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  Washington (AFP) April 19, 2022 The United States announced a commitment to stop testing anti-satellite missiles that generate dangerous debris in space, a measure described Tuesday as "an important step" by the head of NASA. The United States, the first country to make such a pledge, has encouraged other nations to follow its lead, with the goal of establishing "a new international norm for responsible behavior in space," the White House said in a statement. "This is especially important as there is an ever-increasing number ... read more |
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Space Security Challenge 2022: Hack-A-Sat 3 Registration OpensRome NY (AFRL) Apr 20, 2022 The U.S. Air and Space Force, in collaboration with the security research community, opened registration April 8 for the qualification round of the third annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat ... more  
Ukraine receives fighter planes, parts to bolster air force: PentagonWashington (AFP) April 20, 2022 Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia's invasion, the Pentagon said Tuesday, declining to specify the number of aircraft or their origin. ... more  
Finnish MPs begin deciding whether to join NATOHelsinki (AFP) April 20, 2022 Finland's parliament Wednesday starts debating whether to seek NATO membership, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in political and public support for joining the bloc. ... more  
Safe ISS operation should remain priority, Space Foundation saysWashington DC (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2022 All countries participating in the International Space Station (ISS) project should focus on maintaining its safety and continued work, and keep in mind the long history of cooperation, as Russia is ... more |
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Planet Partners with SynMax to Provide Energy Intelligence and Monitor Dark VesselsSan Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has partnered with SynMax, a Houston-based satellite analytics and intelligence company, to provide data-inform ... more  
China Satellite Navigation Conference to highlight digital economy, intelligent navigationBeijing (XNA) Apr 15, 2022 The 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference will be held in Beijing in May, highlighting the digital economy and intelligent navigation, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office. ... more  
AFRL completes series of 1 newton ascent monopropellant thruster testingEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 The Chemical Propulsion Flight Programs Group at the Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant (ASCENT) monopropellant 1 Newto ... more 
Russia urges Ukrainian forces to 'immediately' lay down armsMoscow (AFP) April 19, 2022 Russia on Tuesday called on Ukrainian forces to "immediately" lay down arms and issued a new ultimatum for the defenders of the besieged port city of Mariupol to give up. ... more |
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West vows more arms, sanctions over new Russian offensiveKramatorsk, Ukraine (AFP) April 19, 2022 Western allies on Tuesday pledged more military supplies and sanctions to assist Ukraine as its troops battle against Russian forces intensifying their offensive in the east of the country. ... more  
Biden reluctant to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from terror listWashington (AFP) April 20, 2022 US President Joe Biden seems increasingly determined to keep the "terrorist" designation on Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which Tehran is demanding be removed before it returns to a deal on curbing its nuclear program. ... more 
BlackSky supports customers during Ukraine crisisHerndon VA (SPX) Apr 19, 2022 BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) has demonstrated the ability to rapidly shift orbits, launch two new satellites, and collect images over Ukraine all within a 45-day window. In addition to generating a strateg ... more  
Marine in besieged Mariupol says 'maybe facing our last days, if not hours'Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 20, 2022 A commander for the Ukrainian marines fighting in the last stronghold of Mariupol said his forces were "maybe facing our last days, if not hours" and appealed for extraction in a Facebook post published early Wednesday. ... more |
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Iraq summons Turkey envoy in protest at Kurdistan offensiveBaghdad (AFP) April 19, 2022 Iraq on Tuesday summoned Turkey's ambassador to Baghdad in protest at a new Turkish offensive targeting rebels in the north's autonomous Kurdistan region. ... more 
Israel hits Gaza after rocket attack as tensions spikeJerusalem (AFP) April 19, 2022 Israel carried out its first air strike on the Gaza Strip in months early Tuesday, in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave after a weekend of violence around a Jerusalem holy site. ... more  
Russian subs fire missiles in Sea of Japan amid Ukraine tensionMoscow (AFP) April 14, 2022 Russian submarines in the Sea of Japan have fired cruise missiles during exercises, the defence ministry said Thursday, at a time of tension with Tokyo over its support for Ukraine. ... more 
Afghanistan death toll in 'Pakistan strikes' rises to at least 47: officialsKabul (AFP) April 17, 2022 The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has jumped to at least 47, officials said Sunday, as Islamabad urged Kabul to act against militants launching attacks from Afghan soil. ... more  
Iran urges Iraq against hosting 'disruptive security presence'Tehran (AFP) April 14, 2022 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi warned neighbouring Iraq on Thursday not to allow its soil to be used for activities that disrupt the Islamic republic's security, his office said. ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $99.6 million contract by U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific to provide mission-critical capabilities for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A). Northrop Grumman will design, develop, integrate, test and deliver the first of the next-generation relay ground stations to support legacy and future missile-launch and missile-warnin ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2022 
DARPA is seeking innovative proposals to conduct wind tunnel and flight testing of jet interaction effects for Phase 2 of the Glide Breaker program. The overall goal of Glide Breaker is to advance the United States' ability to counter emerging hypersonic threats.
Phase 1 of the program focused on developing and demonstrating a divert and attitude control system (DACS) that enables a kill v ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Apr 08, 2022 
Two drones carrying 20 kilograms of rice and vegetables took off from a distribution warehouse in Shanghai's Jinshan district on Thursday. Five minutes later, the drones landed in an open space in the village of Baowei three kilometers away. The supplies carried by the drones were donated by Hebei province.
After landing, volunteers disinfected the supplies before distributing them to loca ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) has entered into an agreement with Australian electronics engineering company IntelliDesign for hardware design services and contract manufacturing of Secure Communications Solution (SCS) devices.
Northrop Grumman Australia's sovereign SCS-200 capability provides simple, secure network access for deployed teams and individuals, supporting customers su ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) April 13, 2022 
President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday downplayed the Brazilian military's recent purchase of Viagra, which drew scrutiny from opposition lawmakers and a flurry of jokes online.
"It was maybe 50,000 pills total. With all due respect, that's nothing," the far-right president said at a meeting with Evangelical Christian ministers at the presidential palace, two days after revelations the armed ... more |
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 Kramatorsk, Ukraine (AFP) April 19, 2022  Western allies on Tuesday pledged more military supplies and sanctions to assist Ukraine as its troops battle against Russian forces intensifying their offensive in the east of the country.
Ukraine's armed forces said fighting had increased throughout Donbas, and the ministry of defence reported heavy clashes including near the town of Marinka in the Donetsk region.
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 Taipei (AFP) April 15, 2022 
China must pay a greater price for backing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a senior United States senator said Friday, during a trip to Taiwan in which American lawmakers vowed that Washington would not abandon the island.
Beijing threatened "strong measures" in response to the delegation led by Lindsey Graham, a vocal China hawk, which arrived in Taipei late Thursday for a two-day visit.
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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
From designing new biomaterials to novel photonic devices, new materials built through a process called bottom-up nanofabrication, or self-assembly, are opening up pathways to new technologies with properties tuned at the nanoscale. However, to fully unlock the potential of these new materials, researchers need to "see" into their tiny creations so that they can control the design and fabricatio ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) April 14, 2022 
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi warned neighbouring Iraq on Thursday not to allow its soil to be used for activities that disrupt the Islamic republic's security, his office said.
His comments follow accusations by Iran last month that Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region had hosted a "strategic centre" used by Tehran's arch enemy Israel.
"The president emphasised that Iran strongly expec ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 18, 2022 
The United States on Monday appeared to dismiss a key Iranian demand to salvage a nuclear accord as Tehran blamed Washington for the prolonged impasse.
Iran and the United States have been negotiating indirectly in Vienna for a year to restore the 2015 agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, from which former US president Donald Trump withdrew.
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 London (AFP) April 16, 2022  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to travel to India next week to discuss trade and security with his counterpart Narendra Modi, who has taken a neutral stance on Russia's war in Ukraine.
"As we face threats to our peace and prosperity from autocratic states, it is vital that democracies and friends stick together," Johnson said in a statement before the visit, his first to India as British ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 13, 2022 
Russian soldiers dug in "many places" at Chernobyl where officials are still unable to restore radiation monitoring after Ukraine re-took control, the state agency in charge said Wednesday.
"The occupiers dug in many places. They buried heavy equipment, created dugouts, even underground kitchens, tents, fortifications," said Yevgen Kramarenko, head of the agency for the Chernobyl exclusion z ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 19, 2022 
The crews of China's Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 missions have been selected, and are carrying out relevant training and mission preparations, according to a press conference on Sunday.
Both crews will stay in orbit for six months, and they will for the first time rotate in orbit to realize the uninterrupted manned residence, Huang Weifen, chief designer of the China manned space program's ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 19, 2022  A man and a woman on Tuesday became the first Hong Kongers convicted for supporting a local election boycott in online posts, the latest court verdict to shrink political freedoms in the business hub.
Salesman Chan Kin-man, 36, and office assistant Alice Leung, 65, were both sentenced to two months in jail with 18 months of suspension respectively by a magistrate in Hong Kong after pleading ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) April 17, 2022 
The Islamic State group on Sunday vowed "revenge" over the killing of its former leader, calling on supporters to take advantage of war in Ukraine to stage attacks in Europe.
"We announce, relying on God, a blessed campaign to take revenge" over the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi and the group's former spokesman, an audio message attributed to the group and circulated on the Telegram messag ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 
The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser beam.
The February demonstration marked the first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weap ... more |
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