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  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 26, 2018 Despite recent reports showing North Korea's initiative to dismantle its Sohae Satellite Launching Station, US intelligence sources have indicated that all efforts put forth could be reversed. Satellite imagery first published by outlet 38 North on Tuesday showed a rail-mounted processing building, where space launch vehicles are assembled, being dismantled, as its roof and supporting structures are partially removed. A large construction crane can also seen next to the structure. In a secon ... read more |
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NRL increases UAV endurance with Solar Soaring technologyWashington DC (SPX) Jul 26, 2018 Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing technology for unmanned aerial vehicles that has given them the ability to fly for more than 12 hours by harvesting energy from the a ... more 
N. Korea still making nuclear material: PompeoWashington (AFP) July 25, 2018 North Korea is still making nuclear material, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told lawmakers Wednesday, six weeks after President Donald Trump said the nuclear threat from Pyongyang was over. ... more  
Russia dismisses US Crimea declarationMoscow (AFP) July 26, 2018 Russia scoffed at a US declaration that said Washington would not accept Moscow's annexation of Crimea, suggesting the country's Ukraine policy could change in the future. ... more  
Research Teams Selected to Lower Barriers to Modern System-on-Chip Design AnnouncedSan Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2018 A once highly manual process, circuit design has been transformed by the advent of electronic design automation (EDA) tools and modular design methodologies. Despite continuing advances in automatio ... more |
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US, Hong Kong airlines bend to Chinese pressure on TaiwanBeijing (AFP) July 25, 2018 Beijing hailed "positive steps" as major US airlines and Hong Kong's flag carrier moved to comply Wednesday with its demand to list Taiwan as part of China, sparking anger on the island. ... more  
USS Harry S. Truman to return to Norfolk after three monthsWashington (UPI) Jul 20, 2018 Units from the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group will return to Norfolk, Va., on Saturday. ... more 
Lockheed awarded $450.7M contract for Saudi patrol shipsWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2018 Lockheed Martin out of Baltimore, MD. has received a $450.7 million modification to an existing contract for production of four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ships for the the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ... more 
Canada's Combat Ship Team investing in Type 26 frigateWashington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018 Canada's Combat Ship Team has given it's final submission for the Canadian Surface Combatant project to Irving Shipbuilding ifor the Type 26 Global Combat Ship. ... more  
Alsalam awarded $59.7M contract for Saudi F-15 upgradesWashington (UPI) Jul 25, 2018 Alsalam Aerospace Industries has received a $59.7 million contract for the upgrade of six Saudi F-15S aircraft to the newer F-15SA configuration. ... more |
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Two pilots killed in Vietnam military plane crashHanoi (AFP) July 26, 2018 Two pilots were killed in Vietnam Thursday when their training jet crashed into thick jungle in heavy rains, police told AFP from the central mountainous region where the accident occurred. ... more  |
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Arrests skyrocketed in China's Muslim far west in 2017Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2018 Arrests skyrocketed by more than 730 percent last year in China's far-western Xinjiang as the government ramped up a security crackdown in the traditionally Muslim region, activists said Wednesday. ... more 
Uproar as Pakistan election results delayed and Khan tipped for powerIslamabad (AFP) July 26, 2018 Pakistan was gripped by electoral chaos Thursday with the results from its pivotal general election delayed and major parties denouncing "blatant rigging", as former cricket champion Imran Khan appeared on course for victory. ... more 
Trump praises rapport with Kim, hails dismantling of N.Korea siteKansas City (AFP) July 24, 2018 Praising his "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed reports that Pyongyang has started dismantling a facility seen as a testing ground for intercontinental ballistic missiles. ... more 
Seoul considers reducing troops along N. Korea border zoneSeoul (AFP) July 24, 2018 South Korea is considering withdrawing some troops from its border zone with North Korea as a confidence-building measure after their landmark summit, the defence ministry said Tuesday. ... more 
Iran army warns of 'firm, strong response' to US threatsTehran (AFP) July 24, 2018 Iran's armed forces chief of staff on Tuesday warned the US of a robust reaction if it continued to threaten Iranian interests. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018 
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is to receive a $164 million contract modification for continued support of deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems.
The modification, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, increases the total value of the program $561 million to $725 million.
Under the new deal, Lockheed will continue to provide logistics, in the ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2018 
Russian intelligence officers have raided the offices of two missile development facilities of the Roscosmos Corporation in search of the person who leaked classified information on hypersonic missiles to Western intelligence agencies.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), a domestic intelligence agency, searched the premises of two Roscosmos facilities involved with the hypersonic miss ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018 
Insitu has received an $8.9 million order for spare parts and maintenance services for an existing contract for RQ-21A unmanned aerial vehicles.
Work on the contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Bingen, Wash., and is expected to be completed by March 2019. Marine Corps fiscal 2017 procurement funds in the amount of $8.9 million will be obligated a ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
The commercial space industry is experiencing a new era in satellite performance. Over the past few years, multiple commercial satellite operators have deployed and activated next-generation high-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations. These satellites are able to provide far more throughput than existing wideband satellites, with increases in throughput of up to 400 percent.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2018  Oshkosh Defense has received a $13.9 million contract with the U.S. Army for support services for the M-ATV family of vehicles.
Work locations and funding will be determined with each order. The contract is expected to conclude by July 2021.
The M-ATV - which stands for mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle - series of vehicles is designed to replace the ubiquito ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) July 23, 2018 
The European Union said Monday it has launched an anti-trust investigation into the planned purchase by French aerospace and defence group Thales of SIM manufacturer Gemalto.
The European Commission, the 28-nation EU's executive arm, said it wants to determine whether the merger will increase prices as well as reduce choice and innovation for customers of hardware security modules (HSM). ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 26, 2018 
A 26-year-old Chinese man set off a small explosive outside the US embassy in Beijing Thursday, sending smoke into the air and injuring his hand before security officials rushed to the scene and took him into custody, police said.
Chinese police said no one else was injured in the incident, which took place near the area where visa applicants typically line up to enter the embassy for interv ... more |
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 Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
The approach was developed by Daniel Packwood of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Taro Hitosugi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It involves connecting the chemical properties of molecules with the nanostructures that form as a result of their interaction.
A machine learning technique generates data that is then used to develop a diagram t ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) July 22, 2018  An Iraqi security agency has admitted holding hundreds of "terrorism" suspects for months, Human Rights Watch said Sunday while calling on authorities to inform the families of those held.
The National Security Service acknowledged it was holding male prisoners at a facility in east Mosul, the Iraqi city from which the Islamic State group was ousted last year.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018 
Boeing has proposed design options to the U.S. Air Force for design of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, a possible replacement for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
"We offered the Air Force cost and performance trades for a deterrent that will address emerging and future threats," Frank McCall, vice president for Boeing Strategic Deterrence Systems, said in a p ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) July 25, 2018 
Leaders of the BRICS emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - will gather in Johannesburg on Wednesday for a three-day meeting focused on the threat of a US-led global trade war.
US President Donald Trump's hardening stance has compounded fears of an all-out trade war after he slapped levies on goods from China worth tens of billions of dollars and imposed tarif ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018 
Behavioral experiments suggest dogs are prosocial and empathetic, and some dogs will help owners in distress.
To better understand how dogs relate and react to humans in distress, scientists observed the responses of dogs to different stimuli and scenarios. In one scenario, researchers had dog owners either make cries of distress or hum while sitting in a chair behind a transparent door ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 
China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 a.m. Monday.
The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer.
After entering orbit, the PRSS-1 is in good condition ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2018 
Students in Tibet have been banned from taking part in religious activities over the summer holidays, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
The ban will fall hard on Tibet's large Buddhist community, already under pressure as Chinese President Xi Jinping tightens controls over religious observance.
The school regulations apply to all "underage students" in Tibet, the state-run Global Tim ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 24, 2018 
Two Americans who were captured in Syria and are accused of supporting the Islamic State group have been transferred back to the United States.
The two detainees were picked up by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed ground force that has been fighting IS across parts of northern and eastern Syria.
"Two US citizens, charged in separate cases with federal violations, have been transf ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2018 
Raytheon has a received a $10 million contract to develop the US Army's High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstration program.
The program is part of the Army's Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 initiative designed to counter incoming aerial threats such as drones, cruise missiles, artillery rounds and rockets.
The system will mount a 100 kilowatt laser, making i ... more |
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