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  Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2019 Russian bombers violated Japanese airspace, prompting a scramble of fighter planes to escort them away, Japan's defense ministry said. Two Tu-95 bombers entered Japanese airspace near Minamidaito Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday morning for about three minutes, and one later re-entered the airspace for about two minutes near Hachijo Island in the Izu island chain, the ministry said. It added no dangerous maneuvers were observed. The planes were later seen flying southward from th ... read more |
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Turkey unafraid of US sanctions over S-400 deal: ministerAnkara (AFP) June 24, 2019 Turkey said Monday it does not fear US sanctions over its decision to buy a Russian missile defence system that has frayed ties between the NATO allies. ... more  
Iran plays down threat of new US sanctionsTehran (AFP) June 24, 2019 Iran on Monday played down the threat of new US sanctions as Washington was expected to tighten punitive measures on Tehran in a standoff sparked by the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal. ... more  
Collins Aerospace to provide Environmental Control System and more for NASA X-59 Low-Boom Flight DemonstratorParis, France (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 Collins Aerospace Systems has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide the Environmental Control Systems (ECS), flaps, ailerons and rudder for the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircra ... more  
Researchers see around corners to detect object shapesPittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 Computer vision researchers have demonstrated they can use special light sources and sensors to see around corners or through gauzy filters, enabling them to reconstruct the shapes of unseen objects ... more |
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Boeing nabs five-year, $6.5B extension for JDAM guidance kit servicesWashington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 Boeing was awarded a five-year $6.5 billion extended contract for Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kit services for U.S. allies. ... more 
Boeing awarded $30.7M for MH-47G components for U.S. special opsWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 Boeing Co. received a $30.7 million order to build Chinook helicopter components for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, the Defense Department announced. ... more  
Littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-St. Paul christening is SaturdayWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 The U.S. Navy said it will christen its latest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Minneapolis-St. Paul, on Saturday. ... more 
Sikorsky awarded $542M for six VH-92A helicopters for presidential fleetWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 Sikorsky has been awarded a $542 million contract to build six VH-92A helicopters as part of the presidential fleet. ... more 
Rockwell Collins to overhaul 'Blackhawk' helicopter displays in $49.1M contractWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 Rockwell Collins Co. was awarded a $49.1 million contract to overhaul and maintain display units of the U.S. Army's UH-60 "Blackhawk" helicopters, the Defense Department announced. ... more |
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Limpet mines: classic maritime weaponDubai (AFP) June 20, 2019 Limpet mines, which appear to be the cause of damage to at least one tanker attacked in Gulf of Oman last week, are classic maritime weapons dating back to World War II. ... more  |
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The Future of Directed Energy: Insights from the U.S. Army and Air ForceNew York NY (SPX) Jun 25, 2019 Colonel Richard Haggerty and Dr. Boris Zhdanov share insights into how the FY18 budget appropriations affected directed energy (DE) programs, where DE acquisition and force integration is heading in FY19 ... more 
Crimped by sanctions, Russia quietly keeps busy at Paris Air ShowLe Bourget, France (AFP) June 19, 2019 The iconic red stars adorning Russian aircraft are noticeably absent from this year's Paris Air Show, but Russian officials are nonetheless quietly keeping busy, hoping to drum up both civilian and military orders. ... more 
Ecuador denies Galapagos Islands will host US military baseQuito (AFP) June 18, 2019 Ecuador President Lenin Moreno insisted Tuesday the United States would not be installing a military base on the Galapagos Islands, a day after the government revealed that American aircraft would be able to use an airstrip there. ... more 
Slashing plane emissions a lofty goal, but progress elusiveLe Bourget, France (AFP) June 18, 2019 The aircraft industry is facing growing criticism over greenhouse gas emissions that are set to soar as more people take to the skies, but experts say game-changing technology for cleaner planes is still decades away. ... more
French and Italian shipbuilders sign allianceParis (AFP) June 14, 2019 French shipbuilders Naval Group and Italy's Fincantieri on Friday signed an agreement on Friday to create an 50-50 joint venture in a bid to take on rising global competition. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 21, 2019 
Japan is considering the deployment of early warning satellites designed to detect ballistic missile launches, according to a Japanese press report.
Sankei Shimbun reported Wednesday the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, is looking into tests of infrared sensors for early-warning satellites in 2020.
The missile defense alarm system could provide advance notice of North Kor ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2019 
The U.S. Navy has completed a series of guided flight tests for the RAM Block 2A short-range, surface-to-air missile, according to its manufacturer, Raytheon.
Testing of the rolling airframe missile took place at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., and from the Navy's self-defense test ship off the coast of Southern California, the company said in a news release Wednesda ... 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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 Titusville 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 United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its launch window is currently scheduled to open at 6:00 a.m. EDT on June 27.
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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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 Washington (AFP) June 20, 2019  Saudi Arabia's controversial military campaign in Yemen suffered a double blow Thursday as US lawmakers voted to block President Donald Trump's arms sales to Riyadh hours after Britain temporarily suspended similar sales.
In Washington, the Senate voted to prevent $8.1 billion in US arms in a symbolic bipartisan rebuke to the president and his close ties with the kingdom.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2019 
A 12-day, 18-nation naval training exercise, led by the U.S. Navy's Second Fleet, concluded on Friday in Kiel, Germany.
The 47th annual Baltic Operations [BALTOPS] involved NATO allies 8,600 personnel in training "enhancing flexibility and interoperability among allied and partner nations," a Navy statement said.
Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the ... 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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 Baghdad (AFP) June 21, 2019 
A suicide explosion at a Shiite mosque in eastern Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded nine people on Friday, two Iraqi police officers told AFP.
The blast hit the Imam Mahdi al-Muntadhar mosque in Baladiyat, near the massive and densely-populated district of Sadr City.
"At least one attacker wearing a belt of explosives tried to enter the building but was stopped by the guards, and ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 24, 2019 
President Donald Trump said Monday that Kim Jong Un had wished him happy birthday in a letter received earlier this month amid a nuclear deadlock between the United States and North Korea.
"He actually sent me birthday wishes and it was a friendly letter," Trump - who turned 74 on June 14 - told reporters in the Oval Office when questioned about the missive.
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 Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2019 
Top Chinese and US trade negotiators have held telephone talks ahead of a crunch meeting between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the G20 summit this week, Chinese state media said Tuesday.
Vice Premier Liu He - Xi's pointman in the trade war - spoke with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday and they "exchanged opinions on econo ... 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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 Taipei (AFP) June 20, 2019 
Two Canadian naval vessels sailed through the Taiwan Strait, Taipei's and Canada's defence ministries said, in the latest naval passage likely to irk Beijing.
The ships sailed through the narrow waterway separating the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in a "freedom of navigation" operation, the Taipei ministry said in a statement issued late Wednesday, without providing any details.
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 Geneva (AFP) June 24, 2019 
The UN rights chief called Monday for countries to repatriate family members of suspected foreign fighters in Syria, including some 29,000 foreign children of Islamic State group jihadists.
The situation of foreign fighters and their families topped a long line of concerns listed by Michelle Bachelet in her opening address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which also included the ten ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 20, 2019 
The U.S. Marines announced Wednesday that they are testing a portable, ground-based laser prototype for shooting down drones.
The Compact Laser Weapons System, or CLaWS, is the first ground-based directed energy weapon approved by the Defense Department. It will be evaluated for several months, with the aim of upgrading it to be included in fixed-site and other mobile situations.
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