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The 14th Air Force's Priorities for Space Warfighters Peterson AFB CO (SPX) May 15, 2019 14th Air Force hosted a commander's conference to deliver guidance associated with the 14th Air Force strategic plan, key initiatives, and organizational changes designed to support the future standup of U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) May 7 - 8, 2019. Current and future commanders and command chiefs from the 21st Space Wing, 30th Space Wing, 45th Space Wing, 50th Space Wing, 460th Space Wing, 310th Space Wing, Combined Space Operations Center, National Space Defense Center, National Reconnaissanc ... read more |
Florida advocates criticize Air Force short list of possible Space Command sites Orlando FL (UPI) May 15, 2019 Space Florida officials say they don't believe the Air Force is following due process in seeking a location for the U.S. military's Space Command after the state left off a short list for the projec ... more Washington (AFP) May 14, 2019 The international coalition in Iraq and Syria said Tuesday its troops were not feeling any intensified threat from Iran in the region, seemingly contrary to Trump administration warnings. ... more Sochi, Russia (AFP) May 14, 2019 US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday said his country is not seeking war with Iran, despite a spike in tensions that has seen the Pentagon dispatch nuclear-capable bombers to the region. ... more Washington (AFP) May 14, 2019 Coalition forces in Iraq and Syria sent conflicting signals Tuesday over Iran's alleged threat, with a British general appearing to take issue with Washington's alarms over an imminent danger posed by Tehran to the US and its allies. ... more |
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NISTex-II instrument successfully launched on May 4th Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2019 On May 4, 2019, the Navy Interferometric Star Tracker Experiment II (NISTEx-II) instrument, a joint project of the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and NASA, was successfully launched into space aboard ... more Luxembourg (AFP) May 10, 2019 The tiny EU country of Luxembourg and the United States agreed on Friday to work more closely on projects in space, including research and exploration as well as defence and commerce. ... more Aalborg, Denmark (SPX) May 14, 2019 GomSpace and ESA have signed a contract to adapt and improve smallsat systems and subsystems for science missions in deep space. The contract value is 3.900.000 euro over 18 months. (3.300.0 ... more Cocoa FL (UPI) May 09, 2019 Rocket Crafters, a Cocoa, Fla.-based space startup, has signed an agreement with RUAG Space to use RUAG components. The memo of understanding is a further step toward launching a suborbital ro ... more London (AFP) May 14, 2019 Chinese telecom giant Huawei is willing to sign a "no-spy" agreement with countries including Britain, the firm's chairman said on Tuesday, as the head of NATO said Britain must preserve secure mobile networks. ... more |
Yemen rebels hand security of Hodeida ports to 'coastguard': UN Paris (AFP) May 14, 2019 France paid its emotional final respects Tuesday to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa last week that has sparked a row over the risks taken by the freed tourists. ... more
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UN probes casualty claims from US strikes in Afghanistan Kabul (AFP) May 13, 2019 The UN's Afghanistan mission said Monday it was probing allegations of civilian casualties resulting from US air strikes against purported drug-making facilities in western Afghanistan. ... more Moscow (AFP) May 13, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit a top military flight test centre and inspect new weaponry on Tuesday, hours before he meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Kremlin said. ... more Ankara (AFP) May 14, 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Syrian regime of "seeking to sabotage" Ankara's relationship with Russia through its latest offensive in the northwest of the war-torn country. ... more Paris (ESA) May 10, 2019 The first commercial microsatellite developed under ESA's SAT-AIS programme for tracking ships, called ESAIL, has passed another milestone. On 9 May its Canadian operator exactEarth signed the launc ... more Washington (UPI) May 14, 2019 The USS John Stennis is scheduled to arrive in Norfolk, Va., on Thursday after deployment in Asia and as part of a three-ship fleet swap. ... more |
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Patriot system, transport ship sent to Middle East as Iran tensions rise Washington DC (UPI) May 13, 2019 The Defense Department is moving the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock ship and a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery to the Middle East for additional military strength amid rising tensions with Iran. On Friday, the Pentagon announced the ship and an additional launching system for PAC-3 missiles are part of the U.S. Central Command's original request from earlier this week fo ... more |
F-35C jets to be armed with hypersonic cruise missiles Washington DC (UPI) May 10, 2019 The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, was developed as a missile for land attacks, but could reportedly be used for maritime strikes soon. The US authorities earlier awarded Lockheed Martin, who manufactures the F-35 fighters, a $928-million contract to develop it. They are expected to fly for the first time this year. The US-based defence giant Lockheed Martin has presente ... more |
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Northrop Grumman awarded $163.6M to support Army's Hunter drone Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $163.6 million contract for support services on the U.S. Army's fleet of MQ-5B Hunter drones. The company will operate, engineer, reconfigure and maintain the unmanned aerial systems as part of the new contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work will be performed at Northrop Grumman's plant in Sierra Vista, Ariz., with the contract es ... more |
Next AEHF satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral for June launch Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 10, 2019 The US Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its arrival in Florida. Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ahead of its expected June launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. AEHF-5's launch comes just eight months after AEHF- ... more |
Raytheon awarded $101.3M to build anti-tank missiles for U.S. Army Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019 Raytheon has been awarded a $101.3 million contract to build radio-controlled, anti-tank missiles for the U.S. Army. The Defense Department on Friday announced the company was selected to build the tactically launched and optically tracked wireless-guided missiles, or TOW. The weapon system, which includes TOW 2A, TOW 2B Aero and TOW Bunker Buster versions, is deployed by more th ... more |
Yemen arms inquiry poses threat to French press freedom: NGOs Paris (AFP) May 13, 2019 Press freedom is under attack in France as three journalists face an inquiry over the leaking of a classified report on the use of French arms in Yemen, rights groups warned on Monday. The three journalists - Geoffrey Livolsi and Mathias Destal from the Disclose website and Radio France's Benoit Collombat - have been summoned to a hearing on Tuesday and Wednesday at the domestic intelligen ... more |
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Top cardinal says 'many questions' remain despite Vatican thaw with China Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2019 A top cardinal has said "many questions" remain despite the Vatican's diplomatic thaw with China, and that a deal paving the way to rapprochement was "only a starting point". Cardinal Pietro Parolin's remarks - in an interview with China's state-run Global Times, published Monday - follow the signing in September last year of a historic bilateral agreement on the thorny issue of the appoin ... more |
Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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Fears of new jihadist 'academies' as Iraqi jails fill up Baghdad (AFP) May 9, 2019 As Iraq tries thousands of locals and foreigners accused of joining the Islamic State group, experts warn its jails could once again become "academies" for jihadists. Prison was a pivotal moment for many prominent jihadists - not least of them Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, IS's Iraqi supremo who remains at large despite the collapse of his "caliphate" in March. Baghdadi was held in Camp Bucca, ... more |
Trump warns that if Iran 'do anything', they 'will suffer greatly' Washington (AFP) May 13, 2019 President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran would "suffer greatly" were it to "do anything," amid US intelligence indications that Tehran was planning to attack US interests in the region. "I'm hearing little stories about Iran," Trump told reporters as he hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House. "If they do anything, it would be a very bad mistake," Trump warn ... more |
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Trump tells farmers victory awaits in trade war ; Just a little squabble Washington (AFP) May 14, 2019 US farmers who are major exporters of pork and soy, are caught in the middle of President Donald Trump's trade wars. And farmers along with the industries that support them, are also key voters. So with 18 months to go before the presidential election, Trump is hoping to put them at ease and keep their support. But as trade barriers continue to bite deeper into an industry that was alrea ... more |
Glassy menagerie of particles in beach sands near Hiroshima is fallout debris Berkeley CA (SPX) May 14, 2019 Mario Wannier, a career geologist with expertise in studying tiny marine life, was methodically sorting through particles in samples of beach sand from Japan's Motoujina Peninsula when he spotted something unexpected: a number of tiny, glassy spheres and other unusual objects. Wannier, who is now retired, had been comparing biological debris in beach sands from different areas in an effort ... more |
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China's Yuanwang-7 departs for space monitoring missions 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 |
Nepal probes journalists for Dalai Lama news Kathmandu (AFP) May 14, 2019 Three Nepali journalists are being probed for circulating a news item on the Dalai Lama, officials said Tuesday, in a sign of growing Chinese influence on its small Himalayan neighbour. The journalists, who work with Nepal's national news agency Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), were asked for clarifications after translating a wire report about the Dalai Lama's discharge from a hospital and h ... more |
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Row as France remembers troops slain in hostage raid Paris (AFP) May 14, 2019 France was Tuesday to pay its final respects to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa last week that has sparked a row over the risks taken by the freed tourists. French special forces Cedric de Pierrepont, 33, and Alain Bertoncello, 28, who died in the operation in Burkina Faso, will be honoured in a ceremony at the Invalides military compl ... more |
Raytheon shoots down drone with lasers, microwaves in Air Force test 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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