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  Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017 The U.S. Air Force has announced that its new Space Operations Directorate begins initial operating capability this coming Monday. The 43-member staff of the directorate, or AF/A11, is composed of military, government and contractor personnel. Shawn Barnes has been named assistant deputy chief of staff for Space Operations, and Maj. Gen. Pamela Lincoln will serve as mobilization Assistant to the deputy chief of staff for Space Operations. AF/A11 is meant to be a strong advocate for space ... read more |
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China showcases weapon systems to possible foreign buyersWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 China this week presented its newest land-based weapons systems available for export to foreign military officers and procurement officials. ... more  
Could the X-37B Space Plane be Preparing for a Mission in SeptemberWashington (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017 The United States Air Force (USAF) is preparing their secretive X-37B space plane for its fifth mission in early September. As always, most of the X-37B's payload and mission is classified, but Spac ... more  
University of Florida, US Army develop model for lighter armorWashington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 "While various ceramic materials possess high hardness, they fail easily when pulled apart. That is, when subjected to tensile forces. The amount of tension that these materials can withstand before ... more 
Air Force, mission partners prepare satellite for August launchLos Angeles AFP CA (AFNS) Aug 21, 2017 The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Operationally Responsive Space Office completed a major program milestone after overseeing the successful delivery of their ORS-5 satellite from ... more |
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1st ASTS provides critical support for Minotaur launch at CapeVandenberg AFB CA (AFNS) Aug 21, 2017 The 1st Air and Space Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base will be assisting with the first ever Minotaur IV launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The 1st ASTS team coordinated t ... more  
DARPA assured autonomy seeks to guarantee safety of learning-enabled autonomous systemsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Building on recent breakthroughs in autonomous cyber systems and formal methods, DARPA has announced a new research program called Assured Autonomy that aims to advance the ways computing systems ca ... more 
Russia's Space Forces Assume Control Over New Military SatelliteMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017 A new Russian military satellite has reached its final orbit after a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan on Wednesday night. Russian Aerospace Forces assumed control over newest m ... more 
U.S. military to buy counter-drone radars from RADAWashington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017 RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. Of Israel this week announced an order from the U.S. military for its Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar systems. ... more  
Air Force successfully launches LRASM missile from B-1B LancerWashington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017 The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have conducted the first free-flight launch of a Long Range Anti-ship Missile from a B-1B Lancer bomber at Point Mugu, Calif. ... more 
Raytheon receives $104.9M contract for Griffin missilesWashington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017 Raytheon Missile Systems has received a $104.9 million contract for delivery of Griffin precision guided missiles and associated support, the Department of Defense announced on Thursday. ... more |
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 US creates separate unified cyber warfare command; National Guard activates cyber-security task force  
China opens its first 'cyber court'Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 China's first "cyber court" was launched on Friday to settle online disputes, as the legal system attempts to keep up with the explosion of mobile payment and e-commerce. ... more  
BAE bids for Australian ship building dealWashington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017 BAE Systems Australia has entered its bid to build nine anti-submarine warfare frigates for the Royal Australian Navy, the company announced on Thursday. ... more  
L3 receives contract for Kuwaiti KC-130J workWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 L3 Vertex Aerospace is being awarded an $8.9 million contract to provide Kuwait with maintenance and logistics on the KC-130J Hercules tanker aircraft, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday. ... more 
India clears $650 mn Boeing army chopper deal: defence sourcesNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 India approved a $650 million purchase of six attack choppers Thursday from US aviation giant Boeing, officials said, as it boosts its military might amid border tensions with China and Pakistan. ... more |
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  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 12, 2017  Japan deployed its Patriot missile defence system on Saturday after North Korea threatened to fire ballistic missiles over the country towards the US Pacific territory of Guam, local officials and reports said.
Regional tensions are mounting as Washington and Pyongyang ratchet up their war of words, with President Donald Trump warning Pyongyang would "truly regret" any hostile action against ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Jacobs Technology awarded $4.6B contract for missile defense services  Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017US successfully tests missile intercept system Seoul (AFP) July 29, 2017S. Korea speeds up US missile defence over North's missile test |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2017  North Korea's recent rapid progress in developing a long-range missile appears to have come after it refurbished rocket engines procured from a plant in the former Soviet Union, according to an expert report published Monday.
According to Michael Elleman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the missiles used in recent North Korean tests were based on the RD-250 engine once m ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017Air Force successfully launches LRASM missile from B-1B Lancer Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017Raytheon receives $104.9M contract for Griffin missiles  Kiev (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Ukraine to probe claim it supplied NKorea missile engine |
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Last week, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories flew a tethered balloon and an unmanned aerial system, colloquially known as a drone, together for the first time to get Arctic atmospheric temperatures with better location control than ever before. In addition to providing more precise data for weather and climate models, being able to effectively operate UASs in the Arctic is important fo ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017U.S. military to buy counter-drone radars from RADA Washington (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Could the X-37B Space Plane be Preparing for a Mission in September Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2017DJI announces pending fix for drones following Army ban |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017  The U.S. Army recently awarded Envistacom with a contract to provide communications and operations support to forces deployed in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The support contract, issued by the U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground, is for the U.S. Army's 2nd Theater Signal Brigade and 102nd Strategic Signal Battalion and the Enterprise Satellite Communications ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 201782nd Airborne tests in-flight communication system for paratroopers  McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017North Dakota UAS Training Center Depends on IGC Satellite Connectivity  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2017New SQUID-based detector opens up new fields of study with new level of sensitivity |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
"While various ceramic materials possess high hardness, they fail easily when pulled apart. That is, when subjected to tensile forces. The amount of tension that these materials can withstand before failure, is a small fraction of the compression they can withstand. As a result, high velocity impact of bullets and fragments causes extensive cracking and fragmentation of the material, reducing it ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017LOC Performance receives $49.1 million Bradley upgrade contract  Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017Lockheed wins Special Operations logistics contract  Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017SAIC to support Marine Combat Operations Center in $39M task order |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 
China this week presented its newest land-based weapons systems available for export to foreign military officers and procurement officials.
China Daily reports that the presentation held by the state-owned China North Industries Group Corp, or Norinco, was made at a firing range on Wednesday in Inner Mongolia.
About 230 officers from more than 50 countries - mostly military att ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2017Kratos receives $46.2 million contract for Saudi Arabian defense services  Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017DOD's acquisition, technology and logistics office to get a makeover London (AFP) Aug 2, 2017BAE plans defense hub in Australia; as group profits soar |
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 Srinagar, India (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas, officials said Wednesday, exacerbating tensions during a months-long standoff between the two armies.
Chinese troops threw stones at Indian soldiers near Pangong Lake, a major tourist attraction in the picturesque mountain region of Ladakh on Tuesday, an Indian defence official said.
He said Chinese so ... more Eniwa, Japan (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Japan, US conduct live-fire drill amid regional tension  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Top American general says attack on Japan same as on US  Washington (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Pentagon adjusts to life under unpredictable commander-in-chief |
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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 
To move a nanoparticle on the surface of a graphene sheet, you won't need a "nano-arm": by applying a temperature difference at the ends of the membrane, the nanocluster laying on it will drift from the hot region to the cold one. In addition, contrary to the laws ruling the world at the macroscale, the force acting on the particle - the so-called thermophoretic force - should not decrease as th ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 31, 2017New method promises easier nanoscale manufacturing  Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks  Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumption |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 20, 2017  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced early Sunday the start of a battle to retake Tal Afar, a key Northern Iraqi bastion of the Islamic State (IS) group and one of their last remaining strongholds in the region.
The announcement comes a month after the capture by Iraqi forces of second city Mosul further east in a major blow to the jihadists.
In a televised speech, Abadi, dress ... more Ankara (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Iran general slams Iraq referendum plan during Erdogan talks  Baghdad (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Iraq readies to retake another IS bastion: officials  Ottawa (AFP) Aug 9, 2017Canada to contribute policing to liberated Iraq city |
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 New York (AFP) Aug 16, 2017  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised North Korea's leader for backing off on plans to fire missiles toward the US Pacific territory of Guam.
"Kim Jong-Un of North Korea made a very wise and well reasoned decision. The alternative would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
Trump stunned the world last week by warning North Korea it faced "fire a ... more Seoul (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Joint exercises could send Korea tensions soaring again  United Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 16, 2017UN chief offers help in N.Korea diplomacy efforts  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Lockheed Martin receives contract for Trident II nuclear missile |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 
The United States on Friday formally launched a trade investigation into China's intellectual property practices and forced transfer of American technology, which President Donald Trump had called for this week.
"On Monday, President Trump instructed me to look into Chinese laws, policies, and practices which may be harming American intellectual property rights, innovation, or technology dev ... more Tokyo (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Warning from history: Could Japan-style crash hit China  Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2017China's debt on a 'dangerous trajectory': IMF  Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2017China warns of retaliation as Trump launches trade probe |
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 Tripoli (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
Libya is not "preventing" NGOs from carrying out migrant rescue operations off its coast, but has set up a coastal search and rescue zone to "organise" their work, its navy said Wednesday.
The navy last week ordered unauthorised foreign vessels to stay out of Libya's coastal zone, a measure it said targeted NGOs carrying out search and rescue missions for migrants headed towards Europe.
... more Freetown (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Mass burials begin for 400 Sierra Leone flood victims  Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017Urban flooding on the rise, as countryside dries up  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2017Hunter fells elephant that killed 15 in India |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 14, 2017 
Chinese scientists have become the first to realize quantum key distribution from a satellite to the ground, laying the foundation for building a hack-proof global quantum communication network.
The achievement based on experiments conducted with the world' s first quantum satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), was published in the authoritative academic journal Nature on T ... more Xi'an, China (XNA) Aug 14, 2017Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years  Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017China develops sea launches to boost space commerce Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2017 
Life may be stranger than fiction for an award-winning Chinese crime writer who has been arrested in connection with a quadruple-homicide that took place more than two decades ago.
For 22 years, police in eastern Zhejiang province tried to crack the cold case of how a family ended up dead in the guesthouse they ran.
They filled stacks upon stacks of notepads with possible suspects and le ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Hong Kong activists fear more jailings; As Beijing defends crackdown  London (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Outcry as UK publisher censors content for China  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Street joints and empires in noodle-crazed Hong Kong |
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 Barcelona (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 
As Spanish police on Friday hunted for the driver who rammed a van into pedestrians on an avenue crowded with tourists in Barcelona, world leaders have condemned the attack, expressing outrage and solidarity with the victims.
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The Spanish royal family issued an unusually strongly-worded statement: "They are assassins, criminals who won't terrorise us. All of Spain is Barcelona." ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Iraq seeks UN resolution to investigate IS  Moscow (AFP) July 17, 2017Kremlin says 'contradictory' reports on Baghdadi death  Beirut (AFP) Aug 13, 2017Commandos kill 25 jihadists in central Syria: monitor |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017 
It's been a "dynamic year" for Army space and missile defense, with a multi-domain task force being formed, a new nanosatellite set to launch soon, and more powerful laser weapons in the works, said Lt. Gen. James H. Dickinson.
Dickinson, commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Raytheon successfully fires high-energy laser from helicopter  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone  Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017Laser weapons edge toward use in US military |
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