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  London (AFP) May 21, 2018 Britain will boost the number of defence personnel working in the space sector by a fifth over five years to counter "intensifying threats", Defence Minister Gavin Williamson said on Monday. Williamson also confirmed that Britain was looking at "alternative systems" for satellite navigation following doubts about its role in the European Union's long-awaited Galileo project after Brexit. Launching the country's first defence space strategy, Williamson announced the Royal Air Force will take on r ... read more |
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Iraq cleric Sadr wants 'inclusive' coalition formed soonBaghdad (AFP) May 21, 2018 Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr called for an "inclusive" government to be formed quickly, as he sounded out the heads of key parliament factions over a coalition after his shock election win. ... more  
Israel builds 'missile net' on border to protect airportJerusalem (AFP) May 18, 2018 Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said Friday. ... more  
US trying to move forward after quitting Iran nuclear dealWashington (AFP) May 19, 2018 After leaving the Iran nuclear deal, Washington wants to move forward by offering to build a "coalition" to counter the multiple "threats" posed by the Tehran regime - but Europeans intent on saving the 2015 accord may thwart that effort. ... more 
Iran's Zarif says EU efforts to save nuke deal 'not sufficient'Tehran (AFP) May 20, 2018 Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that European efforts to save the nuclear deal after the exit of the United States were not sufficient. ... more |
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Chinese bank sells Trump dinner tickets for $150,000: reportBeijing (AFP) May 18, 2018 A Chinese bank has been offering its clients the chance to buy tickets to a dinner with US President Donald Trump for $150,000, Bloomberg News reported Friday. ... more 
Saudi says intercepts new missile fired from YemenRiyadh (AFP) May 21, 2018 Saudi air defences on Monday intercepted a ballistic missile over southern city Jizan fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said. ... more
Moqtada Sadr: fiery Iraq cleric who battled USBaghdad (AFP) May 19, 2018 Moqtada Sadr is the scion of an influential clerical family who raised a rebellion after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and has now reinvented himself as a reform champion to triumph at elections. ... more  
Russia May Help China Create International Cosmonauts Rehabilitation CenterMoscow (Sputnik) May 18, 2018 Russian scientific organizations are ready to assist China and its partners in creating an international rehabilitation center for cosmonauts, as well as other infrastructure needed for developing s ... more  
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes offSeattle WA (SPX) May 16, 2018 Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms or sniffing out gas leaks. These robots soar by fluttering tiny wings because they are too s ... more |
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 NASA Invites Media to SLS Industry Day  
Space Situational Awareness is Space Battle ManagementPeterson AFB CO (SPX) May 18, 2018 Space Situational Awareness has long been synonymous with detecting, tracking, and identifying all artificial objects in Earth orbit otherwise known as catalog maintenance. Today, space is more cong ... more  |
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RL10 engine to power ULA's new Vulcan Centaur Upper StageSacramento CA (SPX) May 14, 2018 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne's RL10 rocket engine to power the upper stage that will fly atop ULA's new Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. The selection came as part of a ... more  
Small Packages to Test Big Space Technology AdvancesWashington DC (SPX) May 18, 2018 This weekend, when the next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station lifts off from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, it will be carrying among its supplies and experiments ... more  
France freezes company assets over Syria chemical weaponsParis (AFP) May 18, 2018 France on Friday imposed a six-month asset freeze on several international companies allegedly linked to a chemical weapons programme in Syria, as ministers meeting in Paris vowed that governments that gas their own people would not go unpunished. ... more 
Nearly a year since fall of Iraq's Mosul, hunt for bodies goes onMosul, Iraq (AFP) May 21, 2018 Atop an enormous mound of rubble under blistering sun in Iraq's second city Mosul, fire crews and police chip away at a grim but vital task. ... more 
Sri Lanka warns of Tamil separatist resurgenceColombo (AFP) May 19, 2018 Sri Lanka's president Saturday warned that Tamil extremists were regrouping abroad to revive their demand to divide the island nation nine years after the end of its decades-long ethnic war. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for services in support of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system.
The Missile Defense Agency contract was announced on Tuesday by the Defense Department and enables Lockheed Martin to provide "materials necessary to support Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense 6.0 modeling and simulation."
The contract is valued at more than $12.8 milli ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 11, 2018 (UPI) May 11, 2018 
Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for rolling airframe missiles.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, for Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 guided missile round packs is valued at more than $242 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract for fiscal 2018 Navy and foreign military sales to Qatar, along with Egypt and T ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 18, 2018 
MIT engineers have designed a robotic glider that can skim along the water's surface, riding the wind like an albatross while also surfing the waves like a sailboat.
In regions of high wind, the robot is designed to stay aloft, much like its avian counterpart. Where there are calmer winds, the robot can dip a keel into the water to ride like a highly efficient sailboat instead.
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 Washington (UPI) May 18, 2018 
IAP Worldwide Services Inc. was awarded a contract for satellite systems.
The contract award from U.S. Army Contracting Command enables the company to provide "Satellite Baseband Systems satellite communications infrastructure" under a contract modification valued at more than $31.9 million, the Department of Defense announced on Thursday.
Satellite Baseband Systems satellite com ... 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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 Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2018 
A Chinese bank has been offering its clients the chance to buy tickets to a dinner with US President Donald Trump for $150,000, Bloomberg News reported Friday.
A Chinese-language invitation to the event seen by AFP, which did not include the hefty price tag, said the chair and finance chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) were "inviting you for dinner with President Trump" on M ... more |
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 Andalusia, Spain (SPX) May 21, 2018 
Half metal, half organic structure, like Robocop himself, is the material known as MOF, short for Metal Organic Framework. MOF has been developed by scientists and applied to a myriad of products from sorbents to batteries for electronic devices.
This material emerged from the nanotechnology revolution that turned material design upside down and facilitated the improvement of chemical proc ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 17, 2018  Khulud yearns to be swept away by a "prince charming", but like many young Iraqis in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul she worries she may never marry.
"I haven't found a husband or a job - my life consists of household chores," says the 24-year-old university graduate, who feels increasingly trapped in her parents' home.
"My older sister, who is 37, already has four children... I ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for Trident ballistic missiles.
The contract, from Strategic Systems Programs and announced by the Defense Department on Wednesday, enables Lockheed Martin for Trident II D5 ballistic missile production and deployed system support under a contract worth more than $40.7 million.
Under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fix ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 18, 2018 US and Chinese officials face a new round of tough trade talks on Friday as President Donald Trump discounted chances of a deal, but Beijing extended a potential olive branch.
Trump met with a Chinese delegation headed by Vice Premier Liu He on Thursday as talks aimed at easing frictions between the economic powers got underway.
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 20, 2018  Brazilian fishermen rescued two dozen migrants from Africa and Guyana found drifting near the northeast coast of Brazil after 35 days at sea, officials and local media said Sunday.
The migrants came from the small South American country of Guyana and from Nigeria and Senegal on the other side of the Atlantic, the human rights department for Brazil's state of Maranhao said in a statement.
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 Beijing (XNA) May 16, 2018 
Chinese volunteers have completed a one-year test living in a simulated space lab in Beijing, setting a new record for the longest stay in a self-contained cabin.
Four students, two males and two females, emerged from the Yuegong-1, or Lunar Palace 1, at Beihang University to the applause of academicians, researchers and fellow students Tuesday.
The total length of the test, which st ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 19, 2018 
The Chinese archaeologist credited with discovering the emblematic ancient Terracotta Warriors, Zhao Kangmin, has died aged 82, state media said.
Zhao was the first archaeologist to identify fragments of terracotta found by local farmers digging a well in 1974 as relics dating back to the Qin dynasty and the first to excavate the site.
The 8,000-man clay army, crafted around 250 BC for t ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 13, 2018 
Investigators on Sunday were probing the background of a 20-year-old Frenchman born in Chechnya who killed one man and wounded four other people during a stabbing spree in central Paris, for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
The Saturday night attack in a lively area of theatres and restaurants near the city's historic opera house was the latest in a series of apparent Is ... 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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