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  Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 With the August 22 launch of Lockheed Martin's GPS III SV02 satellite aboard the final Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) launch vehicle, the Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Enterprise marked the successful completion of a rigorous Summer launch schedule. Launching four critical missions in under 60 days from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, SMC/LE's "Summer of Launch '19" campaign showcased several innovative firsts and concluded with the end of an era. ... read more |
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US Space Command general briefs NATO to affirm deterrence missionBrussels (UPI) Oct 15, 2019 he NATO Military Committee's meeting in Brussels on Monday called for a commitment to defense and deterrence in space. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Scott Kindsvater, deputy chairman of the committe ... more 
SMC sets new standard for acquisition and operations of SensorSatLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 The Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-5 satellite, also known as SensorSat, will reach Full Operational Capability declaration later this year. Marking a significant milestone of success for the ... more  
France, Germany halt arms exports to TurkeyParis (AFP) Oct 12, 2019 France and Germany on Saturday suspended arms exports to Turkey over its offensive into Syria against Kurdish fighters, as protesters denounced Ankara at rallies in several European cities. ... more 
Air Force awards grants to 40 young scientists and engineersAir Force Office of Scientific Research Arlington VA (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 he Air Force Office of Scientific Research - the basic research component of the Air Force Research Laboratory - has announced it will award approximately $17.8 mill ... more |
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NASA, US industry aim to electrify commercial aviationCleveland OH (SPX) Oct 03, 2019 As our research team at NASA continues to explore electrified aircraft propulsion as a fuel- and- cost-efficient alternative to traditional jet engine-powered airplanes, the agency is teaming with U ... more 
British F-35Bs take off from, land on new carrier HMS Queen ElizabethWashington (UPI) Oct 14, 2019 The first landings and takeoffs of Britain's Royal Navy aboard the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth were a success, the British Defense Ministry reported on Monday. ... more  
US troops in northern Syria ordered to leave country: US officialWashington (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 The Pentagon has begun removing all its troops in northern Syria, a US official said Monday, after President Donald Trump ordered them to leave in the face of Turkey's attacks on Kurds in the area. ... more 
Russia denies US news report it bombed 4 Syria hospitals in 12 hoursMoscow (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 Russia on Monday denied a US newspaper report that its warplanes bombed four hospitals in rebel-held territory in Syria over a period of 12 hours this year. ... more 
Erdogan says US Syria withdrawal 'positive'Istanbul (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday welcomed the announcement by Washington that it was pulling 1,000 troops out of northern Syria. ... more |
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Without reforms, unrest in Iraq will reignite, experts sayBaghdad (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 Calm may have returned to Iraq after protests were violently suppressed, but the threat of further unrest remains, experts say, amid public rejection of politicians and a failure so far to heed calls for reform. ... more  |
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Kazakhstan detains asylum-seekers after 'illegal' entry from ChinaAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 Two ethnic Kazakhs from China's Xinjiang region faced the threat of deportation back to China after Kazakhstan arrested them for "illegally" entering the Central Asian country in an asylum bid, their lawyers said Monday. ... more  
Attempts to split China risk 'shattered bodies': XiBeijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 President Xi Jinping has warned that any attempts to split China would result in "bodies smashed and bones ground to powder", amid four months of anti-Beijing unrest in Hong Kong. ... more  
British experts in Iran to upgrade Arak reactor: embassyTehran (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 A team of British experts arrived in Iran on Monday to begin work to upgrade the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, the UK embassy in Tehran said. ... more  
UK eases sanctions on Moscow to allow activities related to joint space mission to MarsLondon, UK (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2019 The United Kingdom has eased sanctions on Russia by amending its Export Control Order 2014 to allow for certain activities necessary for the ExoMars-2020 joint Russia-EU space mission. "Articl ... more  
Kepler to launch satellite on a Soyuz mid next yearToronto, Canada (SPX) Oct 08, 2019 Kepler Communications signs launch agreement with Innovative Space Logistics B.V (ISL) working with GK Launch Services to deploy two satellites into sun-synchronous orbit in Q2-Q3 2020. The satellit ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 07, 2019 
Russia will deploy more than 10 new laser-optical and radio-technical space monitoring stations on its territory by 2022, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
"It is planned to deploy over 10 new laser-optical and radio-technical systems in Russia that implement various principles of detecting and identifying space objects," the ministry said.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2019 
DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a major program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of an innovative two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage critical, time-sensitive targets in contested environments.
"U.S. ground-based forces currently are limited in effectiv ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2019 
Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems announced the sale of over 1,000 THOR mini-drones to an unnamed Southeast Asian country in a $153 million deal.
The contract for the unmanned aircraft systems, including other unmanned aircraft manufactured by the company, will be executed over a 22-month period, Elbit said earlier this week.
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 11, 2019 
Satlink, a Spanish company specializing in satellite communications, has showcased the most advanced solutions currently available in the market to the Special Operations Forces of the Spanish Army as well as other government security agencies.
The company has carried out simulations in real-life scenarios on a very practical day, called Operation Beyond the Horizon, in collaboration with ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2019 
BAE Systems announced a $148.3 million contract with the U.S. Army on Wednesday to upgrade M88A1 heavy-lift vehicles.
A total of 43 vehicles will be rebuilt with increased power, maneuverability and survivability features to increase their configuration to M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift System, or HERCULES, status.
The Army intends to acquire 933 such vehicles ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 12, 2019 
France and Germany on Saturday suspended arms exports to Turkey over its offensive into Syria against Kurdish fighters, as protesters denounced Ankara at rallies in several European cities.
Turkish soldiers on Wednesday launched a cross-border assault against Kurdish fighters Turkey sees as terrorists in defiance of international criticism and threats of sanctions.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2019 
A permanent headquarters of the U.S. Army's forward-deployed 1st Infantry Division was opened in Poznan, Poland, with a ceremony, the Defense Department announced.
The celebration Oct. 4 follows a Sept. 23 meeting in New York City between U.S. President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda, who signed an agreement to increase U.S. troop presence in Poland.
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 Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 
Calm may have returned to Iraq after protests were violently suppressed, but the threat of further unrest remains, experts say, amid public rejection of politicians and a failure so far to heed calls for reform.
In six days of demonstrations from October 1, more than 100 Iraqis died, mostly protesters killed by live ammunition fired into crowds. The perpetrators have not been arrested, or ev ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2019  Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Washington on Tuesday to discuss North Korean denuclearization, just days after negotiations between the US and North Korea broke down in Sweden.
US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun held talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, the US State Department said in a statement.
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2019 
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet with China's top trade envoy as the two sides pursue fraught negotiations that this week appeared headed for a dead end.
Trump announced on Twitter he plans to meet Friday with Vice Premier Liu He, who is leading the Chinese delegation as officials returned to the negotiating table amid a blitz of aggressive US maneuvers and as hopes for ... more |
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 Rouen, France (AFP) Oct 11, 2019 
A fire at a French chemical factory which deposited a blanket of oily soot on plants for miles around, had cost farmers an estimated 40 to 50 million euros ($44-55 million), the agriculture minister said Friday.
The government banned the harvesting of crops or the sale of animal products from a wide swathe of tainted countryside around the town of Rouen in northwest France in case the chemic ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Oct 14, 2019 
China's two rocket-carrying ships departed Saturday from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province on a transportation mission.
The two Yuanwang ships are China's first ships made exclusively to carry rockets. With a length of 130 meters, a width of 19 meters and a height of 37 meters, the ships have a displacement of 9,000 tonnes.
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 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 10, 2019 
A court in Kazakhstan has sentenced a China expert to 10 years in prison for treason, the national security committee said on Thursday.
Konstantin Syroezhkin, 63, was an employee of the state-run Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies when his detention was reported earlier this year.
Although the national security committee, the KNB, did not say whom Syroezhkin was accused of spying ... more |
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 Athens (AFP) Oct 10, 2019 
Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria could undermine the "enormous progress" made in the fight against Islamic State, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on Thursday.
"We have made enormous progress in the fight against ISIS...we must make sure that we preserve those gains," Stoltenberg said during a visit to Athens.
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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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