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  Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 17, 2018 S Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has said that it may take the United States less than $10 billion, or probably half that sum, to create a space force, The Hill newspaper reported. "A single digit, not a double digit... Might be lower than five, it could be lower," Shanahan told reporters when asked about the possible cost of the Space Force in billions of dollars, as quoted by The Hill outlet on Thursday. The statement comes as US President Donald Trump said last month that the U ... read more |
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North Korea tests new 'ultramodern tactical weapon': KCNASeoul (AFP) Nov 16, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the testing of a "newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon", Pyongyang's state media reported Friday, in a move that will raise the temperature over denuclearisation talks. ... more  
US, China rivalry to dominate APEC summitPort Moresby (AFP) Nov 16, 2018 Asian Pacific leaders fly into the unlikely venue of Port Moresby Saturday for a summit developing into a tug-of-war for regional influence between an assertive China and an increasingly withdrawn United States. ... more  
SPARC Research awarded contract for hypersonic airbreathing weapon propulsionWarrenton, VA (SPX) Nov 16, 2018 SPARC Research has announced that they have received a contract from Draper to provide propulsion design and analysis support for a future hypersonic interceptor weapon. The concept is based o ... more 
Pence says Trump-Kim meeting likely in New Year, won't accept broken promisesSingapore (AFP) Nov 15, 2018 Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will likely meet again after New Year, the US vice president said Thursday, but insisted his government would not repeat past mistakes where "promises are broken." ... more |
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Northrop Grumman tapped for South Korean drone supportWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2018 Northrop Grumman signed a contract with the Republic of Korea to provide logistical support to ROK's high-altitude RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle fleet. ... more 
India launches GSLV-3 carrying GSAT-29Sriharikota, India (SPX) Nov 15, 2018 GSLV MkIII-D2, the second developmental flight of GSLV MkIII successfully launched GSAT-29, a high throughput communication satellite at 5.08 pm IST on November 14, 2018 from the Second Launch Pad(S ... more  
Navy to purchase 8 MH-60R helicopters from Lockheed MartinWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2018 Lockheed Martin will receive $382 million for the production and delivery of eight MH-60R Seahawk helicopters with associated engineering and program support. ... more 
Lockheed Martin awarded $22.7B for next round of F-35sWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2018 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $22.7 billion contract for the next round of F-35 Lightning II stealth aircraft production for the United States and partner nations. ... more 
China Southern airline to exit SkyTeam allianceParis (AFP) Nov 15, 2018 China Southern, Asia's biggest carrier, is to exit the SkyTeam airline alliance founded by Air France and Delta, both the company and the grouping announced on Thursday. ... more |
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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  |
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Foreign troops pour into PNG capital for APEC meetPort 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. ... more  
US-led coalition strikes kill 26 civilians in east Syria: monitorBeirut (AFP) Nov 9, 2018 US-led coalition air strikes killed 26 civilians including 14 children Friday in a holdout of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said. ... 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2018 
Northrop Grumman signed a contract with the Republic of Korea to provide logistical support to ROK's high-altitude RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle fleet.
The contract includes site activation for launching and ground control, training, and support personnel for four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles set for delivery over the next year, the company announced on Wednesday ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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".
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 15, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing $70.5 million for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Flight Test, Telemetry, and Termination program.
The modification to an existing contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, comes from the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center. The contract covers specification changes in parts management, flight termination receivers, ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 16, 2018 
Hong Kong's powerful bar association, a group of the city's top lawyers, has upped pressure on the government to explain the blacklisting of a British journalist in what was widely seen as an unprecedented attack on press freedom.
Victor Mallet, a senior journalist with the Financial Times, was refused a work visa extension and then barred from entering the city as a tourist after he chaired ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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