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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 Soon after the fifth mission of the X-37B spaceplane ended, boffins started to pick apart the images released of the spacecraft. There it was, looking similar to the way it appeared after previous missions, which initially gave no cause to raise eyebrows. But there was one strange element to this. The US Air Force released just two images, and they provided no rear views of the X-37B. To this analyst, that was odd. Was something being deliberately hidden from view? That served as the fulcrum ... read more |
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Secrecy Tightens for X-37BSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 The recent landing of the latest X-37B robot spaceplane mission has been less visible to outsiders than any previous mission. The US Air Force has released photos of the spacecraft taken soon after ... more  
New US rules would require carriers to remove Chinese equipmentWashington (AFP) Oct 28, 2019 US regulators on Monday proposed rules to block telecom carriers from buying from Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE, and to remove any of their equipment already in place. ... more  
New Virginia-class sub USS Delaware delivered to NavyWashington (UPI) Oct 28, 2019 The fast-attack submarine USS Delaware was delivered to the U.S. Navy by manufacturer Huntington Ingalls Industries, the company said on Monday. ... more 
Navy admiral: A 355-ship Navy may not be attainableWashington (UPI) Oct 28, 2019 A lack of funding will prevent the U.S. Navy from maintaining a planned fleet of 355 ships, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Robert Burke said. ... more |
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With Baghdadi gone, who is heir to the 'caliph'?Beirut (AFP) Oct 28, 2019 The US declaration of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death opens the question of his succession at the helm of the Islamic State jihadist organisation and analysts say the list looks short. ... more 
Islamic State's 'caliphate' in Syria, IraqBaghdad (AFP) Oct 27, 2019 The Islamic State group's Iraq and Syria "caliphate" was eradicated in March, five years after it was proclaimed, largely reducing the jihadist militants to scattered sleeper cells. ... more 
Baghdadi: violent jihadist supremo against all oddsBeirut (AFP) Oct 28, 2019 Jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have instilled fear in millions before Washington announced his death Sunday, but he started out barely able to utter a sentence, his biographer says. ... more 
Trump confirms death of Islamic State group chief Baghdadi in US raidWashington (AFP) Oct 28, 2019 President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the elusive leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed, dying "like a dog" in a daring nighttime raid by US special forces in northwest Syria. ... more  
Iraq's Mosul breathes easier after death of 'butcher' BaghdadiMosul, Iraq (AFP) Oct 27, 2019 Five years after he made their hometown infamous as the heart of his "caliphate," residents of Iraq's Mosul said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death should be marked only one way - with "a huge party." ... more |
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 Iraq students join protests as pressure on government swells 
Tech-savvy activists debunk fake news engulfing Iraq protestsBaghdad (AFP) Oct 26, 2019 From accusations long-dead soldiers shot protesters to jihadist statements backing the rallies, fabricated news has swirled around Iraq's protests - sending tech-savvy youth into debunk overdrive. ... more  |
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Netanyahu accuses Iran of wanting to strike Israel from YemenJerusalem (AFP) Oct 28, 2019 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of wanting to strike Israel with precision-guided missiles from Yemen as he urged US President Donald Trump's administration to further pressure Tehran. ... more 
Hackers target UN humanitarian organizations: LookoutSan Francisco (AFP) Oct 24, 2019 Hackers are targeting United Nations and humanitarian aid workers with a scheme designed to trick members into revealing passwords, security researchers said Thursday. ... more  
US welcomes proposed intra-Afghan talks in ChinaWashington (AFP) Oct 29, 2019 The United States on Monday welcomed China's proposal to host a fresh meeting bringing together Afghan officials and the Taliban, after President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks with the insurgents. ... more  
AFRL experts collect data inside hardened aircraft shelters around the worldWright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 Acoustics researchers in the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing are collecting and delivering acoustics data from hardened aircraft shelters around the world-data that cust ... more  
OMG developing new standard for interface for Software Defined RadiosNeedham MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 International technology standards organization Object Management Group (OMG) announced it is creating a new standard, through issuance of a request for proposal (RFP) for the Platform Space Telecom ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2019 
The United States will spare Turkey from sanctions over its purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia if it does not turn it on, a US official said Friday.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Turkey that had been imposed over its assault on US-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters, which created a crisis between the NATO allies.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2019 
The State Department approved the sale of 120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM) to South Korea, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced.
The requested $253 million package includes the AIM-120C-7/C-8 missiles; containers; weapon support and support equipment; spare and repair parts; logistics support services and other related elements. The contract, announced ... more |
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 Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 24, 2019 
Researchers have presented a swarm of tiny drones that can explore unknown environments completely by themselves. This work, presented in Science Robotics on 23 October, forms a significant step in the field of swarm robotics.
The challenge comes from the fact that the tiny 33-gram drones need to navigate autonomously while having extremely limited sensing and computational capabilities. T ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 
DARPA has announced that GatorWings, a team of undergraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and professors from the University of Florida are the winners of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) - a three-year competition to unlock the true potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum with artificial intelligence (AI).
DARPA hosted the championship event at Mobile World Congress 2019 ( ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 
Acoustics researchers in the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing are collecting and delivering acoustics data from hardened aircraft shelters around the world-data that customers can then use to certify that F-35 fast-jet airframes and the personnel working inside are safe.
Hardened aircraft shelters are reinforced hangars that store and protect military fighter ai ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Oct 26, 2019 
The Pentagon said Friday it is awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, following a highly scrutinized bidding process which Amazon had been favored to win.
The 10-year contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, better known as JEDI, ultimately will see all military branches sharing information in a system boosted by artificial intelligence.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 28, 2019 
As Serbia and Russia conduct joint military exercises in which the Russian S-400 missile system is deployed, NATO announced its respect for the union.
The long-range S-400 and the short-range Pantsir-S battery systems are being used in the "Slavic Shield 2019" exercise, testing the Russian and Serbian militaries to defend against air attacks.
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 London, UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 
Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have manufactured fibrous electrodes for wearable devices that are flexible and excel by their high energy density. A microfluidic technology was key for the preparation of the electrode material was a mic ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 27, 2019  Iraqi students joined anti-government protests in Baghdad on Sunday, ramping up the street pressure on Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi who also faced a sit-in and the first resignations from parliament.
The capital and country's south have been rocked by a second wave of demonstrations since Thursday, with protesters digging in despite tear gas, curfews and violence that has left more than 7 ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 28, 2019 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of wanting to strike Israel with precision-guided missiles from Yemen as he urged US President Donald Trump's administration to further pressure Tehran.
Netanyahu made the comments as he met US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Jerusalem, and while he again congratulated Trump on the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdad ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 28, 2019 
HSBC's interim chief executive on Monday said the banking giant was underperforming in parts of Europe and the United States, as third-quarter profits slipped and the lender warned of further headwinds.
The Asia-focused behemoth has been trying to lower costs as it faces the double uncertainties caused by the grinding US-China trade war and Britain's impending departure from the European Uni ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 22, 2019 
The American head of a chemicals company whose plant in northern France was ravaged by a huge fire last month, spewing a noxious black cloud for miles around, will face two parliamentary commissions Tuesday seeking answers on the site's security.
Eric Schnur, the chief executive of Lubrizol, will appear before Senate and National Assembly commissions as the company begins the delicate task o ... more |
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 Xiamen (XNA) Oct 30, 2019 
China plans to launch four new science satellite missions by 2023, and scientists have completed concept research on another five to be launched in the next 10 years.
Successful Chinese science satellites launched since 2015 include the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) and the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). These were under a sp ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 29, 2019  Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was barred Tuesday from standing in an upcoming local election, after months of huge and frequently violent protests in the city.
Wong, one of the most prominent figures in the otherwise leaderless and faceless movement, accused the government of "political screening" after an election officer ruled his nomination for the November poll invalid.
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 29, 2019  US officials have said the body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea, as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation that led to his death over the weekend.
Syrian Kurds claimed to be a key source of the intelligence that led Americans to Baghdadi after years of tracking the man behind a five-year reign of terror across much of Iraq and Syria. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 22, 2019 
Raytheon Co. announced the delivery, to the U.S. Air Force, of the first high-energy laser system to counter drone threats.
The system will be tested in a year-long overseas deployment, the company said on Tuesday.
Raytheon received a $23.8 million contract in August to build two high-energy laser systems, as well as a $16 million contract for a microwave counter-drone system kno ... more |
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