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  Washington (UPI) Aug 20, 2019 The U.S. Space Command will begin operations Aug. 29, Vice President Mike Pence and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said Tuesday. SPACECOM 's start, known as a stand-up, will be the first U.S. combatant command since the Africa Command in 2009, and does not indicate equal status within the government hierarchy with the five branches of the U.S. military. The date was announced by Dunford and Pence at a meeting of the National Space Council. Dunford said that SPACECOM c ... read more |
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Lockheed nets $80M contract for Aegis system upgradesWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2019 Lockheed Martin received an $80 million contract from the U.S. Navy for electronic equipment upgrades to the Aegis missile system, the Pentagon announced. ... more  
US 'prepared to engage' with N. Korea in nuclear talks: envoySeoul (AFP) Aug 21, 2019 The United States is ready to sit down with North Korea to resume long-awaited working-level nuclear talks, a US envoy said Wednesday. ... more 
Pompeo wishes North Korea would not test missilesWashington (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed displeasure Tuesday about North Korea's series of missile tests, but said he wants to resume negotiations on denuclearization with Pyongyang. ... more 
US urges UN to extend Iran arms embargo, travel banUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 The US urged the United Nations Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire next year as part of the embattled Iran nuclear deal. ... more |
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Japan steps in to supply key component to Russia's space programMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2019 A UK firm refused to export carbon fiber to Russia for use in the construction of its only space radio telescope, Spektr-M (Millimetron), after the company was bought out by a US citizen, Deputy Dir ... more  
Robotic tool operations bring in-space refueling closer to realityGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2019 NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) completed an initial set of tool operations, bringing the idea of using water ice or methane from other worlds as fuel for spacecraft one step closer to rea ... more  
Tiny GPS backpacks uncover the secret life of desert batsHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 17, 2019 A new study from the University of Helsinki using miniaturized satellite-based tags revealed that during drier periods desert bats must fly further and longer to fulfil their nightly needs. Accordin ... more 
China launches 3 satellites wth Jielong-1 rocketBeijing (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2019 China's new Jielong-1 (Smart Dragon-1 or SD-1) rocket, which is designed for commercial missions, launched three satellites into orbit for the first time, the Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday ... more  
Does ET exist ponders UVA astronomerCharlottesville VA (SPX) Aug 19, 2019 Many people have a knee-jerk reaction when it comes to extraterrestrial life. Claims of sightings often are immediately dismissed or ridiculed as being crazy. Alternately, some people assume that sc ... more |
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US State Dept approves sale of 66 F-16 fighters to TaiwanWashington (AFP) Aug 21, 2019 The US State Department on Tuesday approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger Beijing. ... more  |
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Turkey warns Syria 'not to play with fire' after strikes: ministerAnkara (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 Turkey warned Damascus on Tuesday "not to play with fire" a day after a Turkish military convoy was cut off by an air strike in northwest Syria. ... more 
Sri Lanka rejects international criticism of new army chiefColombo (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 Sri Lanka Tuesday rejected as "unwarranted and unacceptable" mounting international criticism of the appointment of a general accused of war crimes as the island nation's army chief. ... more  
Islamic State persists despite territory loss: PompeoWashington (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 The Islamic State group remains a threat in Syria and Iraq, and in some areas has even gained power despite the elimination of their "caliphate", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. ... more  
Arms dealer handed 30 years' prison by US courtLos Angeles (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 An international arms dealer was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Los Angeles federal court Monday for conspiring to sell surface-to-air missiles to Libyan militants and other customers in the Middle East. ... more  
NASA Robots Compete Underground in DARPA ChallengePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 15, 2019 Robots from all over the world will compete to find objects in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Systems Competition, held Aug. 15-22 in mining tunnels under Pittsburgh. Among them will be a team led ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2019 
Lockheed Martin received an $80 million contract from the U.S. Navy for electronic equipment upgrades to the Aegis missile system, the Pentagon announced.
The new contract modification, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, calls for Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems division to cover the production, test and delivery of multi-mission signal processor equipment set ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 20, 2019  Russia and China warned Tuesday that a new US missile test had heightened military tensions and risked sparking an arms race, weeks after Washington ripped up a Cold War-era weapons pact with Moscow.
The US and Russia ditched the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty this month after accusing each other of violating the accord.
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Aug 16, 2019  The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated successfully completed a two-hour initial flight of a revolutionary Robotic Pilot Unmanned Conversion Program called ROBOpilot Aug. 9 at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
"This flight test is a testament to AFRL's ability to rapidly innovate technology from concept to application in ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 
With the launch of the first EDRS-C communications satellite on 6 August 2019, a milestone has been reached for the EDRS system. EDRS is a globally unique network of geostationary relay satellites that can deliver data volumes of up to 1.8 gigabits per second to Earth with minimal delay using laser communications. The system is a public-private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) ... more |
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 College Station TX (SPX) Aug 09, 2019 
The Texas A and M University System Board of Regents on Thursday authorized the construction of a $130 million combat development complex at the A and M System's RELLIS Campus in Bryan.
The complex will include a one-of-a-kind, kilometer-long tunnel that will make Texas A and M Engineering "the hypersonics research capital of the country," said M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor and Dean ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 
An international arms dealer was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Los Angeles federal court Monday for conspiring to sell surface-to-air missiles to Libyan militants and other customers in the Middle East.
The trafficking operation run by Rami Najm Asad-Ghanem was described as "breathtaking and frightening" by Judge James Otero, who pronounced the sentence.
Ghanem, a 53-year-old natu ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 20, 2019 
China has the military strength to overwhelm the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, a report released Monday by an Australian research group said.
The report by the University of Sydney-based United States Studies Center said the region is vulnerable to a quick strike by China to secure a military or strategic advantage, which U.S. forces would be hard-pressed to repel.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more researchers discover about how living creatures move, the more machines can imitate them all the way down to their smallest molecules.
"We have these amazing machines already in our bodies, and t ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 16, 2019 
The US-led coalition bombing jihadist targets in Iraq said Friday it was complying with a recent order by the Iraqi prime minister to halt any flights without his explicit approval.
A statement from the coalition said it had "immediately complied with all directions received from our Iraqi partners as they implemented the Prime Minister's order".
Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi on Thurs ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 The US Defense Department on Monday announced the test of a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile, just weeks after tearing up the Cold War-era pact with Russia eliminating that class of nuclear-capable weapons.
The missile was launched on Sunday from the US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los Angeles, California.
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 Stockholm (AFP) Aug 16, 2019 
Greenland is not for sale, the mineral-rich island said Friday, after a newspaper reported that US President Donald Trump was asking advisers whether it's possible for the United States to buy the Arctic island.
Trump has expressed interest in the self-governing part of Denmark - which is mostly covered in ice, - asking advisors if it is possible for the US to acquire the territory, The W ... more |
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 Ignalina, Lithuania (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 
Walking along the top of Lithuania's decommissioned nuclear reactor, the set of HBO's critically acclaimed "Chernobyl" TV series, tourist Vytas Miknaitis says he's not "afraid at all".
"They know what they're doing," the retired computer engineer from Chicago says, referring to organisers of the three-hour tour of the Ignalina power station in eastern Lithuania.
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 21, 2019 
China's new communication satellite ChinaSat 18, sent into space on Monday, has experienced abnormalities, and space engineers are investigating the cause.
The ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite separated with the carrier rocket a ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2019  It was meant to be an unabashed celebration of the triumph of Communism in China, and of President Xi Jinping's authority as the country's undisputed leader for years to come.
But as the People's Republic of China approaches its 70th anniversary on October 1st, Xi finds himself battling threats on multiple fronts.
From a biting US trade war to relentless protests in Hong Kong challenging ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 20, 2019  The Islamic State group remains a threat in Syria and Iraq, and in some areas has even gained power despite the elimination of their "caliphate", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday.
"There are places where ISIS is more powerful today than they were three or four years ago," Pompeo said on CBS's "This Morning" show.
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 
German defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland will build a high-energy laser for installation aboard a German navy ship.
While performance specifications or timetables have not yet been developed by the government Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, the announcement last week is the first time the German military has entered the arena of laser weapon development.
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