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  Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface. The U.S. Air Force uses many types of satellite communications to transmit data all around the globe. With the encryption of data, the U.S. Air Force denies prying eyes the ability to read critical information. However, desperate enemies often try a number of subterfuge methods to disrupt SATCOM. This i ... read more |
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Libya denuclearization model for N.Korea: BoltonWashington (AFP) April 29, 2018 Libya's decision to give up its nuclear program through diplomacy is a model for efforts to have North Korea do likewise, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said Sunday. ... more  
Saudi Arabia downs four Yemeni rebel missiles: coalitionRiyadh (AFP) April 28, 2018 Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted four ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-led coalition against the insurgents said, with a local official reporting one man had been killed in the attack. ... more  
Israel Defense Minister: Russia is "very pragmatic" actor in SyriaWashington (AFP) April 27, 2018 Israel is not concerned by Russia's military presence in neighboring Syria because Moscow is a "pragmatic actor" with whom deals can be struck, Israel's Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said during a visit to Washington on Friday. ... more 
N. Korea offers to shut nuclear test site in May, invite US expertsSeoul (AFP) April 29, 2018 North Korea has promised to shut its atomic test site within weeks and invite American weapons experts to verify its closure, Seoul reported Sunday, as new US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington had an "obligation" to pursue peace. ... more |
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Pentagon cancels $89.4M X-Plane UAV programWashington DC (Sputnik) Apr 30, 2018 The Pentagon's secret weapons maker has dustbinned its LightningStrike experimental drone project with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities. The Defense Advanced Research Projects ... more 
'Missiles' fired at Syrian regime military positions: state mediaDamascus (AFP) April 29, 2018 Some "enemy missiles" targeted the Syrian regime's military positions in the provinces of Hama and Aleppo late Sunday, the official SANA news agency reported, without identifying the attackers. ... more  
Ukraine offers to provide NATO with cargo aircraftKiev (AFP) April 27, 2018 Ukraine's state-run Antonov Airlines said Friday it is willing to provide more cargo planes to NATO after a Russian company said it would halt its contract with the transatlantic alliance at the end of the year. ... more  
AI helps soldiers learn many times faster in combatAdelphi MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 New technology allows U.S. Soldiers to learn 13 times faster than conventional methods and Army researchers said this may help save lives. At the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, scientists are ... more  
EU, US police cripple Islamic State media mouthpiecesThe Hague (AFP) April 27, 2018 EU and US police forces have crippled the main mouthpieces of the Islamic State jihadist group in a coordinated transatlantic takedown across several countries, the European police agency said Friday. ... more |
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 Pacific Ship Repair contracted for PSA on USS Ralph Johnson  
HII contracted for repairs, upgrades on USS Gerald R. FordWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 Huntington Ingalls was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for continued services on the USS Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class naval aircraft carrier. ... more  |
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Boeing tapped for Navy sensor upgradesWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2018 The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a contract for upgrades in support of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler. ... more 
Airbus and Dassault to team up on combat fighterBerlin (AFP) April 25, 2018 Airbus and Dassault Aviation announced Wednesday they intend to team up on the development of a French-German combat fighter, a project Paris and Berlin unveiled last year. ... more 
Grumman awarded $209M for Large Aircraft Infrared CountermeasuresWashington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a modification to a previous contract to provide the U.S. Air Force and foreign customers with Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure, or LAIRCM, equipment and support. ... more 
Harris awarded $14.9M for aircraft switch systemsWashington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 The U.S. Navy awarded Harris Corp. a $14.9 million contract to procure 144 fiber channel network switch systems for several aircraft. ... more 
Lockheed Martin wins F-35 software sustainment contractWashington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for flight test software on the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft. ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) April 28, 2018 
Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted four ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-led coalition against the insurgents said, with a local official reporting one man had been killed in the attack.
The missiles were headed towards the city of Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia, according to a coalition statement.
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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 27, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Atomics a contract for services in support of MQ-9 Reaper drones.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $26.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award.
The agreement between the Air Force's Life Cycle Management Center and General ... more |
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 Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface.
The U.S. Air Force uses many types of satellite communications to transmit data all around the globe. With the encryption of data, the U.S. Air Force denies prying eyes the ability to read critical in ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 
New technology allows U.S. Soldiers to learn 13 times faster than conventional methods and Army researchers said this may help save lives.
At the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, scientists are improving the rate of learning even with limited resources. It's possible to help Soldiers decipher hints of information faster and more quickly deploy solutions, such as recognizing threats like a ve ... 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 
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with John Bolton, the new national security advisor to President Donald Trump, at the Pentagon on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.
The breakfast meeting came amid US media reports that Mattis risks being isolated by Trump's more bellicose coterie of advisors, including Bolton, an Iraq War-era hawk who has advocated for military action in both Iran and North ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Nearly a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted that quantum mechanics can force a large number of particles to behave in concert as if they were only a single particle. The phenomenon is called Bose-Einstein condensation, and it took until 1995 to create the first such condensate of a gas of alkali atoms.
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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) April 26, 2018 
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday took his campaign for Iraq's May 12 elections to the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, seven months after its ill-fated independence referendum.
"Today we are all under the tent of Iraq, and whoever wants separation will be torn apart by hyenas," he said on arrival at the airport in Arbil where he was greeted by his Iraqi Kurdish counterpa ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) April 27, 2018 
The leader of nuclear-armed North Korea Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in said they were committed to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula after a historic summit Friday.
"South and North Korea confirmed the common goal of realising, through complete denuclearisation, a nuclear-free Korean peninsula," they said in a joint statement.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2018 
China warned the United States on Thursday against harming trade after a report that US authorities had opened an investigation into suspected violations of Iran sanctions by China's Huawei Technologies.
A US Justice Department probe would come on the back of subpoenas issued to the company by the US Commerce and Treasury Departments over sanctions-related issues, according to the Wall Stree ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) April 26, 2018 
One man died and 16 were injured in a toxic phenol leak at a chemical plant in the northwestern Czech city of Decin on Thursday, rescuers said.
"One man in serious condition, who was already resuscitated on the spot, died at an intensive care unit this afternoon," Ivo Chrastecky, spokesman for the Krajska zdravotni company running hospitals in the region, told AFP.
The injured, who inhal ... more |
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 Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 26, 2018 
China is planning four deep space exploration missions before 2030, including probes to Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, says Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
China would launch its first Mars probe in 2020, and it was expected to orbit around, land and put a rover on the Red Planet, Pei told a space confe ... more |
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 Moyu County, China (AFP) April 26, 2018  The civilian group descended on the village under government instructions to "win the people's hearts", but it also had a darker mission: identifying and punishing threats to the Chinese state.
Four months after the Communist Party sent the "work team" to Akeqie Kanle, a fifth of its adult population - over 100 people - had disappeared into detention and re-education centres.
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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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