|
|
|
  Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2018 The US military wants more money to develop more powerful lasers, microwave beams and other directed-energy weapons so it can shoot down drones and missiles, the Pentagon's top weapons engineer said Tuesday. Defense Undersecretary for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin said at a Center for Strategic International Studies event in Washington, DC, earlier this week that he was pursuing "a renewed emphasis on laser scaling [meaning scaling up the power of lasers] across several technologies" in ... read more |
 |
 
US could lose in war with China or Russia, panel warnsWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 The United States is facing a national security and military crisis and could lose in a war against Russia or China, a bipartisan congressional panel warned in a report Wednesday. ... more  
US urges sustained sanctions pressure on N. KoreaSingapore (AFP) Nov 15, 2018 Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday took America's "pressure campaign" against North Korea to a summit of world leaders, as concerns mount over Pyongyang's key allies easing sanctions imposed over its nuclear programme. ... more 
China says is no threat to EU, after Macron army callBeijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 China said on Wednesday that it had never posed a threat to Europe as it responded to a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron for a "European army" to defend the bloc against China, Russia, and even the US. ... more  
China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment componentsBeijing (XNA) Nov 13, 2018 The Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a smart solution for verifying the operational reliability of space equipment compone ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Nov 14 | Nov 13 | Nov 12 | Nov 09 | Nov 08 |
|
|
|
|
|
 
Cathay says 'most intense' period of data breach lasted monthsHong Kong (AFP) Nov 13, 2018 The world's biggest airline data breach, affecting millions of Cathay Pacific customers, was the result of a sustained cyber attack that lasted for three months, the carrier admitted, while insisting it was on alert for further intrusions. ... more  
Navy to commission littoral combat ship USS Sioux CityWashington (UPI) Nov 14, 2018 The Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City during a 9 a.m. ceremony on Saturday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. ... more  
Lockheed Martin awarded $22.7 billion F-35 Pentagon contractNew York (AFP) Nov 15, 2018 The Pentagon on Wednesday announced it had awarded Lockheed Martin a $22.7 billion contract for 255 F-35 fighter jets. ... more
Cathay apologises over data breach but denies cover-upHong Kong (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 The top two executives at Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday apologised for the firm's handling of the world's biggest airline hack that saw millions of customers' data breached but denied trying to cover it up. ... more  
Iraq recovers property worth millions after illegal saleBaghdad (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 The Iraqi government said Wednesday it had retaken ownership of a piece of property in Baghdad worth millions of dollars after it was unlawfully sold to a government official's wife. ... more |
|
 Assad calls on Syria's Druze minority to do military service  
Costa Rica's Alvarado urges global push to end Nicaragua crisisParis (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado called Wednesday for a multinational effort to help end the political crisis gripping neighbouring Nicaragua, a conflict which risks destabilising other Latin American nations. ... more  |
|
|
|
 
Kurdish women pedal, dunk, spike as Iraq's top athletesArbil, Iraq (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 When Iraq's female cycling team snatched bronze and silver medals at a landmark pan-Arab race, it was thanks to athletes from the autonomous Kurdish region. ... more 
US lawmakers introduce bill hitting China for Uighur repressionWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday seeking to punish China over its "human rights abuses" of the majority-Muslim Uighur population in the country's west, a move that drew immediate anger from Beijing. ... more 
Israel defence minister quits after ceasefire, government in turmoilJerusalem (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday and called for early elections after a sharp disagreement over a Gaza ceasefire deal, throwing the government into turmoil. ... more 
India to sell 'enemy shares' of people who fled to PakistanNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 9, 2018 India's government is to sell more than $400 million worth of shares left behind by people who fled to Pakistan or China after wars with those countries. ... more 
Deadly Gaza flare-up threatens to derail peace effortsGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Nov 13, 2018 Renewed violence in Gaza threatened to thwart efforts to end months of unrest as Israeli air strikes killed four Palestinians and destroyed a Hamas TV building while a barrage of rocket fire from the enclave left one dead on Tuesday. ... more |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems.
Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems - the country's second order of the systems in the last two years - to deter any any threats to its borders.
The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile provides the "backbone" to the missile defense capabilities used by ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2018 
MBDA is offering a naval version of it's 5th generation MMP ground combat missile at the Euronaval 2018 technology conference following successful testing of the weapon.
The evaluations were carried out last summer by the French armed forces in Djibouti to test the reliability and effectiveness of the MMP in a hot environment from the ground and rigid hulled inflatable boats operating a ... more |
|
|
 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 15, 2018 
Alpha Unmanned Systems reports it has selected Robotic Skies, Inc. to develop and implement a global support plan for its current and future commercial UAVs, currently featuring the Alpha 800 unmanned helicopter. Robotic Skies will provide a warranty program and field support management for Alpha Unmanned customers through its network of worldwide service centers.
Alpha Unmanned Systems de ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 
The National Security Agency has granted Harris Corporation Type-1 certification for its AN/PRC-163 handheld networked encrypted radio approved for transmitting top secret classified information.
The certification, announced Tuesday by Harris, permits the radio to transmit voice and data including full motion video up to top secret level on both channels for VHF/UHF line of sight, SATCO ... more |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2018 
The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command has awarded BAE Systems $100 million to provide technical and general support to the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade.
The contract, running over four years, will provide technical experts who will assist the 116th MIB to better understand regional threats.
"The demand for intelligence services and support continues to grow as ou ... more |
|
 Paris (AFP) Nov 11, 2018  Europe should not spend higher defence budgets on US-made weapons, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview due to air Sunday, after a defence row with President Donald Trump.
One of dozens of world leaders attending World War I commemorations in France this weekend, Trump tweeted after landing in Paris that Macron's call for a "real European army" was "insulting".
In an int ... more |
|
|
 Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 
The United States is facing a national security and military crisis and could lose in a war against Russia or China, a bipartisan congressional panel warned in a report Wednesday.
Congress had tasked the National Defense Strategy Commission to look at President Donald Trump's sweeping National Defense Strategy (NDS), which highlights a new era of "Great Power competition" with Moscow and Bei ... more |
|
 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2018 
A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University Australia, has succeeded in significantly increasing the stability and biocompatibility of special light-transducing nanoparticles.
The team has developed the so-called "upconverting" nanoparticles that not only convert infrared light into UV-visible light, bu ... more |
|
|
 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 
The Iraqi government said Wednesday it had retaken ownership of a piece of property in Baghdad worth millions of dollars after it was unlawfully sold to a government official's wife.
In a statement to journalists, the Integrity Commission said it had worked with Baghdad authorities to recover the land in Kadhimiyah district.
"The Baghdad-Karakh appeals court issued a decision to seize th ... more |
|
 Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2018 
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States was aware of undeclared North Korean missile bases revealed by US researchers but insisted all was fine.
"We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new - and nothing happening out of the normal," Trump, who is seeking a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, wrote on Twitter.
"I will be the first to let ... more |
|
|
 Singapore (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 
Substantial progress has been made on hammering out a China-backed trade deal, Singapore's leader said Wednesday, driving ahead the world's largest commercial pact which the United States is excluded from.
World leaders gathered in the tropical city state this week for a summit where a massive Beijing-backed agreement covering half the world's population has dominated discussions.
Diplom ... more |
|
 Port Moresby (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
Papua New Guinea has deployed a multi-national force of warships, fighter jets and elite counter-terrorism troops to protect world leaders attending a major summit in its crime-plagued capital this week.
About 4,000 military personnel, around half of them foreign, will work with hundreds of police to patrol Port Moresby for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum from Saturday, which wil ... more |
|
|
 Beijing (XNA) Nov 13, 2018 
The Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a smart solution for verifying the operational reliability of space equipment components on Friday.
The selection of space equipment components involves reliability verification, data collection, transmission and comparison.
The smart solution will help shorten the time to ... more |
|
 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
Every Sunday in Hong Kong the city's army of domestic helpers packs into parks or onto pavements, bridges and walkways on their one mandatory day off.
With a marginalised position in society and low income, the force of more than 300,000 maids, mainly women from Indonesia and the Philippines, can find it hard to access public facilities like libraries and leisure centres.
Some NGOs say a ... more |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Nov 8, 2018 
Materials Engineering and Technical Support Services has received a $9.8 million contract for research on countermeasures against chemical and biological weapons and hazards.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, provides for policy and technology analysis, laboratory work, field studies and modeling to better understand the impact of various chemical and biolo ... more |
|
 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine month, $25.5 million contract extension to continue development of its Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept. This program, awarded Aug. 31, builds on a 2017 contract to develop an initial LPLD concept.
Lockheed Martin's LPLD concept consists of a fiber laser system on a high-performing, high-altitude airbo ... more |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
