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  Seoul (AFP) April 30, 2019 A senior North Korean official on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of having "foolish and dangerous ideas", and warned Washington of an "unwanted outcome" if it does not adjust its stance on economic sanctions. Pyongyang and Washington have been at loggerheads since the collapse of a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in February with no deal reached on the North's denuclearisation. Since then tensions have mounted, and Tuesday's comment ... read more |
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Japan rings in new era as Naruhito becomes emperorTokyo (AFP) April 30, 2019 A new era dawned in Japan on Wednesday as Naruhito officially became emperor at midnight following his father's historic abdication from the Chrysanthemum Throne, the world's oldest monarchy. ... more  
Boeing's MQ-25 refueling drone moved to air base for flight testingWashington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 Boeing's prototype MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling drone is so huge it needed help from government agencies in Missouri and Illinois to move 40 miles. ... more 
Europe's First Hydrogen Drone Doubles Flying Times with AMS CylindersLondon, UK (SPX) May 01, 2019 Specialist drone manufacturer, SKYCORP, has successfully doubled the maximum flight times of e-Drone Zero, Europe's first hydrogen powered drone, to two hours, by using a new, ultra-lightweight gas ... more 
Iris Automation offers turnkey collision-avoidance solution for commercial dronesSan Francisco CA (SPX) May 01, 2019 Iris Automation, an artificial intelligence and safety avionics company, has announced the launch of Casia - the first commercially available computer vision detect-and-avoid solution to enable Beyo ... more |
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With Insights from Integration Exercise, SubT Challenge Competitors Prepare for Tunnel CircuitWashington DC (SPX) May 01, 2019 Nine teams hailing from four continents gathered in Idaho Springs, Colorado, the week of April 5-11, 2019, to test autonomous air and ground systems for navigating the dark, dangerous, dirty, and un ... more  
Vodafone identified Huawei security flaw decade agoLondon (AFP) April 30, 2019 British telecoms group Vodafone tackled a security flaw with Huawei technology a decade ago, it was revealed Tuesday amid widespread concerns over the Chinese giant developing 5G networks abroad. ... more 
Dutch warn of 'worrying' Russian, Chinese cyber-spyingThe Hague (AFP) April 30, 2019 Russia and China are stepping up "worrying" cyber-spying activity, including last year's plot to hack the world chemical weapons watchdog, the Dutch intelligence service warned Tuesday. ... more  
Boeing awarded $5.7B for KC-46 Pegasus combat capability workWashington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 Boeing has been awarded a $5.7 billion post-production contract for combat capability for the U.S. Air Force's troubled K-46 Pegasus refueling tanker aircraft. ... more 
Lockheed awarded $1.1B contract for F-35 supportWashington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract for sustainment services in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the United States and allies. ... more |
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Kabul on lockdown as assembly discusses peace with the TalibanKabul (AFP) April 30, 2019 Afghanistan's usually bustling capital Kabul slowed to a crawl Tuesday amid massive security for a high-stakes peace summit previously targeted for insurgent attacks. ... more  |
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Iraqi premier warns IS weakened, not defeatedBerlin (AFP) April 30, 2019 Iraqi Premier Adel Abdel Mahdi said Tuesday the Islamic State group had been militarily weakened but not defeated, as the recent deadly Sri Lanka bombings had shown. ... more  
Why has IS chief appeared after a five-year absence?Beirut (AFP) April 30, 2019 An Islamic State group video purporting to show supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for the first time in five years may herald a new chapter for the jihadists, according to experts. ... more 
China defends Xinjiang crackdown after UN chief raises issueBeijing (AFP) April 30, 2019 China Tuesday rejected "any interference" in its internal affairs after UN chief Antonio Guterres raised the plight of ethnic Uighurs in the restive Xinjiang region during a visit to Beijing. ... more  
Satellite Constellations and Radio AstronomyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2019 In the San Augustine Plains of central New Mexico, 27 radio telescopes stand tall, operating nearly 24 hours, 7 days a week capturing extremely weak signals emitted from all over the Universe. This ... more 
UN chief tells China to uphold rights in XinjiangUnited Nations, United States (AFP) April 29, 2019 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of ethnic Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang region during talks with Chinese leaders and stressed that China must fully respect human rights, his spokesman said Monday. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 29, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has exercised a $13.9 million in support of the U.S. Navy's AEGIS combat system.
The AEGIS speed to capability development contract includes systems engineering, modeling and simulation, and design cycles. The contract also includes completion of the development and fielding of the AEGIS Baseline 9 AEGIS Weapon System and integrated AEGIS Combat System on AEGIS Technical ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 
Boeing and Lockheed have been awarded contacts worth more than $70 million for support of AH-64 Apache helicopters and Hellfire guided missiles for Saudi Arabia.
The Defense Department announced the separate deals Monday.
Boeing was awarded a $39.5 foreign military sales contract for post-production system support, which includes integrated product support, of the AH-64 twin-turb ... more |
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 Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 01, 2019  Massachusetts-based Ascent AeroSystems has announced the specifications, pricing, availability and launch customer for "Spirit," its new dual-rotor coaxial drone and named Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics as the launch customer.
"Bulky, fragile and unable to fly in bad weather, today's 'industrial' drones are not well-suited for mission-critical operations. Damage from normal handling and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 
Boeing has been awarded a $605 million contract for the production of the Air Force's 11th Wideband Global Satellite Communication Space Vehicle.
The Department of Defense, which announced the contract on Friday, depends on the WGS system to communicate with warfighters across the globe. Ten Ka-band and 8 X-band beam can be positioned anywhere in the field of view of each satellite, acc ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2019 
Nine teams hailing from four continents gathered in Idaho Springs, Colorado, the week of April 5-11, 2019, to test autonomous air and ground systems for navigating the dark, dangerous, dirty, and unpredictable underground domain.
The SubT Integration Exercise, known as STIX, took place at the Colorado School of Mines' Edgar Experimental Mine. The event provided a shakeout opportunity for c ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) April 28, 2019 
US military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Worldwide military spending also rose by 2.6 percent to $1.8 trillion overall last year, SIPRI calculated.
It was the second year running the global figure has risen, bringing military ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) April 30, 2019 
A new era dawned in Japan on Wednesday as Naruhito officially became emperor at midnight following his father's historic abdication from the Chrysanthemum Throne, the world's oldest monarchy.
The 59-year-old Naruhito will formally take possession of the sacred imperial regalia at a solemn ceremony later Wednesday but he became the 126th emperor at the stroke of midnight, ushering in the "Rei ... more |
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 Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Compared to so-far used global heating schemes, which are slow and energy-costly, light-controlled heating, using optical degrees of freedom such as light wavelength, polarisation, and power, allows to implement local, efficient, and fast heating schemes for the use in nanomagnetic computation or to quantify collective emergent phenomena in artificial spin systems.
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 Berlin (AFP) April 30, 2019  Iraqi Premier Adel Abdel Mahdi said Tuesday the Islamic State group had been militarily weakened but not defeated, as the recent deadly Sri Lanka bombings had shown.
An IS propaganda video released Monday with a purported appearance by the jihadist group's elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi showed him in what appeared to be a "very simple and isolated" location, Mahdi said on a visit to Be ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 29, 2019 
Boeing has been awarded a $127.6 million contract for the Air Force's B61-12 nuclear bomb life extension program.
The new contract modification, which covers Lot 1 and Lot 2 long lead items, brings the cumulative value of the previously awarded contract to $131.9 million, the Defense Department announced Friday. Fiscal year 2018 and 2019 procurement funds, and fiscal year 2019 research ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2019  China's President Xi Jinping on Friday called for a "fair and friendly" environment for Chinese companies and citizens overseas, as pushback against its tech giants rises and academics find their visas cancelled.
Beijing and Washington have been locked in a bruising trade war - which negotiators have been working to resolve - but there has also been a growing strategic rivalry between the ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
As the impacts of climate change escalate, ecosystems will likely undergo events that will disrupt entire populations. In marine ecosystems, anthropogenic warming has subjected organisms to elevated temperatures, oxygen loss, and acidification. The increased frequency and severity of catastrophic events may inhibit a population's ability to recover and, in turn, may spur collapse.
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 01, 2019 
China's retired space tracking ship Yuanwang-2 will start its new mission of public education in the city of Jiangyin, in east China's Jiangsu Province.
The Yuanwang-2 was donated to the Jiangyin municipal government on Sunday. The vessel will start its new mission in science popularization education after serving China's aerospace development for more than 40 years.
Both China's fir ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2019 
China on Monday lashed out at the United States for voicing alarm over the jailing of leaders of Hong Kong's democracy movement, calling Washington's comments a "gross interference".
Four prominent activists were last week jailed for their role in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, which paralysed Hong Kong's central business district for months and infuriated Beijing with its show of ang ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) April 28, 2019  Church bells tolled mournfully at Colombo's devastated St Anthony's Shrine on Sunday, as scores of Christians wept but defiantly prayed and lit candles for the victims of the horrific Easter bombings.
The bells rang out at 8:45 am, the moment a jihadist suicide bomber detonated his device inside the 18th-century church on Easter Sunday, one of six attacks on churches and luxury hotels that l ... more |
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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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