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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 When will North Korea launch its next satellite? There hasn't been a launch since early 2016. Recently, boffins became interested in some new construction at North Korea's satellite launch complex, which suggested a launch could be ready soon. The failure of the recent US-North Korean summit in Hanoi to produce a positive result for North Korea could have also prompted a launch. And so we waited. This analyst expected that a launch could take place in time for North Korea's recent parliamentary me ... read more |
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Final Military Satellite Launch From Baikonur Rescheduled for JulyMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 16, 2019 The launch of the final military telecommunications satellite of Russia's Blagovest constellation from the Baikonur Cosmodrome has been put off from May to July, a source in the space industry told ... more 
AFSPC Commander highlights Joint, Coalition warfighters at Space SymposiumColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 The leader of Air Force Space Command and the Joint Force Space Component Command spoke to members of the international space community, industry and media at the 35th Space Symposium Tuesday. ... more  
Boeing awarded $14B for upgrades to B-1, B-52 Air Force bombersWashington (UPI) Apr 15, 2019 Boeing has been awarded a $14.2 billion contract to modify, modernize and test weapons systems on B-1 and B-52 bombers for the U.S. Air Force. ... more  
US committment to Taiwan security 'rock-solid': ex-officialTaipei (AFP) April 15, 2019 The United States commitment to Taiwan's security remains "rock-solid," a former top-ranking US official said Monday, as the two sides commemorated the 40th anniversary of legislation guaranteeing US support for the island. ... more |
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Boeing awarded $91.2M contract for new computer processors on F-15Washington (UPI) Apr 9, 2019 Boeing was awarded a $91.2 million contract new high-speed computer processor for the U.S. Air Force's F-15 fighter jets. ... more  
Classified note confirms French weaponry in Yemen: reportParis (AFP) April 15, 2019 French weapons are being used by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, according to a classified military note revealed on Monday which contradicts public statements from France's government. ... more  
Young entrepreneur aims to send 3D-printed rockets to spaceColorado Springs (AFP) April 9, 2019 To see Tim Ellis hunched over his laptop, alone in a room at a major space industry conference in Colorado, you can hardly imagine that he might be the next Elon Musk. ... more  
Dalai Lama discharged from hospitalNew Delhi (AFP) April 12, 2019 The Dalai Lama left a New Delhi hospital Friday after three days of treatment for a chest infection, but the 83-year-old will need several days of rest before returning to his Himalayan base, his spokesman said. ... more  
Microsoft's work with Chinese military university raises eyebrowsBeijing (AFP) April 12, 2019 Microsoft has been collaborating with researchers linked to a Chinese military-backed university on artificial intelligence, elevating concerns that US firms are contributing to China's high-tech surveillance and censorship apparatus. ... more |
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 GAO: Cost for president's new 23-helicopter fleet drops $234M 
Modi says India undermined Pakistan nuclear threatNew Delhi (AFP) April 14, 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that India had called Pakistan's nuclear bluff in recent cross-border air strikes that almost triggered a new war between the nuclear-armed rivals. ... more  |
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Warning issued on industrial plants as 'Triton' hack resurfaces San Francisco (AFP) April 12, 2019 Security researchers this week confirmed that they spotted new activity by hackers using "Triton" malware capable of doing real-world damage to oil, gas or water plants. ... more  
Castor Marine upgrades maritime network with iDirect iQ series of remotesHerndon VA (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 VT iDirect, a company of VT Systems, has announced that Castor Marine, a satellite service provider based in the Netherlands, has become one of the first in its region to deploy the latest iDirect i ... more 
Europe's institutions consider Ariane 6 and Vega-CNoordwijk, The Netherlands (ESA) Apr 12, 2019 ESA and Arianespace are giving full support to European institutional customers to launch their missions on Ariane 6 and Vega-C. Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA's Director of Space Transportation a ... more 
Star Wars redux as US tries to 'Engineer a Race Where There's None'Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 16, 2019 NASA's Moon-landing plans, as they were depicted by the agency, consist in developing a blueprint on how to get astronauts to the lunar surface in the next five years, but the announcement has cause ... more 
Multinational Statement for Combined Space OperationsPeterson AFB CO (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 Air Chiefs and senior space officials from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States held a meeting at Headquarters Air Force Space Command to discus ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2019 
The United States will temporarily deploy its THAAD anti-missile protection system in Romania this summer, U.S. European Command said Thursday.
The land-based THAAD system, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, will be used by NATO for its Ballistic Missile Defense systems while the international alliance's existing Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System goes through mainte ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2019 
Last week, Army Space and Missile Command chief Lieutenant General James Dickinson said in congressional testimony that the US armed forces were planning five test programs on hypersonic weapons systems in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean
The United States is moving quickly to develop hypersonic weapons just as Russia and China are doing, US Strategic Command Commander Gen ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) April 4, 2019 
It was more of a small step than a giant leap, but the first public outing of a pilotless "drone taxi" in Vienna on Thursday nevertheless offered a glimpse into the possible future of urban travel.
Several big companies such as Boeing and Airbus are working on their own versions of the technology but it was the Chinese firm EHang that unveiled its aircraft to assembled journalists in the Aus ... more |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 
A new type of pocket-sized antenna, developed at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, could enable mobile communication in situations where conventional radios don't work, such as under water, through the ground and over very long distances through air.
The device emits very low frequency (VLF) radiation with wavelengths of tens to hundreds of miles. These waves ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 15, 2019 
Boeing was awarded a $21.6 million contract for sustainment of U.S. Air Force's GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, known as a "bunker buster" bomb, designed for use with the B-2 Spirit stealth fighter.
This extends the ordering period for the MOP by an additional four years and increases the order ceiling price to cover the extension, the Defense Department announced Friday.
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 Paris (AFP) April 15, 2019 
French weapons are being used by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, according to a classified military note revealed on Monday which contradicts public statements from France's government.
The note from the French military intelligence service, published by new investigative media outlet Disclose, concluded that the UAE and Saudi Arabia had deployed French weaponry from arti ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 15, 2019 
A Pentagon-commissioned report published Monday envisions equipping Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with "resistance" cells armed with unconventional weapons to deter Russia from invading.
These capabilities would range from cyber to drones to long-range mobile communications and non-lethal weapons as well as small arms, explosives, anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, the Rand Corporation rep ... more |
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 Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 
A research team at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed a method to construct a biohybrid system that incorporates Vorticella microorganisms.
The method allows movable structures to be formed in a microchannel and combined with Vorticella. In addition, the biohybrid system demonstrates the conversion of motion from linear motion to ro ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 14, 2019  Iraq has begun trial proceedings for nearly 900 Iraqi suspected members of the Islamic State group caught fleeing jihadist territory in neighbouring Syria, a judicial source told AFP on Sunday.
They were handed over to Iraqi authorities by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which ousted IS from swathes of eastern Syria including territory bordering Iraq.
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 Tehran (AFP) April 15, 2019 
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif issued a "reminder" Monday to European powers that Tehran is allowed to enrich uranium under its nuclear deal, after a senior French diplomat claimed otherwise.
"There is no prohibition on the enrichment of uranium by Iran," Zarif tweeted.
His comments were addressed to France, Germany and Britain who signed up to the landmark 2015 accord with Tehran ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 10, 2019 
There is no "arbitrary deadline" to conclude the US-China trade talks, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday, a week after President Donald Trump said the talks were due to take another month.
"We're not going to set an arbitrary deadline," Mnuchin told CNBC, adding that the details of an enforcement mechanism for the agreement had now been "pretty much agreed."
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 12, 2019  At least two people were killed when adjacent apartment buildings collapsed in an impoverished neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Brazilian officials said, days after torrential rain wreaked havoc in the city.
Another seven were injured when the structures in the Muzema favela - where many of the cheaply-made buildings are erected without permits - buckled in the early morning when ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2019 
China's first carrier rocket for commercial use, the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), has finished its engine test, paving way for its maiden flight in the first half of 2019, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
The rocket is the first member of the Dragon series commercial carrier rockets family to be produced by CALT. It has a total length of 19.5 meters, a diameter ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 13, 2019 
A blog operator must pay $29,000 to a real estate developer for "defamation", a Chinese court has ruled after alleging a building complex had bad energy.
Published on the WeChat social network in November, the text said an office complex in Beijing brought bad luck to its business tenants because it does not respect feng shui principles.
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 Mogadishu (AFP) April 15, 2019 
The US military confirmed Monday that it had killed the second-ranking Islamic State leader in Somalia in an air strike.
US Africa Command said that Abdulhakim Dhuqub was killed Sunday in the strike vicinity of Xiriiro in the Bari region.
In the current assessment, the US military said the strike killed only Dhuqub and destroyed one vehicle.
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 8, 2019 
Leidos has been awarded a $19.3 million contract for system integration and field testing of a laser weapon system being developed at Kirtland Air Force base in New Mexico.
The contract provides for advancing work on state-of-the-art of laser weapon system technology through research and development of laser weapon systems, as well as evaluate performance in relevant operational environ ... more |
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