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  Tucson AZ (SPX) May 10, 2018 If we spent 60 years leaving every car that runs out of gas on the side of the highway to rust and crumble, as defunct machinery is wont to do, then our highways would look something like outer space does. Since the Soviet Union flung Sputnik I into low-Earth orbit in 1957, dozens of other countries have sent Earth-orbiting satellites into space with no way to retrieve them when they eventually, inevitably break down. And, of course, there are no police in space. Consequently, space is more ... read more |
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Radar reveals details of mountain collapse of North Korea nuclear test siteBerkeley CA (SPX) May 11, 2018 As North Korea's president pledges to "denuclearize" the Korean peninsula, an international team of scientists is publishing the most detailed view yet of the site of the country's latest and larges ... more 
US says Iran nuclear inspections must continueWashington (AFP) May 11, 2018 The White House wants intrusive inspections of Iran's nuclear sites to continue despite President Donald Trump's withdrawal from a landmark accord on Tehran's atomic program, US officials have told AFP. ... more 
Uber to Help NASA Streamline Air Traffic for Planes, Delivery Drones, Air TaxisWashington DC (Sputnik) May 09, 2018 Ride-sharing company Uber announced on Tuesday it signed an agreement with NASA to provide data support for the space agency's Urban Air Mobility (UAM) program, which would help to create an air tra ... more  
Visual homing for micro aerial vehicles using scene familiarityWashington DC (SPX) May 10, 2018 In a paper to be published in Unmanned Systems, a group of researchers have discovered that a navigation algorithm proposed by Baddeley et al. is able to allow MAVs to find their way back to an earl ... more |
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China's ZTE teeters as US ban hits operationsShanghai (AFP) May 10, 2018 Chinese telecom giant ZTE faces a grim future after ceasing major operations due to a US ban on American sales of critical technology to the company, raising the stakes in a trade spat between the world's two largest economies. ... more 
US charges former CIA agent with spying for ChinaWashington (AFP) May 9, 2018 The US Justice Department announced Tuesday it had indicted a former CIA operative for spying for China, in a case that could be tied to the dramatic collapse of the CIA's China network eight years ago. ... more 
Parsons awarded $164 million contract for intelligence support servicesWashington (UPI) May 9, 2018 Parsons Government Services has been awarded a contract by the Defense Intelligence Agency for support services. ... more  
'Projecting power': US carrier Truman assumes anti-IS Syria roleAboard Uss Harry S Truman (AFP) May 11, 2018 On the edge of a thunderstorm somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean, the US carrier Harry S. Truman rumbles as its fighters launch into the darkening sky. ... more 
Navy contracts Raytheon for Next Generation Jammer developmentWashington DC (UPI) May 04, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for additional services on the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band. ... more |
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 Littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati christened by Navy  
Navy contracts for RQ-21A Blackjack sustainmentWashington (UPI) May 8, 2018 Insitu Inc. has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for sustainment parts for the RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system. ... more  |
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Boeing tapped for Super Hornet variant supportWashington (UPI) May 9, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to Boeing for materials in support of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets aircraft. ... more 
Boeing to deliver support equipment for Poseidon aircraftWashington (UPI) May 8, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for ancillary equipment on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. ... more 
Bell Helicopter contracted for additional Fire Scout aircraftWashington (UPI) May 8, 2018 The U.S. Navy awarded Bell Helicopter a contract for multiple commercial airframes in support of the MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft. ... more  
Lasers in Space: Earth Mission Tests New TechnologyPasadena CA (JPL) May 09, 2018 Imagine standing on the roof of a building in Los Angeles and trying to point a laser so accurately that you could hit a particular building in San Diego, more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. ... more  
Satellite row tests UK's post-Brexit security plansLondon (AFP) May 10, 2018 Britain outlined its proposals Wednesday for close security cooperation with the EU after Brexit, but these risk being undermined by the bloc's refusal to share sensitive data on the Galileo satelli ... more |
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 Sacramento CA (SPX) May 08, 2018 
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., announced that in collaboration with The Boeing Company and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, its Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) Center Manifold for the Missile Defense Agency's Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) successfully completed hot fire altitude testing.
The RKV program is an integral part of the Ground-bas ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) May 8, 2018 
Iran's ballistic missile programme has poisoned relations between Tehran and Western powers for years but for the Islamic republic the issue is staunchly non-negotiable.
A recent report by London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) says Iran is developing a dozen ballistic missiles that can fly up to 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) and deliver a 450-1,200 kilo (990-2,640 po ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 8, 2018 
The U.S. Navy has contracted Rolls-Royce for turbofan engines for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft.
The deal announced by the Department of Defense is valued at more than $25.9 million under the terms of a firm-fixed price contract, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award.
The agreement between the Navy and Rolls-Royce enables the British comp ... 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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 Washington (UPI) May 8, 2018 
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for the HERCULES armored recovery vehicle.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $120.4 million, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award from 2017 worth more than $68.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract.
The modified contract from the U.S. Army Co ... 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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 Hanoi (AFP) May 9, 2018  Hanoi has demanded Beijing remove military equipment from contested islands in the South China Sea, saying reported missile installations are a "serious violation" of Vietnam's sovereignty.
The warning follows a report from US network CNBC last week that China had installed anti-ship and air-to-air defences on the Spratly Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam.
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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.
Although Bose-Einstein condensation has been observed ... more |
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 Basra, Iraq (AFP) May 8, 2018 
Not long ago they were battling against the Islamic State group - now members of Iraqi paramilitary units have swapped the bullets for ballots as they compete in upcoming elections.
Abdel Amir Najem was quick to sign up to fight when Iraq's top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani issued a call to arms back in 2014 to stop the rampaging jihadists.
The former security officer was one of t ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) May 9, 2018 
The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed Wednesday Iran is implementing "nuclear-related commitments" under its deal with world powers, a day after US President Donald Trump accused Tehran of lying about its nuclear ambitions.
"As of today, the IAEA can confirm that the nuclear-related commitments are being implemented by Iran," Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Age ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) May 8, 2018  German businesses should immediately halt their operations in Iran following President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, the US ambassador to Germany said Tuesday.
"As @realDonaldTrump said, US sanctions will target critical sectors of Iran's economy.
"German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately," tweeted newly-appointed R ... more |
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 Bogota (AFP) May 8, 2018 
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos installed a truth commission on Tuesday to shed light on crimes committed during the country's lengthy civil war, as agreed upon in a peace deal with the FARC guerrillas.
The commission will "help heal the wounds accumulated during more than 50 years of conflict," Santos said during a ceremony at the presidential offices.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018 
China is developing its first space rocket with a reusable first stage that could see its trial launch as early as 2020, SpaceNews reported, citing a senior Chinese rocket designer.
Long Lehao of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), revealed the new plans for the Long March 8 medium-lift launcher during a space industry conference in Harbin on April 24.
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 Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2018  A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped as a potential successor to President Xi Jinping was sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday, the latest senior cadre to fall in Xi's sweeping anti-corruption crusade.
Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, was found guilty of taking more than 170 million yuan ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 8, 2018 
A US appeals court on Monday blocked the government's plan to hand over to a third country an American citizen captured in Syria allegedly fighting for the Islamic State group.
In a two-to-one decision, a panel of judges at the US Court of Appeals in Washington left in place a lower court's injunction preventing the man, a dual US-Saudi national, from being turned over by the US military 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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