAV-ATM anti-tank vehicles roll off line for Marines
Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017
Denmark contracts with General Dynamics for EAGLE armored ATVs
Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017
Four companies receive contracts for non-lethal weapons development
House Appropriations defense subcommittee bill could mean more ships, planes
Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017
The Fiscal 2018 defense spending bill approved Tuesday by the House Appropriations defense subcommittee would provide greater funding for shipbuilding, aircraft and weapons procurement than the Navy requested. The HAC-D subcommittee on Tuesday approved a $584.2 billion base discretionary defense spending bill and is advancing it to the full Appropriations committee. With Overseas Contin ... more
Riyadh (AFP) June 19, 2017
Weapons found after shots fired in oil field: Saudi
Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2017
Mattis, Dunford press Congress for increased, stable budgets
Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017
Senate narrowly defeats resolution blocking Saudi arms sale


Under US pressure, UN agrees on deep cuts to peacekeeping
United Nations, United States (AFP) June 29, 2017
A deal on cutting nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget was reached Wednesday following weeks of negotiations over US demands for sharp cost reductions, UN diplomats said. Under the deal reached by a General Assembly budget committee, the United Nations will spend $7.3 billion on peacekeeping in the coming year, down from the current $7.87 billion - roughly a seven percent cut ... more
Beijing (AFP) June 29, 2017
Australia accused of spying on China: Chinese media
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2017
Provocateur Ai Weiwei taunts US with activist piece
Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017
China protests alleged Indian border incursion
Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
A team of chemists led by Carnegie Mellon University's Rongchao Jin has for the first time conducted site-specific surgery on a nanoparticle. The procedure, which allows for the precise tailoring of nanoparticles, stands to advance the field of nanochemistry. The surgical technique developed by Qi Li, the study's lead author and a 3rd year graduate student in the Jin group, will allow rese ... more
Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology
Liverpool UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2017
Nanotechnology reveals hidden depths of bacterial 'machines'


Sniper's shot puts focus on Canada's Iraq role
Ottawa (AFP) June 27, 2017
Canada's supposed non-combat role in Iraq is being questioned after a special forces sniper took out an IS fighter in Iraq. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday would have none of it, saying Canadian troops training Kurdish fighters have orders to also fight in defense of coalition soldiers. "I can tell you that defending our allies in the coalition has been an integral part of o ... more
Chicago (AFP) June 27, 2017
US court halts deportations of Iraqi nationals
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 26, 2017
Iraq forces comb west Mosul after IS counter-attacks
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 25, 2017
Iraq forces push deep into devastated Old Mosul
N.Korea conducts rocket engine test: US official
Seoul (AFP) June 23, 2017
North Korea has tested a rocket engine that could be fitted to an intercontinental ballistic missile, a US official said, in an apparent provocation ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump and the leader of South Korea. President Moon Jae-In heads to Washington next week to meet Trump for the first time since taking office in May, as tensions soar on the Korean peninsula over Kim Jo ... more
Riga (AFP) June 27, 2017
Latvia fines banks for breaking North Korea sanctions
Seoul (AFP) June 27, 2017
N.Korea likens Trump to Hitler
Seoul (AFP) June 26, 2017
S. Korea's Moon heads to US as North threat grows


Best foot forward: Hong Kong's military-style youth groups
Hong Kong (AFP) June 27, 2017
Gruelling foot drills and camouflage uniforms are part of life for some Hong Kongers as military-style youth groups become increasingly popular, despite the fact there is no army to join. Some follow the traditions of former British colonial forces, while others are newly invented military-flavoured boot camps designed to keep young people in shape. But as the semi-autonomous city prepar ... more
Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017
China to meet growth targets, says Li
Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2017
China regulator inspects loans to major firms: Wanda
Washington (AFP) June 22, 2017
US aluminum makers point finger at China, call for tariffs
Ex-bosses to go on trial over Fukushima disaster
Tokyo (AFP) June 28, 2017
Three former executives at Fukushima's operator stand trial this week on the only criminal charges laid in the 2011 disaster, as thousands remain unable to return to homes near the shuttered nuclear plant. The hearing on Friday comes more than a year after ex-Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, 77, and former vice presidents Sakae Muto, 66, and Ichiro Takekuro, 71, we ... more
Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017
China lowers number of missing in landslide to 73
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Rising seas could result in 2 billion refugees by 2100
Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017
New landslide hits China disaster area


China to launch Long March-5 Y2 in early July
Beijing (XNA) Jun 27, 2017
China has set the window to launch its Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket between July 2 and 5, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. Carrying Shijian-18 communication satellite, the rocket was vertically transferred to the launch area at Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Monday. Shijian-18 will test ... more
Beijing (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017
With a Strong Partner Like Russia, Nothing Would Stop China's New Space Station
Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2017
China's cargo spacecraft completes second docking with space lab
Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017
China to launch four more probes before 2021
Hong Kong in Beijing's shadow 20 years after handover
Hong Kong (AFP) June 27, 2017
When Xi Jinping lands in Hong Kong on Thursday for the first time since becoming China's president, he will step into a deeply divided city uncertain of its future. The visit marks 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain and comes at a time when many fear the semi-autonomous city's freedoms are being lost to an ever more assertive Beijing. Protests are expected duri ... more
Shanghai (AFP) June 23, 2017
'Pee Park'? China tries to correct bad translations
Hong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2017
China's Xi visit to Hong Kong confirmed: report
Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2017
China court slashes jail term for debt-collector killer


Egyptian warplanes hit arms convoy from Libya: army
Cairo (AFP) June 27, 2017
Egyptian warplanes struck a convoy of 12 vehicles about to be driven across the border from Libya carrying weapons and ammunition, the military said on Tuesday. The military said in a statement that it had acted on "intelligence indicating a number of criminal elements had gathered to cross the border into Egypt using a number of four-wheel-drive vehicles". An official in the armed force ... more
Sanaa (AFP) June 28, 2017
Yemeni troops killed in suspected Qaeda attack: army
Prague (AFP) June 28, 2017
Czech law to allow civilians to shoot during terrorist attacks
Marawi, Philippines (AFP) June 25, 2017
Philippine military declares Eid truce in war-torn city
Raytheon successfully fires high-energy laser from helicopter
Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017
A high-energy laser system has been fired for the first time from a helicopter at a variety of targets from differing altitudes, air speeds and flight regimes. Raytheon announced Monday it conducted the flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office in collaboration with the U.S. Special Operations Command. All primary a ... more
Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017
Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone
Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017
Laser weapons edge toward use in US military
Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017
Researchers create Star Wars 'superlaser' in the lab
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