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  Washington (AFP) July 9, 2019 The United States on Tuesday renewed its warning to Turkey that there will be consequences if it buys a Russian missile system, despite President Donald Trump's sympathy for the NATO ally's case. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting Trump last month that he was confident Turkey would not face sanctions for buying the S-400, after the Pentagon formally told Ankara to cancel the purchase by July 31 or be dropped from the elite F-35 fighter jet program. "Turkey will face real and negat ... read more |
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Four companies awarded $72.8M for special projects for Navy, DHS, CBPWashington (UPI) Jul 9, 2019 Four companies have been awarded contracts worth $72.8 million for unspecified special projects and electronic systems for the U.S. Navy, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection and other government agencies. ... more  
French envoy holds talks in Tehran in bid to salvage nuclear dealTehran (AFP) July 10, 2019 A diplomatic adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron held talks in Tehran Wednesday aimed at saving the 2015 nuclear deal and easing tensions between Iran and the United States. ... more  
Navy's Fire Scout unmanned helicopter achieves initial operational capabilityWashington (UPI) Jul 9, 2019 The U.S. Navy's MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has reached initial operational capability, paving the way for fleet operations and training. ... more  
US diplomat gets 40 months in jail over Chinese agent tiesWashington (AFP) July 9, 2019 A US diplomat was sentenced to 40 months in prison Tuesday for lying to investigators about money she received from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for US documents. ... more |
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Afghanistan's Ghani says now is the time for peaceKabul (AFP) July 10, 2019 Now is the "right moment" for peace in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday as he once more called on the Taliban to negotiate with his government. ... more  
Keeping NASA's Oldest Explorers GoingPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2019 With careful planning and dashes of creativity, engineers have been able to keep NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft flying for nearly 42 years - longer than any other spacecraft in history. To ensure ... more 
Branson's Virgin Galactic to go public: reportLondon (AFP) July 9, 2019 Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic will merge with a New York-listed company to become the world's first publicly-traded space tourism venture, the British billionaire's group announced Tuesday. ... more  
Northrop Grumman to deliver space-based broadband to north polar region for Space NorwayDulles, VA (SPX) Jul 08, 2019 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by Space Norway to deliver its Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) system. Northrop Grumman will design, manufacture and integrate two satellites i ... more  
New camera system to offer high-resolution images, video of lunar landingTucson AZ (SPX) Jul 03, 2019 A new spacecraft-mounted camera system funded by NASA is poised to return the first high-resolution video of a landing plume as it lands on the Moon. The Heimdall camera system project, headed ... more |
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 China to launch constellation with 72 satellites for Internet of Things  
Ozmens' SNC Satellite Boosts U.S. Exploration and ResearchSparks NV (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) free-flying satellite, built on a spacecraft platform designed and developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) ... more  |
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China demands US cancel arms sale to TaiwanBeijing (AFP) July 9, 2019 China demanded Tuesday that the United States "immediately cancel" a potential sale of $2.2 billion in arms to self-ruled Taiwan, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles, adding fuel to tensions between the two powers. ... more
Russia says concerned over Iran nuclear threat, will 'continue dialogue'Moscow (AFP) July 8, 2019 Russia is concerned over plans by Iran to breach the uranium enrichment cap set by the 2015 nuclear deal and will pursue diplomatic efforts to save the pact, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday. ... more 
Iran passes uranium enrichment cap set by endangered dealTehran (AFP) July 8, 2019 Iran on Monday breached a uranium enrichment cap set by a troubled 2015 nuclear deal and warned Europe against taking retaliatory measures, as France decided to send an envoy to Tehran to try to calm tensions. ... more  
Amateur astronomers play a part in efforts to keep space safeLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 08, 2019 Heavy traffic is commonplace on Earth but now congestion is becoming an increasing problem in space. With over 22,000 artificial satellites in orbit it is essential to keep track of their positions ... more  
Protesters unmoved as Hong Kong leader says China extradition bill 'dead'Hong Kong (AFP) July 9, 2019 Hong Kong's embattled pro-Beijing leader on Tuesday said a China extradition bill that sparked unprecedented political unrest "is dead" - but protesters immediately dismissed her comments, threatening more mass rallies. ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 09, 2019 
In late June, Sergei Chemezov, chief executive of the country's defence industry giant Rostec, said that Russia had recently started manufacturing the sophisticated S-500 missile systems.
The new S-500 air defence system will specifically be aimed at countering an attack from outer space, Yuri Muravkin, the deputy chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces' anti-aircraft missile troops, told th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2019 
Lockheed Martin's $174.9 million contract with the U.S. Navy calls for updating components of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile system.
The contract, announced by the Defense Department on Wednesday, is an order relating to a previously issued basic ordering agreement. It specifies engineering, testing, product support and ancillary support to update the current LRASM components and syst ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2019 
The U.S. Navy's MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has reached initial operational capability, paving the way for fleet operations and training.
On June 28, the sea-based, vertical lift drone manufactured by Northrop Grumman was declared to achieve operational capability, the Navy said Monday.
The aircraft is designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness and precisi ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 08, 2019 
The US Defense Department recently released an outline of the new satellite architecture for its Space Development Agency (SDA), a space force military branch that will oversee the development of sensors and weapons to counter advances by Russia and China.
The architectural layout of the agency's military satellite setup will consist of a layer which tracks and targets missiles threats in ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 04, 2019 
Leidos Inc. received a $66.7 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop sensor and sensor systems, the Defense Department announced.
The contract with the Air Force Research Lab, announced on Tuesday, calls for sensor development to be used across multiple domains in support of "command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and battl ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2019 
Four companies have been awarded contracts worth $72.8 million for unspecified special projects and electronic systems for the U.S. Navy, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection and other government agencies.
The three-year contracts include two two-year option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of all four contracts to an estimated $17 ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) July 6, 2019 
Sri Lanka's President Saturday announced he will not allow his government to conclude a proposed military deal that would allow US troops free access to the island's ports.
Maithripala Sirisena said he was opposed to the draft Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that the two countries are negotiating to further strengthen their military ties.
Sirisena is at loggerheads with his pro-Western ... 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 7, 2019 
Iraq's military announced a new operation Sunday in an attempt to secure the vast western desert leading to the Syrian border, amid fears jihadist sleeper cells were using the area to regroup.
The operation, dubbed "Will of Victory", began early Sunday morning and would push to clear the remote territory between the provinces of Salahaddin, Nineveh and Anbar, a statement by the military said ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) July 5, 2019 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Friday that the chances of saving a landmark Cold War arms treaty were decreasing day by day, after talks with Russian officials failed to yield any breakthrough.
Russia and the United States have both suspended their participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, accusing each other of violating the accord, which banned a whole class ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 8, 2019 
The United States announced fresh duties on some Mexican and Chinese steel goods on Monday, saying those countries helped their manufacturers with unfair subsidies.
The decision comes two months after President Donald Trump agreed to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada after the three nations agreed on a revised North American free trade pact.
The Commerce Departmen ... more |
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 Dhaka (AFP) July 7, 2019  Monsoon-triggered landslides in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have killed one person and left more than 4,500 homeless, aid officials said Sunday.
About 35 centimetres (14 inches) of rain fell in 72 hours before the landslides started Saturday in camps around Cox's Bazar that house more than 900,000 of the Muslim minority who fled Myanmar, the UN said.
Twenty-six landslides were r ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2019 
With eyes bright, Sun Zezhou, chief designer of China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, speaks fast but clearly.
"Every time I see the moon, I think how Chinese probes have left permanent footprints on it, especially Chang'e-4, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the far side. As a member of the mission, I'm very proud," said Sun.
Chinese engineers began plans for the Chang'e-1 lunar probe i ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 9, 2019  Hong Kong's embattled pro-Beijing leader on Tuesday said a China extradition bill that sparked unprecedented political unrest "is dead" - but protesters immediately dismissed her comments, threatening more mass rallies.
The international finance hub has been plunged into its worst crisis in recent history by a month of marches and sporadic violent confrontations between police and pockets o ... 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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