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  Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon cutting ceremony April 12, 2022, to herald its newest facility, the Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development, or RAPID, laboratory that will provide better, faster and smarter space technology to our nation's warfighters. The $7,326 million lab is nearly 14,000 square feet and will develop satellite technology using advanced modeling and simulation to enable streamlined acquisition. It brings tog ... read more |
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DARPA seeks ionospheric insights to improve communication across domainsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 Warfighters depend on high-frequency (HF) radio transmissions to operate military systems across the space, air, ground, and maritime domains. Current understanding of how HF waves propagate through ... more  
How far will Russia go in new phase of Ukraine assault?Paris (AFP) April 24, 2022 Two months after invading Ukraine, Russia says its aim is full control of the Donbas region in the east as well as the south of the country. ... more  
N. Korea boasts of 'invincible power' ahead of key military anniversarySeoul (AFP) April 24, 2022 North Korea's state media boasted Sunday that its armed forces had "gained invincible power" under leader Kim Jong Un as it prepares for a major army holiday that analysts say could be marked with a military parade or major weapons test. ... more  
NATO, Russia eye each other as both up forces in the MedSouda, Greece (AFP) April 22, 2022 On the Greek island of Crete, a NATO surveillance plane readies to take off and see what Russia is up to in the Mediterranean, where Moscow and the US have boosted forces amid the war raging in Ukraine. ... more |
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Is Russia as isolated as Ukraine's allies hope?Paris (AFP) April 24, 2022 Two months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden's claim that Moscow is more isolated than ever looks more like wishful thinking. ... more  
War in Ukraine: Latest developmentsKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 24, 2022 Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: ... more 
Nuclear expert cautions against unfamiliar new nuclear ageLeicester UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of 'great power nuclear politics', risk the world 'sleepwalking' into a nuclear age vastly different from the established order of the Cold Wa ... more 
Space Blocs: The future of international cooperation in spaceMaxwell AFB AL (The Conversation) Apr 22, 2022 Even during times of conflict on the ground, space has historically been an arena of collaboration among nations. But trends in the past decade suggest that the nature of cooperation in space is shi ... more |
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US sets meeting on Ukraine long-term security in GermanyWashington (AFP) April 22, 2022 The Pentagon has invited 40 allies to meet in Germany next week to discuss Ukraine's longer-term security needs even as Kyiv continues to battle Russian forces in the country's east and south. ... more 
Trump says he threatened not to defend NATO allies from RussiaWashington (AFP) April 22, 2022 Donald Trump says that as US president he threatened not to come to the defense of NATO allies if they were attacked by Russia unless they helped fund the alliance more. ... more  
Australia accuses China of paying bribes to win dealsSydney (AFP) April 24, 2022 Australia's defence minister on Sunday accused China of paying bribes for international deals but refused to say whether corruption played a role in Beijing's newly signed defence pact with the Solomon Islands. ... more  
Iran-Saudi talks resume in IraqBaghdad (AFP) April 23, 2022 Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed key talks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after negotiations were suspended last month, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. ... more |
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Japan says disputed islands 'illegally occupied' by RussiaTokyo (AFP) April 22, 2022 Japan described four disputed islands as "illegally occupied" by Russia for the first time in nearly two decades on Friday as ties sour between the countries over the war in Ukraine. ... more 
Britain and India in new defence and security partnership: JohnsonNew Delhi (AFP) April 22, 2022 Britain and India agreed a "new and expanded" defence and security partnership on Friday, under-fire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on a visit to New Delhi. ... more 
EU, US send warning over China's support for RussiaBrussels (AFP) April 22, 2022 The European Union and the United States insisted Friday that any backing from Beijing for Russia's war in Ukraine, or help for Moscow to dodge Western sanctions, would damage ties with China. ... more  
Lockheed Martin to produce 8th THAAD Battery for US GovtDallas TX (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 Lockheed Martin has received a contract totaling $74 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency (MD ... more  
France sending heavy artillery to UkraineParis (AFP) April 22, 2022 France is sending several heavy artillery pieces to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said Friday, as growing numbers of Western nations contribute heavier arms to Kyiv following the Russian invasion. ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 22, 2022  Lockheed Martin has received a contract totaling $74 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The award amount covers the production of an eighth THAAD battery for the U.S. government. It's expected to be fielded by 2025.
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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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 Wright-Patterson AFB (AFRL) Apr 15, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory will showcase programs and technologies in several areas including weapons and unmanned aerial systems, plus avenues for sharing ideas or capabilities with the lab during the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) XPONENTIAL in Orlando, Florida, April 25-28, 2022.
AFRL supports both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, seamless ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 
Warfighters depend on high-frequency (HF) radio transmissions to operate military systems across the space, air, ground, and maritime domains. Current understanding of how HF waves propagate through the electromagnetically noisy ionosphere typically depends on ground-based methods. To more accurately understand HF propagation in space requires scientific measurements taken from within the ionosp ... 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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 Stockholm (AFP) April 20, 2022 
Swedish prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened up an investigation into cases of corruption involving telecoms giant Ericsson in Iraq, including suspected bribes to the Islamic State (IS) group.
Senior Public Prosecutor Leif Gorts confirmed that the investigation had been launched following reports of potential corruption between 2011 and 2019.
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 Washington (AFP) April 22, 2022 
The Pentagon has invited 40 allies to meet in Germany next week to discuss Ukraine's longer-term security needs even as Kyiv continues to battle Russian forces in the country's east and south.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said defense ministers and senior generals of 20 countries, NATO and non-NATO members, have already accepted the invitation from US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for the ... more |
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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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 Baghdad (AFP) April 23, 2022 
Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed key talks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after negotiations were suspended last month, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday.
"Talks resumed last Thursday in Baghdad," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, and without giving further details.
Iran's Nour news agency confirmed a meeting attended by "senior officials from the ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2022 
Russian state-owned space agency Roscosmos is planning to start serial shipments of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat to the Russian strategic missile forces this fall, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday.
"This fall, once the Sarmat flight and development tests are completed, we plan to begin supplying serial heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles of thi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2022 
China's lawmakers on Wednesday announced that it ratified two international conventions against forced labour, months after United Nations experts voiced concerns over the country's treatment of ethnic and religious minorities - particularly in the Xinjiang region.
Beijing's approvals come as the country faces accusations of widespread human rights abuses in Xinjiang, including forced labou ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) April 22, 2022 
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Chernobyl next week as the organisation ramps up efforts to "prevent the danger of a nuclear accident", a statement said Friday.
Chernobyl, the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history, fell into Russian hands on the first day of the country's invasion of Ukraine, and suffered a power and communications outage. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 21, 2022 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 separated from the country's space station core module Tianhe and redocked with the module on Wednesday.
Tianzhou-3 detached from the rear docking port of Tianhe at 5:02 a.m. (Beijing Time), moved to the module's front port and completed a computer-orchestrated rendezvous and docking at 9:06 a.m., according to the China Manned Space Agency.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 20, 2022  YouTube on Wednesday suspended a channel promoting John Lee's uncontested bid to be Hong Kong's next leader, saying the move was required by US sanctions against the ex-security chief.
Lee is expected to be appointed the business hub's new chief executive by a committee of 1,500 Beijing loyalists next month. He faces no rivals.
He has used YouTube, Facebook and Instagram accounts to prom ... more |
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 Bogota (AFP) April 22, 2022 
More than 4,600 members of a leftist party in Colombia were killed and another 1,100 went missing between 1984 and 2007, a special tribunal set up to try the worst atrocities committed during the country's half century conflict said in a report released Friday.
The victims were members of the Patriotic Union (UP) communist party that was formed in the 1980s during an attempt by then-presiden ... 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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