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  Washington (UPI) Sep 16, 2019 A new agency established within the European Commission to deal with Europe's fragmented defense industry will have France's former defense minister in charge. Sylvie Goulard is expected to be nominated in a European Parliament hearing, and lead the directorate starting on Nov. 1. The development of the agency is seen by some as a signal that Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming European Commission President and former German defense minister, seeks to have Europe to take more responsibility for ... read more |
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US Air Force selects Hughes to strengthen SATCOM resilienceGermantown MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a $2.2M contract funded by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), to produce an Enterprise ... more  
Russia says no threat after blast in lab holding smallpoxMoscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2019 Russia has said there is no threat of contamination after an explosion and fire at a Soviet-era biological weapons facility in Siberia that stocked samples of the Ebola and smallpox viruses. ... more  
Aerojet Rocketdyne Scores Big Contracts on US ICBM, Hypersonic Missile ProgramsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2019 Aerojet Rocketdyne has scored parts of several big contracts in the burgeoning US missile program, including developing a hypersonic missile and the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the next ... more 
Baikonur Cosmodrome Getting Ready for Last Launch of Russian Rocket With Ukrainian PartsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2019 The Baikonur cosmodrome is getting ready for the last start of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Ukrainian parts, Russian state space agency Roscosmos announced on Friday. "Baikonur Cosmodrome ha ... more |
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UN eases arms embargo on Central African RepublicUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 13, 2019 The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved the easing of an arms embargo on the Central African Republic for the first time since 2013 when it was engulfed in violence. ... more  
US warship docks in Lebanon amid regional tensionsBeirut (AFP) Sept 15, 2019 The United States navy destroyer USS Ramage docked briefly in Lebanon, the US embassy in Beirut said on Sunday, amid heightened regional tensions. ... more 
Thailand agrees to buy amphibious landing ship from ChinaWashington (UPI) Sep 13, 2019 Thailand agreed to purchase a Chinese-made amphibious transport dock ship from a Chinese shipbuilder. ... more  
Boeing starts assembly of first KC-46A tanker for JapanWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2019 Boeing has started assembling the first of four KC-46A tankers the U.S. State Department approved for Japan under a $1.9 billion deal nearly three years ago. ... more 
Boeing awarded $45M contract for U.S. Navy, Australian P-8A upgradesWashington (UPI) Sep 12, 2019 The Boeing Company has been awarded more than $45 million for P-8A aircrew training upgrades for the U.S. Navy and government of Australia. ... more |
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Tyndall AFB holds industry day as rebuilding gives way to upgradesWashington (UPI) Sep 17, 2019 The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday that nearly a year after Hurricane Michael wrecked Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., it is planning to rebuild an upgraded base in partnership with community and private industry. ... more  |
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Air strikes kill 10 pro-Iran fighters in Syria: monitorBeirut (AFP) Sept 17, 2019 Overnight air strikes killed 10 pro-Iranian Iraqi militiamen in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Tuesday, without specifying who carried them out. ... more  
Iraq parliament strips outspoken liberal MP of immunityBaghdad (AFP) Sept 17, 2019 Iraq's parliament stripped an outspoken liberal lawmaker of his immunity from prosecution Tuesday following accusations he praised Saddam Hussein's Baath party, despite his long history of opposing the executed dictator. ... more  
Pakistan slams India over Kashmir remarksIslamabad (AFP) Sept 18, 2019 Pakistan fired back Wednesday at New Delhi's "jingoistic rhetoric" after India's foreign minister vowed to retake Islamabad's portion of the disputed Kashmir region as tensions flare between the nuclear-armed rivals. ... more 
UN extends Afghan mission after China 'Silk Road' veto threatUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 17, 2019 The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously extended its mission in Afghanistan after China withdrew its threat of a veto if the text did not mention Beijing's "Belt and Road" trade initiative. ... more  
N. Korea demands security guarantees for nuclear talksSeoul (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 North Korea on Monday demanded the United States provide security guarantees as a precondition to resuming deadlocked nuclear talks, dampening hopes for progress at a working-level dialogue expected in the coming weeks. ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019  Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities.
"We are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory.
"She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying the S-300 Russian missile system and the same way that Turkey has already done in buying ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2019 
The U.S. Navy's Tomahawk missiles will receive upgrades under a $7.2 million contract with Raytheon, the Defense Department announced.
The deal, announced Thursday, is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement, and will provide an updated technical data package of the guidance test set and upgrade of existing units, including hardware and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 10, 2019 
A team of defense contractors has remotely launched Javelin missiles from an unmanned vehicle.
The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, fired the Javelin missiles from a Kongsberg remote launcher mounted on a Titan unmanned ground vehicle in a test fire at the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center in Alabama.
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 McLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 
For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots.
Satellite technology on the ground and in space has improved greatly in that time, so that yesterday's large, bulky antennas have been replaced by fully integrated terminals the size of a lapt ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 
Detecting landmines can be a challenging and slow process. Detecting them from a moving vehicle would make the process more speedy, but at the expense of accuracy.
At the Optical Society's (OSA) Laser Congress, held 29 September - 3 October 2019 in Vienna, Austria, researchers from the University of Mississippi, U.S.A., will report a new laser-based sensor that effectively detects buried o ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Sept 12, 2019 
EU plans to increase defence spending to 22.5 billion euros ($25 billion) over the next decade are insufficient for its ambitions in the sector, the European Court of Auditors said Thursday.
If the EU tried to defend itself without help from NATO ally US, "it is estimated that an investment of several hundred billion euros would be needed to overcome the current capabilities gap," it underli ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2019 
The US Navy said that one of its destroyers had sailed close to the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Friday, asserting international freedom of navigation rights in the contested waters.
The USS Wayne E. Meyer guided-missile destroyer passed through the area of the Paracels east of Vietnam and South of China's Hainan Island without requesting permission from Beiji ... more |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine.
Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 17, 2019 
Iraq's parliament stripped an outspoken liberal lawmaker of his immunity from prosecution Tuesday following accusations he praised Saddam Hussein's Baath party, despite his long history of opposing the executed dictator.
A constant critic of Iraq's endemic corruption, Fayeq al-Sheikh Ali won a parliamentary seat last year after promising to counter Islamists' efforts to ban alcohol in the co ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 16, 2019 
Northrop Grumman Corp. announced its subcontractors for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent missiles system on Monday, after declining to partner with Boeing Co. on the project.
Northrop on Monday named Aerojet Rocketdyne, BRPH, Clark Construction, Collins Aerospace, General Dynamics, Honeywell, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Parsons and Textron Systems, "along with hundreds of other small ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 
China's economy showed more signs of strain Monday as the country published weak data for industrial output, investment and retail sales, amid a lingering trade war with the United States.
Industrial output grew by 4.4 percent year-on-year throughout August, falling to its lowest level in 17 years and down from 4.8 percent in July.
The figure was well below analyst expectations, with a B ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 
Our nation has been beset by numerous natural disasters over the past two years. I'm a veteran of both the military and commercial satellite industry. I wanted a chance to serve again by supporting disaster recovery efforts, and I found a way to do so through the Team Rubicon organization.
Team Rubicon was born in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in 2010. Two former marines, Jake Wood ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 London (AFP) Sept 17, 2019  China must give Hong Kong leaders leeway to reach a compromise with protesters or face continued unrest in the city, former governor Chris Patten said on Tuesday.
"In order to have a resolution the Chinese government needs to make it clear that they still believe in the treaty which was signed by Britain," he told AFP, referring to the 1985 agreement that led to Hong Kong's return to Chinese ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 
The Islamic State group's chief has urged followers to free detained jihadists and family members held at camps in Iraq and Syria, vowing "revenge" in an audio recording released Monday.
"The prisons, the prisons, soldiers of the caliphate!" said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive head of the group which once controlled swathes of Iraq and Syria, in a recording purportedly by the IS chief di ... more |
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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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