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  Brussels (AFP) June 25, 2019 NATO will launch its first strategy for space this week as the alliance heads beyond the skies to defend against the likes of China and Russia. As concerns grow about the possible militarisation of space - alongside more mundane worries about debris orbiting the Earth - allied defence ministers will sign off on a policy framework. The aim is for NATO to make space a full operational domain - alongside land, sea, air and cyber - perhaps as early as the alliance summit in London in December, d ... read more |
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Iran air defence missiles must be taken seriously: expertsDubai (AFP) June 25, 2019 The shooting down last week of a sophisticated US drone by an Iranian missile demonstrates that Tehran's air defence capabilities can pose a challenge to US air superiority, experts say. ... more  
China calls for 'calm' as US-Iran tensions riseBeijing (AFP) June 25, 2019 China on Tuesday urged "calm and restraint" as tensions between the US and Iran escalate following US President Donald Trump's new sanctions on Iran. ... more  
European NATO members to boost defense spending this yearWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 The European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will increase defense spending for the fourth consecutive year amid calls by President Donald Trump for the allies to spend a greater share of their budgets on defense. ... more  
Lockheed nets $561.8M for tactical missiles for Bahrain, Poland, RomaniaWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 Lockheed Martin was awarded a $561.8 million contract to produce Army tactical guided missiles for Bahrain, Poland and Romania. ... more |
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Low-cost Valkyrie unmanned aircraft completes second test flightWashington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 A XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft completed its test objectives in a 71-minute flight last week, the U.S. Air Force announced on Monday. ... more 
BAE Systems to install vehicle control systems on Boeing's MQ-25 refueling dronesWashington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 Boeing Co. selected BAE Systems to supply vehicle management systems for its MQ-25 unmanned aerial aircraft, BAE announced on Monday. ... more 
New energy-efficient algorithm keeps UAV swarms helping longerWashington 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 ... more 
Trump says letter from Kim wished him happy birthdayWashington (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. ... more 
Israel will do 'everything' to stop Iran going nuclear: NetanyahuJerusalem (AFP) June 24, 2019 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday his country will do "everything" to prevent arch-rival Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, during a visit by a senior Russian security official. ... more |
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Eighteen-nation BALTOPS exercise wraps up in GermanyWashington (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. ... more  |
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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 
AFRL produces lighter, thinner transparent armorWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 Transparent aluminum, a technology first suggested in the science fiction film "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," is now a reality. With a growing need in the Department of Defense for transpare ... more  
Two Canadian naval vessels sail through Taiwan StraitTaipei (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. ... more  
Newtec collaborates with QinetiQ, marking move into space sectorSint-Niklaas, Belgium (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has announced it is working with QinetiQ on two key projects as it enters the Belgian space ... more 
Israeli space tech firm hiSky expands to the UKLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 An innovative company looking to make satellite communications more accessible and affordable is set to create over 100 high-tech jobs in London and Oxfordshire. The Israeli company hiSky has ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) June 25, 2019  The shooting down last week of a sophisticated US drone by an Iranian missile demonstrates that Tehran's air defence capabilities can pose a challenge to US air superiority, experts say.
The Global Hawk, an advanced US navy surveillance drone, was flying at high altitude - it can reach 60,000 feet (18 kilometres) - early Friday local time when it was struck by a ground-to-air missile by Ir ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $561.8 million contract to produce Army tactical guided missiles for Bahrain, Poland and Romania.
The contract for the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, includes guided missiles and a launching Service Life Extension Program, or SLEP III, as part of foreign military sales, the Defense Department announced Monday.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 27, 2019 
Russian air defence forces regularly pick up and track a variety of US and NATO reconnaissance aircraft, including drones, operating near Russian airspace, with such activity increasing substantially in recent years.
JSC Radio Technical and Information Systems, a major Russian R and D and production enterprise responsible for developing and producing a variety of advanced radar, automated ... 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.
His comments came a day aft ... more |
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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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 New 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, their priorities for research and development, and more. Colonel Haggerty is the ninth Project Manager for Instrumentation, Targets, Threat Simulators and SOF Training Systems (PM ITTS) at PEO STRI, U.S. Army. Dr. Zhdanov is a Senior Scientist at the Laser and Optics Research Center (LORC) at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA). ... more |
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