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  Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Iraq's Kurds faced the threat of growing isolation Thursday after a massive "yes" vote for independence in a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international concern. Official results showed 92.73 percent of voters backed statehood in Monday's non-binding referendum, which Iraq's central government has rejected as illegal. Repercussions were swift, with airlines from Turkey as well as Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon saying they would halt flights to Iraqi Kurdistan this week until furthe ... read more |
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Iraq says defeats IS infiltration near RamadiRamadi, Iraq (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 Islamic State group fighters seized areas around Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on Wednesday in an apparent attempt at a diversion from offensives on its last Iraqi footholds but were swiftly defeated, security sources said. ... more  
UK warns Boeing over Bombardier trade rowLondon (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 Britain warned US aircraft giant Boeing on Wednesday that it risked government defence contracts worth billions with its challenge to Canadian rival Bombardier, which threatens thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland. ... more  
Japan opposition unites in election bid to topple AbeTokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Japan's main opposition Thursday decided not to run candidates in the upcoming election, effectively joining forces with a new party formed by popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike in a bid to topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ... more 
Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, SyriaIstanbul (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship that has troubled the West. ... more |
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Thousands flee huge 'sabotage' explosion at Ukraine arms depotKalynivka, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 One of Ukraine's largest arms depots caught fire and exploded in what prosecutors said Wednesday was a likely act of "sabotage" that forced the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. ... more 
US airstrike in Kabul causes casualties as Mattis, NATO chief visitKabul (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 An American airstrike on insurgents in Kabul Wednesday caused "several casualties" after a missile "malfunctioned", NATO said, overshadowing a high-profile visit by US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. ... more 
European Aviation satellite is ready for commercial serviceParis, France (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Inmarsat has confirmed that the European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit tests and is ready to support inflight internet services when the European Aviation Network (EAN) goes ... more  
Russia to destroy 'last chemical weapons', Putin saysMoscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that Russia was destroying its last chemical weapons, hailing the move as a "historic event" and accusing the United States of not following suit. ... more 
Israel receives F-35 aircraftWashington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017 Two Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters have landed at Israel's Nevatim Air Force Base, bringing the number of F-35s delivered to the country to seven. ... more 
Airbus opens first plane-completion centre in ChinaTianjin, China (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 Airbus on Wednesday inaugurated its first completion centre for large aircraft in China, a new asset for the European manufacturer in heated competition with American rival Boeing. ... more |
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 Babcock to supply South Korean submarine program under new contract  
Seagull and Elbit perform remotely operated anti-submarine warfare missionLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 Seagull, Elbit Systems' multi mission Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) system, demonstrated live, a remotely operated Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) mission. Via Satellite Communication (SATCOM), t ... more 
BAE unveils upgraded Nautus counter-mine systemWashington (UPI) Sep 14, 2017 A new version of BAE Systems' Nautus counter-mine system been unveiled at a defense and security exhibition in England. ... more 
Rolls-Royce plans fully autonomous long-range naval vesselWashington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017 Rolls-Royce has announced plans to develop an autonomous naval vessel with a range of more than 4,000 miles. ... more 
Lockheed Martin receives $27M contract for periscope detection radarsWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $27 million modification to an existing contract for the procurement of retrofitting kits for the 60 Automatic Radar Periscope Detect and Discrimination program. ... more |
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  Dallas TX (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target on Saturday in the first-ever MSE test from a remote launcher.
As part of a U.S. Army-led missile defense flight test at the Reagan Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the test demonstrated the expanded defended footprint available by depl ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017Lockheed Martin to replace USS Fitzgerald's SPY-1D AEGIS radar  Riyadh (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile  Washington (UPI) Sep 21, 2017Orbital ATK launches Patriot system target vehicle |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017 
The Irish Army has completed a series of live-fire exercises using the RBS 70 and RBS 70 NG man-portable surface-to-air missiles.
The exercises were recently conducted over a period of four days by soldiers and technicians from the Irish Army at Saab Bofors Test Center in Karlskoga, Sweden.
Soldiers fired 10 RBS 70 and RBS 70 NG missiles at aerial target drones and static surface ... more Tehran (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Iran tests new medium-range missile, defying US warnings  Washington DC (UPI) Sep 18, 2017Raytheon receives $31.5M contract for TOW missiles Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Turkey signs deal to buy Russian S-400 missile systems |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 
Fighter jets, drone deals and shared concerns over Afghanistan's security look set to dominate the agenda when US Defense Secretary James Mattis visits India this week.
Mattis is scheduled to arrive late Monday and is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new defence minister, in the first visit by a top US official since Donald Trump became president in January.
"The United S ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Wanted: Novel Approaches for Detecting and Stopping Small Unmanned Air Systems  Washington (UPI) Sep 21, 2017General Atomics wins $27 million contract for Grey Eagle drone support  Dubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Driverless hover-taxi makes first 'concept' flight in Dubai |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017 
The U.S. Army's Global Response Force composed of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division successfully conducted an airborne exercise using the En route Mission Command tactical networking system.
The system, mounted on C-17 cargo planes, provided plane-to-plane and plane-to-ground audio, video, and data communications to the 1st Brigade's commander and subordinate commander ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Spectra Airbus SlingShot Partnership Extension  Paris (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Airbus prepares the future European Governmental Satellite Communications programme  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Northrop awarded contract for support of Air Force communications system |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017  Two Ajax armored vehicles have been delivered by General Dynamics Land Systems-UK to the Army for government assurance testing.
The delivery was made at a company facility to an army headquarters unit, which conducted the acceptance for both the British Army and the Defense Equipment & Support organization.
Ajax is a tracked medium-weight armored vehicle in six variants. General ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2017African country orders Elbit defense electronic systems  Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2017In first, woman becomes US Marine Corps infantry officer  Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017Meggitt touts small arms training systems |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017  A manufacturing capability will be established in the United States by Saab if it wins a contract with the U.S. Air Force for advanced T-X trainer aircraft.
Saab, who is bidding with partner Boeing for the award, said it has already started the process to identify sites for the production facility.
"The Boeing and Saab T-X is designed and purpose-built for the USAF training missi ... more London (AFP) Sept 19, 2017Britain suspends Myanmar training; Britain, Saudi Arabia sign military deal  Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2017L3 Technologies acquires Doss Aviation  Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2017US Senate passes $700 bn defense spending bill |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 
Japan's main opposition Thursday decided not to run candidates in the upcoming election, effectively joining forces with a new party formed by popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike in a bid to topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The move capped a stunning few days on Japan's sleepy political scene that has seen the calling of a snap election, the creation of Koike's dynamic new "Party of Hope" a ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Chinese ships sail near disputed islands with Japan  New Delhi (AFP) Sept 25, 2017US defence chief in India to boost military ties Kalynivka, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Thousands flee huge 'sabotage' explosion at Ukraine arms depot |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
A research group consisting of scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Germany and Venezuela proved vulnerability of a two-dimensional semiconductor gallium selenide in air. This discovery will allow manufacturing superconducting nanoelectronics based on gallium selenide, which has never been previously achieved by any research team in the world.
The study was published in Semiconduc ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017A new kind of optical nanosensor uses torque for signal processing |
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 Ramadi, Iraq (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 
Islamic State group fighters seized areas around Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on Wednesday in an apparent attempt at a diversion from offensives on its last Iraqi footholds but were swiftly defeated, security sources said.
The jihadist infiltrators briefly occupied three areas near the city, which is the capital of mainly Sunni Arab Anbar province, long a bastion of insurgency, the sources said. ... more Baghdad (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Iraq since the US-led invasion  Baghdad (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Iraq hangs 42 prisoners on death row: ministry  Sharqat, Iraq (AFP) Sept 22, 2017Iraq forces oust IS from northern town in drive on Hawija |
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 Plesetsk (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2017 
The RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was test-launched from Russia's Plesetsk space center, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
"On September 20, a test launch of the solid-fuel mobile intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 Yars equipped with a multiple independently targeted reentry vehicle [MIRV] was conducted from Plesetsk space center by the Yoshkar-Ola m ... more New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2017US labels N. Korea 'war' claim absurd, as Pyongyang boosts defences  Pyongyang (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Chinese traders get down to business at Pyongyang trade show  Seoul (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Trump Twitter tirades deepen Asia alarm over conflict risk |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 25, 2017 
Japan said on Monday that it expects to raise more than $11.6 billion by selling off another chunk of the country's massive postal service.
The government will sell 914 million Japan Post shares at 1,322 yen apiece, it said in a regulatory filing, with the offering set to raise as much as 1.3 trillion yen ($11.6 billion) if domestic and foreign investors snap up an extra allotment of stock. ... more Washington Sept 22, 2017US says NAFTA helps Chinese goods reach American market  Shenyang, China (AFP) Sept 24, 2017China rust belt opens door wider to foreign investors  Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2017US commerce secretary in Beijing ahead of Trump trip |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2017  US President Donald Trump defended the government relief response to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico on Tuesday and promised to visit the island next week.
Trump also said that he would travel to the US Virgin Islands, another American territory in the Caribbean that was slammed by a pair of powerful storms.
"Both have been devastated, and I mean absolutely devastated," the president told ... more Mexico City (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Will a new Mexico arise from earthquake's rubble Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2017NASA Tech Aids Search Following Mexico Quake  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Rapid imaging of granular matter |
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Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017
China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020.
"The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, which opened Wednesday. "The payloads will be used to co ... more Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab  Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway'  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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 Taipei (AFP) Sept 25, 2017 
A music concert in Taiwan descended into chaos over the weekend when independence activists clashed with pro-China groups, with three people injured in the scuffles.
The incident comes amid heightened tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen took office in May last year, with Beijing cutting off all official communications.
The event ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Interpol meets in Beijing as China hunts for fugitives  Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2017China gives Tianjin ex-mayor 12 years for graft  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Universities battleground for latest row over Hong Kong freedoms |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017  President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that Russia was destroying its last chemical weapons, hailing the move as a "historic event" and accusing the United States of not following suit.
The world's global chemical weapons watchdog praised the step as a "major milestone", ridding Russia of one of the last vestiges of the Cold War.
"Today the last chemical ammunition from Russia's ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2017BTO Lays Foundation for a New Generation of Biotech Ventures  Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2017US strikes IS camp in Libya, killing 17: official  Beirut (AFP) Sept 20, 2017US-backed force says in 'final stages' of defeating IS in Raqa |
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 
A Lockheed Martin prototype laser weapon system proved that an advanced system of sensors, software and specialized optics can deliver decisive lethality against unmanned aerial vehicle threats.
In tests conducted with the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command in August, the 30-kilowatt class ATHENA (Advanced Test High Energy Asset) system brought down five 10.8' wingspan Outlaw un ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017DOD to invest $17M on laser weapons research in New Mexico  Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal |
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