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  Mojave CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) has confirmed the success of its fourth consecutive satellite launch mission. This launch, named Straight Up, carried seven satellites to Low Earth Orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF), who procured this launch for the Rocket Systems Launch Program, with payloads provided by the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP). In support of its mission partners, Virgin Orbit has now delivered a total of thirty-three satellites to orbit with 100% mission success. ... read more |
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L3Harris infrared space technology set to enhance battlefield imagery and missile detectionMelbourne FL (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 A L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) infrared instrument set to launch June 30 will significantly improve the ability to capture high-resolution imagery and other important battlefield information fro ... more  
Plans to rebuild Ukraine should address environment, EU commissioner saysBrussels (AFP) July 1, 2022 Plans to rebuild Ukraine will need to address restoring the country's war-torn ecosystems, the EU Commissioner for the Environment has said. ... more  
Americans more than Brits feel threatened by China's rise as a world powerExeter UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Americans were more likely than people living in the UK to feel threatened by China's growth as a world power, a new survey shows. The research suggests support in both countries for NATO and the UN ... more  
TikTok tells US senators data not shared with Chinese Communist PartyNew York (AFP) July 1, 2022 TikTok sought to reassure US senators this week that it is taking all necessary steps to limit access to users' data from outside the United States, including by employees of its parent company, the Chinese group ByteDance. ... more |
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Poland buys 32 attack helicopters from Italy's LeonardoWarsaw (AFP) July 1, 2022 Poland, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, will buy 32 AW149 multi-role military helicopters worth 1.75 billion euros ($1.83 billion) from Italian arms company Leonardo, its defence minister said Friday. ... more  
Israel strike on Syria wounds two civilians: ministryDamascus (AFP) July 2, 2022 An Israeli air strike wounded two civilians on Saturday in the Syrian government's heartland on the war-torn country's west coast, the defence ministry said. ... more  
US announces more missiles, ammunition for UkraineWashington (AFP) July 1, 2022 The Pentagon announced Friday $820 million in additional weapons and ammunition for Ukraine as it battles Russian forces along the eastern and southern fronts. ... more  
Russia and China eye NATO's 'Arctic Achilles heel'Barentsburg, Svalbard (AFP) June 29, 2022 Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!" ... more |
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US warns of jihadists and Russian forces as Africa war games endTan-Tan, Morocco (AFP) July 1, 2022 The United States' top general for Africa has warned of "violent extremism" and the threat of Russian mercenaries in the Sahel region, speaking as war games wrapped up in Morocco. ... more  
Turion Space and Exolaunch announce launch agreement for DROID 001 aboard Falcon 9Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 US Company Turion Space, building spacecraft for space logistics services including space debris removal and space situational awareness data, has selected Exolaunch, a global provider of launch, de ... more 
Successful high-speed flight experiments with new sounding rocket configurationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 Reusable launch systems are exposed to high dynamic and thermo-mechanical loads during their return to Earth. The German Aerospace Center has now successfully tested high temperature structures, adv ... more  
Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon completes 3rd orbit raising maneuver for CAPSTONE Moon missionLong Beach CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that its Lunar Photon spacecraft has successfully completed the third of seven planned orbit raising maneuvers, bringing the CAPSTONE spacecraft closer to ... more |
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Humans in the loop help robots find their wayHouston TX (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Just like us, robots can't see through walls. Sometimes they need a little help to get where they're going. Engineers at Rice University have developed a method that allows humans to help robots "se ... more  
Electrospinning promises major improvements in wearable technologyWashington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Wearable technology has exploded in recent years. Spurred by advances in flexible sensors, transistors, energy storage, and harvesting devices, wearables encompass miniaturized electronic devices wo ... more 
NASA's stratospheric balloon mission gets telescope with giant mirrorPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 30, 2022 Telescopes designed to operate in space have to be constructed differently than those meant to operate on the ground. But what about telescopes that operate in between? An upcoming NASA missio ... more  
Impact in 2052 ruled out as ESA counts down to Asteroid DayParis (ESA) Jun 30, 2022 Just in time for worldwide Asteroid Day: a threatening space rock lingered at the top of risk lists around the globe for months, with a real chance of impacting Earth on 2 April 2052. Now, ESA's ast ... more 
EU's Takuba anti-terror force quits junta-controlled MaliParis (AFP) July 1, 2022 The French-led Takuba task force of EU special forces has officially ceased operating in Mali, France announced Friday, ending a year-long anti-jihadist effort that soured after two military coups overthrew the civilian government. ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022  Canada's defense minister announced upgrades to Arctic air and missile defenses with the United States on Monday, citing growing threats from Russia and new technologies such as hypersonic missiles.
At a news conference at Canada's largest air base in Trenton, Ontario, Minister Anita Anand outlined Can$4.9 billion (US$3.8 billion) in military spending over the next six years.
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 Tallinn (AFP) June 30, 2022 
The defence ministers of Estonia and Latvia on Thursday signed a letter of intent at the NATO summit in Madrid for joint procurement of medium-range anti-aircraft systems.
"The aggression of Russia in Ukraine clearly shows the need for air defence systems," Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks said in a statement.
He said the move would underpin regional cooperation and the Baltic neig ... more |
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 Cranfield UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
In the near future city-dwellers can expect to see a variety of drones in the airspace above where they live, perhaps transporting patients to hospitals, helping tackle fires, or simply delivering parcels. This vision of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), making use of different types of drones, will also help people travel faster and more efficiently through unmanned air taxis - and researchers say it w ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the successful ground demonstration of a secure networked laser communications system for proliferated-LEO constellations supporting the U.S. military.
Performed for SDA leadership, the demonstration validated compatibility between commercially developed laser communication and secure U.S. government encryption hardware, providing a baseline for N ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko on Tuesday urged NATO at an alliance summit in Madrid to "speed up" its delivery of weapons to Ukraine to help it fend off Russian attacks.
"We expect (it to) speed up weapons to Ukraine, we expect (them) to continue to support Ukraine," he told reporters when asked what Ukraine could expect from the gathering.
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 Madrid (AFP) June 29, 2022  Britain pledged another Pounds 1 billion ($1.2 billion) in military aid to Ukraine Wednesday to help it fend off Russia's invasion, including air-defence systems and drones.
The fresh funds will bring Britain's total military support to Kyiv since the start of the war in late February to Pounds 2.3 billion, Downing Street said in a statement.
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 Madrid (AFP) June 30, 2022 
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday dismissed as "ridiculous" accusations from the Russian President Vladimir Putin that NATO had "imperial ambitions".
Scholz insisted at the end of a NATO summit in Madrid that the Western military alliance was "not a threat to anyone" and said it was Putin "who has made imperialism the goal of his politics".
Putin on Wednesday hit out at NATO aft ... more |
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 Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 
Levitated nanoparticles are promising tools for sensing ultra-weak forces of biological, chemical or mechanical origin and even for testing the foundations of quantum physics. However, such applications require precise position measurement. Researchers at the Department of Experimental Physics of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, have now demonstrated a new technique that boosts the efficien ... more |
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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Two Iraqi university professors were gunned down in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil on Tuesday prompting the arrest of a disgruntled former student, authorities said.
Shootings as a means of settling scores are far from rare in Iraq - its legacy of war and sectarian conflict mean the country's 40 million people count some 7.6 million firearms, according to figures from the Small Arms Sur ... more |
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 Doha (AFP) June 29, 2022 
Iran warned the US to abandon the "Trump method" on Wednesday after the two sides opened indirect talks to revive a nuclear deal that was torpedoed by the former American president.
But Iranian officials said they were hoping for progress in the talks in Qatar, which come after international meetings to return to the deal hit a roadblock.
Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in retu ... more |
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 Frankfurt (AFP) June 30, 2022 
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess said Thursday he was "concerned" about the China policy being pursed by the German government as Berlin seeks to take a harder line on human rights issues.
The response came a month after Berlin denied investment guarantees to VW's operations in Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is accused of leading a crackdown against the Muslim minority.
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 Elmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 28, 2022 
The world's top industrialised nations wrapped up a three-day summit dominated by talks on how they can bolster Ukraine in repelling Russia's invasion while minimising the international fallout.
Here are the main plans drawn up by the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States in tackling the myriad of crises facing the globe:
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 30, 2022 
The three crew members of the Shenzhou XIII have recovered from the physical effects of their six-month mission and will return to routine training after medical assessment, according to the chief of the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Division.
Major General Jing Haipeng, commander of the division, told a news conference at the unit's headquarters in northwestern Beijing on Tuesday tha ... more |
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 Lok Ma Chau, China (AFP) June 29, 2022 
From the hill in northernmost Hong Kong where Jasper Law stood, the border with China was obvious - a narrow river dividing farmlands and fishponds from the gleaming skyscrapers of megacity Shenzhen.
Friday is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's transition from British to Chinese rule.
While the view from the hilltops of Lok Ma Chau suggests Hong Kong remains clearly distinct from mainl ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 30, 2022  A theatre sheltering civilians destroyed in March in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol was likely hit by a Russian airstrike in a war crime, Amnesty International said in a report published Thursday.
"Until now, we were speaking about an alleged war crime. Now we can clearly say it was one, committed by the Russian armed forces," Oksana Pokalchuk, head of Amnesty's Ukraine branch, told ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (AFRL) Jun 16, 2022 
Dr. Kelly Hammett, who has led the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate for the past six years, departed AFRL June 6 for his new assignment as director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO), both located on Kirtland AFB.
"I will miss bragging on the Directed Energy team, and all that we accomplished in the six years I was in the director's seat," said Hammett. ... more |
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