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  Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2019 Tecolate Research was awarded a $38.6 million contract to support acquisition and financial operations at the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center. This contract provides the remote sensing systems directorate to execute integrated program management for a broad range of acquisition, financial, and administrative capabilities of space-related research, development, production, sustainment and lifecycle acquisition activities, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Work will be per ... read more |
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No movement in Russian missile talks: NATO chiefMunich, Germany (AFP) Feb 15, 2019 Russia gave "no new signals" Friday about saving a landmark Cold War missile control agreement, the head of NATO said, as fears grow of a new arms race in Europe. ... more 
EU, Germany reject US call to leave Iran nuclear dealMunich, Germany (AFP) Feb 15, 2019 Germany and the EU on Friday rejected an appeal by US Vice President Mike Pence for Europeans to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal and isolate Tehran. ... more 
Disarmament efforts must include China as well as US, Russia: MerkelMunich, Germany (AFP) Feb 16, 2019 China must be involved in international disarmament efforts, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday, amid rising concern about Beijing's missile arsenal and the suspension of a key US-Russia arms treaty. ... more 
US Air Force reviews boosting military space capabilities at New Mexico BaseWashington DC (Sputnik) Feb 18, 2019 The US Air Force is preparing to expand facilities for its space rapid response military operations at a base in the state of New Mexico, two senators said in a press release on Thursday. "[To ... more |
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Researchers keeps wraps on automatic text generator to prevent misuseWashington (AFP) Feb 15, 2019 Researchers this week announced they had developed an automatic text generator using artificial intelligence which is very good - so good, it is keeping details private for now. ... more  
Bell Boeing signs $10.7M contract for V-22 Osprey radar upgradesWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2019 Bell Boeing was awarded a $10.7 million contract for upgrades to the V-22 Osprey helicopter. ... more  
PAE awarded $27.6M contract for Afghanistan defense, security supportWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2019 PAE Government Systems Inc. was awarded a $27.6 million contract for contractor logistic support efforts for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. ... more  
Erdogan says won't go back on S-400 deal with RussiaAnkara (AFP) Feb 16, 2019 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would not "turn back" on a deal with Moscow to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems in comments published on Saturday. ... more 
India vows 'heavy price' after deadly Kashmir attackNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 15, 2019 India and Pakistan's troubled ties risked taking a dangerous new turn on Friday as New Delhi accused Islamabad of harbouring militants behind one of the deadliest attacks in three decades of bloodshed in Indian-administered Kashmir. ... more |
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 US struggles to convince anti-IS allies to secure Syria after it leaves 
Amphibious assault craft take beach in US-Thai war drillsSattahip, Thailand (AFP) Feb 16, 2019 With weapons drawn camouflaged troops leapt out of amphibious assault craft while explosions sounded and parachutists glided in from above as the annual Cobra Gold war games took over a placid Thai beach Saturday. ... more  |
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Germany to let NATO use its cyber skillsBrussels (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 Germany is to join the ranks of NATO countries making its cyber warfare skills available to the alliance to help fight hacking and electronic warfare, officials said on Thursday. ... more 
No unilateral US pullout from Afghanistan: Pentagon chiefBrussels (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 Washington will not unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said Thursday, as NATO said the Kabul government must be brought into US peace talks with the Taliban to end the country's 17-year war. ... more  
Top general won't say 'winning' in anti-IS fightWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 The general leading US special operations forces cautioned Thursday against talk of "winning" against the Islamic State group in Syria, where the jihadists are fighting to defend a last scrap of territory. ... more 
Pence demands EU isolate Iran as Israelis, Arabs uniteWarsaw (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 US Vice President Mike Pence demanded Thursday that Europeans drop a nuclear deal with Iran and join in seeking to cripple the regime, a cause that united Israel with longtime Arab rivals at a conference in Warsaw. ... more  
Campaigning opens in Okinawa US base relocation voteTokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 Campaigning began Thursday ahead of a referendum in Japan's Okinawa on the controversial relocation of a US military base to a remote part of the island. ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Feb 10, 2019 
Poland said Sunday it will buy mobile rocket launchers worth $414 million (365 million euros) from the United States, as Warsaw seeks closer ties with Washington amid concerns over a resurgent Russia.
The deal, due to be signed Wednesday, will "significantly increase the Polish army's capacities," Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told journalists Sunday, adding that delivery was expected b ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Feb 13, 2019
The US and Poland finalised a deal on Wednesday for Warsaw to buy American mobile rocket launchers worth $414 million (365 million euros) as it lobbies Washington to boost troops on Polish soil.
"We are pleased to partner with you in Poland's national defence," US Vice President Mike Pence said in Warsaw as the deal was inked in an air hangar filled with Polish and US troops.
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 Alexandria VA (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 
U.S. aviation is courting catastrophe by making drones so accessible to untrained, unskilled, less-than-serious "pilots" who treat them as toys, veteran LeClairRyan aviation attorney Mark A. Dombroff warns in a new column at AviationPros.com.
"My fear is that, sooner or later, an illegally operated drone will cause a catastrophic aviation accident," writes Dombroff, an Alexandria-based mem ... more |
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Raytheon was awarded a four-year contract for hardware and support services for a radio system to be used by the U.S. Army for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
The contract includes repair, logistical, engineering and technical support for the Army's AN/ARC-231 Multiple-Mode Aviation Radio Suite, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2019 
Saab signed a three-year contract with the U.S. Army to supply the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon system.
The 84mm recoilless rifle, which is designated as M3E1 in the United States and is known as the "Gustaf Bazooka," will first be delivered this year at a cost of $19 million, Saab announced Tuesday.
In all, the Pentagon can place orders for approximately $40.8 million with the Swedish- ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
Defence spending in Thailand has surged over the last decade, during which the military has seized power twice.
The junta-picked National Legislative Assembly has proposed $7 billion for defence in the 2019 fiscal year - a $1-billion increase since the 2014 coup.
Big purchases - many from China - have drawn criticism in a country riddled with inequality, corruption and still beset by ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
Campaigning began Thursday ahead of a referendum in Japan's Okinawa on the controversial relocation of a US military base to a remote part of the island.
The non-binding vote will be held on February 24, with Governor Denny Tamaki campaigning against the relocation of the Futenma airbase.
The base is currently located in a densely-populated part of the southern island, and has caused fri ... more |
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 Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
Three-dimensional structures on the micrometer and nanometer scales have a great potential for many applications. An efficient and precise process to print such structures from different materials is now presented by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Carl Zeiss AG in Science Advances: they integrated a microfluidic chamber into a 3D laser lithography device. Then, they u ... more |
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 Samarra, Iraq (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
Eight members of a militia linked to Iraq's powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were killed Thursday in a bomb blast north of Baghdad, security sources said.
The roadside bomb exploded when a convoy of Saraya al-Salam drove along a highway near Samarra, one source said, adding that several people were also wounded in the attack.
One of the eight militiamen killed was a commander who t ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
US Vice President Mike Pence demanded Thursday that Europeans drop a nuclear deal with Iran and join in seeking to cripple the regime, a cause that united Israel with longtime Arab rivals at a conference in Warsaw.
Major European powers sent low-level representation to the US-initiated meeting, suspicious of US President Donald Trump's hawkish impulses and convinced the 2015 deal under which ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
China's slowdown, trade tensions, stock plunges and a softening of the world's least affordable property market helped wipe some $20 billion from the fortunes of Hong Kong's wealthiest last year, Forbes has reported.
The southern Chinese financial hub boasts entrenched income inequality with one of the highest concentrations of billionaires in the world.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 
As congressional Democrats counter President Donald Trump's border wall plan with a high-tech solution, the idea of a "smart" security barrier is raising fresh questions over the potential for intrusive surveillance.
Last month, the Democratic lawmakers endorsed what they described as "a strong, but smart, border security posture," without "costly physical barriers."
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 12, 2019 
China announced Monday that it is developing the modified version of the Long March-6 rocket to add four solid boosters to increase its carrying capacity.
The improved medium-left carrier rocket will be sent into space by 2020, according to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which designed the rocket.
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 Berlin (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
A moving Chinese epic looking at the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, the one-child policy and forced abortion made it past censors to premiere at the Berlin film festival Thursday despite a widening crackdown.
"Di jiu tian chang" (So Long, My Son) by Wang Xiaoshuai, clocking in at more than three hours, is a sweeping allegorical drama about two families whose fates become intricately i ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
The general leading US special operations forces cautioned Thursday against talk of "winning" against the Islamic State group in Syria, where the jihadists are fighting to defend a last scrap of territory.
President Donald Trump in December declared victory over IS, saying the US had "beaten them badly" and "we have won" as he announced the 2,000 or so American troops - most of them special ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force announced it is planning future experiments involving laser and microwave energy weapons after recent successes in testing sessions.
Future experiments in the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign are planned at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement.
The tests by the 704th Test Group, essentially the use of mi ... more |
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