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  Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 03, 2022 In 1996, Joseph W. Ashy, former U.S. commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, famously said: "We're going to fight in space. We're going to fight from space and we're going to fight into space." In less than three decades since then, we've seen the establishment of the U.S. Space Force, anti-satellite weapons testing by major spacefaring nations and the rapid development of weapons that can interfere with, disrupt or destroy space assets. No wonder there are many c ... read more |
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AFRL is developing green power for satellitesKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate is developing a new "green energy" fuel cell technology, that will allow thruster equipped spacecraft to convert chemical energ ... more  
QuantX Labs and SmartSat CRC accelerate the development of an orbiting space clockAdelaide, Australia (SPX) May 03, 2022 SmartSAT CRC today announced $1 million to assist QuantX Labs in the development of its optical atomic clock satellite payload that will deliver the heart of a future Australian sovereign navigation ... more  
Belarus opposition seeks US technology helpWashington (AFP) April 29, 2022 The leader of Belarus' opposition said Friday that the United States is looking at stepping up technological assistance in the struggle against strongman Alexander Lukashenko. ... more  
UAE vows 'responsible' artificial intelligence rolloutDubai (AFP) April 27, 2022 The world's first minister for artificial intelligence says the United Arab Emirates isn't only looking for economic benefits as it seeks to become a leading nation in the sector. ... more |
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AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a realityEglin AFB FL (SPX) May 01, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory and Eglin's Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats April 28, 2022, that successfully destroyed a ... more  
Russia's top general visited Ukraine front: PentagonWashington (AFP) May 2, 2022 Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, visited the Donbas front in the Ukraine war last week, a Pentagon official said Monday, but reports that he was injured in a Ukrainian attack could not be confirmed. ... more 
Kendall, Brown, Raymond tell Congress $194 billion request balances risksWashington DC (AFNS) May 01, 2022 Invoking Gen. Douglas MacArthur's observation that militaries fail when they are slow and "too late" to change, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall urged Congress April 27 to embrace a $194 bil ... more 
NASA mentors students to achieve high performance in supercomputing competitionMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2022 Talented students from communities around the U.S. recently gained hands-on experience in high-performance computing, NASA style. With help from experts in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) div ... more |
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HyPrSpace raises 1M euro in seed funding to develop reusable hybrid micro-launcherBordeaux, France (SPX) Apr 29, 2022 HyPrSpace, a startup specializing in the design of space launchers, has announced that it has raised euro 1.1 million from the Geodesic fund, the French Tech Seed fund managed on behalf of the Fren ... more  
WVU scientists take on pioneering space weather research and forecasting projectMorgantown WV (SPX) May 03, 2022 A cross-disciplinary team of researchers from West Virginia University are undertaking a pioneering project in space weather research to improve modeling and forecasting of space weather to safeguar ... more 
Ground-based rover's touch shared with astronaut in spaceParis (ESA) Apr 22, 2022 If man's best friend is a dog, then in the future astronauts' closest companions might well be rovers. A technique allowing astronauts in orbit to control rovers exploring planetary surfaces has bee ... more  
AST SpaceMobile announces collaboration with Globe TelecomMidland TX (SPX) Apr 29, 2022 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed to be accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has announced a Mem ... more |
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Denmark, Sweden summoning Russian envoys over airspace breachesCopenhagen (AFP) May 1, 2022 Denmark and Sweden are summoning Russia's ambassadors after a Russian spyplane violated the air space of both countries, their governments said Sunday. ... more 
Turkey air force pulls out of exercise in Athens; Says Greek jets violating airpsaceIstanbul (AFP) April 30, 2022 Turkey's air force has pulled out of a military exercise scheduled to be held in Greece next month, security sources said on Saturday alleging that preparatory documents singled out Ankara. ... more  
Iraqi Communists raise flag for women's rights, secular politicsBaghdad (AFP) April 29, 2022 The Iraqi Communist Party may have seen its red star fade but it hopes to come back by advocating what remain radical ideas in the country: women's rights and secular politics. ... more 
Murals bring 'joy' to Baghdad concrete jungleBaghdad (AFP) May 2, 2022 Iraqi artist Wijdan al-Majed is transforming Baghdad's concrete jungle into a colour-filled city with murals depicting well-known figures from the war-scarred country and abroad. ... more 
Iraqi soldier killed in clashes with Yazidi fightersBaghdad (AFP) May 2, 2022 An Iraqi soldier was killed and two others were injured in clashes Monday with Yazidi fighters in the northern region of Sinjar, an army officer and an MP said. ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) April 27, 2022 
NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring a second batch of one of its most advanced missile defence systems despite the war in Ukraine.
The comments on state television late Tuesday by the head of Turkey's military procurement agency underscore Ankara's efforts to maintain good relations with Moscow during the conflict.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 29, 2022 
Russia confirmed Friday that it carried out an air strike on Kyiv during a visit by the UN's secretary general, the first such attack on the Ukrainian capital in nearly two weeks, and in which a journalist also died.
Vera Gyrych, a producer for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was killed when a Russian missile hit the building where she lived, the media group said.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 27, 2022 
The world's largest drone maker DJI has said it will pause all business operations in Russia and Ukraine, in a rare public suspension by a Chinese firm since Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.
Russia has been hit with an avalanche of sanctions over the war and many Western multinationals have pulled out of the country.
Beijing has refused to condemn the invasion, however, and Chinese co ... 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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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 
Five new Department of the Air Force, or DAF, capability priorities are in the 2022 Topical Call for Solutions and Concepts announced to industry partners at the DAF Future Force Capability Development Strategy Interchange Meeting, or SIM, Phase I from March 14-16.
Leaders shared DAF's future force strategies, efforts, challenges, and investments geared towards securing strategic advantage ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 27, 2022 
Ukraine's fate is hanging in the balance and its allies must brace for the long haul and "ramp up" military production including tanks and planes to help, Britain's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss also warned that China must play by international rules or be punished and that it was vital to send the right message to "aggressors" watching closely the response ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 29, 2022 
The UK government said Friday it was deploying about 8,000 troops for exercises across eastern Europe in a show of strength after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The months-long drills in countries stretching from Finland to North Macedonia also involve allies including France and the United States, defence officials said in a statement.
Britain is deploying 72 Challenger 2 tanks and 120 a ... 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) May 2, 2022 
An Iraqi soldier was killed and two others were injured in clashes Monday with Yazidi fighters in the northern region of Sinjar, an army officer and an MP said.
The heartland of Iraq's Yazidi minority, Sinjar is the site of frequent confrontations between security forces and local fighters affiliated with Turkey's banned separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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 Seoul (AFP) April 30, 2022 
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could "preemptively" use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces, state media reported Saturday.
Kim told top military officers that to "maintain the absolute superiority" of North Korea's armed forces, the country should be able to "preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and thr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2022  Shares of major Chinese tech companies soared Friday after a meeting in which top officials called for the "healthy development" of the sector, fuelling hope among investors that a damaging state crackdown may ease.
Beijing has embarked on a sweeping clampdown over the past year that has clipped the wings of its biggest internet firms.
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 Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2022 
A woman was pulled out alive Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed four days ago in central China, state media said, calling the rescue a "miracle".
The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province - which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema - caved in on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effort with hundreds of emergency responders.
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2022 
On Tuesday, China opened the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship which carried three astronauts back to Earth on April 16, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Items carried by the spacecraft, including crop seeds, 8K high-definition memory card storing images and videos taken by the astronauts in orbit, commemorative stamps, and paintings by Hong Kong teenager ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 29, 2022 
A Hong Kong judge increased a university student's jail sentence to five years on Friday for messages sent on Telegram advocating the city's independence from China and calls to resist communist rule.
Lui Sai-yu, a 25-year-old engineering student, pleaded guilty to "incitement to secession", a crime under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 to crush dissent.
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 Ocana, Colombia (AFP) April 28, 2022  Rural peasant Eliecer Ortega was on his own at his farm when soldiers burst onto his property to first kidnap and then murder him.
His wife, Eduvina Becerra, had to wait 15 years to hear his murderers confess and ask for forgiveness.
It happened during a historic two-day hearing of a special peace tribunal set up in Ocana - a town in northeastern Colombia near to where the 43-year-old's ... 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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