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  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2020 DARPA's Gremlins program has completed the first flight test of its X-61A vehicle. The test in late November at the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah included one captive-carry mission aboard a C-130A and an airborne launch and free flight lasting just over an hour-and-a-half. The goal for this third phase of the Gremlins program is completion of a full-scale technology demonstration series featuring the air recovery of multiple, low-cost, reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs), or "Greml ... read more |
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Exquadrum-Dynetics team test full-scale OpFires rocketAdelanto CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2020 Exquadrum has completed the hot-fire test of the revolutionary new rocket being developed to accomplish the DARPA Operational Fires (OpFires) advanced tactical weapon system mission objectives. The ... more 
Russia claims edge as US lags in hypersonic weapons developmentWashington DC (Sputnik) Jan 20, 2020 Last week, US President Donald Trump admitted that the United States is working on the development of hypersonic rockets, noting that the US is seeking to add them to its arsenal of "big, powerful, ... more  
Slow light to speed up LiDAR sensors developmentYokohama Japan (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Quicker is not always better, especially when it comes to a 3D sensor in advanced technology. With applications in autonomous vehicles, robots and drones, security systems and more, researchers are ... more 
Four nations to be protected with Lockheed Martin's next generation radarMoorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Through partnerships with the U.S. Government, Spain, Japan, and Canada, Lockheed Martin's solid state radar (SSR) technology will provide front-line defense to nations around the world with cutting ... more |
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German-Afghan army adviser on trial for spying for IranFrankfurt Am Main (AFP) Jan 20, 2020 A German-Afghan translator for the German army goes on trial Monday along with his wife on charges of treason for allegedly spying for Iran. ... more 
Iran warns of repercussions for IAEA over European movesTehran (AFP) Jan 19, 2020 Iran's parliamentary speaker on Sunday warned of unspecified repercussions for the UN's nuclear watchdog if European nations that launched a dispute mechanism against the Islamic republic act "unfairly". ... more 
Iran's Khamenei slams 'cowardly' European governmentsTehran (AFP) Jan 17, 2020 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday accused the governments of Britain, France and Germany of being "American lackeys" in the face of US pressure over the nuclear accord. ... more  
New book highlights Trump's ignorance of history, geographyWashington (AFP) Jan 15, 2020 US President Donald Trump's shaky grasp of geography includes not knowing that India shares a border with China, according to a new book by a pair of reporters for The Washington Post. ... more 
India, Sri Lanka seek closer military ties as China clout growsColombo (AFP) Jan 19, 2020 Sri Lanka and India vowed to strengthen military ties and widen maritime links with neighbours after security talks, the president's office said Sunday, as China's economic clout increases in the region. ... more |
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 Trump details Soleimani's end in UAV attack  
The chance to be greaterWright-Patterson AFB CO (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Air Force Capt. Joshua Lee knew as a kid that he wanted to be part of the U.S. military. "I always wanted to be in the military. My dad was in the Coast Guard for 21 years, so I have always kn ... more  |
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More than 100 killed in Yemen missile, drone attackDubai (AFP) Jan 19, 2020 More than 100 people were killed and dozens wounded in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in central Yemen, officials said Sunday. ... more 
Russia strike kill five civilians in northwest Syria: monitorBala, Syria (AFP) Jan 18, 2020 An air strike Saturday by Syrian regime ally Russia killed five civilians, including four members of the same family, in an opposition bastion in the country's northwest, a monitor said. ... more  
Syria refugees bring new tastes and traditions to Kurdish IraqArbil, Iraq (AFP) Jan 19, 2020 At first, no one in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil would drink the bitter coffee at Syrian refugee Abdussamad Abdulqadir's cafe. But now it's a hit, part of a growing cultural exchange. ... more  
Iridium is Now Formally Authorized to Provide GMDSS ServiceMcLean VA (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Iridium Communications Inc. reports that on December 19, 2019 a Letter of Compliance was signed by the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO), stating it has positively verified the oper ... more  
Orbit develops new multi-role 12-inch Ka-Band Airborne Terminal for InmarsatNetanya, Israel (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. and Inmarsat have announced the development of an innovative new Ka-band multi-purpose airborne terminal. The compact Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT) 30WGX, featu ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has received a $114 million contract to accelerate delivery of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles to United Arab Emirates through the Foreign Military Sales program, according to the Department of Defense.
The Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target, or Patriot, missile program is an air-defense guided missile system with long-range, medium-to-high-altitude and ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2020 
New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.
The projectiles were fired 30 seconds apart and explain why the plane's transponder was not working as it hurtled to the ground - it was disabled by the first strike, before bei ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2020 
Cameras "miles in the sky", a countdown and then "boom": US President Donald Trump has recounted the final moments of Iran's powerful General Qasem Soleimani in an American drone strike.
Trump delivered the account Friday night to Republican Party donors gathered at his Florida residence Mar-a-Lago for a fundraising dinner, US media said.
CNN on Saturday broadcast an audio recording in w ... more |
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 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.
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 19, 2020 
Israel's army said it would start drilling to install ground sensors along its border with Lebanon on Sunday, a year after an operation to destroy tunnels dug across the frontier.
"We are deploying a defensive system into the ground.. in various locations" along the border, spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus told journalists.
Work would get underway Sunday at the Israeli kibb ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2019 
Beijing on Thursday said it "firmly opposes" trade restrictions included in a new US defence act, having already admonished the bill for interfering in China's internal affairs.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - signed into law last week - bars the use of federal funds to buy railcars and buses from China, and slows the lifting of sanctions on tech giant Huawei.
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 Colombo (AFP) Jan 19, 2020 
Sri Lanka and India vowed to strengthen military ties and widen maritime links with neighbours after security talks, the president's office said Sunday, as China's economic clout increases in the region.
China, a long-time regional rival of India, has been widening its footprint in the region, including building ports and expressways and upgrading airports in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 
A team headed by Professor Frank Stienkemeier at Freiburg's Institute of Physics and Dr. Marcel Mudrich, professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, has observed the ultrafast reaction of nanodroplets of helium after excitation with extreme ultraviolet radiation (XUV) using a free-electron laser in real time. The researchers have published their findings in the latest issue of Nature Commu ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 19, 2020  Iraqi youth angry at their government's glacial pace of reform ramped up their protests on Sunday, sealing streets with burning tyres and threatening further escalation unless their demands are met.
The rallies demanding an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked Shiite-majority parts of Iraq since October, but had thinned out in recent weeks amid rising Iran-US tensions.
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 16, 2020  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he wants to avoid war after Tehran and Washington appeared on the brink of direct military confrontation in early January for the second time in less than a year.
Ahead of parliamentary elections on February 21 - predicted to be a challenge for Rouhani's camp - and amid high tensions between Tehran and the West over Iran's nuclear programme, the presid ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2020 
The United States and China still have a long way to go to resolve their trade disputes although the partial deal signed this week is a step forward, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday.
"Trade truce is not the same as trade peace," she said.
US President Donald Trump signed a deal with China this week that ends the escalation but leaves in place tariffs on two thirds of the goods ... more |
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 Yauco, Puerto Rico (AFP) Jan 16, 2020  Living out in the open, their nerves on edge after a series of earthquakes that have shaken Puerto Rico, some 5,000 people are hoping that their president, Donald Trump, will heed the island's plea to be designated a disaster zone and free up much-needed aid.
Since December 28, more than 1,000 tremors have rattled the US island territory in the Caribbean, which just two years ago was devasta ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2020 
China will smash its record for space launches in 2020.
The country is going to send more than 60 spacecraft into orbit via over 40 launches this year, according to a plan released Friday in Beijing.
"This year will continue to see intensive launches," said Shang Zhi, director of the Space Department of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), at a press confere ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 20, 2020 
Intricately detailed Hong Kong protester figurines have become the latest must-have collectables as toy stores recreate the pro-democracy movement's street battles with police in their shop displays.
Stacked on shelves next to comic book superheroes, the models come in a variety of shapes and sizes, some holding make-shift shields and flags, others extinguishing tear gas rounds or playing in ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Jan 14, 2020 
Norway said Tuesday it was repatriating from Syria a woman linked to the Islamic State group and her two children, one of them reportedly seriously ill, citing humanitarian reasons.
Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide, confirming the operation to bring them home, told reporters: "We are doing that for humanitarian reasons because we fear the child is sick."
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 Kirtland NM (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a unique directed energy weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES, that completed field testing in 2019."HADES technology was designed with the warfighter in mind," said the AFRL program manager Dan Marker. "The system works by combining a large number of high power fiber lasers in a fashion that corrects ... more |
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