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  Washington (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 The US military successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile Friday in a test of a new interceptor system, which is being co-developed with Japan and has been dogged by previous failures. Sailors aboard the USS John Finn successfully detected, tracked and targeted the rocket with an SM-3 Block IIA missile during a test off the west coast of Hawaii, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said in a statement. The successful operation comes after two failed intercept tests, in June 2017 and J ... read more |
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Microsoft to keep Pentagon bid amid ethics concernsWashington (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 Microsoft said Friday it is prepared to provide its technology to the US military, including for a massive cloud computing project, despite ethics concerns among some of its employees and others in Silicon Valley. ... more 
Macron rejects calls to halt Saudi arms sales over KhashoggiBratislava (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday brushed off pressure to halt lucrative arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying such calls were "pure demagoguery". ... more  
Two Koreas agree to withdraw some border guard postsSeoul (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 The two Koreas on Friday agreed to remove 11 guard posts along the heavily-fortified border next month with a goal to possibly remove all of them in the future, senior military officials said. ... more 
UN panel rejects Russian proposal on nuclear treatyUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 A UN General Assembly panel rejected Friday Russia's proposal to debate its resolution on preserving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) that the US plans to pull out of. ... more |
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Africa needs to beef up cyber security urgently: expertsAbidjan (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 Africa is being increasingly targeted by hackers and must invest in cyber security, industry leaders said at the third Africa Cyber Security Conference closing Friday in Ivory Coast. ... more  
Swedes seek answers after alleged Stockholm sub sightingStockholm (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 Swedish politicians were seeking answers Friday after reports emerged of a submarine sighting in Stockholm waters in June, which the military did not tell parliament's defence committee about. ... more 
L3, Northrop team to develop Next Generation Jammer for NavyWashington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 L3 Technologies and Northrop Grumman have won contracts totaling $71 million to test and fix the low radio frequency jamming system, or low pod, for the U.S. Navy. ... more  
Boeing awarded $132M contract for Super Hornet upgradeWashington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 Boeing has received a $132 million contract to procure and upgrade weapon replaceable assemblies on infrared search and tracking systems on U.S. Navy fighter jets. ... more
Belgian purchase of US jets 'against European interests': MacronBratislava (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday criticised Belgium's decision to buy US-made F-35 fighter jets instead of European planes, saying it "goes against European interests". ... more |
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Islamic Jihad announces immediate halt to Gaza rocket fire on IsraelGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Oct 27, 2018 Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced an immediate halt to rocket fire from Gaza into Israel on Saturday, saying Egypt had negotiated a ceasefire after the launching of dozens of missiles. ... more  |
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Israel defence minister picks new army chief of staffJerusalem (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday he has selected Aviv Kochavi, a former military intelligence head, as the army's new chief of staff. ... more 
President suspends parliament as Sri Lanka crisis worsensColombo (AFP) Oct 27, 2018 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena suspended parliament Saturday to forestall a challenge against his surprise ouster of the prime minister, deepening a sudden swell of political turmoil in the island nation. ... more  
ULA contracted by Air Force for Delta IV rocket launchWashington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 United Launch Services, a part of the United Launch Alliance, has received an award for $152.4 million to provide heavy launch services for the U.S. Air Force. ... more 
Arms sales vs taking a stand: the West's Saudi dilemmaParis (AFP) Oct 25, 2018 Across the West, governments face a difficult balancing act after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi: pressuring Saudi Arabia over an appalling killing, while preserving their own economic and military interests. ... more 
Moscow wants UN resolution to preserve nuclear arms treatyUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 The US pushed back Thursday against a Russian draft resolution to the UN General Assembly that proposed to preserve the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) that the US plans to pull out of, according to diplomatic sources. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 
Northrop Grumman has received a contract to provide common integrated bridge and navigation systems, or IBNS, for the U.S. Navy's New Construction Ship Program and Midlife Modernization Program.
The $18 million firm-fixed-price contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, calls on Northrop to produce base hardware for IBNS systems for both new DDG-51 vessels and upgrades ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2018 
Raytheon-produced surface-to-air missiles beat back two aerial threats at sea during a testing exercise by the Republic of Korea's navy.
South Korea's navy fired three SM-2 Block IIIB missiles to destroy simulated aerial threats, Raytheon announced on Wednesday. South Korea also successfully tested advanced semi-active radar seeker technology in two Block IIIA missiles
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems received a $193 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to perform logistics services on the Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system, or drone.
Work on the contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be finished in April 2019.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 
United Launch Services, a part of the United Launch Alliance, has received an award for $152.4 million to provide heavy launch services for the U.S. Air Force.
Under the terms of the firm-fixed-price contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, ULA will support the National Reconnaissance Office Launch Mission One launch of the Delta IV rocket.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2018 
General Dynamics Land Systems won an award to provide various electronic components for the M1 Abrams tank by the Defense Logistics Agency.
The $26 million firm-fixed-price delivery order deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is against a five-year contract.
This latest contract is part of a plan by the Defense Department to modernize the M1A1 Abrams tanks.
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 Madrid (AFP) Oct 24, 2018 
Spain's Socialist prime minister defended Wednesday arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia despite an outcry over the murder of a Saudi journalist, saying it was in the country's "interests" to keep selling military hardware to the kingdom.
"If you ask me where I stand today, it is in the defence of the interests of Spain, of jobs in strategic sectors in areas badly affected by the drama that is un ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2018 
Japan's Shinzo Abe is due to arrive in China Thursday, the first visit to the Asian giant by a Japanese prime minister since relations between the two countries soured six years ago over a territorial row.
Abe and Chinese president Xi Jinping are expected to discuss how to improve economic cooperation as the world's second and third largest economies prepare to weather a US onslaught of trad ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 
Gyroscopes are devices that help vehicles, drones, and wearable and handheld electronic devices know their orientation in three-dimensional space. They are commonplace in just about every bit of technology we rely on every day. Originally, gyroscopes were sets of nested wheels, each spinning on a different axis.
But open up a cell phone today, and you will find a microelectromechanical sen ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 25, 2018 
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to bring to France 100 Yazidi women who were victims of assault by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq beginning in 2014, his office said Thursday.
Macron's offer came after a meeting in Paris with Nadia Murad, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this month for her campaign to end sexual violence as a weapon of war.
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2018 
A North Korean official urged the United States on Thursday to immediately lift sanctions against his country, warning that the country's "confidence-destroying measures" would undermine denuclearisation talks.
The US has insisted on maintaining stringent international sanctions on North Korea until it gives up its nuclear weapons, even as the two countries' leaders are expected to hold a se ... more |
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 Zurich (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 
Swiss luxury goods group Richemont announced Friday a partnership with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to develop platforms in China for high-end products.
Under the deal, Richemont's online unit Yoox-net-a-porter and Alibaba will set up a joint venture with two mobile phone applications - Net-a-Porter and Mr Porter - to serve the Chinese market, a statement said.
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 New Delhi (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 
An explosion at a firecracker factory in northern India Friday killed seven people just days before the big Hindu festival of Diwali, police said.
Firework use hits a peak across India during the festival, although the Supreme Court has been trying to restrict sales to tackle mounting pollution.
The explosion in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh destroyed the factory which had a license ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018 
When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets.
Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable sate ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 
Chinese executive Miao Qing spits into a specially designed container, destined for a lab where her saliva will be analysed and sequenced, offering an insight into her genetic make-up and - more importantly - her ancestry.
A combination of factors - a lack of formal records or destruction during China's wars and the Cultural Revolution - have meant there are few ways for Chinese to trace ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) Oct 24, 2018 
Sri Lankan police arrested and charged a senior naval officer Wednesday for the abduction and murder of two Tamil businessmen during the final stages of the island's brutal civil war.
Lieutenant Commander K. A. Dayananda was taken before a magistrate and remanded in custody over the double murder, which investigators believe took place in January 2009.
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2018 
Lockheed Martin, General Atomics and Boeing have received contract modifications for drone-mounted Low Power Laser Demonstrator system missile defense testing.
Lockheed Martin's contract has increased to a total value of $37.7 million, while General Atomics and Boeing's have been increased to $34 million and $29.4 million respectively, the Department of Defense announced on Friday.
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