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  Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 The Air Force released a final Request for Proposal for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Services for the following payloads: National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-85, NROL-87, SILENTBARKER, Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO)-5, and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-44. The final RFP was released on Jan. 31 with proposals due back to the Air Force on April 16 in accordance with the solicitation instructions. The contracts for these launch service ... read more |
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NASA conducts 2nd RS-25 engine hot fire test of 2018Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Feb 02, 2018 NASA followed up the first RS-25 test of 2018 with a second hot fire of the Space Launch System (SLS) engine on Feb. 1 at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The full-duration, 365 ... more  
2018 in Space - Progress and PromiseMcLean VA (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 The space industry is going through an exciting period of innovation and growth. New technology such as high-throughput satellites (HTS) have transformed space architecture and fundamentally changed ... more  
Saudi says Yemen rebel ballistic missile shot downRiyadh (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 Saudi air defences intercepted a ballistic missile fired at the kingdom by Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels on Monday, state media reported. ... more  
Weapons in SpaceBethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 The issue of placing weapons in orbit about the Earth continues to be of increasing concern to the U.S. and other nations. Discussions of militarizing space have been ongoing since the first artific ... more |
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Russia deploying ballistic missiles to Baltic enclave: LithuaniaVilnius (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 Lithuania on Monday accused Russia of deploying nuclear-capable ballistic missiles to its Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic, as relations between Moscow and the West sink to post-Cold War lows. ... more 
Fears of nuclear arms race despite US, Russian pledgesWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 The United States and Russia are pledging to abide by a treaty limiting strategic nuclear weapons that took effect on Monday, but foreign leaders and experts fear a new arms race may be looming. ... more 
Top NK official to visit South for Olympics; US may seek meetingSeoul (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 North Korea's ceremonial head of state will visit the South this week and attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony as the divided peninsula witnesses a rare thaw after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme. ... more  
China orders microblog companies to ramp up censorshipBeijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 China Friday ordered the country's microblog operators to establish mechanisms to remove false information, in the latest move by authorities to tighten policing of the web. ... more  
Navy set to commission littoral combat ship USS OmahaWashington (UPI) Feb 3, 2018 The USS Omaha, the Navy's newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship, will be commissioned Saturday afternoon at the Broadway pier in San Diego. ... more |
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US-led coalition says 'adjusting' down forces in IraqWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 The US-led coalition said Monday it is "adjusting" its force levels in Iraq downward as it shifts away from combat operations against the Islamic State group. ... more  |
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Syria strikes kill 28 civilians in rebel area near DamascusArbin, Syria (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 Regime air strikes killed 28 civilians in a rebel enclave near Damascus on Monday as Syria's seven-year-old conflict raged on several fronts with non-combatants paying a heavy price. ... more  
Chinese man shot dead in southern PakistanKarachi (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 Unidentified gunmen on Monday fired multiple shots at two Chinese nationals, killing one of them in a targeted attack in an upmarket area of Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, police said. ... more  
American IS recruits struggle with inexperience, culture clashWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 US recruits to the Islamic State group struggle more than their European counterparts, lacking support networks and field experience and being assigned to menial jobs, a report on American jihadists said Monday. ... more 
After Korean thaw, UN chief pushes 'serious' talksUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that it was "absolutely essential" for key players to hold "serious" talks on North Korea's nuclear crisis to build on a thaw in relations between Pyongyang and Seoul. ... more
Boycott, marches and ping pong: two Koreas on the sporting stageSeoul (AFP) Feb 2, 2018 North Korea's participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is a marked contrast to its increasingly isolated diplomatic position, with new UN Security Council resolutions imposed on it only in December over its banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. ... 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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 McLean VA (SPX) Feb 06, 2018 
The technologies military organizations use in the field and at sea are only as effective as the communications infrastructure working in the background. As the Office of Naval Research (ONR) accelerates its development into innovative technologies for the transmission of mission-critical data, the need for state-of-the-art satellite connectivity increases.
This is where the powerful spot- ... 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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 Vergiate, Italy (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 
Shares in Italy's Leonardo, one of world's top ten defence companies, went into free fall Tuesday after the company presented a recovery plan that worried analysts said was too vague for comfort.
The group, formerly known as Finmeccanica, changed its name last year for a fresh start after getting embroiled in corruption scandals.
Leonardo, Europe's largest maker of military hardware afte ... 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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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 03, 2018 
Physicists have developed a technique based on optical microscopy that can be used to create images of atoms on the nanoscale. In particular, the new method allows the imaging of quantum dots in a semiconductor chip. Together with colleagues from the University of Bochum, scientists from the University of Basel's Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute reported the findings in ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 
The US-led coalition said Monday it is "adjusting" its force levels in Iraq downward as it shifts away from combat operations against the Islamic State group.
In a statement, it gave no specifics but made clear that the focus now will be on consolidating military gains made against IS after more than three years of fighting in Iraq and Syria.
"2018 will be a critical year in adjusting co ... more |
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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) Feb 1, 2018  Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that their countries should take trade ties to "a new level" as London scouts the globe for fresh partnerships after its contentious EU exit.
Hounded by Brexit rows at home, May is seeking to deepen trade relations with the world's second largest economy as Britain prepares to leave the European Union next year. ... more |
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 Cape Town (AFP) Feb 5, 2018  Officials in Cape Town appealed on Monday for residents to be vigilant against health risks caused by efforts to save or reuse water as the South African city's drought worsens.
The city is grappling with a listeriosis outbreak and a doubling of typhoid cases in the past year.
It has now urged residents to continue hand washing to maintain hygiene standards - despite water shortages. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 01, 2018 
China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, launched in June last year, is put into service for scientific research on Tuesday after finishing in-orbit tests.
It embodies a new phase of China's high-energy astronomy research, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and China National Space Administration.
The 2.5-tonne Hard X-ray ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 5, 2018  The daughter of missing Swedish publisher Gui Minhai who was snatched in China last month says she fears she may never see him again and has urged the international community to take action.
Gui was arrested on a train to Beijing just over two weeks ago while accompanied by two Swedish diplomats - the second time he has disappeared in murky circumstances into Chinese custody.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 
US recruits to the Islamic State group struggle more than their European counterparts, lacking support networks and field experience and being assigned to menial jobs, a report on American jihadists said Monday.
The study by the George Washington University Program on Extremism said that online social networks were more essential to Americans in reaching Syria and Iraq, as they often had lim ... 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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