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  Washington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a contract for development and sustainment of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $6.56 billion under an undefinitized modification to a previous award contract. The new modification, including built-in options, brings the cumulative value of the contract to more than $12.6 billion, and the contract is now set to run from January 2018 through December 2023. The new undefinitized ... read more |
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Tomahawk missiles to receive upgraded communications systemsWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Raytheon has received a contract for more than $12.2 million for upgraded radio and antenna work on the U.S. Navy's Tomahawk missile. ... more 
Raytheon to provide Griffin missiles to U.S. Air ForceWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a $105.2 million contract to provide AGM-176 Griffin missiles to the U.S. Air Force. ... more 
Lockheed Martin flight tests new short-range missileWashington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a controlled test flight of its short-range Miniature Hit-to-Kill, or MHTK, missile. ... more  
China in talks over military base in remote Afghanistan: officialsKabul (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 Worried about militants sneaking into a restive Chinese region from war-torn Afghanistan, Beijing is in talks with Kabul over the construction of a military base, Afghan officials say, as it seeks to shore up its fragile neighbour. ... more |
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Navy awards $7.25M to convert nuclear submarine into training vesselWashington (UPI) Feb 1, 2018 Oceaneering International has been awarded a contract for the conversion of a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine into a moored training ship. ... more  
Raytheon awarded $95M contract for Excalibur supportWashington (UPI) Jan 30, 2018 Raytheon Missiles Systems has been awarded a $95 million contract for engineering services on the 155mm Excalibur program. ... more 
Reconstructing an ancient lethal weaponSeattle WA (SPX) Feb 01, 2018 Archaeologists are a little like forensic investigators: They scour the remains of past societies, looking for clues in pottery, tools and bones about how people lived, and how they died. And just a ... more  
Russia launches 11 satellites 'without a glitch'Moscow (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 Russia on Thursday successfully launched 11 satellites from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in the third rocket liftoff from the new spaceport, the space agency said. ... more  
Tillerson lands in Latin America with swipes at China and VenezuelaMexico City (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 The United States' top diplomat kicked off his first major tour of Latin America on Thursday in Mexico, after setting out a vision for a free and prosperous Americas. ... more  
Putting everyday computer parts to space radiation testParis (ESA) Jan 30, 2018 ESA's next mission, the miniature GomX-4B, includes a piggyback experiment to test how well everyday commercial computer memories perform in the radiation-soaked environment of space. Ready to ... more  
CubeSats for hunting secrets in lunar darknessParis (ESA) Jan 25, 2018 Imagine sending a spacecraft the size of an airline cabin bag to the Moon - what would you have it do? ESA issued that challenge to European teams last year, and two winners have now been chosen. ... more |
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 2 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack from Iraq: report  
Syria strikes kill 20 civilians in north: monitorBeirut (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 At least 20 civilians were killed Thursday in Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held territory in the country's north, a war monitor said. ... more  
US ally Jordan cuts ties with NKoreaAmman (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 US ally Jordan has cut diplomatic ties with North Korea "in line with the policies of its allies", a government source said on Thursday. ... more  
China pushes 'Polar Silk Road' into ArcticBeijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 China is pushing its ambitious global trade infrastructure programme to the Arctic, outlining Friday its vision for a "Polar Silk Road" for ships as it seeks greater access to the strategically vital region. ... more  |
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Brexit prompts EU to move satellite site to SpainBrussels (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 The EU formally decided on Wednesday to move a satellite monitoring base from Britain to Spain after Brexit to "preserve security". ... more  
Deep Learning Pioneered for Real-Time Gravitational Wave DiscoveryUrbana IL (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Scientists at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have pioneered the use of GPU-accelerated deep learning for rapid ... more 
Sierra Nevada's STPSat-5 satellite completes ground compatibility testingSparks NV (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Sierra Nevada's Space Test Program Mission 5 (STPSat-5) satellite has moved another step closer to launch, successfully completing its Factory Compatibility Test (FCT) with NASA's Near-Earth Network ... more 
More than $17.5M awarded to Jacob Technology for servicesWashington (UPI) Jan 26, 2018 Jacobs Technology has been awarded a contract for engineering services in support of launch testing for the U.S. Navy and the British government. ... more  
ACTUV "Sea Hunter" Prototype Transitions to Office of Naval Research for Further DevelopmentWashington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2018 DARPA has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program and has officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, christened Sea ... more 
Russia casts doubt over evidence of Iran missiles to YemenUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Russia on Wednesday dismissed evidence presented by the United States and UN experts that Iran had supplied missiles to Yemen's Huthi rebels as inconclusive, signaling it would oppose a bid to slap sanctions on Tehran. ... more 
China urges Trump to drop 'Cold War mentality'Beijing (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Beijing criticised the "outdated Cold War mentality" of the United States Wednesday after President Donald Trump named China among threats to American values in his State of the Union address. ... more |
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 America's premier space wing completes SBIRS baseline constellation  
Airbus selected by ESA for EGNOS V3 programParis, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the prime contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next generation of the European Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) planned to pro ... more  
Decisive Analytics awarded $59M contract for missile defense cybersecurityWashington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a contract to Decisive Analytics Corporation for services in support of cybersecurity compliance and risk management support. ... more  
Wife of Taiwan activist jailed in China barred from visitingTaipei (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist who was jailed in China in a case which further strained relations was Tuesday barred from boarding a flight to visit him in prison. ... more 
German, Norwegian vessels join Truman strike group in NorfolkWashington (UPI) Jan 30, 2018 Naval vessels from Germany and Norway have arrived at the Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia to participate in coalition training exercises. ... more |
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Beijing criticised the "outdated Cold War mentality" of the United States Wednesday after President Donald Trump named China among threats to American values in his State of the Union address.
In recent weeks, US officials have laid the groundwork for a strategic pivot that envisions a world of renewed great power competition with the likes of Russia and China.
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 Richland WA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 
Materials scientists, led by a team at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, designed a tiny tube that rolls up and zips closed.
These hollow nanotubes are thousands of times smaller than a strand of human hair and could help with water filtration, tissue engineering and many other applications.
The tubes were inspired by protein structures called microtub ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 
Iraq's Police football club, owned by the country's interior ministry, was banned Wednesday from playing in Baghdad's main stadium following a brawl between police and stadium guards.
The confrontation broke out as guards tried to keep out an Al-Shorta - which means "police" in Arabic - club official who had opened fire on a rival team's bus on January 21, without causing casualties.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory was awarded a contract for submarine-launched Trident nuclear missile guidance systems.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $65.5 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, which is a modification on a previous contract award.
The agreement between Charles Stark ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 
British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Beijing next week, China said Thursday, as her country looks to bolster trade links ahead of its departure from the European Union.
The relationship between the two countries has grown in importance as London contemplates its economic future after it officially leaves the EU in March 2019.
May will be in China from January 31 to February 2 in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018 
Scientists have identified a new group of cells associated with the fight-or-flight response of mice. Researchers detailed their discovery of the so-called anxiety cells this week in the journal Neuron.
"We call these anxiety cells because they only fire when the animals are in places that are innately frightening to them," Rene Hen, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Irvi ... more |
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 Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 
A Dutch court sentenced an Islamic jihadist to six years in jail in his absence Tuesday for joining the ranks of the al-Nusra Front to fight in Iraq and Syria.
The trial of eight others, none of whom were present in the Rotterdam court, was postponed however, as the judge ruled it was unclear whether the men, who include a rapper and a former postman, were still alive and able to defend them ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018  Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the Surface Navy Laser Weapon System.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $150 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.
The contract taps Lockheed Martin's Aculight Corp. to develop, manufacture and deliver two test units in fiscal 2020 - one uni ... more |
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