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  Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 As the space domain continues to grow, so does the need for access to space. The U.S. Air Force and Space Command are powered by innovation. Because of this, Vandenberg Air Force Base is continually making improvements to base facilities, equipment and the way Airmen and operation partners do their job in order to complete the space mission. "Our mission is to provide robust, relevant and efficient spaceport and range capabilities for the nation," said Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing com ... read more |
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Iran sets 10-day countdown to surpass uranium limitTehran (AFP) June 17, 2019 Iran on Monday set a 10-day countdown for world powers to fulfil their commitments under a nuclear deal abandoned by the United States or else it will surpass its uranium stockpile limit. ... more 
US piles pressure on Iran with troop deployment, new photosWashington (AFP) June 17, 2019 The United States ratcheted up pressure on Iran Monday, announcing the deployment of 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East and producing new photographs it said showed Tehran was behind an attack on a tanker ship. ... more 
'Fewer but newer' nuclear arms in the worldStockholm (AFP) June 17, 2019 The overall number of nuclear warheads in the world has declined in the past year but nations are modernising their arsenals, a report published Monday said. ... more 
China's Xi to visit North Korea this week ahead of G20Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2019 Xi Jinping will make the first trip to North Korea by a Chinese president in 14 years this week, state media said Monday, as Beijing tightens relations with Pyongyang amid tensions with the United States. ... more |
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Air Force diverted $66M from projects for chemical cleanup costsWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 The U.S. Air Force diverted more than $66 million to cover the cleanup costs of harmful "forever chemicals" in the water supply in the past two years, according to an analysis by the Department of Defense. ... more  
Northrop Grumman nets $958M for G/ATOR radar systems for MarinesWashington (UPI) Jun 10, 2019 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $958 million contract to deliver 30 full-rate production Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar systems for the Marine Corps. ... more  
HII awarded $687M to modernize, maintain USS Gerald R. FordWashington (UPI) Jun 13, 2019 Huntington Ingalls was awarded a five-year $687 million contract for early service life period work on the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is undergoing sea trials after years of delays and cost overruns. ... more 
Bath Iron Works gets $61.6M for work on Navy's DDG 51 destroyersWashington (UPI) Jun 10, 2019 Bath Iron Works received a $61.6 million contract modification for lead yard services for the U.S. Navy's DDG 51-class destroyers. ... more  
GAO: Air Force shifting money to KC-135 because of KC-46 tanker problemsWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 Because of ongoing problems with the KC-46 Pegasus, the U.S. Air Force plans to initially re-allocate $57 million from the program to the older refueling tanker, the KC-135 Stratotanker, according to a Government Accountability Office report. ... more |
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 Turkey: Pentagon threat to remove F-35 program not in spirit of alliance  
Elite US Navy Seal goes on trial for Iraq war crimesLos Angeles (AFP) June 18, 2019 The trial of an elite US Navy SEAL accused of shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a teenage captive to death in Iraq began Monday at a military court in California. ... more  |
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China slams US criticism of UN envoy's Xinjiang tripBeijing (AFP) June 17, 2019 China on Monday rejected US criticism of the UN counterterrorism chief's visit to the restive region of Xinjiang as "absurd" after Washington warned it could serve to legitimise Beijing's crackdown on Muslim minorities. ... more 
Iraq lifts nearly 30 km of blast walls from Baghdad: officialBaghdad (AFP) June 17, 2019 Iraqi authorities have removed nearly 30 kilometres of concrete blast walls across Baghdad in the last six months, mostly around the capital's high-security Green Zone, a senior official told AFP. ... more 
Under US pressure, Afghan army starts closing checkpointsMaidan Shar, Afghanistan (AFP) June 18, 2019 Only a tangle of razor wire marks the entrance of a remote Afghan army checkpoint that may soon be shuttered as the government closes vulnerable outposts after years of losses to Taliban fighters and desertions. ... more  
AEHF-5 encapsulated and prepared for launchTitusville FL (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 The U.S. Air Force's fifth Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite (AEHF-5) completed encapsulation into its payload fairing in preparation to launch aboard a U ... more 
Enabling revolutionary nondestructive inspection capabilityWashington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 X-rays and gamma rays have a wide range of applications including scanning suspicious maritime shipping containers for illicit materials, industrial inspection of materials and processes, and medica ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) June 12, 2019 
Syrian air defence shot down Israeli missiles targeting the south of the country Wednesday, state media said, as a monitor reported positions of the regime's Lebanese ally Hezbollah had been hit.
The attack was launched in the early hours of the morning against the Tall al-Hara sector near the Golan Heights, according to official news agency SANA, which said there had been no casualties.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 
Science Applications International was awarded a $41.8 million contract over five years for overhaul and supplemental repair of MK-82 directors and AN/SPG-62 antenna systems - both part of the AEGIS combat system suite - for the U.S. Navy.
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers the two systems, which are part of the MK-99 Fire Control System, itself part o ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 
A new energy-efficient data routing algorithm developed by an international team could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying - and helping - longer, report an international team of researchers this month in the journal Chaos, from AIP Publishing.
UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and military applications. In ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 
RBC Signals, the multi-national provider of flexible and cost-effective space communication services, reports it is the recipient of a U.S. Air Force (USAF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award.
Awarded under the topic "Commercial Solutions for Innovative Space Data Analytics", the RBC Signals award is managed out of the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Resear ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 
The U.S. Army participated in a joint exercise with host Bulgaria's air force, navy and land forces as part of Shabla 19 from June 10-15.
Shabla 19, which took place along the Black Sea coast in northeastern Bulgaria, is designed to improve readiness and interoperability between the Bulgarian forces and the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in Shabla, U.S. Army Europe, according ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) June 13, 2019 
Turkey's defence minister on Thursday described as "inappropriate" an ultimatum from the US urging Ankara to abandon its controversial purchase of a Russian missile defence system.
Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan last week sent a letter telling Turkey that it had to renounce the S-400 system by July 31, or Turkish pilots training on the F-35 fighter jet programme would be expell ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) June 17, 2019 
The sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in the disputed South China Sea was "just a collision", the Philippine's President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday as he moved to soothe anger over the crash.
The typically brash Duterte urged calm in his first public comments about the June 9 incident, which has fed into outrage over China's expansive claims to the resource-rich waterwa ... more |
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 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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 Los Angeles (AFP) June 18, 2019 
The trial of an elite US Navy SEAL accused of shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a teenage captive to death in Iraq began Monday at a military court in California.
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, 40, is charged with several war crimes including premeditated murder, attempted murder of two civilians with his sniper rifle and obstruction of justice.
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 Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2019 
Two explosions detonated to crush rocks in northeast China caused a small earthquake near the North Korean border on Monday, local authorities said.
The 1.3-magnitude quake with a zero-metre depth occurred at 19:38 pm (1138 GMT) in Hunchun city in northeastern Jilin province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
The explosions were set off by Jilin Longye Blasting Company d ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2019 
China's economy showed further signs of weakness last month, with industrial output posting its slowest growth in 17 years, placing further pressure on the government as it tries to steady the ship while battling a trade war with the US.
Authorities have for years been attempting to transition the world's number two economy from a reliance on state investment and exports to a more stable mod ... more |
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 Nesconset, United States (AFP) June 16, 2019 
Michael Kidd, now 84 years old, fought in the Korean War. His young German shepherd Millie helps calm him down when things start to swirl, usually at night.
Harry Stolberg - a 42-year-old former Marine who served in Bosnia, Liberia and Nigeria - has a chocolate Labrador named Rocky who wakes him up from his troubled dreams.
And 31-year-old Phil Davanzo - who carried the bodies of fal ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2019 
Beijing reiterated its backing of Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Monday after a massive demonstration demanding her resignation over a controversial extradition bill.
Protest organisers said some 2 million people choked Hong Kong's streets on Sunday - despite Lam's decision to indefinitely suspend passage of the bill a day earlier.
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 The Hague (AFP) June 14, 2019  The Islamic State group is targeting women from the millennial generation as it seeks new recruits after the fall of its so-called caliphate, the EU's police agency said Friday.
In a report on IS propaganda focussed on women, Europol said that this could "pave the way" for a change in the role of female jihadists in future terror organisations.
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 New York NY (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
Harry Sinsheimer serves as the Deputy Director to the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (DE JTO) since February 2017. Harry's experience, knowledge, skills and understanding of laser technology, directed energy weapons, test and evaluation, financial management, logistics, program analysis, organizational and force structure is helping advocate, develop and execute a DE JTO investment stra ... more |
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