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  Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a study that explores the various rationales for international alliances, identifies potential barriers to maximizing partnerships, and delineates key lessons and observations, using the U.S.-Canadian space partnership as an example. The report, Alliance Rationales and Roadblocks: A U.S.-Canada Space Study, provides insight into the reasons the U.S. establishes security alliances. Typically, those reasons can be categ ... read more |
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'A lot of reasons for optimism' on N. Korea talks: MattisWashington (AFP) April 23, 2018 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday he saw reasons to be optimistic about talks with North Korea, after Pyongyang announced it was halting nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches. ... more 
Threat of nuclear weapons use growing, UN warnsGeneva (AFP) April 23, 2018 A top UN official sounded the alarm Monday over a new, looming arms race and warned that the risk that devastating nuclear weapons could be used was on the rise. ... more 
France's Macron at White House, Mount Vernon as state visit beginsWashington (AFP) April 23, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday kicked off a pomp-filled three-day state visit to the US at the White House - a test of whether his studied bonhomie with President Donald Trump can save the Iran nuclear deal and avoid a trans-Atlantic trade war. ... more 
Netanyahu turns up volume as Iran deadline nearsJerusalem (AFP) April 23, 2018 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a fresh call Monday for an overhaul of the Iran nuclear deal as US President Donald Trump's deadline for further Iranian concessions edged closer. ... more |
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Lockheed tapped for ship repair support on FitzgeraldWashington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2018 Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for continued repair service support on the USS Fitzgerald and to deliver five upgraded systems for ballistic missile defense. ... more 
Greece to lease French warships amid Aegean tensions with TurkeyAthens (AFP) April 20, 2018 Greece will this summer lease two state-of-the-art French warships, the defence ministry said Friday, as Athens seeks to bolster its defences in the Aegean Sea amid growing tensions with Turkey. ... more 
HII tapped for maintenance, upgrade services on USS Theodore RooseveltWashington (UPI) Apr 23, 2018 Huntington Ingalls has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for services on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. ... more 
Chinese carrier leads live fire drill in East China SeaBeijing (AFP) April 23, 2018 A flotilla of Chinese naval vessels held a "live combat drill" in the East China Sea, state media reported early Tuesday, the latest show of force by Beijing's burgeoning navy in disputed waters that have riled neighbours. ... more 
Raytheon wins contract for Barracuda counter-mine systemWashington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for Barracuda mine neutralized systems. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman to support Japan's E-2C HawkeyeWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for identifying friend or foe technology compatible with the E-2C Hawkeye. ... more  |
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Yemen rebels vow to avenge coalition killing of political headSanaa (AFP) April 23, 2018 Yemen's Huthi militias vowed Monday to avenge the killing of their top political leader in what they said was a Saudi-led coalition air strike, the highest-ranking rebel to die in the three-year conflict. ... more  
14 Saddam-era officials still jailed in IraqBaghdad (AFP) April 22, 2018 Fourteen officials from Saddam Hussein's regime are still in Iraq's prisons, 15 years after the late dictator was deposed by a US-led invasion in 2003, according to an AFP survey. ... more 
IS threatens Iraq polling stations ahead of voteBaghdad (AFP) April 23, 2018 The Islamic State group has threatened to attack Iraqi polling stations and voters during parliamentary elections next month. ... more 
Macron on Iran nuclear deal: There is no 'Plan B'Washington (AFP) April 22, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron, who is heading to Washington to urge his US counterpart to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that there is no "Plan B" if the accord is scrapped. ... more 
Trump: US has conceded 'nothing' to N.KoreaWashington (AFP) April 22, 2018 President Donald Trump asserted Sunday that North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" and a halt to testing while the United States had so far conceded "nothing" in return. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for services in support of the Air and Missile Defense Radar Program.
The deal, announced by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $136.5 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive, firm target contract, which is a modification of a previous contract.
The contract from Naval Sea Systems Command enables Rayt ... 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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 Richland WA (SPX) Apr 17, 2018 
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed and successfully tested a novel process - called Friction Stir Dovetailing - that joins thick plates of aluminum to steel. The new process will be used to make lighter-weight military vehicles that are more agile and fuel efficient.
The April 15 issue of Scripta Materialia describes the process in detail and the testing of ... 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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 Brussels (AFP) April 19, 2018 
With its futuristic curved roof, gleaming walls of glass and steel and host of eco-friendly features, NATO's new billion-euro Brussels headquarters is a world away from the drab, low-slung warren of offices reeking of Cold War intrigue that it replaces.
The alliance is almost halfway through its move into the new building, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expected to shift to his new ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
A current area of intense interest in nanotechnology is van der Waals heterostructures, which are assemblies of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) crystalline materials that display attractive conduction properties for use in advanced electronic devices.
A representative 2D semiconductor is graphene, which consists of a honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms that is just one atom thick. The d ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 23, 2018  The Islamic State group has threatened to attack Iraqi polling stations and voters during parliamentary elections next month.
In a message posted to the Telegram messaging app on Sunday, IS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir called on Sunni Iraqis to boycott the May 12 polls, the first since Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the jihadists in December.
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 Geneva (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.
Beatrice Fihn, who heads the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), hailed an upcoming summit between the United States and North Korean in what Washington hopes will ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 21, 2018 
World Bank shareholders approved a "historic" increase in the bank's lending capacity Saturday after the United States backed a reform package that curbs loans and charges more for higher income countries like China.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said neither China nor any middle income countries was happy about the prospect of paying more for loans, but they agreed because of the overal ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 23, 2018 
The United Arab Emirates and Iraq on Monday launched a joint effort to reconstruct Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its iconic leaning minaret, ravaged last year during battles to retake the city from jihadists.
During the ceremony at Baghdad's National Museum, UAE Culture Minister Noura al-Kaabi said her country would put forward $50.4 million (41.2 million euros) for the task.
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2018 
As part of the events that mark China's Space Day, the first China Aerospace Conference will be held in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on April 24, according to an official from China National Space Administration (CNSA).
More than 2,000 people have signed up for the conference, which will be attended by aerospace professionals from the government, state-owned and privat ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 23, 2018  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his "bitter sorrow" after dozens of Chinese tourists were killed when a bus they were travelling in plunged off a bridge.
Thirty-two Chinese tourists and four North Koreans perished in the accident south of the capital Pyongyang Sunday night, Chinese officials and state media said. Two other Chinese nationals were injured.
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 Tehran (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.
"Cooperation in intelligence between the four countries for common aims and anti-terrorism missions has been successful in restoring stability and security, and it should form the basis for future cooperation," Defenc ... 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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