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  Moscow (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 Russia published draft security documents on Friday aiming to limit the influence of the United States and NATO in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and called for urgent negotiations with Washington. The far-reaching proposals, which Russia says are vital for its security, say NATO must not allow any new members to the US-led military alliance and call for no new military bases to be established in ex-Soviet countries. Their publication comes at a time of severely strained ties between ... read more |
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'Accommodation?': East Europe worries over Ukraine diplomacyWarsaw (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 Alongside the concerns about Russia's military build-up on the border of Ukraine, regional states worry about a possible stitch-up between major powers that could turn the clock back. ... more  
Raytheon Intelligence and Space to build Space Force weather satellite prototypeEl Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 Raytheon Intelligence and Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, has been awarded a $67 million contract to demonstrate an Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System, or EWS, Prototype with the abili ... more 
EU threatens Russia sanctions as NATO backs UkraineBrussels (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 Western allies on Thursday rejected Russia's bid to thwart Kiev's NATO ambitions and urged Moscow to halt its military build-up along Ukraine's border and return to talks led by France and Germany. ... more  
In trenches of eastern Ukraine, soldiers want NATO membershipPisky, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 Ukrainian soldiers fighting pro-Russia rebels on the country's eastern frontline say only NATO membership can protect Kiev against Russia, as the West tries to deter Moscow from launching an attack. ... more |
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Belarus claims Polish soldier defects to Minsk Moscow (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 Belarus Friday claimed a Polish soldier patrolling the European Union's eastern border during a migrant crisis had deserted Warsaw's army and asked for political asylum in the authoritarian country. ... more  
Iran nuclear deal negotiators to take stock before pauseVienna (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 Negotiators trying to save the 2015 landmark Iran nuclear deal are due to take stock in Vienna on Friday ahead of a brief pause in the negotiations. ... more  
Northrop Grumman completes environmental testing for Next Gen OPIR GEO payloadAzusa CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 The Northrop Grumman Corporation and Ball Aerospace team successfully achieved three critical milestones on production of its Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) Geosynchron ... more 
BlackSky achieves highest revisit, dawn-to-dusk satellite coverageHerndon VA (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 BlackSky's high-resolution small satellite constellation has the highest revisit rate in the world, with a peak of 15 hourly visits per day over certain locations. The real-time geospatial intellige ... more  
Mind-controlled robots now one step closerLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 Tetraplegic patients are prisoners of their own bodies, unable to speak or perform the slightest movement. Researchers have been working for years to develop systems that can help these patients car ... more |
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AFRL'S PNT AgilePod achieves flight test objectivesEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory's complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) AgilePod prototype achieved three important objectives in flight tests conducted here November 1-10. Th ... more  
Innovative silicon nanochip can reprogram biological tissue in living bodyBloomington IN (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 A silicon device that can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells has advanced from prototype to standardized fabrication, meaning it can now be made in a consistent, reproducible way. ... more  
Australia nuclear sub deal in line with non-proliferation treaty: US officialGeneva (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 Australia's programme to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines does not fall foul of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), a senior US official insisted on Thursday. ... more  
Rapid Dragon'S first live fire test deployed from a cargo aircraft destroys targetEglin AFB FL (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 The Air Force Rapid Dragon Program, a fast-paced experimentation campaign led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) office, successfully completed its final flig ... more 
AFRL'S Aerospace Systems Directorate opens new subsonic wind tunnel facilityWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory has completed development of a new wind tunnel facility here. A team from AFRL's Aerospace Systems Directorate completed the facility, known as the Parker Sub ... more |
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 Azusa CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
The Northrop Grumman Corporation and Ball Aerospace team successfully achieved three critical milestones on production of its Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Engineering Development Unit (EDU) payload. The missile warning sensor payload is being developed for the U.S. Space Force's GEO missile warning satellites built by spacecraft pr ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army in support of U.S. European Command (EUCOM) to provide Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) to Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. The $14.3 million contract will support upgrading air defense and counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) capabilities and forms the framework for integration into EUCOM Integrat ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 
Chinese drone-maker DJI is easily the highest-profile company targeted in a new round of US economic sanctions against companies over China's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority.
Following are key facts about Shenzhen DJI Sciences and Technologies Ltd, better known around the world by drone users simply as DJI.
- Born in a dorm -
Company lore traces DJI's birth to the college dor ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
Airbus and OneWeb have signed a distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication services for military and governmental use. As the leading provider of military satellite communication services in Europe, Airbus will offer new communication services utilising the OneWeb constellation to select European and UK armed forces, and civil protection and security ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) AgilePod prototype achieved three important objectives in flight tests conducted here November 1-10.
The test team - representing a broad base of Air Force, Navy, and vendor organizations - successfully executed eight sorties aboard a T-38C aircraft, which included the first test of the PNT AgilePod on ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 
The United Arab Emirates threatened Tuesday to scrap its mega-purchase of US F-35 fighter jets, protesting stringent conditions amid Washington's concerns on China, but both sides said they hoped to resolve the dispute.
President Joe Biden has pledged greater oversight over the state-of-the-art planes after the $23 billion arms package was pushed through by his predecessor Donald Trump in wh ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 
A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday called for pre-emptive sanctions on Russia and expanded arms shipments to Ukraine, fearing that action so far may not dissuade President Vladimir Putin from invading.
After a weekend visit to Ukraine, the three lawmakers - all military veterans - said they were convinced Putin was serious about an attack, as tens of thousands of troops amassed near the Uk ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 9, 2021  The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group has finished its combat mission in Iraq and will shift to a training and advisory role, the alliance and its host country said Thursday.
The change of the mission for around 2,500 American troops stationed in the war-battered country by the end of the year was first announced by US President Joe Biden in July when he hosted Iraqi Prime Min ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 
The UN Tuesday urged Washington to lift sanctions on Tehran in line with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, while calling on the Islamic republic to return to commitments to limit its nuclear program.
"I appeal to the United States to lift or waive its sanctions as outlined in the plan and extend the waivers regarding the trade in oil with the Islamic Republic of Iran," said Rosemary DiCarlo, the U ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 
Western allies on Thursday rejected Russia's bid to thwart Kiev's NATO ambitions and urged Moscow to halt its military build-up along Ukraine's border and return to talks led by France and Germany.
European Union leaders, meeting in Brussels, insisted on "the urgent need for Russia to de-escalate tensions caused by the military build-up along its border with Ukraine and aggressive rhetoric". ... more |
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 Ben Guerdane, Tunisia (AFP) Dec 15, 2021 
Tunisia's navy rescued 78 migrants on Wednesday and retrieved the body of another after their boat sank off the country's coast during a bid to reach Europe, the defence ministry said.
The migrants, mostly Bangladeshis and Egyptians aged from 12-45, had set off the previous night from Abu Kammash just across the border in neighbouring Libya near Zawara, it said.
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 10, 2021 
A Long March-4B rocket on Friday morning successfully sent a new group of satellites into space, marking the 400th launch mission of the China-developed Long March carrier rocket series.
Since the first launch in 1970, the Long March carrier rocket series has carried out 92.1 percent of China's space launch mission, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2021 
Chinese state tabloid editor Hu Xijin, who became a leading voice of strident nationalism with millions of social media followers, announced his retirement Thursday.
A self-described former pro-democracy protestor turned outspoken newspaper editor, Hu helped usher in a new era of brash, assertive nationalism under President Xi Jinping.
In a social media post, Hu said Thursday he had step ... more |
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 Kojo, Iraq (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 
Incense wafted in the air as a funeral cortege made its way Thursday to a cemetery in northern Iraq for the burial of 41 Yazidis killed by jihadists and recovered from mass graves.
After seizing swathes of Iraq in 2014, Islamic State group jihadists carried out horrific massacres, including in the northern region of Sinjar where the Kurdish-speaking Yazidi minority has long been rooted.
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy studies, a congressionally-funded endeavor.
The Directed Energy Center will be based at UNM and jointly managed by UNM's School of Engineering and UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). AFRL is recognized as the nation's ... more |
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