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  United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 The United States is in talks with China on slapping new UN sanctions on North Korea and could put forward a draft Security Council resolution soon, UN diplomats said Wednesday. The new measure is expected to target supplies of oil products to North Korea that are vital for military programs aimed at developing Pyongyang's nuclear strike capacity with advanced missile technology. The new sanctions would be in response to the November 28 test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that f ... read more |
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North Korean soldier defects to South via DMZ: SeoulSeoul (AFP) Dec 21, 2017 A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Thursday across the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's defence ministry said. ... more 
Halt execution of academic 'immediately', UN experts tell IranGeneva (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 Four UN rights experts on Wednesday called on Iran to "immediately" annul the death sentence against an academic accused of espionage during nuclear talks with world powers, warning his trial had been marred by violations. ... more  
Russia working on new vertical takeoff fighterMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 18, 2017 Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov has confirmed that work is underway on the design of a new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Military observer Vadim Saranov outlines what's ... more  
China plans remote sensing satellites over South China SeaSanya, China (XNA) Dec 18, 2017 China's southern island province of Hainan has unveiled a satellite launch plan to assist remote sensing coverage over the South China Sea. The Sanyan Institute of Remote Sensing said the miss ... more |
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India, China to hold talks on disputed borders: officialNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 India announced Wednesday it would host China for another round of talks on long-running border disputes, the first since they defused one of their worst deadlocks in decades. ... more  
Air Force Secretary unveils final DMSP satellite at SMCLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 With the help of Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, the Space and Missile Systems Center has unveiled the final Defense Meteorological Support Program satellite, DMSP-20, for display at the ... more  
DARPA's Software Defined Radio Hackfest Creates Solutions for Spectrum ChallengesMoffett Field, CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 The DARPA Bay Area Software Defined Radio (SDR) Hackfest came to a close on Friday, November 17 at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, CA. During the weeklong event, over 150 members o ... more  
Is Iran really arming Yemen's Huthi rebels?Tehran (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 As Huthi rebels in Yemen have fired ballistic missiles at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the US ratcheted up allegations that Iran is arming the fighters. ... more  
Boeing unveils entry in unmanned aerial tanker competition for the NavyWashington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017 Boeing has unveiled its MQ-25 unmanned aircraft system, which is designed to refuel U.S. Navy jets operating from aircraft carriers. ... more  
ArianeGroup to start production of the first Ariane 62Paris, France (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 With the successful conclusion of Maturity Gate 6.2, ArianeGroup and its industrial partners are moving into an important new phase in the development of Ariane 6, a flagship European Space Agency ( ... more |
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Raytheon tapped to support Cobra Dane radar systemWashington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017 The Department of Defense has awarded Raytheon a $25 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force's Cobra Dane radar system. ... more  
Chinese jets carry out multiple drills around TaiwanTaipei (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 Chinese jets conducted drills near Taiwan's airspace on Wednesday for the sixth time this month, as relations between the two rivals worsen. ... more  
Bath Iron Works to support Arleigh Burke-class destroyersWashington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 Bath Iron Works has been awarded a modified contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering and technical services for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. ... more 
USS Jacksonville reports for decommissioningWashington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 The U.S. Navy announced on Tuesday that its fast-attack submarine USS Jacksonville has arrived at a naval base in Washington for inactivation and decommissioning. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for the AEGIS weapon system by the U.S. Navy for new construction in support of Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $135.8 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.
The contract calls for new construction and integratio ... more Tokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Japan to beef up missile defence system against N. Korea  Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Pentagon works to 'understand' missile strike on Saudi  Riyadh (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Saudi says it intercepted Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 15, 2017 
Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a modified contract from the U.S. Navy for support services on the Rolling Airframe Missile Mark-31 Guided Missile Weapon System.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $22.5 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract, which is a cost-reimbursement contract that would ... moreTehran (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Is Iran really arming Yemen's Huthi rebels?  Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Iran supplied ballistic missile to Yemen rebels: US  Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Lockheed Martin successfully fired their new anti-ship missile |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017 
Insitu Inc. has been awarded a modified contract by the U.S. Navy for services to support the ScanEagle Unmanned Aviation System, an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $22.7 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, meaning that if the ... moreWashington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017Boeing unveils entry in unmanned aerial tanker competition for the Navy  The Hague (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Dutch police ground drone-fighting eagles  Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Jet-powered drone tested by BAE Systems |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 
With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2017Harris contracted by Army for radios for security force assistance brigades  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests  McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017 
Saab Defense reported an unidentified client has tapped the company's Swiss subsidiary to supply 155mm training artillery ammunition.
The order carries a value of about $14.4 million. Deliveries will take place over the next two years.
"The industry's nature is such that due to circumstances concerning the product and customer, further information about the customer will not be a ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017Leonardo banners sales of Linaps artillery aiming systems  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 19, 2017Scientists designed an instrument to identify unexploded artillery shells  Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017Oshkosh receives contract for motor vehicle parts for Marine Corps |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 
Raytheon has been awarded a modified contract for Patriot performance based logistics support for inventory management for the U.S. Army.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $28.7 million and modifies the terms of a $36.4 million contract from December 2016.
The deal also includes "the repair and replacement of 136 stock and parts assoc ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Department of Defense seeks to speed up acquisition process  Brussels (AFP) Dec 11, 2017EU launches defence pact with submarine drones  The Hague (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Dutch want arms dealer's extradition after S.Africa arrest |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 
India announced Wednesday it would host China for another round of talks on long-running border disputes, the first since they defused one of their worst deadlocks in decades.
The foreign ministry said China's special representative on borders would meet his counterpart in New Delhi on Friday for the 20th meeting on the unresolved "boundary question".
The regional giants have been arguin ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2017China dismisses 'hype' over S. China Sea military buildup  Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Trump sends mixed message with 'America First' security strategy  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 16, 2017Japan eyes $46bn defence budget to counter N. Korea: report |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
A team of University of Alberta engineers developed a new way to produce electrical power that can charge handheld devices or sensors that monitor anything from pipelines to medical implants.
The discovery sets a new world standard in devices called triboelectric nanogenerators by producing a high-density DC current - a vast improvement over low-quality AC currents produced by other resear ... more Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech  Boston MA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017New nanowires are just a few atoms thick  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films |
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 Geneva (AFP) Dec 15, 2017  The UN voiced deep concern Friday over the reported shelling and burning of homes in the Iraqi city of Tuz Khurmatu, warning of a "serious risk" that violence could escalate.
The United Nations rights office pointed to reports that residential areas of Tuz Khurmatu, in the Salahaddin governorate, had been shelled on December 9 and 12, "causing casualties among civilians."
"It is not clea ... more Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Iraq hangs 38 members of IS, Qaeda; 20 IS killed in southern Syria  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2017Iraq holds military parade to celebrate victory over IS  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2017Hashed al-Shaabi: controversial force on Iraq's front lines |
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 Seoul (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 
North Korea's sprint towards full-fledged nuclear statehood accelerated sharply in 2017, raising fears about a devastating atomic exchange to levels not seen since the Cold War.
An increasingly-belligerent Pyongyang - and volatile US rhetoric - dominated the world agenda and looks set to do the same next year as the international community struggles to contain the North's nuclear and missi ... more Bangkok (AFP) Dec 15, 2017US envoy says 'real dialogue' needed with N. Korea  Ottawa (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Canada, US to host N. Korea crisis talks in January  Washington (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Mattis emphasizes diplomacy in dealing with Iran |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 
President Xi Jinping stamped his authority over China's economy at a major meeting ending Wednesday, which called for "reasonable" credit expansion, increased imports and more open markets and efforts to curb noxious pollution.
The pledges were made under a new banner, "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialist Economy with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era", at the end of the annual Central Econo ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 20, 2017China's economic growth to slow next year, says state think tank  Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2017Britain, China speed up bid to link stock markets  Marseille (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Sweet victory: French candymakers win China legal war |
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 Miami (AFP) Dec 20, 2017  Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear.
It was also the year the world's second largest polluter, the United States, turned its back on the 196-nation Paris climate deal meant to limit global warming to under two degrees Celsius ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2017France takes in first refugees screened in Africa  Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Remote Hong Kong island holds nuclear emergency drills  San Juan (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Puerto Rico governor orders review of hurricane deaths |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017  Thousands of spectators filled a stadium in China to watch 10 suspects be sentenced to death for crimes ranging from drug-dealing to homicide before they were taken away to be executed at the weekend.
An online video of the rare public trial, held in southern Guangdong province on Saturday, showed the handcuffed suspects paraded around a track by uniformed police officers as onlookers watche ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Three men jailed over Hong Kong explosives plot  Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Bustling Beijing migrant area turns into ghost town  Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Chinese dissident's widow sends desperate letter |
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 London (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 
An incident at a US base in Britain on Monday which prompted American military personnel to open fire was not a terror attack, police said.
RAF Mildenhall is home to the US Air Force's 100th air refuelling wing and the base was briefly locked down after a car was driven into a checkpoint gate.
"Police investigating an incident at RAF Mildenhall can confirm that the incident is not being ... more Beirut (AFP) Dec 18, 2017The year the 'caliphate' collapsed  Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2017US forces kill eight in Somalia strike  Libreville (AFP) Dec 16, 2017Two Danish nationals wounded in Gabon knife attack |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development and production of a high power fiber laser. AFRL plans to test the laser on a tactical fighter jet by 2021.
The contract is part of AFRL's Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program, and is a major step forward in the maturation of protective airborne laser systems. ... more Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Lockheed Martin developing technology to intercept missile threats with Directed Energy  White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones |
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