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  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 Researchers in Italy have demonstrated the feasibility of quantum communications between high-orbiting global navigation satellites and a ground station, with an exchange at the single photon level over a distance of 20,000km. The milestone experiment proves the feasibility of secure quantum communications on a global scale, using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). It is reported in full in the journal Quantum Science and Technology. Co-lead author Dr Giuseppe Vallone is from the ... read more |
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With eye on China, Japan unveils record defence budgetTokyo (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 Japan's defence budget will swell to a record $47 billion for the next fiscal year, the government said Friday, as Tokyo beefs up its missile defence and deploys stealth jets in a bid to counter China. ... more  
US hopes for Kim-Trump summit in early 2019Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope Thursday that a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can be scheduled for early 2019. ... more 
Trump pulls back from Middle East as Putin rejoicesWashington (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 President Donald Trump vowed Thursday that the United States would no longer be the "policeman of the Middle East" as he ordered troops back from Syria, delighting Russian President Vladimir Putin as US allies voiced unease. ... more  
US defense chief quits as Trump pulls from Syria, AfghanistanWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump who ordered a complete troop pullout from Syria and a significant withdrawal from Afghanistan. ... more |
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US does not want to be 'policeman of the Middle East': Trump Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 The United States does not want to be the "Policeman" of the Middle East, US President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday, as he defended his controversial decision to pull US forces out of Syria. ... more 
In Syria pullout, US reaches detente with TurkeyWashington (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 Months after hitting rock bottom, relations between the United States and Turkey have quickly improved with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria raising speculation of a quiet pact. ... more 
US planned withdrawal from Syria worries Western alliesParis (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 Britain, Germany and France, three of the United States' main allies in the war against the Islamic State group, reacted with alarm Thursday to President Donald Trump's decision to pull US troops out of Syria - a move hailed by Russia. ... more 
US grants Iraq 90-day extension to Iran sanctions waiver: sourceBaghdad (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 The United States has granted Iraq a 90-day extension to an exemption from reimposed sanctions on Iran to keep on importing energy, a government source said on Thursday. ... more 
US to continue Syria air war for now, future unclearWashington (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 The United States military will continue its air campaign in Syria at least in the short term, the Pentagon said Thursday, after President Donald Trump declared victory over the Islamic State group. ... more |
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 US Army awards Harris Corp nearly $218 million contract to provide Wideband Satellite Communications Mission support 
India launches military communications satelliteNew Delhi (Sputnik) Dec 21, 2018 The Indian Air Force's (IAF) long pending dedicated communications GSAT-7A satellite is set to radically transform the country's network-centric warfare capabilities, as it will be able to accomplis ... more  |
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New Materials Architectures Sought to Cool Hypersonic VehiclesWashington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 Hypersonic vehicles fly through the atmosphere at incredibly high speeds, creating intense friction with the surrounding air as they travel at Mach 5 or above - five times faster than sound travels. ... more  
Navy contracts Orbital for Coyote missile trainersWashington (UPI) Dec 20, 2018 The U.S. Navy has awarded a $46.5 million contract modification to Orbital Sciences Corporation, picking up an option for the company to produce 15 Lot 13 GQM-163A Coyote supersonic sea skimming target base vehicles. ... more  
Spacecraft Repo OperationsBethesda, MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2018 Soon, the number of active satellites in low-Earth orbits (LEO) will likely increase by a factor of 10. Several entrepreneurial companies are planning to launch huge new constellations, each contain ... more  
Raytheon awarded $114M for AN/SPY-6V radar integration, productionWashington (UPI) Dec 20, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded a $114 million contract for integration and production support of the AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar. ... more  
US charges two Chinese over alleged state-sponsored hackingWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 The United States has charged two Chinese men it says hacked the computer systems of companies and government agencies in a dozen countries, in what Washington says was a wide-reaching state-backed campaign of cyber-espionage. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2018  The United States said Wednesday it approved the sale of $3.5 billion in missiles to Turkey, offering an ultimatum after US outrage over the NATO ally's plans to buy from Russia.
The announcement came as President Donald Trump said that US forces would withdraw from neighboring Syria, a decision likely to please Turkey as it pursues Kurdish fighters.
The State Department said it had info ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2018 
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $46.5 million contract modification to Orbital Sciences Corporation, picking up an option for the company to produce 15 Lot 13 GQM-163A Coyote supersonic sea skimming target base vehicles.
One of those vehicles will be sent to the Army for use testing and evaluating the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, Limited User Test target system.
The Coy ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2018 
Drones can be used to explore environs too difficult and dangerous for humans to navigate, like a burned out building or the rubble of a collapsed bridge. But often, entrances to and passageways through these environments are quite small - holes and cracks measuring just a few inches wide.
Engineers at the University of Zurich have developed a foldable drone that can shrink itself to f ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2018  Researchers in Italy have demonstrated the feasibility of quantum communications between high-orbiting global navigation satellites and a ground station, with an exchange at the single photon level over a distance of 20,000km.
The milestone experiment proves the feasibility of secure quantum communications on a global scale, using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). It is report ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 17, 2018  BAE Systems and General Dynamics have received contracts that total more than $700 million to produce 12 prototypes of the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle.
The contracts, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, cover middle tier acquisition and rapid prototyping effort, with plans and options for initial production. The MPF will fall under a Rapid Prototyping contracting arra ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 17, 2018 
Canada is looking into ways to cancel a giant 2014 weapons deal with Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday, as criticism mounts over the kingdom's role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Riyadh-led war in Yemen.
Trudeau had earlier said that it would be "extremely difficult" to withdraw from the contract, signed by the previous conservative administration, ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2018  President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that no one can "dictate" China's economic development path as the Communist Party marked 40 years of its historic "reform and opening up" policy amid a stern challenge from the United States.
In a speech at the grandiose Great Hall of the People, Xi vowed to press ahead with economic reforms but made clear that Beijing will not deviate from its one-party ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 
Thanks in part to their distinct electronic, optical and chemical properties, nanomaterials are utilized in an array of diverse applications from chemical production to medicine and light-emitting devices.
But when introducing another metal in their structure, also known as "doping," researchers are unsure which position the metal will occupy and how it will affect the overall stability of ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2018  A former security guard for the US firm Blackwater was found guilty of murder on Wednesday for his role in a notorious massacre of unarmed civilians in downtown Baghdad in 2007.
Nicholas Slatten, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder by a federal jury in US District Court in Washington after five days of deliberations.
Slatten was convicted of killing Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia'y, 1 ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope Thursday that a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can be scheduled for early 2019.
"We are hopeful that in the new year, President Trump and Chairman Kim will get together not too long after the first of the year and make even further progress on taking this (nuclear) threat to the United States away ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 
Nike scored higher second-quarter profits Thursday, thanks in part to strong sales in China, where the company reported no fallout from ongoing trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.
Net income for the quarter ending November 30 was $847 million, up 10.4 percent from the year-ago period.
Revenues were $9.4 billion, up 9.6 percent.
A key driver was China, where Nike notched a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 17, 2018 
Pedestrians require a 30-inch buffer to avoid collisions, according to a new survey of foot traffic inside a Dutch train station.
Using overheard sensors installed in a train station in Eindhoven, Netherlands, researchers analyzed more than 5 million pedestrian movements. Their analysis revealed 9,000 pedestrian pairs on collision courses.
"About 40 pairs of these actually bumped ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 13, 2018 
China's Chang'e-4 probe decelerated and entered the lunar orbit Wednesday, completing a vital step on its way to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.
After flying about 110 hours from earth, an engine on the probe was ignited when it was 129 km above the surface of the moon, in line with instructions sent fr ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 
An Australian academic who was followed for a week by a state-owned newspaper in Hong Kong has suggested Beijing could be behind the intimidation and has vowed not to be bullied.
Kevin Carrico - a lecturer in Chinese Studies at Sydney's Macquarie University - was tailed by the Wen Wei Po tabloid during a visit earlier this month and was the subject of a front-page "expose".
The paper a ... more |
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 London (AFP) Dec 20, 2018  Britain has insisted "much remains to be done" in fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, amid reports Thursday it was not given prior warning of President Donald Trump's decision to pull out US ground troops.
"The global coalition against Daesh has made huge progress," said a government statement issued late Wednesday, referring to the jihadists.
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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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