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Congress to create Space Force with 2020 defense spending bill Washington DC (UPI) Dec 10, 2019 Congress approved the elevation of Air Force Space Command to a sixth branch of military in the 2020 defense policy bill, which is expected to go before the House and Senate for a vote sometime this week. The deal was announced in a conference report and press statement on Tuesday that was released by the House and Senate armed services committees. The report supports a discretionary budget of $738 billion, including $71.5 billion for overseas contingency operations funding, as well as $ ... read more |
Amazon lawsuit will not delay $10 bn JEDI contract: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 The lawsuit filed by Amazon challenging a $10 billion US military cloud computing contract awarded to Microsoft will not delay implementation of the project, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. ... more Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope Tuesday that North Korea would not carry out a nuclear or long-range missile test while Pyongyang demands US concessions by year-end. ... more Seoul (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2019 North Korea conducted two tests of a rocket engine for a presumably new type of a missile during a "very important" test on 7 December and may launch another before Christmas, the newspaper JoongAng ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2019 The Pentagon has recently been actively pursuing the development and deployment of new equipment in space, including designed to detect early launches of ballistic intercontinental missiles from the ... more |
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Detained Canadians in China cut off from the world Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2019 Two Canadians who disappeared into China's state security apparatus in what was widely seen as retaliation for the arrest of a Chinese telecom executive remain secluded in detention a year on, without access to lawyers or family. ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 The Graphene Flagship brought together top European researchers and companies to discuss the most disruptive ways graphene could enhance composites used in the aerospace, automotive and energy indus ... more Oslo (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed collected the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday, appealing for unity as ethnic violence flares in his country and reconciliation efforts with former foe Eritrea have stalled. ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 Hong Kongers have delivered a clarion call for change over the last fortnight with a landslide local election defeat for the government and more than one in ten hitting the streets peacefully on Sunday - but will Beijing listen? ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 China defended on Tuesday its year-long detention of two Canadians after Ottawa accused Beijing of "arbitrarily" arresting the men in what was widely seen as retaliation for the arrest of a Huawei executive. ... more |
US donates $21 mn of kit for Niger jihadist fight Baghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 Tears roll out from behind Ayat's oversized glasses but her hands, facing the sky, are steady. Her friends are gone, killed protesting Iraq's government, but their "revolution" continues. ... more |
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Germany in talks with Lockheed, MBDA for missile defense program Washington DC (UPI) Dec 09, 2019 Germany is showing reluctance to approve a missile system developed by Lockheed Martin and MBDA Deutschland, a defense ministry report indicates. ... more Seoul (AFP) Dec 9, 2019 North Korea on Monday accused US President Trump of "bluffing" and called him "an old man bereft of patience" as Pyongyang ramps up pressure on Washington over stalled nuclear talks. ... more Washington (AFP) Dec 9, 2019 The US Army is planning its biggest deployment of troops to Europe in 25 years, with 20,000 troops slated to take part in a massive force projection exercise at a time of increasingly adversarial relations with Russia. ... more Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 China sent six satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province at 4:52 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). They were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rock ... more Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 China sent a new optical remote sensing satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 10:55 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). The Jilin-1 Gao ... more |
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Germany in talks with Lockheed, MBDA for missile defense program Washington DC (UPI) Dec 09, 2019 Germany is showing reluctance to approve a missile system developed by Lockheed Martin and MBDA Deutschland, a defense ministry report indicates. A joint proposal by the defense contractors for a high-profile missile system, known as TLVS, was submitted in June for a second time, but unclassified portions of a biannual assessment indicate that the German defense ministry has unspecified ... more |
Raytheon receives $28.9M to repair SM-2, SM-6 missiles Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2019 Raytheon has received a $28.9 million contract modification for Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 repairs, the Department of Defense announced. The contract funds engineering and technical support, depot and intermediate level repair, maintenance and recertification of standard missiles and components for fiscal 2020, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The bulk of work, whic ... more |
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Safer navigation through enhanced predictive paths powered by UAV Navigation San Sebastian, Spain (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 Predictive paths play a critical role in the overall performance of UAVs. After taking into account the challenges faced by industry professionals, UAV Navigation is all set to roll out upgrades to Visionair. As a cutting-edge flight control solution, Visionair has been the preferred solution, by some of the leading names in the industry. However, to address the increasing demands of the aeronau ... more |
General Dynamics receives $730M for next-gen satcom system Fairfax VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $731.8 million cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system sustainment. MUOS is a next-generation satellite communications system that provides secure voice and data communications for U.S. forces worldwide. General Dynamics ... more |
CACI nets $9.9M for work on combined-arms squads for Army Washington DC (UPI) Dec 10, 2019 CACI Inc.-Federal in Chantilly, Va., was awarded a $9.9 million contract to develop prototypes for a combined arms squad for the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense announced. The contract covers design, development and validation of prototypes for a combined arms squad, the Pentagon said on Monday. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency began investing in combined-arms s ... more |
Amazon lawsuit will not delay $10 bn JEDI contract: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 The lawsuit filed by Amazon challenging a $10 billion US military cloud computing contract awarded to Microsoft will not delay implementation of the project, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. Amazon has alleged that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to deny the company the massive contract in late October. "We will deal with Amazon's legal actions. I cannot com ... more |
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China imposes 'reciprocal' restrictions on US diplomats Beijing (AFP) Dec 6, 2019 China on Friday said it had taken "reciprocal" measures against US diplomats in the country, ordering them to notify the foreign ministry before meeting with local officials. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China had notified the US embassy of the new measures on Wednesday, which she said were a "countermeasure" to Washington's decision in October to restrict Chinese diplomats ... more |
SMART discovers breakthrough way to look at the surface of nanoparticles Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too. The new ... more |
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Medic, driver, witness, baker: four faces of Iraqi's uprising Baghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 Tears roll out from behind Ayat's oversized glasses but her hands, facing the sky, are steady. Her friends are gone, killed protesting Iraq's government, but their "revolution" continues. "Peace be upon you and on your two rivers, Iraq," sings Kazem Saher as young demonstrators mourn their peers in the epicentre of the anti-regime movement in Baghdad's Tahrir Square. They stand sombre an ... more |
Speculating on North Korea's Next Satellite Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 North Korea hasn't launched a satellite since February 2016, and no North Korean satellite has ever functioned properly in orbit. Space analysts have been waiting a long time for another launch attempt, but the only rockets flying from North Korea in recent years have been ballistic missile tests. North Korea has upgraded the infrastructure at its Sohae spaceport and recently conducted an ... more |
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China exports fall in November, imports recover Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2019 China's exports declined for the fourth consecutive month in November as a trade war with Washington rumbles on, official data showed Sunday, although imports rebounded. Exports were down by 1.1 percent in the last month of the year, after a drop of 0.9 percent in October on slowing global demand. The figures were worse than a Bloomberg forecast which expected an increase of 0.8 percen ... more |
AFRL demonstrates LVC capabilities during Red Flag-Rescue visit Fairborn OH (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 A team from Red Flag-Rescue had the opportunity to watch a demonstration of the Air Force Research Laboratory's live virtual constructive training capabilities at the National Center for Medical Readiness in Fairborn, Ohio, Nov. 14. Under Detachment 1 of the 414th Combat Training Squadron, Red Flag-Rescue is the Department of Defense's Joint Force exercise where Airmen partake in realistic ... more |
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China sends six satellites into orbit with single rocket Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 China sent six satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province at 4:52 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time). They were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rocket and have entered the planned orbit successfully. It was the second launch from the Taiyuan launch center in less than six hours after another KZ-1A rocket sent the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02B satellit ... more |
Hong Kongers await Beijing olive branch after rare calm Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 Hong Kongers have delivered a clarion call for change over the last fortnight with a landslide local election defeat for the government and more than one in ten hitting the streets peacefully on Sunday - but will Beijing listen? Monday marks the sixth month anniversary of a movement that has upended the semi-autonomous Chinese hub's reputation for stability and blanketed its streets with un ... more |
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US donates $21 mn of kit for Niger jihadist fight Niamey (AFP) Dec 10, 2019 The United States is donating $21 million (19 million euros) of military equipment to Niger help fight jihadism in the Sahel region, an American diplomatic told AFP on Tuesday. The Americans have already handed over dozens of armoured vehicles, radio systems and armoured containers, US ambassador Eric Whitaker said, adding that more would arrive by February 2020 - including a military tran ... more |
Air Force tests ATHENA laser weapon against multiple drones Washington DC (UPI) Nov 07, 2019 Members of the U.S. Air Force used the Advanced Test High Energy Asset, referred to as ATHENA, to shoot down a variety of drones in a Lockheed Martin demonstration of the technology. In the latest test of the ground-portable laser weapon system, Airmen engaged and shot down multiple fixed wing and rotary drones at a government test range in Fort Sill, Okla., Lockheed said on Thursday. / ... more |
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