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  Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 Russia is now the world's second-largest arms producer, overtaking Britain and moving behind only the United States, researchers said Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report sales of arms and military services totaled $398.2 billion in 2017. The figure, which excludes China because of a lack of available data, is 2.5 percent higher than it was the previous year and 44 percent higher than it was in 2002. The United States remained the world's top prod ... read more |
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Navy to purchase new containers for air defense missilesWashington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 The Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $41.5 million for SM-3 and SM-6 surface-to-air missile canisters for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System. ... more  
Short, sharp shock if no-deal BrexitLondon (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 From food businesses stockpiling imports to passengers wondering if their flights will take off, many in Britain are worried about splitting from the European Union without an agreement in March.A ... more 
Bolsonaro government has military, conservative streakBrasilia (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 Brazil's next government, under incoming far-right president Jair Bolsonaro who takes power in three weeks, will be neo-liberal economically, morally conservative and heavy reliant on a contingent of ex-military figures. ... more  
U.K. Typhoon fighter flies with Meteor air-to-air missiles for first timeWashington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 Royal Air Force Typhoons launched from RAF Lossiemouth for the first time with the Meteor air-to-air missile during a Quick Reaction Alert exercise for airspace defense. ... more |
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Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Lyndon B. Johnson launched in MaineWashington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 The Zumwalt-class USS Lyndon B. Johnson was launched Dec. 9 at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. ... more 
USS Billings LCS completes acceptance trialsWashington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 The littoral combat ship USS Billings completed Acceptance Trials this week in Lake Michigan. ... more  
Syria announces fresh demobilisation for army conscriptsDamascus (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 Syria's army on Monday announced the demobilisation of officers who have completed five years of compulsory service, the second such move in recent months as fighting abates in the civil war. ... more 
Israel army says delegation heading to Russia over Lebanon opsJerusalem (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 An Israeli army delegation will head to Moscow on Tuesday to brief their Russian counterparts on operations to destroy Hezbollah tunnels from Lebanon, the military said. ... more  
Iraq marks one year since 'victory' against ISBaghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 Iraq's premier on Monday marked a year since his country declared victory against the Islamic State group by pledging to fight corruption next, even as he faces a political crisis within his government. ... more |
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 China urges US, N. Korea to address each other's 'concerns'  
Air Force approves production of B-61-12 nuclear bomb tail-fin kitsWashington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018 The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center received approval to enter the production phase for the B61-12 nuclear bomb's upgraded tail-fin assembly. ... more  |
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Huawei exec faces US fraud charges linked to IranVancouver (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 Chinese telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking business dealings with Iran, a Canadian court heard Friday, a week after she was detained on an American extradition request. ... more  
STPSat-5 lunched from Vandenberg AFBLos Angeles AFB CA (AFNS) Dec 10, 2018 The Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched Space Test Program Satellite 5, or STPSat-5, into orbit via Spaceflight Industries' fully dedicated smallsat rideshare mission aboard a S ... more 
Trump chooses new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, against Mattis wishesWashington (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he was nominating Army chief of staff General Mark Milley as his next top military advisor - a new slap in the face for Pentagon chief Jim Mattis. ... more 
Northrop Grumman receives $450M for Joint Threat Emitter trainingWashington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018 Northrop Grumman has been awarded $450 million for work on Joint Threat Emitter production and support for the U.S. Department of Defense and other nations. ... more  
Inmarsat to be first commercial customer for the new H3 launch vehicleTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 Inmarsathas entered into an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) to be the first commercial customer to place an order for the new H3 launch vehicle. The maiden flight of H3 is sch ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 
The Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $41.5 million for SM-3 and SM-6 surface-to-air missile canisters for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System.
Work on the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, includes manufacturing and testing of Mk 21 mod 2 and Mk 21 mod 3 canisters. The canisters help contain exhaust gas and provide a launch rail while firing the missi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 
Royal Air Force Typhoons launched from RAF Lossiemouth for the first time with the Meteor air-to-air missile during a Quick Reaction Alert exercise for airspace defense.
The Meteor long-range missile has been developed by a consortium of six European nations lead by the United Kingdom. The primary contractor for the weapon, which is expected to perform against "all and known future thre ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 05, 2018 
The Air Force has awarded General Atomics $26.7 million for French air force MQ-9 logistics services.
The work comes after an option on a previously awarded contract was exercised, and announced on Tuesday by the Department of Defense. The contract falls under Foreign Military Sales and is expected to run through December 2019. The sale involved is exclusively for France.
The MQ- ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 
Government customers require reliable and resilient satcom wherever missions take them. With the successful launch of Horizons 3e, the Intelsat EpicNG global high-throughput satellite (HTS) constellation is now complete. For the U.S. military and NATO allies this means that they will have immediate access to a high performing, resilient and redundant network for mobility missions at sea, on land ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2018 
General Dynamics is receiving $264.8 million for MK80 and BLU-109 Tritonal bomb components.
The production contract will run through at least October 2023. It falls under the U.S. Army's Rock Island Arsenal, which supervises much of the U.S. military's' conventional weapons production.
The MK80 series of air-dropped, general purpose bombs are a standard weapon in use by many coun ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 
Russia is now the world's second-largest arms producer, overtaking Britain and moving behind only the United States, researchers said Monday.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report sales of arms and military services totaled $398.2 billion in 2017. The figure, which excludes China because of a lack of available data, is 2.5 percent higher than it was the p ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 
US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he was nominating Army chief of staff General Mark Milley as his next top military advisor - a new slap in the face for Pentagon chief Jim Mattis.
Milley, a four-star general who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, would replace General Joseph Dunford as the military's next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Dunford is scheduled to ret ... more |
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 Juelich, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2018 
Scientists from Julich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to both save and process information, as well as receive numerous signals in parallel.
The resistive switching cell made from oxide crystal nanowires is thus proving to be the ideal ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2018 
A year since Iraq announced "victory" over the Islamic State group, the country finds itself in the throes of political and economic crises left unresolved during the long battle against jihadists.
Unified against the common menace of IS, Iraq's political elites are now at loggerheads over the drawn-out formation of a cabinet as the threat of renewed popular protests looms.
Iraq is no st ... more |
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 Vancouver (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 
Chinese telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking business dealings with Iran, a Canadian court heard Friday, a week after she was detained on an American extradition request.
Meng Wanzhou, 46, was arrested in Canada's Pacific coast city of Vancouver on December 1 while changing planes during a trip from Hong Kong to Mexico - ratchet ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 11, 2018 
Top Chinese and US negotiators held telephone talks on Tuesday to exchange views on the timetable of trade talks, the Chinese commerce ministry said.
Vice Premier Liu He spoke with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer 10 days after presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a trade war truce.
A 90-day deadline was set to reach an agreem ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Dec 10, 2018  Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an IS sex slave survivor, will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize Monday, as they challenge the world to combat rape as a weapon of war.
Mukwege, dubbed "Doctor Miracle" for his work helping victims of sexual violence, and Murad, who has turned her experience into powerful advocacy for her Yazidi people, will receive the pr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2018  China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said.
The Chang'e-4 lunar probe mission - named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology - launched on a Long March 3B rocket from the southwestern Xichang launch centre at 2:23 am (1823 GMT), according to the o ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 7, 2018  The European Union and its citizens should be "worried" about telecoms giant Huawei and other Chinese firms that cooperate with Beijing's intelligence services, a senior EU official warned Friday.
Huawei quickly hit back at European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip's warning, saying it was "surprised and disappointed" while rejecting any charges it posed a security threat.
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 
Nigerian soldiers intercepted a column of Boko Haram fighters on Friday near a military base in northeast Nigeria, triggering a fierce gun battle that killed three civilians, security sources told AFP.
A soldier was injured in the fight, which happened in Jakana village, some 30 kilometres (nearly 20 miles) from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
In July, jihadists raided the military b ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2018 
The U.S. Army is contracting Radiance Technologies for high energy laser lethality research, assessment and support in the amount of $28.2 million.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by November 2023.
It falls under a small business contract under acquisition rules, though R ... more |
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