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  Washington (AFP) May 2, 2019 The US Defense Department expects China to add military bases around the world to protect its investments in it ambitious One Belt One Road global infrastructure program, according to an official report released Thursday. Beijing currently has just one overseas military base, in Djibouti, but is believed planning others, including possibly Pakistan, as it seeks to project itself as a global superpower. "China's advancement of projects such as the 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative (OBOR) will proba ... read more |
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Northrop Grumman to integrate countermeasures system on aircraft for US, alliesWashington DC (UPI) May 02, 2019 Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. was awarded a contract to integrate the U.S. Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures onto aircraft of the U.S. military and two allies. ... more  
CGI and Thales sign contract for secure Galileo satellite navigation servicesRotterdam, Netherlands (SPX) May 03, 2019 CGI has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space France to enhance and maintain security software for the Galileo satellite navigation system. Valued at approximately 14 million euros, the contr ... more  
Facebook bans conspiracy theorists, controversial black activistSan Francisco (AFP) May 2, 2019 Facebook on Thursday banned prominent conspiracy theorists including Infowars founder Alex Jones and the controversial black activist Louis Farrakhan in its latest push to crack down on hate content at the leading social network. ... more  
Xinjiang crackdown at the heart of China's Belt and RoadKhorgos, Kazakhstan (AFP) May 3, 2019 Traders travel freely through the bustling Khorgos special economic zone that straddles the Kazakhstan-China border, but signs on the Chinese side bear a blunt warning - no veils or long beards allowed. ... more |
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Capella Space ramping up production with Blue Canyon Technologies' Attitude Control SystemsSan Francisco CA (SPX) May 01, 2019 Capella Space, an information services company providing Earth observation data on demand, will provision the first phase of its small satellite constellation with industry-leading attitude control ... more 
US lawmakers: social media answers on extremist content too vagueWashington (AFP) May 2, 2019 Two US lawmakers berated social media firms Thursday for failing to provide specific information on their efforts to root out extremist content on their platforms. ... more  
Navy's Boxer ARG deployed from Naval Base San DiegoWashington DC (UPI) May 02, 2019 Three U.S. Navy ships with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, with 4,500 service members, departed San Diego Wednesday on regular deployment. ... more 
HII awarded $931.7M for LCS planning yard servicesWashington DC (UPI) May 02, 2019 Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $931.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for planning yard services to support littoral combat ships. ... more 
Pilots safely eject from Air Force T-6 trainer before crashWashington DC (UPI) May 02, 2019 Two crew members safely ejected from a T-6 Texan II trainer plane southwest of Hastings, Okla., near Lake Waurika Wednesday afternoon, military officials said. ... more |
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Massive Afghanistan peace summit ends in KabulKabul (AFP) May 3, 2019 A huge peace meeting aimed at finding an exit from Afghanistan's war is due to finish Friday in Kabul, with leading politicians expected to announce visions for a much-needed breakthrough. ... more  |
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Raytheon receives $419 million for Sidewinder missiles, partsWashington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 Raytheon Missiles Systems was awarded a $419 million contract modification to build the Lot 19 AIM-9X missile, the Defense Department announced on Tuesday. ... more  
NASA investigation finds cause of two science mission launch failuresWashington DC (SPX) May 01, 2019 NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) investigators have determined the technical root cause for the Taurus XL launch failures of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Glory missions in 2009 and ... more 
Former CIA officer pleads guilty to spying for ChinaWashington (AFP) May 2, 2019 A former CIA officer could spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty on Wednesday to spying for China, the Justice Department said. ... more 
US Air Force F-35As conduct first combat missionWashington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 An airstrike in Iraq this week was the first combat employment of the F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft by the U.S. Air Force. ... more 
Hurricane repair work at Tyndall AFB halted as funds run outWashington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 Rebuilding of Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., devastated in 2018 by Hurricane Michael, stopped on Wednesday due to a lack of Congressional funding. ... 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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 Geneva (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Washington has signed more than $1 billion in new missile contracts in the three months since it announced plans to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms treaty, campaigners said Thursday.
"The withdrawal from the INF Treaty has fired the starting pistol on a new Cold War," warned Beatrice Fihn, who heads the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). ... more |
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 Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 01, 2019 
Ballard Unmanned Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of the FCair fuel cell product line, a complete long duration fuel cell power solution for commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), at the AUVSI Xponential Annual Conference and Expo 2019 being held in Chicago.
FCair includes an industry-leading hydrogen fuel cell power system, hydrogen storage vessels, pressure regulators, refueli ... 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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 Dushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) May 1, 2019 
More than 80 children have arrived in Tajikistan from Iraq where their parents were sentenced for joining the Islamic State group and other militant outfits, Tajikistan's foreign ministry said online Wednesday.
Eighty-four children, all Tajik citizens, had been "forced to join the ranks" of the militant groups after their parents were recruited, according to the statement on the ministry's w ... more |
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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 wit ... more |
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 London (AFP) May 1, 2019 
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday sacked Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson following a probe into the leak of news that Britain had conditionally allowed China's Huawei to develop its 5G network.
"The Prime Minister has this evening asked Gavin Williamson to leave the government, having lost confidence in his ability to serve in the role of Defence Secretary and as a member of ... more |
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 Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Mozambique is reeling after an unprecedented two cyclones swept ashore within six weeks, wreaking havoc and leaving hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced.
As relief efforts continue, Birgit Holm, director of the Mozambican non-governmental development organisation ADPP, discusses the impoverished southern African country's next steps on the road to recovery following Cyclones Idai an ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 03, 2019 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean, beginning its first maritime space monitoring mission this year.
The ship departed from a port in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday.
As a part of China's new generation of spacecraft tracking ships, Yuanwang-7 is about 220 meters long, 40 meters high and has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tonnes. I ... 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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 Baghdad (AFP) April 29, 2019  The Islamic State group's elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first purported appearance in five years in a propaganda video released Monday, acknowledging IS's defeat at Baghouz while threatening "revenge" attacks.
The world's most wanted man was last seen in Mosul in 2014, announcing the birth of IS's much-feared "caliphate" across swathes of Iraq and Syria, and appears to have o ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 
A U.S. Air Force exercise involving high-energy microwaves and guided lasers to shoot down drones was a success, contractor Raytheon announced.
Dozens of unmanned aerial targets were defeated in the tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., a Raytheon statement released on Tuesday said.
The event expanded on previous directed energy demonstrations, including a U.S. Army exercise ... more |
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