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  Moscow (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 Russia's newest nuclear submarine on Wednesday successfully test fired a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from the White Sea off Russia's northwestern coast, the defence ministry said. The Knyaz Vladimir, or Prince Vladimir, fired the missile from underwater that landed on target on the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia, the ministry said. The defence ministry said the "missile's flight went according to plan" and it landed at the set time. Launched in 2017, the Prince Vladi ... read more |
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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  
NATO demands Russia 'withdraw all troops' from UkraineKiev (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday welcomed a pullback by the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for Russia to "withdraw all their troops". ... more  
Beijing eyes facial recognition tech for metro securityBeijing (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 Beijing will use facial recognition tools to speed up security checks in the city's overcrowded metro, using a 'credit system' to sort passengers into different channels, state-run media reported on Wednesday. ... more 
Pompeo on offense against 'truly hostile' ChinaNew York (AFP) Oct 31, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday vowed to ramp up pressure on China on multiple fronts, calling Beijing "truly hostile" to the United States. ... more |
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DLR and FAA working to integrate commercial spaceflight into the air transport systemBonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2019 The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are seeking to identify ... more 
Russia to start flight tests of hydrogen-fueled space booster in 2027 - developerMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 30, 2019 Flight tests of the KVTK oxygen-hydrogen booster for heavy-class Angara-family launch vehicles may begin in 2027 if the necessary funding is allocated, Sergey Kuznetsov, the chief designer at the Sa ... more  
Iraq's Moqtada Sadr: cleric and kingmakerBaghdad (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 Whether in protests, elections, secret negotiations or government formations, one man always seems to have the last word in Iraq's tumultuous political scene: sharp-tongued cleric Moqtada Sadr. ... more  
New IS leader could replace Baghdadi in weeks: US officialWashington (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 The Islamic State group's leadership has a "deep bench" and a replacement for deceased chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could surface within weeks, the US government's top counter-terrorism expert said Wednesday. ... more 
Iraq PM's future on the line as demonstrators smell changeBaghdad (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 Talks were underway on Wednesday over the ouster of Iraq's embattled premier, as a rights commission said the latest week of anti-government demonstrations have left at least 100 dead and 5,000 injured. ... more |
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Taiwan ready to buy A1M2T Abrams tanks from U.S.Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2019 Taiwan is prepared to purchase 108 Abrams M1A2T tanks from the United States under a $2.2 billion deal, the Taiwanese army chief of staff said. ... more  |
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BAE tapped for Marines' amphibious combat vehicles under $119.9M dealWashington (UPI) Oct 30, 2019 BAE Systems & Land Armaments LP won a $119.9 million contract to build 30 amphibious combat vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps, the Defense Department announced. ... more  
Japan approved for $4.5B upgrade package for its F-15JsWashington (UPI) Oct 30, 2019 The U.S. State Department approved a request by Japan for a $4.5 billion upgrade of its F-15J Eagle fleet of fighter planes. ... more  
UN members split on China's Uighur rights recordUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 China's mass detention and surveillance of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang province came under fire at the United Nations Tuesday, with 23 nations - mostly western - backing a British statement condemning Beijing's human rights record. ... 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  
NASA demos new star-watching technology with thousands of tiny shuttersGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 NASA scientists plan to demonstrate a revolutionary technology for studying hundreds of stars and galaxies at the same time - a new capability originally created for NASA's James Webb Space Telescop ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2019 
Moscow has sent a S-400 missile system battalion and a Pantsir anti-aircraft gun and missile system to Belgrade for their first joint drills in Serbia, the defence ministry said.
The systems will be deployed at Batajnica base, outside the capital, as part of the exercises that will take place on October 23-29, a statement said.
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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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 Dundee UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 
A new 3D process which involves old aerial photos and modern-day drone photography has shed light on accelerated ice loss from some of Iceland's largest glaciers.
Dr Kieran Baxter from the University of Dundee has created composite images that compare views from 1980s aerial surveys to modern day photos captured with the help of state-of-the-art technology.
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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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 Kiev (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday welcomed a pullback by the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for Russia to "withdraw all their troops".
Tuesday saw a long-awaited pullback between the two sides in a key area of the war-torn east.
The move was a precondition for the first face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Put ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 
Northwestern University chemists have used visible light and extremely tiny nanoparticles to quickly and simply make molecules that are of the same class as many lead compounds for drug development.
Driven by light, the nanoparticle catalysts perform chemical reactions with very specific chemical products - molecules that don't just have the right chemical formulas but also have specific a ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 29, 2019  The Iraqi government's two main sponsors agreed early Wednesday to drop their support for embattled premier Adel Abdel Mahdi, overcoming their rivalry to resolve a political crisis sparked by widespread demonstrations.
The surprise rapprochement came as tens of thousands flocked to the capital's Tahrir Square to demand the government quit, the largest rally yet since protests erupted on Oct ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 29, 2019 
Washington's sanctions against Tehran have drastically constrained its ability to pay for humanitarian imports and are threatening the health rights of Iranians, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal last year and reimposed punishing sanctions as part of a stated campaign of "maximum pressure" against the Islamic repu ... 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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 Brussels (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 
Belgium has denied a Chinese academic a visa and banned him from the EU's passport-free travel area for eight years after identifying him as a potential threat to national security, sources close to the probe told AFP Wednesday.
Song Xinning, the head of the Chinese government-backed Confucius Institute at the VUB university in Brussels, came to the attention of Belgium's VSSE intelligence a ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2019 
The Pentagon released video and photos on Wednesday of the US special forces raid that resulted in the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Among the images released by the Defense Department was grainy black-and-white footage of US troops approaching on foot the high-walled compound in northwestern Syria where Baghdadi was holed up.
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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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