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  Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 Citing the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced that beginning in 2019 the Air Force is opening its space training to allies during her keynote speech at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. April 17, 2018. "It's time to build on years of collaboration to deepen our relationships with our allies and partners in space," Wilson said. "We will strengthen our alliances and attract new partners not just by sharing data from monitoring, but by traini ... read more |
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Lockheed awarded $928M for hypersonic strike weaponWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for the hypersonic conventional strike weapon. ... more  
Pentagon awards $67.8M contract for Ballistic Missile Defense SystemWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 MacAulay-Brown Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Missile Defense Agency for development and services to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System. ... more  
US, Russian nuclear shift as dangerous as NKorean threatGeneva (AFP) April 19, 2018 A recent shift in nuclear weapons policies in the United States and Russia, involving upgrades, modernisation and growing arsenals is as dangerous as North Korea's nuclear threat, campaigners warned Thursday. ... more 
European MPs urge US not to scrap Iran nuclear dealBerlin (AFP) April 19, 2018 About 500 lawmakers from Germany, France and Britain on Thursday urged the US Congress to support the Iran nuclear deal which President Donald Trump has threatened to abandon. ... more |
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US to drop curbs on drone tech to boost arms salesWashington (AFP) April 20, 2018 The United States dropped some restrictions Thursday on sales of its advanced drones in order to reinforce the armies of its allies and compete with China on the world arms market. ... more 
Dynetics to develop Gremlins UAV system for DARPAWashington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 Dynetics Inc. was awarded a contract for phase III of the Gremlins program, small unmanned aerial systems used for combat and non-combat roles. ... more  
Northrop to repair technology on Hawkeyes, Lockheed to upgrade C-130 aircraftWashington (UPI) Apr 17, 2018 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for repairs on multiple E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. ... more 
Russian aircraft provider stops doing business with NATOMoscow (AFP) April 18, 2018 Russian airline Volga-Dniepr announced Wednesday it will stop providing cargo planes to NATO at the end of the year, dealing a blow to the transatlantic alliance and France in particular which rely heavily on its aircraft. ... more  
Syria regime strikes and shelling target IS in DamascusDamascus (AFP) April 19, 2018 Syria regime air strikes and artillery fire pounded areas held by the Islamic State group in the south of Damascus on Thursday, official media and a war monitor said. ... more |
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Four Saudi officers killed in gun attackRiyadh (AFP) April 19, 2018 Four Saudi officers were shot dead and four others wounded Thursday when their checkpoint came under gunfire in southern Asir province, state media said citing the interior ministry. ... more  |
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Iran, Iraq, Syria, Russia hold 'anti-terrorism' meetTehran (AFP) April 19, 2018 Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia held a meeting in Baghdad on Thursday of military and security officials to coordinate "anti-terrorism" efforts, the Iranian defence ministry said. ... more  
Iraq says it carried out air raid against IS in SyriaBaghdad (AFP) April 19, 2018 The Iraqi air force on Thursday carried out a "deadly raid" against positions of the Islamic State group in neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said. ... more 
UN urges Colombia to make progress on peace before electionsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) April 19, 2018 Warning of new challenges to Colombia's peace deal, the UN envoy on Thursday urged the government to move quickly to integrate former rebels into civilian life as elections loom. ... more 
Trump voices hope Koreas can live 'together' in 'peace'Palm Beach, United States (AFP) April 18, 2018 US President Donald Trump voiced hope Wednesday that North and South Korea, technically still at war, can pave the way to a lasting peace at a series of upcoming summits. ... more 
S. Korea's Moon: a peace treaty 'must be pursued'Seoul (AFP) April 19, 2018 A peace treaty to formally end the Korean War "must be pursued", South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday, ahead of a summit with Kim Jong Un, leader of the nuclear-armed North. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army for Patriot defense systems and launch capabilities.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $200 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract awarded by the Army Contracting Command, out of Redstone Arsenal, Al., ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 18, 2018 
The States United has observed Russia and China operating hypersonic missiles, US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) commander Gen. John Hyten told reporters.
"We observed Russia and China operating hypersonic missiles," Hyten said on Tuesday. "We have observed both Russia and China testing hypersonic capabilities."
Earlier, Gen. John Hyten in his testimony before the US Senate Armed Servi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 20, 2018 
The United States dropped some restrictions Thursday on sales of its advanced drones in order to reinforce the armies of its allies and compete with China on the world arms market.
President Donald Trump's White House announced an update to its policy on arms transfers to promote US exports and jobs, and specifically to loosen the rules on selling unmanned warplanes.
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 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2018  A Russian carrier rocket with a military satellite blasted off early on Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed.
"The Proton-M heavy-lift rocket with a payload commissioned by the Defense Ministry was successfully launched from Baikonur," a spokesperson for the ministry told reporters.
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 16, 2018 
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion made an historic first with its experiment in a gas turbine combustor using X-rays. The data will help advance gas turbine engine designs for higher power density and efficiency, scientists said.
"This is the strongest X-ray source in the world," said Dr. Tonghun Lee, an associate professor in the Departmen ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The United States on Thursday approved a contract to sell Saudi Arabia 180 self-propelled artillery systems for $1.31 billion, in the latest stage of perhaps the world's biggest arms deal.
When US President Donald Trump visited Riyadh last year he boasted that the desert kingdom would spend $110 billion on US equipment and the howitzer contract is one more step towards that goal.
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 The Hague (AFP) April 19, 2018  NATO is not planning to boost its military presence in Baltic nations, which have called for extra protection from their Russian neighbour, the alliance's head Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.
"Currently we are not planning to increase our military presence in the region, but what we are planning is to strengthen our ability to reinforce if needed," Stoltenberg told reporters after talks with ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
Grow Monsters. Expandable water toys. Whatever you call them, they're plastic-like figurines that swell when placed in water.
New materials science research borrows from this concept; only instead of water, engineers discovered that tiny crystal lattices called "self-assembling molecular nanosheets" expand when exposed to light.
The advancement, described in the Proceedings of the Na ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 19, 2018 
The Iraqi air force on Thursday carried out a "deadly raid" against positions of the Islamic State group in neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said.
Abadi ordered the strike against the jihadists "because of the danger they pose to Iraqi territory," a statement said.
A video released by the air force showed two F-16 fighter jets in action.
"These raids demons ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 
In past negotiations aimed at reducing the arsenals of the world's nuclear superpowers, chiefly the U.S. and Russia, a major sticking point has been the verification process: How do you prove that real bombs and nuclear devices - not just replicas - have been destroyed, without revealing closely held secrets about the design of those weapons?
Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a cle ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 17, 2018 
China's central bank said Tuesday it would lower the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by one percentage point for most commercial banks, to free up funding for small firms.
The move to cut the amount of cash which most commercial and foreign banks must hold in reserve, to repay loans obtained via the central bank's medium-term lending facility, will take effect on April 25.
Official data ... more |
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 Dhaka (AFP) April 19, 2018 
The first rains of the year have flooded parts of the crowded Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, aid workers said Thursday, wreaking havoc and raising fears for nearly one million refugees ahead of the monsoon.
A brief but heavy downpour turned roads into quagmires in the world's largest refugee camp, hindering relief efforts and hinting at the danger ahead for the Rohingya who have sought refuge ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 17, 2018 
Talk about a trade war, as intra-solar-system transport of silk - one of the world's most popular commodities - could be made on the moon, and imported to earth.
Just because China's upcoming moon mission is unmanned doesn't mean it will be unoccupied, as - in an effort to test possible self-sustaining biospheres that could lead to larger projects - cohabitating flora and fauna will be tra ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) April 19, 2018 
Spanish authorities announced Thursday they have pressed charges against CaixaBank, the nation's third largest lender, for breaching money laundering laws by turning a blind eye to dubious transfers by Chinese companies.
The prosecutor tasked with investigating suspected money laundering by China's state-owned ICBC bank, which has a partnership with CaixaBank, said the Spanish bank suffered ... more |
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 Qamishli, Syria (AFP) April 18, 2018 
A Syrian-born German national accused of helping to plan the September 11, 2001 attacks has been detained by Kurdish forces in Syria, a senior Kurdish commander told AFP Wednesday.
"Mohammed Haydar Zammar has been arrested by Kurdish security forces in northern Syria and is now being interrogated," the top official said, without providing further details.
Zammar, who is in his mid-fifti ... 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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