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  Scott AFB IL (SPX) Jan 01, 2022 U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) entered into its third cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA), on December 17, 2021, with Blue Origin to explore the possibility of someday using rockets to transport cargo and people. "Today, industry is energetically shaping space into a practical transportation mode--a trustworthy complement to our traditional global mobility options," explained Vice Admiral Dee Mewbourne, Deputy Commander, USTRANSCOM. "Not every operation will call ... read more |
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US voices 'concern' on Iran space launch but favors talksWashington (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 The United States voiced concern Thursday about Iran's new space launch, saying it would help the clerical state's missile program, but indicated it was still pursuing diplomacy to return to a nuclear deal. ... more 
Iran: Biden White House also 'responsible' for Soleimani killingTehran (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 Iran said Friday the current US administration is also "responsible" for the assassination two years ago of its revered commander Qassem Soleimani, as the Islamic republic started commemorations to mark his death. ... more 
Nuclear talks see 'satisfactory' progress, says IranTehran (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 Ongoing talks in Vienna to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran have seen "relatively satisfactory progress", Iran's negotiator Ali Bagheri said Thursday. ... more 
Iran Guards kill three 'bandits' over deadly attackTehran (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced Friday they had killed three people who were involved a deadly attack that left two of their members dead in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. ... more |
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Iran launches three new satellites into low earth orbitMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2022 Earlier in December, a state news agency reported that four satellites were undergoing final preparations for launch. One of them was set to replace a satellite launched two years ago, but which had ... more  
India says China 'inventing' names in disputed regionNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 India hit out at China for giving "invented" names to several places in a disputed Himalayan region on their border as Beijing looks to assert sovereignty over the territory. ... more 
Dalai Lama's last escort on 1959 escape from Tibet diesDharamsala, India (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 The last surviving member of a small troop of Indian soldiers who escorted the Dalai Lama as he fled from Tibet in 1959 has died aged 85, his former regiment said Friday. ... more  
China receives data from newly launched resource satelliteBeijing (XNA) Dec 27, 2021 The China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station has successfully received the first data transmitted from the newly launched resource satellite ZY-1 02E, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said ... more  
NASA selects 4 university teams for aviation projectsWashington DC (SPX) Dec 30, 2021 NASA's research focus on sustainable aviation will get some big help from teams of university faculty and students recently selected to participate in the agency's University Leadership Initiative ( ... more |
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Food prep robot 'Alfred' joins kitchen staff at Travis Air Force BaseWashington DC (UPI) Dec 28, 2021 California's Travis Air Force Base's Monarch dining facility has become the first in the Department of Defense to acquire an automated food preparation robot called "Alfred," according to officials at the base. ... more  
Taiwan leader urges China to curb 'military adventurism'Taipei (AFP) Jan 1, 2022 Taiwan's president on Saturday urged China to curb its "military adventurism", with tensions between the two sides at their highest level in years. ... more 
Taiwan threatens legal action against Nicaragua over embassy 'seizure'Taipei (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 Taiwan on Thursday vowed to take legal action against former ally Nicaragua for "seizing" its embassy and making plans to transfer it to China after the Central American country switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. ... more  
Iraqi minister sacks local police chief after deadly operationBaghdad (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 Iraq's interior minister dismissed Babylon province's police chief on Friday and several officers were called for questioning following an operation that reportedly led to the deaths of 20 members of the same family. ... more 
Iran announces new space launch amid nuclear talksTehran (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 Iran announced Thursday it had carried out a new space launch, in a move likely to irk Western powers amid tough talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal. ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 
L3Harris Technologies has completed the final major design milestone on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration and has already begun building the demonstration satellite.
Completing the CDR is the final design milestone ensuring performance, cost and schedule requirements can be met b ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 27, 2021 
Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed the second flight test of its new anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) missile, demonstrating capabilities that will meet key objectives for the upcoming Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program. The test was completed utilizing a company-owned CRJ-700 aircraft as the testbed for the air to surface mission computer and sensors.
Northrop Grumman invested t ... more |
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 Palmdale CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia's first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage was mounted onto Triton's unique one-piece wing. Once completed and delivered, Triton's powerful payload and endurance will provide the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with the ability to detect and ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 
The SPAINSAT NG programme has successfully passed another important milestone, the critical design review (CDR) of the payload and the complete satellite, including the CDR elements of the Pacis 3 partnership project with the European Space Agency (ESA). The review was declared successful after verifying the good progress of the tests performed on the development models of the X-band payload. ... 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 28, 2021 
The United States renewed calls Tuesday for an arms embargo on Myanmar's junta after a Christmas Eve massacre in which Save the Children said two of the group's staff were killed.
"The targeting of innocent people and humanitarian actors is unacceptable, and the military's widespread atrocities against the people of Burma underscore the urgency of holding its members accountable," US Secreta ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 
India hit out at China for giving "invented" names to several places in a disputed Himalayan region on their border as Beijing looks to assert sovereignty over the territory.
Several stretches of the lengthy frontier are disputed and relations have soured dramatically since 20 Indian soldiers died in a brawl in June 2020 on one section between Ladakh and Tibet.
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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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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 
Months after a minor motorbike accident, Amer Shaker is still suffering from poor treatment at a hospital in Iraq's Mosul, forcing him like many others to seek help elsewhere.
"At public hospitals, we have to pay for everything," said Shaker. "As soon as we arrived, we paid for the medicine, bandages, the anaesthesia."
But for the past seven months, he has been treated free of charge at ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 
Ongoing talks in Vienna to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran have seen "relatively satisfactory progress", Iran's negotiator Ali Bagheri said Thursday.
"Some written changes on the lifting of sanctions were established between the two parties and relatively satisfactory progress has been made over the first days of the eighth round of negotiations," Bagheri said in a v ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2021 
Manufacturing activity in China edged up in December, official data showed Friday, beating expectations as the price of commodities eased and despite sporadic closures due to Covid outbreaks.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) - a key gauge of manufacturing activity - in the world's second-biggest economy rose to 50.3, remaining above the 50-point mark separating growth from contraction ... more |
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 Lhokseumawe, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 
Indonesia's navy rescued more than 100 Rohingya migrants traveling in a wooden boat, bringing them to safety early Friday morning following pressure from locals.
The naval ship arrived in Lhokseumawe on the north coast of Aceh province shortly after midnight, according to AFP journalists at the scene.
Rough seas and pouring rain hampered the operation to bring the mostly women and childr ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 01, 2022 
China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket at Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province early on Thursday, marking the completion of the country's annual launch schedule.
The rocket blasted off at 0:43 am and transported the Communication Technology Demonstrator 9 experimental satellite into a geosynchronous orbit, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's lead ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 
Two senior editors of Hong Kong media outlet Stand News were charged with "conspiracy to publish seditious" material on Thursday, authorities said, following a raid that drew international condemnation over China's crackdown on press freedom in the city.
China has tightened its control of Hong Kong since massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests engulfed the financial hub in 2019, ... more |
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 Yangon (AFP) Dec 28, 2021  Save the Children confirmed on Tuesday that two of its staff were killed in a Christmas Eve massacre of more than 30 people in Myanmar blamed on junta troops, leading the United States to press for an arms embargo.
Anti-junta fighters said they found over 30 burnt bodies, including women and children, on a highway in eastern Kayah state where pro-democracy rebels have been fighting the milit ... more |
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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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