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  Washington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 Defense contractors Rheinmetall of Germany and BAE Systems of Britain launched a joint venture on Monday to build combat vehicles. The companies issued a statement announcing the formation of Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land, to be headquartered in Telford, England. The new venture is expected to play a major role in the development and construction of the eight-wheeled Boxer 8x8 vehicle for the United Kingdom's Mechanized Infantry Vehicle program, as well as the rest of the British Army's vehicle ... read more |
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Oshkosh Defense awarded $320M to supply FMTVs for U.S., alliesWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $320 million contract with the U.S. Army and allies for the family of medium tactical vehicles. ... more  
LCS USS Montgomery arrives in Philippines on first deploymentWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 The USS Montgomery arrived in the Philippines, it's first deployment and the first time in 19 months any littoral combat ship has been used in forward deployment. ... more 
USS Carney participates in Sea Breeze 2019 naval exercise in UkraineWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 The USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, is participating in the 12-day Sea Breeze 2019, hosted by Ukraine, starting Monday. ... more 
Navy turns to outside experts to fix Ford carrier's elevator problemsWashington (UPI) Jul 2, 2019 The U.S. Navy is relying on an independent team of government and outside experts for a "full court press" to overcome problems with the advanced weapons elevators aboard the newly constructed aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford. ... more |
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ULA says malfunction of Russian RD-180 rocket engine occurred in 2018 during Atlas V launchMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 02, 2019 The US United Launch Alliance (ULA) spokeswoman Julie Arnold said that there was an emergency situation with Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine in 2018 during a launch of Atlas V carrier rocket, noti ... more  
EU, France, Germany and UK urge Iran to reverse uranium decisionBrussels (AFP) July 2, 2019 The diplomatic chiefs of the EU, France, Germany and Britain said Tuesday they were "extremely concerned" and urged Iran to reverse its decision to breach a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal. ... more 
Iran trying to 'blackmail' world by violating nuclear deal: NetanyahuJerusalem (AFP) July 2, 2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Iran of breaching the nuclear deal in order to "blackmail" the international community into relieving economic pressure on the Islamic republic. ... more  
Trudeau promises support for Ukraine in wake of Russian 'aggression'Toronto, Canada (AFP) July 2, 2019 Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau promised Tuesday to support Ukraine in the wake of Russian "aggression," after a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Toronto. ... more 
Trudeau 'confident' that Trump backed Canada in China G20 talksToronto, Canada (AFP) July 2, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that he was "confident" US President Donald Trump brought up Canadians held by Beijing during talks with China's Xi Jinping. ... more |
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 Insitu nets $390.4M for Blackjack, ScanEagle drones for U.S. military, allies  
Raytheon receives $36.7M Navy contract for RAM missiles, GMLS launchersWashington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 A $36.7 million contract for Rolling Airframe Missiles and Guided Missile Launching Systems has been awarded to Raytheon Missile Systems, the Defense Department announced. ... more  |
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Electrical engineer found guilty in China weapons tech export plotWashington (AFP) July 2, 2019 An electrical engineer in California has been convicted for his role in a scheme to export sensitive electronics with military uses to China, the US Department of Justice announced Tuesday. ... more 
Man pours water on Baidu CEO at AI conferenceBeijing (AFP) July 3, 2019 A man burst on to a stage and poured water over the head of Baidu CEO Robin Li as the founder of China's dominant search engine spoke at a company-sponsored event on Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday. ... more 
Facebook to broaden effort to root out white nationalist contentWashington (AFP) July 1, 2019 Facebook said Monday it would take new steps to eliminate content promoting white nationalism and white separatism after an external audit said its efforts were "too narrow." ... more 
14 crew killed in fire on Russian subMoscow (AFP) July 2, 2019 Fourteen Russian seamen have died in a fire on a deep-water research submersible, Russia's defence ministry said Tuesday, amid local media reports that the vessel was a secretive nuclear-powered mini-submarine. ... more  
US brands Baloch militants in Pakistan as terroristsWashington (AFP) July 2, 2019 The United States on Tuesday designated militants fighting Pakistani rule in Balochistan as terrorists after it carried out deadly attacks targeting Chinese interests. ... 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) Jul 1, 2019  A $36.7 million contract for Rolling Airframe Missiles and Guided Missile Launching Systems has been awarded to Raytheon Missile Systems, the Defense Department announced.
The missile system was ordered by the U.S. Navy and the Japanese military, under the Foreign Military Sales program. Japan will underwrite the cost of nine percent of the contract, which was announced on Friday.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
In the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, on a late afternoon in August, decades of research culminated in a moment of stress as the tiny, groundbreaking Robobee made its first solo flight.
Graduate student Elizabeth Farrell Helbling, PhD '19, and postdoctoral fellow Noah T. Jafferis from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the Graduate School of Arts and ... 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) Jul 1, 2019  Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $320 million contract with the U.S. Army and allies for the family of medium tactical vehicles.
The contract for the FMTVs includes vehicles for Argentina, Djibouti, Iraq, Lebanon and Romania in foreign military sales, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday.
Work will be performed at the company's plant in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated co ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) June 26, 2019  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said NATO countries should not place sanctions each other as the tensions with Washington mount over Ankara's deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence system.
"Do not forget that Turkey is a NATO country. America is a NATO country. I am not aware if NATO countries place sanctions on one another," Erdogan told reporters at an Ankara airport, be ... more |
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 Washington (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.
In a report released Tuesday on the 29-member alliance, NATO said the European countries would average 1.58 percent of gross domestic product this year on de ... 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) July 2, 2019 
Iraq is establishing a financial "loophole" to continue buying vital gas and electricity from Iran despite US sanctions, AFP has learned, mirroring a European mechanism that came into effect Friday.
The "special purpose vehicle" (SPV) would allow Iraq to pay for imported Iranian energy in Iraqi dinars, which Iran could use to exclusively buy humanitarian goods, three senior Iraqi officials s ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) June 26, 2019 
NATO on Wednesday agreed a package of political and military measures to boost its defences against a controversial new Russian missile system.
The alliance will review its air and missile defences, along with its intelligence and surveillance programmes, unless Moscow abandons its 9M729 ground-launched cruise missiles by August 2.
The US and NATO say Russia is breaching the Intermediate ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) June 28, 2019 
Birds tweet and shears snip as one of Berlin's many urban gardeners tends her city centre allotment, but behind the tranquil scene a battle is raging over the real estate.
"Schrebergaerten", or allotments, offer city dwellers a chance to grow plants and vegetables in small, private gardens and provide a green-leafed retreat from the hustle and bustle of inner-city life.
Berlin has 71,000 ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) July 2, 2019 
A wall collapsed and killed at least 22 people in Mumbai on Tuesday as the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade brought chaos to India's financial capital and surrounding areas.
Scores more were injured when the structure came down at nighttime in a slum, said Tanaji Kamble, a disaster management spokesman for Mumbai's local authority.
By late Tuesday one more person had succumbed to injur ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 02, 2019 
The satellites, which will reportedly include Yaogan-class remote sensing vehicles and named after the Leo constellation, are expected to be equipped with a self-piloting system.
Beijing plans to deploy 192 artificial intelligence satellites into orbit to observe the Earth's surface by 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reports.
"It is safe to say that the satellites still remain ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2019  Chinese President Xi Jinping faces a major test in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the semi-autonomous city's legislature and graffitied a defiant message on its walls: "Hong Kong is not China".
Beijing has trod carefully since massive protests erupted last month over a bill that would allow extraditions to the mainland, voicing support for the Hong Kong government without directly interv ... more |
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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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