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  Washington (AFP) April 25, 2018 US President Donald Trump and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called for a "new" deal with Iran Tuesday, looking beyond disagreements over a landmark nuclear accord that still hangs in the balance. Trump laid transatlantic divisions bare during a visit by the French president, pillorying a three-year old agreement designed to curb Iran's nuclear program. The US leader described the deal as "insane" and "ridiculous," despite European pleas for him not to walk away. Instead, Trump eyed a br ... read more |
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Nuclear radiation detecting device could lead to new homeland security toolChicago IL (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection that could provide a significantly less ... more 
North Korea nuclear test site part-collapsed: Chinese expertsBeijing (AFP) April 25, 2018 North Korea's underground nuclear test site has partially collapsed following a massive bomb blast last year, making it unusable, Chinese seismologists have concluded. ... more 
US Air Force tests missile in CaliforniaWashington (AFP) April 25, 2018 The US Air Force on Wednesday test launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, officials said. ... more 
N. Korea's Kim sees off train returning dead Chinese tourists: KCNASeoul (AFP) April 25, 2018 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally saw off a train repatriating the bodies of dozens of Chinese tourists who were killed in a bus accident as he issued a fresh apology to Beijing over the tragedy, state media reported Thursday. ... more |
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Macron: Meeting Dalai Lama would spark 'crisis' with ChinaWashington (AFP) April 25, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday rejected the prospect of meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying doing so without consulting Beijing first would trigger a "crisis" with China's government. ... more  
Raytheon to provide AMRAAM missiles for foreign military salesWashington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air-to-air missiles under foreign military sales. ... more  
Space smash: simulating when satellites collideParis (ESA) Apr 25, 2018 Satellites orbiting Earth are moving at many kilometres per second - so what happens when their paths cross? Satellite collisions are rare, and their consequences poorly understood, so a new project ... more  
NASA engineers dream big with small spacecraftPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2018 Many of NASA's most iconic spacecraft towered over the engineers who built them: think Voyagers 1 and 2, Cassini or Galileo - all large machines that could measure up to a school bus. But in t ... more  
China's Chang'e-4 relay satellite named "Queqiao"Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 25, 2018 The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe expected to land on the far side of the Moon later this year, has been named "Queqiao" - magpie bridge. The name was announced by the China Na ... more |
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Harris tapped for counter communication systemsWashington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 The Harris Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for counter communication systems. ... more  |
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Saudi Arabia claims killing of Yemen rebel leaderRiyadh (AFP) April 25, 2018 Saudi Arabia has confirmed it was behind the air strike that killed the number two leader of Yemen's Huthi rebels last week, with insurgents warning they would avenge his death. ... more 
Stadium in Syria's rebel-held Idlib hosts unlikley football gameIdlib, Syria (AFP) April 25, 2018 Battered by air strikes, the main stadium in the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib hosted a soccer friendly on Wednesday, re-opening after three years of closure. ... more 
Syria regime strikes kill 6 civilians in south Damascus: monitorBeirut (AFP) April 25, 2018 Syrian regime air strikes have killed six civilians in southern Damascus where government forces are fighting the Islamic State group, a war monitor said Wednesday. ... more 
Lack of oversight for Afghan donations: US watchdogWashington (AFP) April 25, 2018 Billions of dollars of reconstruction cash are flowing into Afghanistan with limited accounting of where and how the funds are being spent, a US government watchdog warned Wednesday. ... more 
At UN, Iran offers dialogue to end 'hegemonic illusions'United Nations, United States (AFP) April 24, 2018 Iran invited Gulf countries Tuesday to open talks on regional security, telling the United Nations it was time to move away from "hegemonic illusions" that have fueled devastating wars. ... more |
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 Washington 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.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $67.8 million under a competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort contract.
The contract enables to MacAulay-Brown Inc., out of Dayton, Ohi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air-to-air missiles under foreign military sales.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $12 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 23, 2018 
AeroVironment has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide hardware and parts for Switchblade miniature aerial missile systems.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $44.6 million, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from Army Contracting Command enables AeroVironment, out of Simi Valley, Calif., to provid ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
The Harris Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for counter communication systems.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $44.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The contract from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Superiority Syste ... more |
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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 (UPI) Apr 24, 2018 
BAE Systems this week applauded the Australian government's release of the Defense Industrial Capability Plan.
The plan, announced Monday, is billed as a critical tool for growing Australia's economy by recognizing the opportunity the defense industry can have on it's gross domestic product.
"Australia's defense industry plays a critical role in delivering the technology, innovat ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 25, 2018 
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday rejected the prospect of meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying doing so without consulting Beijing first would trigger a "crisis" with China's government.
Macron, speaking at a town hall with George Washington University students in the US capital at the tail end of his state visit, said he met in Paris with the "very inspiring" exiled Tibetan spir ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Cells and the machinery they encase are soft matter - shape-shifting multicomponent systems with an overwhelming richness of forms. But, these squishy packages are hard targets for potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications that exploit nanomaterials, from quantum dots that light up specific tissues to nanocages carrying drug payloads.
The problem, according to a team of 12 experts ... 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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 Dublin (AFP) April 24, 2018 
Ireland's government on Tuesday said it was signing a deal with Apple for the US tech giant to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in back taxes as ordered by the European Commission.
The formal signature is expected later on Tuesday and the money will go into an escrow account, a type of third-party account used in transactions, the finance ministry said in a statement.
The money is expe ... more |
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 Chernobyl, Ukraine (AFP) April 25, 2018 
Camera? Check. Sunglasses? Check. And a Geiger counter? Check. For a growing number of thrill-seekers visiting Chernobyl's radiation-contaminated lands the device is used to help navigate the site of what remains the world's worst nuclear accident.
The uninhabited exclusion zone, a 30-kilometre (19-mile) radius around the former nuclear power station, has seen a surge in tourists in the pas ... more |
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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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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 25, 2018 
A proposal to build a commuter town for Hongkongers in mainland China to solve a housing crisis was slammed Wednesday as ghettoising poorer residents and compromising the city's autonomy.
The MTR Corporation, which runs the city's railway network and acts as a property developer, has started talks with its state-run counterpart in China to explore areas in southern China that could be used ... more |
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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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