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  Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports its next two launches will be responsive space missions for the United States Government's National Reconnaissance Office. Launching from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on two Electron rockets, Rocket Lab is scheduled to deploy satellites to space for the NRO within only 10 days of each other. NROL-162 ("Wise One Looks Ahead") will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1's Pad A no earlier than July 12, with NROL-199 ("Antipodean Adventure") scheduled to launch fr ... read more |
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Airbus to provide 42 satellite platforms and services to Northrop Grumman for the US Space Development Agency programWashington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Inc., has been contracted to provide 42 satellite platforms as well as assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch, and space vehicle commissioning support services ... more  
Sidus Space marks successful space-qualification of Dhruva space's satellite orbital deployerCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planni ... more  
Synspective releases First Image from its Small SAR Satellite "StriX-ss" that captures 3 cities around the worldTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic- solution provider, announced that it has successfully acquired its first image from its second SAR satellite, "StriX-ss". "StriX-ss" was la ... more  
Kongsberg to acquire NanoAvionics; AST SpaceMobile sells stakeKongsberg, Norway (SPX) Jul 05, 2022 Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (Kongsberg) has entered into an agreement to acquire Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer NanoAvionics. The planned acquisition expands Kongsbe ... more |
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Spain govt bitterly split over upping military spendMadrid (AFP) July 5, 2022 The release Tuesday of a billion euros for the army has split Spain's ruling coalition, with left-wing hardliners Podemos opposing the defence budget increases promised to NATO by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. ... more 
China rejects 'concern' by NASA chief about Beijing militarizing the moonWashington DC (UPI) Jul 5, 2021 The Chinese government hit back on Tuesday at the head of the American space program over remarks he made in an interview that suggested Beijing is seeking to militarize the moon. ... more  
Window for revived Iran nuclear deal narrowing: EU's BorrellBrussels (AFP) July 5, 2022 The window for an agreement to bring Iran back into compliance with a nuclear deal along with the US is closing, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday. ... more  
NATO says no plans for bases in Sweden or FinlandParis, France (AFP) July 5, 2022 NATO has no current plans to send troops to Sweden and Finland once they complete the membership process launched this week, the defensive alliance's deputy chief told AFP Tuesday. ... more |
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Blinken to meet China, shun Russia, at G20 talks in BaliWashington (AFP) July 5, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a rare meeting with China's foreign minister seeking to contain tensions, but will shun his Russian counterpart at a conference in Bali this week, officials said Thursday. ... more  
French force in Sahel leaves Mali in vast operationNiamey (AFP) July 5, 2022 The main French military base in Niger has become a hub of frantic activity for troops and equipment leaving neighbouring Mali. ... more  
What next for Putin in Ukraine fight?Paris (AFP) July 5, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin must now decide his next steps in the five-month invasion he started in February. ... more 
Israel PM talks Iran, Lebanon with Macron on first foreign tripParis (AFP) July 5, 2022 Iran and its influence in the Middle East took centre stage on Tuesday in talks between Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid with French President Emmanuel Macron during Lapid's first trip abroad in office. ... more |
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'Colossal' work ahead, as Ukraine recovery meet to open in SwitzerlandLugano, Switzerland (AFP) July 4, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of the "colossal" work ahead as leaders from dozens of countries and organisations gathered in Switzerland Monday to hash out a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild his war-torn country. ... more 
Six soldiers killed in jihadist attack in southeast NigerNiamey, 6 Juil 2022 Suspected jihadists killed six soldiers and wounded 14 others in an attack on a military post in southeast Niger near the border with Chad, the defence ministry said late Tuesday. ... more  
Colombian president-elect proposes 'ceasefire', talks with ELNBogota (AFP) July 5, 2022 Colombia's leftist president-elect Gustavo Petro on Tuesday proposed a "bilateral ceasefire" with the violence-stricken country's last active guerrilla group, the ELN, in order to restart peace negotiations. ... more  
US senators call for close look at TikTokSan Francisco (AFP) July 6, 2022 Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials are getting access to data about US users of video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok. ... more
Macron reshuffles French cabinet for tricky second termParis (AFP) July 4, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday reshuffled his government looking to reset a second term off to a rocky start after his failure to win a parliamentary majority. ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Inc., has been contracted to provide 42 satellite platforms as well as assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch, and space vehicle commissioning support services to Northrop Grumman to satisfy the U.S. Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer prototype constellation (T1TL) award.
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 Washington (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.
The 14th package of armaments for Ukraine forces includes two air defense systems, more ammunition for the Himars precision rocket launchers the US began supplying in June, up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, and four ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) July 5, 2022 
Russia on Tuesday claimed that some of the weapons the West is sending to Ukraine are spreading across the Middle East and ending up on the black market.
Speaking in televised remarks, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Ukraine had received more than 28,000 tonnes of military cargo so far, and some of the Western weapons were appearing in the Middle East.
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 Paris, France (AFP) July 5, 2022  NATO has no current plans to send troops to Sweden and Finland once they complete the membership process launched this week, the defensive alliance's deputy chief told AFP Tuesday.
"We don't plan to have an additional presence in either country, they have formidable national forces. They're capable of defending themselves," Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana said in a telephone interview ... 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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 Brussels (AFP) July 5, 2022 
The window for an agreement to bring Iran back into compliance with a nuclear deal along with the US is closing, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday.
"If we want to conclude an agreement, decisions are needed now. This is still possible, but the political space to revive the JCPOA may narrow soon," he tweeted.
The JCPOA is the 2015 nuclear deal under which Iran commit ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 5, 2022 
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a rare meeting with China's foreign minister seeking to contain tensions, but will shun his Russian counterpart at a conference in Bali this week, officials said Thursday.
Blinken will arrive Thursday in the Indonesian resort island for talks of foreign ministers of the Group of 20, the club of major economies that still includes Russia - despi ... more |
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 Lugano, Switzerland (AFP) July 4, 2022 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of the "colossal" work ahead as leaders from dozens of countries and organisations gathered in Switzerland Monday to hash out a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild his war-torn country.
Zelensky, who is due to deliver a video address to the conference when it opens Monday afternoon, stressed Sunday the towering challenges that recovering from the devastat ... more |
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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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 Beijing (AFP) July 4, 2022 
Canadian-Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua is standing trial on Monday, Ottawa's embassy in Beijing said in a statement, after the businessman disappeared from a Hong Kong hotel five years ago.
Xiao vanished from Hong Kong's Four Seasons hotel in January 2017, with local media reporting that he was snatched by mainland Chinese agents - fuelling fear at the time over Beijing's tightening influence ... 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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