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  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 Japan's defence ministry on Friday made its biggest-ever budget request, seeking better missile defence and bolstered air power amid ongoing threats from North Korea and China. The ministry wants 5.298 trillion yen ($47 billion) for the next fiscal year from April, the seventh straight annual increase and 2.1 percent more than last year. Among the items on the defence ministry's shopping list are two sets of US-made Aegis Ashore missile defence systems to defend the country against North Korea's ... read more |
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France's Macron proposes EU collective defence planHelsinki (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that Europe adopts a form of collective defence on Thursday as he strengthens calls for EU integration in the face of concerns over the United States' security commitments. ... more  
How an LWO and his team guided a Minotaur IV rocket out of the labyrinthCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 What does a rocket never before launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, unfavorable weather conditions and a launch pad with a dry spell of over 15 years have in common? A seven-man weather ... more  
Iran still abiding by nuclear deal terms: IAEAVienna (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 Iran is sticking to the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed Thursday, despite ongoing uncertainty over its future. ... more 
US accuses Iran of bad faith over sanctions lawsuitThe Hague (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 The United States on Wednesday accused Iran of bad faith for challenging Washington's renewed nuclear-linked sanctions against it at the UN's top court. ... more |
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Raytheon tapped for Sea Sparrow missile spare partsWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Ariz., has received a $25.1 million for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block I life-of-type-buy and assembly-level spares. ... more  
UK plans own satellite system after Galileo exclusionLondon (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 Britain will invest in the possible creation of its own satellite-navigation system, the UK government announced Wednesday, after being excluded from the EU's Galileo programme because of Brexit. ... more  
Senior Republican calls for reopening of Google probeWashington (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 A senior Republican senator on Thursday urged US regulators to reopen an antitrust investigation into Google, citing "important developments" since the review was closed in 2013. ... more 
Trump idea on regulating Google 'unfathomable'Washington (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 His attacks on Google drew headlines, but President Donald Trump would face an impossible task if his administration tried to regulate the leading internet search engine and its news results. ... more  
HII awarded $9.9M for planning on USS Boise overhaulWashington (UPI) Aug 30, 2018 Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract for planning for the engineered overhaul of the USS Boise. ... more |
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Air Force awards contract to M1 for T-38 maintenanceWashington (UPI) Aug 30, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $23.4 million contract modification to M1 Support Services for maintenance on T-38 training aircraft. ... more  |
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Air Force, Army conduct joint personnel, supply drop exerciseWashington (UPI) Aug 29, 2018 Airmen and soldiers strengthened their parachute drop skill sets last week in a joint mission known as Exercise Predictable Iron at Pope Field, N.C. ... more 
Boeing receives contract for F-15 Eagle targeting podsWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2018 Boeing has received a $208.3 million contract for F-15 Legion Pod infrared search-and-track pods. ... more  
China rebukes US lawmakers for Xinjiang sanctions callBeijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 China on Thursday sharply rebuked US lawmakers who called on President Donald Trump's administration to slap sanctions on Chinese officials involved in the internment of a Muslim minority in the country's far-west Xinjiang region. ... more 
Moscow blocks UN sanctions on Russian entities over NKorea banUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 Russia has blocked a US request that UN sanctions be slapped on two Russian shipping companies and six of their ships over oil shipments to North Korea, diplomatic sources said Wednesday. ... more 
S. Korea's Moon replaces defence chief in cabinet reshuffleSeoul (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday replaced his defence chief and four other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle after falling approval ratings in recent weeks. ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2018 
According to the Russian Defense Ministry's statement, the new missile interceptor has reliably confirmed its performance specifications and successfully accomplished the set task by destroying a simulated target with a required accuracy.
"An air and missile defense unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces has carried out another successful test of a new interceptor missile at the Sary Shagan ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 
Raytheon has received a $9.3 million order for certification and parts for Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles for the U.S. Navy.
The order, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, provides for the Tomahawk Block IV certification, an actuator control unit desiccant, and nitrile O-ring analysis.
Work will be performed in Walled Lake, Mich., Clearwater, Fla., Gainesville, Va ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded a contract for $123 million for the French 3rd/4th Systems MQ-9 Block 5 program.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2020. The program falls under a foreign military sale to France.
The MQ-9 SkyGuardian, also known as ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2018 
One of the US Defense Department's top research agencies has been testing a new communication network that one researcher described as "basically fiber optic communications without the fiber."
In early 2017, the DoD awarded the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) $45 million to develop a system of sensors and hardware that would enable soldiers to communicate even if the enem ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2018 
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency received its first order of precision-guided munitions acquired through a NATO program involving 11 members and partners.
The PGMs are manufactured in the United States and will be delivered to Belgium and Denmark in the next several weeks, NATO announced on Wednesday. The value of the initial order is $20 million.
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
A top Pentagon official cautioned India on Wednesday that there are no guarantees for a special waiver from US sanctions if it buys new weapons platforms from Russia.
Washington is alarmed at the prospect of India, an increasingly important US military ally and the world's top defense importer, buying new systems from Russia, including its S-400 long-range, surface-to-air missile system.
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2018  President Emmanuel Macron suffered a major political blow Tuesday as his popular environment minister resigned live on radio - without informing the French leader beforehand.
Nicolas Hulot, one of the most respected members of the cabinet among the French public, took even his interviewers by surprise on the France Inter radio station when announcing his move.
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick layers of graphene rolled up into different sizes and shapes, have found many uses in electronics and new touch screen devices. By nature, carbon nanotubes are typically black or a dark grey.
In their new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Aalto University researchers present a way to control t ... more |
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 Ramadi, Iraq (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people in Iraq on Wednesday in an attack that underscored the threat still posed by the Islamic State group despite a string of defeats.
The assailant blew up a vehicle at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Al-Qaim, one of the last towns in Iraq to be recaptured from IS, near the Syrian border.
Five members of the security forces were among 11 people kil ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Iran told the UN's top court Wednesday that "time is running out" for its people as they suffer economic turmoil that Tehran blames on renewed US sanctions.
Iran was making its closing arguments in a challenge to the sanctions at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
US President Donald Trump reimposed the sanctions after pulling out of a multilateral 2015 accord in May.
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 Shanghai (AFP) Aug 30, 2018  Chinese banking giant ICBC, the world's biggest bank by assets, posted solid profit growth for the first half of the year Thursday but warned that the US-China trade war could pose risks.
Net profit for Industrial & Commercial Bank of China climbed almost five percent to 160.4 billion yuan ($23.5 billion) between January and June compared to the same period last year, the bank said in a stat ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) Aug 30, 2018  EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Thursday said the bloc and its member states would seek to find "practical solutions" to ensure its migrant rescue operation continues to fight human trafficking in the Mediterranean.
Rome has asked the European Union to modify the rules of the Sophia mission - currently commanded by Italy - and rotate the ports where migrants rescued at sea ca ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program.
Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space.
Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more |
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 Edinburgh (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Chinese author Yan Lianke, whose works are banned in his heavily censored homeland, has urged world leaders not to shy away from confronting China about its human rights record.
Yan, who offers frank portrayals of Chinese life prompting years of state censorship, said leaders flocking to China have become too focused on economic ties.
The 60-year-old novelist told AFP that Beijing needs ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
An Iraqi judge on Wednesday cleared a German-Turkish woman of having ties to the Islamic State group, a judicial source said, more than a year after she was detained.
Hadya Abdel Qader had been held without charge since her arrest by Iraqi security forces in Mosul, in a part of the northern city held by IS.
The jihadist group was ousted from Mosul in July last year after a months-long ba ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 07, 2018 
The U.S. Army awarded Dynetics, Lockheed Martin and its partners a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program, a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system.
Laser weapons are ideally suited to address high volume, low cost threats because of their inexpensive cost per shot and deep magazine. Team Dyne ... more |
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