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  Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 DARPA has conducted a demonstration test series at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., showcasing its Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program for autonomous drone operations in the face of enemy jamming and area-denial efforts. In the test, deployed CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems adapted to unexpected threats in an anti-access area denial environment. The drones shared information, planned and allocated mission objectives and tactical decisions among themselves, and operated with ... read more |
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Hill Air Force Base conducts mass rapid launch exercise of F-35 fightersWashington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 The Air Force's 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing performed a combat power exercise Monday by rapidly launching dozens of F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft in close sequence from Hill Air Force Base. ... more  
N. Korea blows up frontline bunkersSeoul (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Pyongyang blew up 10 guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone Tuesday as the two Koreas pursue a reconciliation drive, even while denuclearisation talks stall between the US and the North. ... more  
Russia's Rostec doing brisk arms trades despite sanctionsMoscow (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 Arms giant Rostec is seeing strong demand for its advanced anti-missile systems despite international sanctions against the Russian defence sector, chief executive Sergei Chemezov told AFP in an interview. ... more  
Xi visits Philippines to cosy up to historical US allyManila (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping called his visit Tuesday to long-time US ally the Philippines a "milestone", as he aims to boost blossoming ties on the promise of billions of dollars in backing for mega-projects. ... more |
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Canada facing fighter pilot shortage: auditOttawa (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Canada's air force will soon get more planes but is facing a pilot shortage, so it still won't be able to meet new continental and NATO defense commitments, the country's auditor general warned Tuesday. ... more  
Saab receives order from U.S. Army for ULCANS camouflage nettingWashington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 The U.S. Army has placed a $66 million order to Saab for delivery of the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System for ground troops and vehicles. ... more  
Amnesty launches drive to track impact of US strikesBeirut (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 Amnesty International on Wednesday launched a crowdsourcing data project using satellite imagery to assess damage from US-led coalition air strikes last year on the Syrian city of Raqa. ... more  
After years of silence, music fills streets of Iraq's MosulMosul, Iraq (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 For centuries, it was a magnet for artists across the region and churned out Iraq's best musicians - but recent years saw Mosul suffer a devastating musical purge. ... more  
With each rocket launch, 'I have three heart attacks'Wallops Flight Facility, United States (AFP) Nov 19, 2018 Kurt Eberly has hardly any hair and keeps losing more. His job is to launch, two times per year, a metallic cylinder packed with several tons of supplies, at high speeds toward the International Space Station, 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the Earth. ... more |
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Inter-Korean rapprochement must not outpace denuclearization: USWashington (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Any rapprochement between North and South Korea must move forward "in tandem" with efforts to denuclearize the peninsula, and cannot come sooner, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. ... more  |
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EU 'extremely worried' about fate of nuclear treatyBrussels (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 The EU's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said Tuesday she was "extremely worried" about the fate of a major US-Russia nuclear missile control treaty, warning the security of Europe could be at risk. ... more  
Government Accountibility Office issues warning on submarine readiness backlogsWashington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 The Government Accountability Office released a report to the House Subcommittee on Readiness detailing how maintenance backlogs at the Navy's shipyards leave large numbers of nuclear attack submarines idle for long periods of time, even as the Navy continues to pay for the submarines support and faces shortfalls in deployable ships. ... more 
Belgium approves negotiations for purchase of MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAVsWashington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will begin negotiations with Belgium following approval of the sale of MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles, the company said. ... more 
Japan issues contract to purchaser RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance dronesWashington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems will provide the government of Japan with RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles and related services under a contract worth $489.9 million. ... more 
PNG police, soldiers storm parliament over unpaid APEC bonusesPort Moresby (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Papua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country's parliament Tuesday, assaulting staff, smashing windows and demanding unpaid APEC bonuses just days after the international summit wrapped up, police and witnesses said. ... 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 16, 2018 
The Air Force has issued a $172 million contract for Lot 2 production of Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles from Lockheed Martin.
The order, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, provides for the production of 50 LRASMs with an estimated completion date of December 2021. The manufacturing and assembly will take place at the Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, Fla.
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems will provide the government of Japan with RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles and related services under a contract worth $489.9 million.
The contract will deliver three RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30i drones with sensor payloads, two ground control stations, spare parts and tools, engineering, management, and site surveys. The acquisitio ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 19, 2018 
A U.S. Navy ultra-high frequency nanosatellite designed for polar communications scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base was delayed Monday for further inspection, SpaceX said.
The delayed launch is part of the Integrated Communications Extension Capability program under the Navy's Program Executive Office Space Systems and the Space and Naval Warfare Command Systems Center ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 19, 2018 
CACI International has been awarded a $413 million contract by the Federal Acquisition Service to provide support for ground-based intelligence and communications systems within the Army's Trojan Strong program.
The five-year contract, announced Monday, is placed on behalf of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center for new and continuing wor ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 
Arms giant Rostec is seeing strong demand for its advanced anti-missile systems despite international sanctions against the Russian defence sector, chief executive Sergei Chemezov told AFP in an interview.
Chemezov, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, is nonetheless also charting a course to increase sales of Rostec's non-military products.
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 Darwin, Australia (AFP) Nov 16, 2018 
Australia hailed a "deeply symbolic" visit to Darwin by the Japanese Prime Minister on Friday, more than 75 years after the northern city was bombed in World War II, as the two countries vowed to deepen defence ties in the face of an emergent China.
Trade and strategic relations took centre-stage at a meeting between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Shinzo Abe during his two-day visit, befo ... 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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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 
For centuries, it was a magnet for artists across the region and churned out Iraq's best musicians - but recent years saw Mosul suffer a devastating musical purge.
For three years until last summer, the sprawling northern city was under the brutal rule of the Islamic State group.
In imposing a city-wide ban on playing or even listening to music, the jihadists smashed and torched instrum ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 19, 2018 
Lockheed Martin Space is being awarded two contract modifications worth a combined $90.4 million for Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile production and support of already deployed systems.
The work will take place in both domestic and overseas locations and is expected to run through Sep. 2023. Navy fiscal weapons procurement and research and development funding totaling $90 ... more |
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 Port Moresby (AFP) Nov 14, 2018  Hundreds of fluttering red flags, buses emblazoned with "China Aid" logos and even a purpose-built pagoda: driving around Port Moresby, you could be forgiven for thinking that Xi Jinping is hosting this week's APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.
US President Donald Trump's decision to skip the summit in Papua New Guinea has allowed the Chinese leader to take centre stage, an opportunity tha ... more |
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 Laredo, United States (AFP) Nov 19, 2018 
They started work in the cool of the morning and moved quickly, uncoiling reel after reel of vicious-looking fencing and tying it with barbed wire to green poles hammered into the ground.
Over the course of three days, a gleaming, shoulders-high barrier of concertina-wire emerged like a silver snake along a lush riverbank, stretching as far as the eye could see.
This was the work of 100 ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 21, 2018  According to Euroconsult's latest report, China Space Industry 2018, the China space value chain had an estimated size of more than $16 billion in 2017, with the downstream market accounting for just over 85%. Satellite Navigation, one of the key satellite applications in China, was the main revenue generator in 2017, ahead of Satellite Communications and Earth Observation.
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2018  In China, where children are often saddled with a packed schedule of extracurricular activities before they even enter grade school, some parents are making room for a surprising pursuit: hip-hop dance classes.
Inside a dance studio in central Beijing, a group of kids bopped up and down to an American hip-hop beat as they mimicked their teacher, a young woman in a dark blue beret and loose c ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 
Russia and China lost an acrimonious bid on Tuesday to stall the global chemical warfare watchdog's new powers to attribute blame for attacks like those in Syria.
After a bitter war of words, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons voted against Moscow and Beijing's attempt to challenge a June decision to grant the body the new finger-pointing ability.
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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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