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  Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 Raytheon announced this week that the company has begun work on a contract from the U.S. Army to sustain and modernize missile defense for both military commands and government agencies. Raytheon said on Monday it would start work on the three-year service contract for system upgrades valued at $600 million that was first announced in June 2017. The work was held up by a protest bid, the company said. The Army systems set to receive services are the THAAD, the AN/TPY-2 radars, the Ground ... read more |
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North Korea's Kim met China's Xi on first foreign tripBeijing (AFP) March 28, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was treated to a lavish welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a secretive trip to Beijing as both sides seek to repair frayed ties ahead of landmark summits with Seoul and Washington. ... more 
Iran mocks Saudi threats but worries about destabilisationTehran (AFP) March 27, 2018 Iranian officials and analysts on Tuesday rejected claims of supplying weapons to Yemeni rebels and mocked Saudi warnings of retaliation for a weekend missile attack. ... more 
It's good to talk: N. Korea and China sit down at lastSeoul (AFP) March 28, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to China - his first overseas trip since inheriting power in 2011 - is the most tangible and dramatic step so far in a four-way diplomatic dance. ... more 
Chinese Korean war dead set to return homeSeoul (AFP) March 26, 2018 A Chinese officer saluted Monday as the remains of 20 former comrades were arrayed in a South Korean military facility ahead of their return home, decades after they died in the Korean War. ... more |
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SpaceDataHighway starts full Copernicus serviceMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 The Airbus-operated SpaceDataHighway has begun regularly relaying data from the Sentinel-2A satellite, after the successful end of the commissioning period. This marks the start of the SpaceDataHigh ... more  
Spacecom selects SSL to build AMOS-8 comsat with advanced capabilitiesTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Spacecom operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has chosen SSL to build its AMOS-8 advanced communications satellite. The satellite will deliver state-of-the-art broadcast, broadband and data service ... more  
Harris Corp. tapped to provide electronic warfare technology to KuwaitWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 The Harris Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for electronic countermeasures and onboard jamming systems. ... more  
Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group returns to 7th FleetWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 The U.S. Navy on Monday announced that the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group returned to the Navy's 7th Fleet area of responsibility for their scheduled deployment. ... more  
Arrest over suspicious packages sent to US military bases, CIAWashington (AFP) March 27, 2018 A 43-year-old man has been arrested after around a dozen packages containing potentially explosive material were posted to military and intelligence facilities around the US capital, the FBI said Tuesday. ... more |
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Argentines visit graves of loved ones killed in Falklands WarBuenos Aires (AFP) March 27, 2018 Relatives of 90 Argentine soldiers killed in the Falklands War of 1982 paid tribute to them at their graves for the first time Monday, after the previously nameless remains were identified last year. ... more  |
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Israel detains armed Palestinians from Gaza: armyJerusalem (AFP) March 27, 2018 Israeli soldiers on Tuesday detained three Palestinians who slipped across the border with the Gaza Strip in possession of knives and grenades, officials said, as tensions rise along the volatile frontier. ... more 
NATO to announce 'measures' over UK poisoning: statementBrussels (AFP) March 27, 2018 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will on Tuesday unveil "measures" in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain, the alliance said, as international pressure mounts on Moscow. ... more 
Saudis intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles in deadly escalationRiyadh (AFP) March 26, 2018 Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen. ... more  
74% of French people against weapons sales to Saudi: pollParis (AFP) March 26, 2018 Three out of four French people believe it is "unacceptable" to sell military weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to a poll published Monday. ... more  
Accelerating defendable space, multi-domain operations key to future readinessWashington DC (AFNS) Mar 26, 2018 Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee about the Air Force's fiscal year 2019 budget March 20, 2018, in Washington, D.C ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 26, 2018  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday strongly condemned missile attacks on Saudi Arabia from rebel-held territory in Yemen and said military escalation was not the solution to ending the three-year war.
Saudi forces on Sunday intercepted seven missiles fired by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels into Saudi Arabia, killing one person and wounding two others.
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 
Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air to air missiles, also known as AMRAAMs.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $523.1 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The agreement enables Raytheon to to provide AMRAAMs, along wit ... more |
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 Plano TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
The Antenna Systems Division (ASD) of Communications and Power Industries reports it has received multiple contract awards from Cubic Mission Solutions, a business division of Cubic Corporation.
Cubic Mission Solutions provide networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense, intelligence, security and com ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Tactical Communications Market size is set to exceed USD 30 billion by 2024; as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Global shipments are projected to witness more than 3% CAGR between 2017 and 2024.
The need for advanced systems having high-quality audio capabilities to replace the legacy systems in the military is anticipated to drive the tactical communications mark ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can block blast pressure and fragmentation at 5,000 feet per second from high explosive incendiary (HEI) rounds that detonate only 18 inches away.
"In short, we found that steel-CMF offers much more protection than all other exi ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Three out of four French people believe it is "unacceptable" to sell military weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to a poll published Monday.
The study by independent research group YouGov was commissioned by the anti-corporation lobby group SumOfUs to mark the third anniversary of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
Several NGOs including Amnesty International are seeking to r ... more |
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 Wake Island, United States (AFP) March 25, 2018 
Life on Wake Island seems, much of the time, rather sedate.
The blank "Flight Movement" board at this tiny airfield in the middle of the Pacific promises zero flights, and no movement.
But every day or so, a US military plane touches down to refuel or deliver cargo, bringing a burst of activity to one of the world's most remote places.
The miniscule coral atoll, which pops up unexpec ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 24, 2018 
Aliyah Khalaf Saleh had already lost a husband, a son and a nephew to the terror that engulfed northern Iraq in 2014.
But when a group of military cadets fled to her community near Tikrit to escape killers from the Islamic State group, she risked all to save them.
In June 2014, the jihadists slaughtered hundreds of mainly Shiite Muslim recruits from the nearby Speicher military base.
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 Riyadh (AFP) March 26, 2018  A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia on Monday threatened retaliation against arch-foe Iran, accusing the Shiite power of being behind a barrage of Yemeni rebel missile attacks on the kingdom.
Saudi forces said they intercepted seven missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation that coincided with the third anniversary of the coalition's intervention in Y ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) March 27, 2018 
Two of China's big state-owned banks said Tuesday their profits rebounded in 2017 after a pair of moribund years thanks to an accelerating domestic economy, and analysts expect further gains as a government credit clampdown favours big lenders.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest lender in terms of total assets, said full-year profit grew 2.8 percent to 28 ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A former justice of the US Supreme Court - guardian of the country's Constitution - appealed on Tuesday for the repeal of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
John Paul Stevens made the call in an op-ed in The New York Times three days after the "March for Our Lives," nationwide protests that were the largest in support of gun control for nearly two decades.
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement.
Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more |
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 Vatican City (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A Chinese bishop recognised by the Vatican has been arrested in his diocese just as Beijing and the Holy See are set to confirm a historic agreement on the appointment of bishops, a Vatican-linked website reported.
AsiaNews, run by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions - a missionary society recognised by the Vatican - wrote on Tuesday that Vincent Guo Xijin, bishop of the diocese ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A 43-year-old man has been arrested after around a dozen packages containing potentially explosive material were posted to military and intelligence facilities around the US capital, the FBI said Tuesday.
Thanh Cong Phan, who lives near the northwestern city of Seattle, was taken into custody after the FBI "determined that the packages contained potential destructive devices and appeared to ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 
The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.
The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator.)
The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kilowatts to test their ability to zap ... more |
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