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  Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2018 Boeing has been awarded $383.4 million from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center for the Protected Tactical Enterprise Service tactical satellite communications system. The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will provide ground satellite communications designed to be highly resistant to jamming and signals interception by enemy forces. Air Force fiscal 2018 and 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funding of $17.2 million has been obligated ... read more |
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US intel chief to brief NATO on US withdrawal from INF treatyWashington (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Tuesday that he is heading to Europe to explain to allies Washington's decision to pull out of a major nuclear weapons treaty because of Russian violations. ... more  
Trump faces China trade showdown, Russia, Saudi tensions at G20Washington (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 President Donald Trump will hold a make-or-break trade meeting with his Chinese counterpart at the G20 summit this week and also navigate a diplomatic minefield with Russia's president after unrest in Ukraine, the White House said Tuesday. ... more 
China's Xi to send special envoy to Mexican presidential inaugurationBeijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Chinese president Xi Jinping will send a special envoy to attend Mexico's presidential inauguration, following the Chinese leader's talks with Donald Trump at the G20 summit. ... more 
Mattis notes stability of Western Hemisphere at command change ceremonyWashington (UPI) Nov 27, 2018 Secretary of Defense James Mattis presided over the change of command ceremony for U.S. Southern Command, from Adm. Kurt W. Tidd to Adm. Craig S. Faller, saying the command has played a key role in fostering relationships in the Western Hemisphere. ... more |
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Russian hackers bilked firms out of tens of millions of dollarsWashington (AFP) Nov 28, 2018 Eight people, most of them Russian, have been indicted in US court for mounting complex fake advertising schemes that caused companies to lose tens of millions of dollars. ... more 
Google workers want plug pulled on plan for China searchSan Francisco (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Google workers on Tuesday posted an open letter calling on the internet giant to abort plans for "a censored search" service in China or risk setting a dangerous precedent. ... more  
China urges UK to 'support' foreign media amid CCTV complaintBeijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 Beijing urged London on Monday to support the work of foreign news outlets after a British citizen called on Britain's media regulator to revoke the broadcast license of China's state television. ... more 
Jack Ma, China's richest man, is a Communist Party memberBeijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world's richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China's 89-million-strong Communist Party. ... more 
China bars US citizens from leaving over 'economic crimes'Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 China on Monday said that it has barred three reported US citizens - a woman and her two grown children - from leaving the country because they are suspected of "economic crimes". ... more |
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 Navy outlines 30-year plan for ship repair, upgrades at Congressional hearing  
Air Force to buy Legion Pod infrared sensors for F-15C Eagle fightersWashington (UPI) Nov 27, 2018 Lockheed Martin received two contracts from Boeing to produce and integrate infrared Legion Pod sensor systems into the F-15C Eagle air superiority fighter. ... more  |
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Three US soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATOKabul (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Three US soldiers were killed and three wounded by a bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday, NATO said, with the attack claimed by the Taliban as the US tries to ratchet up efforts to engage the militants in peace talks. ... more  
US warns Russia over Syrian site of alleged chemical attackWashington (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 The Pentagon warned Russia on Tuesday against interfering with the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria's regime-held city of Aleppo. ... more  
Slovenia becomes only NATO state with female army chiefLjubljana (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Slovenia on Tuesday became the only NATO country whose army is headed by a woman with the appointment of Major General Alenka Ermenc as chief of staff. ... more 
US bombers no longer flying over Korean peninsula: US generalWashington (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 US bombers are no longer conducting flights over South Korea after Seoul asked for such missions to be paused, a US general said Monday. ... more 
Japan mulling purchase of 100 US stealth fighters: reportTokyo (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Japan is considering buying up to 100 F-35 stealth fighters from the US for more than $8.8 billion as it seeks to counter China's growing military presence in the region, a newspaper reported Tuesday. ... 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 27, 2018 
The U.S. Navy is awarding Raytheon Missile Systems is $37.3 million for repair and maintenance on SM-2 and SM-6 Standard surface-to-air missiles.
The Department of Defense, which announced the contract on Monday, has obligated $19 million in Navy 2019 operations and maintenance funding, with work expected to be finished by November 2019.
The SM-2 Standard is a series of surface-t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 23, 2018 
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Insitu $18 million for mid-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance under the MEUAS 1.5B program.
The award is a modification to an existing contract that raises the ceiling of of the program to $250 million to prevent gaps in ISR services as they switch orders over to MEUAS III.
The ScanEagle is an unmanned aerial vehicl ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2018 
Boeing has been awarded $383.4 million from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center for the Protected Tactical Enterprise Service tactical satellite communications system.
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will provide ground satellite communications designed to be highly resistant to jamming and signals interception by enemy forces.
Air For ... more |
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 Washington (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.
The deliveries are expected to start in 2019 and will run through 2020. ULCANS is designed as a fold-out desert or woodland camouflage netting to conceal vehicles, equipment and troops from visual, infrared and radar scanning.
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 Helsinki (AFP) Nov 23, 2018 
Finland announced late on Thursday it will block new arms export licences to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing the murder of a Saudi journalist and the countries' role in Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
The suspension mirrors earlier decisions by Denmark, Norway and Germany to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia for the time being over the killing and over the kingdom's part in Yemen's war which has ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) Nov 23, 2018 
Brazilian diplomacy is set to perform an abrupt 180-degree turn under new Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, chosen by far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro for his views favoring the US while turning away from China as part of a fierce opposition to multilateralism.
A little-known career diplomat who's never even held an ambassadorial role, the 51-year-old Araujo shares his new boss's pass ... 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 25, 2018 
The partial reopening of Baghdad's high-security Green Zone to through traffic, planned for Sunday, has been postponed for several days, a government official said.
The enclave has been home to Iraq's parliament, government offices, United Nations agencies and western embassies since the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Earlier this week, Iraqi authorities be ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 
US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Tuesday that he is heading to Europe to explain to allies Washington's decision to pull out of a major nuclear weapons treaty because of Russian violations.
Coats told reporters that he will meet NATO defense and intelligence officials in Brussels this week to discuss President Donald Trump's decision in October to withdraw from the 1987 In ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 
There is a "good possibility" President Donald Trump will reach an agreement later this week to resolve the trade dispute with China, a White House official said Tuesday.
As the trade tensions have escalated and engulfed hundreds of billions of products in retaliatory tariffs, Trump is due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires later this week on the sidelines of the Group of 20 s ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2018 
An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China city that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities said.
The charred and smoking remains of trucks and cars were scattered on a road as firefighters worked at the scene, according to images posted by state media on social media.
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 23, 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.
This premier ed ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world's richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China's 89-million-strong Communist Party.
The billionaire's Communist bona fides were revealed by the People's Daily, the party's official mouthpiece, in an article praising contributors to China's development.
He is not the first nor likely the last Ch ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) Nov 25, 2018  Syria's regime has accused armed groups of carrying out a "toxic gas" attack that left dozens of people struggling to breathe and prompted government ally Russia to launch retaliatory air strikes on Sunday.
Around 100 Syrians were hospitalised with breathing difficulties after the alleged chemical attack in the regime-held city of Aleppo on Saturday, state media and a monitor said.
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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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