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  Washington (UPI) Apr 2, 2019 Lockheed Martin was awarded an additional $2.5 billion contract to begin work on production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors for Saudi Arabia as part of a $15 billion for the defensive ballistic missile systems. Lockheed will provide interceptors and associated one-shot devices, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced Monday. With the new contract modification, the value of Lockheed's contract for the systems increased from from $1.4 billion to $3.9 billion. The THAA ... read more |
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Pentagon expects Turkey to buy US missile systemWashington (AFP) April 2, 2019 US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday he was confident that Turkey would drop its plan to purchase the Russian S-400 missile defense system and buy the US Patriot system instead. ... more  
Britain approves $3.3M for consortium to develop drone swarm technologyWashington (UPI) Apr 1, 2019 Britain's government has awarded a $3.3 million contract for a consortium to develop drone swarm technology for the military as part of the Many Drones Make Light Work project. ... more  
Trump says he strengthened NATO by insisting on higher contributionsWashington (AFP) April 2, 2019 President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has strengthened NATO by insisting on a "rocket" like increase in military spending by allies that he says used to take advantage of US largesse. ... more  
India launches PSLV-C45, with spysat and 28 microsats onboardSriharikota, India (ISRO) Apr 02, 2019 India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has successfully launched EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites into their designated orbits. The PSLV-C45 mission lifted off at 09:27 Hrs (IST ... more |
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Japan's Emperor Akihito ends reign marked by modernisationTokyo (AFP) March 31, 2019 Japan's outgoing Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dramatically modernised the tradition-bound monarchy, bringing themselves closer to the public and boosting popular support for the household. ... more 
China completes compatibility test on core parts of rocket engineBeijing (XNA) Mar 30, 2019 Chinese engineers have successfully carried out a compatibility test on the turbopump and gas generator of rocket engine on Sunday, according to China Daily on Thursday. The engine will delive ... more 
Manila protests Chinese boats near island in disputed seaManila (AFP) April 1, 2019 Manila has lodged a diplomatic protest after more than 250 Chinese ships were spotted in recent months off a Philippine-held island in the hotly disputed South China Sea, a presidential spokesman said Monday. ... more  
Chinese woman arrested at Trump resort with malware on thumb driveWashington (AFP) April 2, 2019 A Chinese woman carrying multiple cellphones and a thumb drive containing malware was arrested on Saturday at US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida while he was staying there, court documents revealed Tuesday. ... more  
US warns Beijing against force after Taiwan incursionWashington (AFP) April 2, 2019 The United States on Tuesday warned Beijing against the use of "force or coercion" on Taiwan after the self-ruling island said that two Chinese fighter jets crossed a traditionally respected maritime line dividing the two sides. ... more |
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 F-35s for Turkey on hold as U.S. approves sales for Australia, Norway  
Former chairman of China's Xinjiang region arrested for graftBeijing (AFP) April 2, 2019 A former chairman of the government of China's troubled northwest region of Xinjiang, an ethnic Uighur, has been arrested for graft, national prosecutors said Tuesday. ... more  |
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Indian satellite destruction creates debris field of 'space junk'Washington (AFP) March 28, 2019 India's destruction of a satellite with a missile created hundreds of pieces of "space junk," a potentially dangerous situation that established space powers have tried to avoid for years. ... more 
Skyborg Program Seeks Industry Input For Artificial Intelligence InitiativeWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 30, 2019 The Air Force office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory is working on fielding a prototype Autonomous, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle as an Early ... more  
Air Force Research Lab poised to change the face of high-power electronicsWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 An emerging AFRL laboratory capability is charting a new course for electronics innovation. The Oxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy laboratory is poised to become a major developer of high-quality se ... more  
US gives Vietnam more patrol boats as defence links growHanoi (AFP) April 1, 2019 The US handed over six patrol boats and equipment worth $12 million to the Vietnamese coast guard, the embassy in Hanoi said Monday, as the former foes continue to boost political and defence links. ... more 
BAE awarded $21.4M for propulsars, tailcones for future Virginia-class submarinesWashington (UPI) Apr 1, 2019 BAE has been awarded a $21.5 million contract to exercise options for the manufacture and delivery of propulsors and tailcones for two unnamed Virginia-class submarines. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 2, 2019 
Lockheed Martin was awarded an additional $2.5 billion contract to begin work on production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors for Saudi Arabia as part of a $15 billion for the defensive ballistic missile systems.
Lockheed will provide interceptors and associated one-shot devices, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced Monday. With the new contract modification, the ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) March 29, 2019 
Turkey's government on Friday rejected US pressure over its disputed deal to purchase Russian missiles, saying Ankara was already in talks over delivery of the S-400 defence system.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has riled Turkey's NATO allies, especially the US, by purchasing the Russian arms system and by drawing closer to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 1, 2019 
Britain's government has awarded a $3.3 million contract for a consortium to develop drone swarm technology for the military as part of the Many Drones Make Light Work project.
The swarms are planned to operate alongside Britain's F-35 and Typhoon combat aircraft, Britain's Defense Ministry announced Thursday. Funding comes from the Defense and Security Accelerator.
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
Engineering researchers have demonstrated that a longstanding theoretical method called direct antenna modulation (DAM) has real-world utility for boosting the quality of radio signals when transmitting at high data rates. The finding has applications in fields such as military communications.
"You can always improve signal quality by using a larger antenna, but that's simply not practical ... more |
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 Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
The BLU-137/B penetrating munition will enter into production this year; thus providing warfighters with a low-cost, high-performance, and highly reliable bunker buster weapon that will make a difference in the battlefield today and in the future.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Di ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 1, 2019  Germany must honour its own promises on defence spending, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg insisted Monday, as the alliance prepares to mark its 70th anniversary amid unprecedented tensions with Washington.
NATO foreign ministers meet in the US capital this week for a low-key celebration of the alliance's 1949 founding treaty, with US complaints over weak European military spending firmly on the ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 31, 2019 
Japan's outgoing Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dramatically modernised the tradition-bound monarchy, bringing themselves closer to the public and boosting popular support for the household.
Akihito has broken new ground with everything from his decision to marry for love to his outspoken calls for peace and expressions of regret over Japan's wartime role.
His approach has at times ... more |
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 Houghton MI (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 
Electrospinning uses electric fields to manipulate nanoscale and microscale fibers. The technique is well-developed but time-intensive and costly. A team from Michigan Technological University came up with a new way to create customizable nanofibers for growing cell cultures that cuts out time spent removing toxic solvents and chemicals. Their work is published in Elsevier's Materialia.
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 Baghdad (AFP) March 24, 2019  Five years after the Islamic State group swept across Iraq, Baghdad is bidding to reclaim its role as a regional player while walking a tightrope between rival backers the US and Iran.
The country is seeking to position itself as a "bridge" between rival powers in a region beset by deep divisions, says Iraqi political scientist Ihssan al-Shemmari.
Following more than a decade of internat ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 02, 2019 
North Korea has not launched a satellite since early 2016, and their space program has never succeeded in placing a functioning satellite into orbit. Boffins have been waiting for a new launch to take place for some time.
There were plenty of ballistic missile tests in 2017, but nothing on the space launch front. North Korea has previously spoken of plans for larger rockets and more sate ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 2, 2019 
EU leaders still want to avoid the chaos of a "no deal" Brexit, but concern is rising that giving Britain a long delay poses risks of its own and would solve little.
With less than two weeks until Britain ends its four-decade-old EU membership, UK lawmakers are still deadlocked over what kind of divorce they want.
European negotiators insist the deal they signed with Prime Minister There ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) March 27, 2019 
Lebanon said on Wednesday it wanted to follow the example of eastern EU states that have largely rejected refugees as a way of resolving its own refugee crisis.
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil sympathised with the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia's refusal to accept refugee distribution quotas proposed by the EU in the wake of the 2015-16 migrant crisis, when more than a million p ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2019 
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Sunday night.
The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched at 11:51 p.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
As the first satellite to constitute China's second-generation data relay satellite network, the Tianlian II-01 will provide data relay ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 30, 2019  Hong Kong's plans to approve extraditions to the mainland have sparked alarm within the city's business and legal communities who fear it will hammer the financial hub's international appeal and tangle people up in China's opaque courts.
The proposal, which will be debated in Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday, would allow the transfer of fugitives with Taiwan, Macau and mainland China on ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) March 24, 2019 
For the millions forced to endure the Islamic State group's brutal rule, life in the "caliphate" was a living hell where girls were enslaved, music was banned and homosexuality was punishable by death.
The jihadists applied an ultra-conservative interpretation of Islamic law across the swathes of Syria and Iraq that they captured in 2014, torturing or executing anyone who disobeyed.
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 02, 2019  Recently released images, which were provided by retired Indian Army Col. Vinayak Bhat, a satellite imagery analyst who specializes on China, have revealed the presence of an anti-satellite laser base in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, the base is located roughly 145 miles south of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and is situated near a la ... more |
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