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  Paris (AFP) March 20, 2019 France on Wednesday appeared to nix US President Donald Trump's suggestion that Brazil could become a NATO member while opening the door to making the South American country one of the alliance's "global partners." In a statement, the foreign ministry noted that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's charters define a "specific geographical scope of application." Article 10, for example, specifies that any "European state" can apply for membership in the collective defence alliance, which requ ... read more |
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Brazil's closer ties with US a risky strategy: analystsBras�lia (AFP) March 20, 2019 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pursuit of closer ties with the United States risked compromising the Latin American country's foreign interests and leaving it alienated, analysts warned. ... more  
DARPA Launches Social Media Platform to Accelerate R and DWashington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 DARPA aims to apply the power of social networks to research and development via a novel social media platform purpose-built to quicken the pace of U.S. technology development. Polyplexus, which was ... more  
US space to counter alleged hypersonic weapons threat says ShanahanWashington DC (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2019 The United States will use its new space force military branch to counter the alleged threat of hypersonic weapons systems that are being developed by China and Russia, Acting Defense Secretary Patr ... more  
Orbit CS and Inmarsat announce airborne satcom terminal agreementWashington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. and Inmarsat Government have announced a long-term agreement to offer end-users a new modular, multi-role aviation terminal, optimized for use over Inmarsat's Global ... more |
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China welcomes new Kazakh leader, an 'old friend'Beijing (AFP) March 20, 2019 China on Wednesday welcomed the new president of Kazakhstan as an "old friend" after the sudden resignation of veteran strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev. ... more 
Trump floats idea of Brazil becoming NATO memberWashington (AFP) March 19, 2019 President Donald Trump raised the possibility Tuesday that Brazil could become a member of NATO as he hosted far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for security talks at the White House. ... more 
Brazil leader, wooing Trump, opens base to US rocketsWashington (AFP) March 19, 2019 Brazil's new right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, signed a deal Monday to open a base to US satellite launches as he appealed for warm relations with Donald Trump on a visit to Washington. ... more
Trump, right-wing Bolsonaro announce special relationshipWashington (AFP) March 19, 2019 President Donald Trump heaped praise Tuesday on right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro - and received plenty back - in announcing a special relationship that he said could even see the Latin American country join NATO. ... more  
A Mission for the Space ForceBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 Many of the people familiar with the development of a Space Force have assumed that the current organization known as Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), headquartered at Peterson AFB in Colorado, will ... more |
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EU announces 500 million euros for defence projectsBrussels (AFP) March 19, 2019 The EU on Tuesday announced up to 500 million euros in funding for defence projects, including the development of a "Eurodrone". ... more  |
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Merkel rejects US criticism on defence spendingBerlin (AFP) March 19, 2019 Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday insisted Germany will not cut foreign aid to raise military spending, rejecting US criticism of its defence outlays. ... more  
Yemenis score legal win in Germany over US drone strikesBerlin (AFP) March 19, 2019 Germany must ensure that the United States respects international laws when deploying drones over Yemen, a German court ruled Tuesday, in what amounted to a partial victory for three Yemeni plaintiffs. ... more  
Raytheon nabs $97.7M for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile productionWashington (UPI) Mar 19, 2019 The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Missile Systems with a contract for production of the defensive Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile. ... more 
Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Ready for Space, ISS LaunchesMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 19, 2019 One of the routes opened for launches of Soyuz-2 carrier rockets from the Vostochny space center can be used to launch manned and cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesp ... more  
Lockheed Martin develops world-first LTE-Over-Satellite SystemValley Forge PA (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 Lockheed Martin has developed a new LTE-over-Satellite system designed to provide connectivity to remote regions, including areas without cellphone coverage, boats off-shore, or during natural disas ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2019 
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $713 million contract to provide a missile system for Poland as the United States considers setting up a major military base in the former Communist nation.
The contract is for the first phase of Poland's Wisla Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, Northrop Gumman said in news releases Wednesday. Patriots are deployed in t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2019 
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $506.9 million contract to build the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles.
The contract is for incidental services, hardware, facilities, equipment, as well as all technical, planning, management, manufacturing and testing efforts to produce the Patriot, which is an acronym for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target, the Departme ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) March 19, 2019 
Germany must ensure that the United States respects international laws when deploying drones over Yemen, a German court ruled Tuesday, in what amounted to a partial victory for three Yemeni plaintiffs.
The trio had turned to the court after losing close relatives to a drone attack in 2012 in Hadramaut province.
Pointing to the significance of the US airbase in the German town of Ramstein ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch provider for all ten WGS satellites.
"We are very proud to deliver this critical asset to orbit in support of the U.S. and Allied warfighters deployed around th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
DARPA aims to apply the power of social networks to research and development via a novel social media platform purpose-built to quicken the pace of U.S. technology development. Polyplexus, which was recently launched as a public platform, is designed to increase access to scientific evidence and accelerate hypothesis development, research proposal generation, and research sponsor engagement. The ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) March 18, 2019 
German defence spending will rise next year but then drop off again as a percentage of GDP, Berlin said Monday, in news expected to anger US President Donald Trump.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Germany and other NATO allies for falling far short of meeting the target of spending two percent of gross domestic product on their militaries, accusing them of freeloading on US military might.
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 Washington (AFP) March 18, 2019  France's defense minister questioned Monday whether the US commitment to the NATO alliance is "perennial" and said Europe needs to build defense "autonomy" as that question goes unanswered.
With Washington increasingly focused on the strategic challenge from China, Florence Parly said, "a question mark has emerged" over the transatlantic alliance.
Those posing the question would not be r ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can be. Researchers have announced a potential solution - a laser-driven photoacoustic microfluidic pump, capable of moving fluids in any direction without moving parts or electrical contacts.
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 Basra, Iraq (AFP) March 19, 2019  Over 2,000 artefacts, including about 100 that were looted and found abroad, were unveiled Tuesday in a museum in Basra province on the southern tip of Iraq, authorities said.
Basra is the most oil-rich province in Iraq but its heritage sites have long been neglected.
On Tuesday between 2,000 and 2,500 pieces went on display in the Basra Museum, the second largest in Iraq, said Qahtan al ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) March 19, 2019 
North Korea should take "actual action" towards giving up its nuclear weapons to break the deadlock in talks with Washington, a top security adviser to the South's president said, suggesting Seoul's patience with Pyongyang may be wearing thin.
President Moon Jae-in was instrumental in brokering the negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington, seizing on the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Ko ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 19, 2019 
Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe on Thursday as the continent is divided over his cherished Belt and Road trade infrastructure project and under US pressure to shun telecom giant Huawei.
Xi will start his trip in Italy before heading to Monaco - the first visit by a Chinese president to the posh principality - and cap his five-day journey in France.
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 Rome (AFP) March 20, 2019  Italy's Senate voted Wednesday to block the trial of far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for allegedly illegally confining migrants rescued at sea by an Italian coastguard ship last year.
Senators voted 237 to 61 in favour of the immunity commission's recommendation that Salvini, who heads the anti-immigrant League party, should not face trial.
The case relates to the rescue in Au ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 19, 2019 
Hong Kong plans to build one of the world's largest artificial islands with an eye-watering $79 billion price tag, city officials announced Tuesday.
The government's HK$624 billion proposal to reclaim 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) of land around the territory's largest island, Lantau, has been touted as a solution to the pressing housing shortage in the city, which is notorious as one of the ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 18, 2019 
The United States strongly denied Sunday a report that it intended to leave almost 1,000 troops in Syria, adding plans for a residual force of around 200 troops had not changed.
The Wall Street Journal had reported Sunday that as talks with Turkey, US-backed Kurdish forces and European allies have failed to produce a deal on a "safe zone" in northeastern Syria, the US now intended to keep wo ... 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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