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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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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 
2 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack from Iraq: reportAnkara (AFP) Feb 1, 2018 Two Turkish soldiers were killed on Thursday in Turkey's southeast after a missile attack by Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, local media reported. ... more  
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 |
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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  |
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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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for 10 additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors for the U.S. Army.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $459.2 million under a modified fixed-price incentive-firm target contract for line item numbers.
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Feb 01, 2018 
Lockheed Martin's Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) missile successfully conducted a controlled flight test to demonstrate the interceptor's increased agility, and to validate the performance of its airframe and electronics - now common between MHTK's two configurations to drive affordability.
Friday's test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, was the first ever for MHTK's updated electron ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L-3 Link Simulation & Training an $8.2 million contract for retrofits on the Predator Mission Aircrew Training System simulators.
The new award, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to a previous contract, which is now valued at $120,753,92.
The modified contract is for 40 retrofit communications kits and simulator seats ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 
There is increasing interest in making broader use of the millimeter wave frequency band for communications on small mobile platforms where narrow antenna beams from small radiating apertures provide enhanced communication security. Today's millimeter wave systems, however, are not user friendly and are designed to be platform specific, lacking interoperability and are thus reserved for only the ... more |
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 Washington (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.
The deal, announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Defense, is valued at more than $17.5 million and modifies a previous award contract under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost contract.
Jacobs Technology is expected to provid ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 
Spain is planning to boost defence spending by 73 percent to 18 billion euros ($22 billion) by 2024, an announcement that sparked outrage among opposition MPs who say social services will suffer.
Speaking at a parliamentary defence commission on Wednesday, Defence Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal said the conservative government planned to increase the military budget to "around 1.53 perce ... more |
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 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.
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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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 29, 2018 
China has accomplished its first successful Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), with a 1.2-meter telescope laser ranging system.
Based on the signals of laser pulses reflected by the lunar retro-reflector planted by the U.S. manned mission Apollo 15, the applied astronomy group from the Yunnan Observatories measured the distance between the Apollo 15 retro-reflector and the Yunnan Observatories gro ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 
A Hong Kong pro-democracy candidate has been given last-minute clearance to stand for election after public anger at government meddling in vote nominations, as Beijing increases pressure on the city's activists.
The decision to approve the nomination of Edward Yiu on Monday, hours before the deadline, came two days after fellow pro-democracy candidate Agnes Chow, 21, was barred from standi ... 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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