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  Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 Washington plans another weapons shipment to Ukraine soon, a senior US official said Tuesday, hailing Kyiv's new "momentum" in driving back Russian invaders. "I do think you'll see another one here in the coming days," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters, referring to another tranche in the multi-billion-dollar US program to support the pro-Western country's military. Kirby said it was too early to say whether gains by Ukraine, forcing a hasty retreat by Russian forces ... read more |
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Iran says has 'fully' cooperated with UN nuclear watchdogTehran (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 Iran said Tuesday it had "fully" cooperated with the UN nuclear watchdog in its probe into traces of enriched uranium found at undeclared sites. ... more 
EU moves to release more military funds for UkraineStrasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 The EU is looking to give more money to Ukraine for military spending as it battles Russian forces, adding to billions of euros already sent, the bloc's diplomacy chief said Tuesday. ... more 
'Help us': Last few residents hold on in Donbas ghost townBohorodychne, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 In the eastern Ukrainian village of Bohorodychne - which means 'where God was born' - the golden domes of the church have fallen down. ... more 
Copenhagen to train Ukrainian soldiers in DenmarkCopenhagen (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 Denmark will train Ukrainian soldiers on its territory, the defence minister said on Tuesday, as it steps up its support to Kyiv's army against the Russian invasion. ... more |
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Xi lands in Kazakhstan in first trip abroad since pandemicNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 China's President Xi Jinping arrived in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan Wednesday in the Chinese leader's first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. ... more  
Could Ukraine become a strong ally ESA has been looking forKyiv, Ukraine (SPX) Sep 12, 2022 The European Space Agency (ESA) said in June that it expects strong support from NASA after the European agency suspended its cooperation with Russia due to the Ukraine war. "Administrator Bil ... more 
SpaceX says likely won't need 42,000 satellites for Starlink internetParis (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 SpaceX, which has requested authorisation to deploy up to 42,000 satellites to provide its Starlink satellite internet service, probably won't need to launch that many into orbit, its chief operations officer said Monday. ... more  
LeoLabs awarded contract from US Dept of Commerce to support space traffic management prototypeMenlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2022 LeoLabs, Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, has announced an award to provide data and services to the US ... more |
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Iridium announces 9th SpaceX launchMcLean VA (SPX) Sep 12, 2022 Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) reports it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch up to five of the company's remaining ground spare satellites from the Iridium NEXT program, on i ... more 
OneWeb and HD Hyundai Avikus to advance marine technology by unlocking the potential of LEO connectivityHamburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 12, 2022 OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and HD Hyundai Avikus, a world leader in advanced autonomous ship, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU ... more  
Foundation model improves accuracy for remote sensing image interpretationBeijing, China (SPX) Sep 12, 2022 A new foundation model dubbed RingMo has been developed to improve accuracy for remote sensing image interpretation, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy ... more  
Taiwan says beauty queen barred from waving flag in MalaysiaTaipei (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 Taipei accused China on Wednesday of pressuring organisers of a Malaysian trade event into barring a Taiwanese beauty queen waving the island's flag on stage. ... more |
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US CENTCOM urges nations to bring IS relatives home from SyriaAmman (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 The head of the US armed forces' Central Command Monday urged countries from around the world to repatriate their nationals from a northeast Syrian camp housing jihadists' wives and children. ... more  
Western arms production to ramp up as Ukraine burns through stockpilesWashington (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 Western governments are mobilizing their arms manufacturers to ramp up production and replenish stockpiles heavily diminished by supplying Ukraine's six-month-old battle against Russia's invasion. ... more 
Germany 'regrets' Iran failure to agree to nuclear dealBerlin (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Monday ruled out the revival of a nuclear deal with Iran "in the near future", as Israel pushed for a "credible military threat" to pressure Tehran. ... more 
Jung Jae Kwon: Questioning the nuclear umbrellaBoston MA (SPX) Sep 13, 2022 Many of America's allies have little faith that huddling under America's nuclear umbrella will keep them safe. "The conventional wisdom has been that the threat of nuclear retaliation by the U.S. is ... more 
Israel PM arrives in Berlin for fresh pitch against Iran dealBerlin (AFP) Sept 11, 2022 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid arrived in Germany on Sunday in his latest diplomatic effort to persuade Western powers to ditch their tattered nuclear deal with the Jewish state's arch nemesis Iran. ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 
Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone.
The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. homeland from increasing and evolving intercontinental ballistic missile threats. Critically, the interceptor and its components must be able to receive and share data from the ground and throughout t ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Aug 23, 2022 
The Indian air force on Tuesday sacked three officers for the accidental firing of a cruise missile into nuclear-armed rival Pakistan following a months-long investigation by New Delhi.
The unarmed BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic missile was accidently launched from a secret military base in northern India in early March before the projectile landed roughly 125 kilometers inside Pakist ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 08, 2022 
The technology multinational GMV has been awarded a contract for the design, development, production, and logistic support of the Ground Flight Control Computer (GFCC) for the Eurodrone Programme, thus providing AIRBUS with a reliable safety critical computer to command and control the Eurodrone Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).
The Eurodrone Programme is undoubtedly the most challenging coope ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 12, 2022 
SciTec, Inc. was awarded a $272M contract by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) for Mission Data Processing Application Provider (MDPAP) to deliver critical applications for the Space Force's missile warning mission as part of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program.
The FORGE program supports the continued operations of legacy Space Based Infrared Sys ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed a demonstration of a sovereign, fifth-generation Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) proposed solution supporting the Australian Defence Force.
Performed to the AIR6500 Program Office in the Department of Defence, the demonstration showcased the JABMS product solution and the modular, open systems architecture leveraging ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 
Western governments are mobilizing their arms manufacturers to ramp up production and replenish stockpiles heavily diminished by supplying Ukraine's six-month-old battle against Russia's invasion.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced this week a meeting of senior national armaments directors from allied countries to make long-term plans for supplying Ukraine and rebuilding their own a ... more |
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 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 
China's President Xi Jinping arrived in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan Wednesday in the Chinese leader's first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Xi, during his three-day visit to Central Asia, is scheduled to attend a summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan, where he is expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Their highly-anticipated ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 
Researchers looking to synthesize a brighter and more stable nanoparticle for optical applications found that their creation instead exhibited a more surprising property: bursts of superfluorescence that occurred at both room temperature and regular intervals. The work could lead to the development of faster microchips, neurosensors, or materials for use in quantum computing applications, as wel ... more |
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 Hatra, Iraq (AFP) Sept 11, 2022 
Strolling along the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq's north, dozens of visitors admired the site, where local initiatives seek to turn over a new leaf after a brief but brutal jihadist rule.
Designated an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, Hatra dates back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC.
It is a two-hour drive from Mosul, the former "capital" proclaimed by the Islamic State (IS) g ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Sept 13, 2022 
Iran said Tuesday it had "fully" cooperated with the UN nuclear watchdog in its probe into traces of enriched uranium found at undeclared sites.
The comment came after Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Monday expressed hopes that Iran would start cooperating "as soon as possible" with the investigation.
The IAEA has been pressing the Islamic r ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 
China's President Xi Jinping will make state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week, Beijing said Monday - his first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Russia had already announced last week Xi will meet with President Vladimir Putin at a leaders' summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan, as Moscow seeks to bolster ties with Beiji ... more |
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 Zurich (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 
The energy and food security crises are redefining priorities for insurers, with growing focus on helping build economic resilience and facilitate the transition towards green energy, a report from Swiss Re found Friday.
Slammed first by the Covid-19 pandemic and now by the war raging in Ukraine, the once globalised and interconnected global economy is fragmenting in a multi-polar world, the ... more |
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 Wenchang, China(XNA) Sep 05, 2022 
A Long March-5B Y4 rocket, tasked with sending China's space station lab module Mengtian into orbit, has been transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan, the China Manned Space Agency said Saturday.
The rocket will undergo final assembly and testing together with the Mengtian lab module, which arrived earlier.
Preparations for the launch mis ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 
A huge green and purple communications tower in Sri Lanka financed with Chinese debt that has become a symbol of the ousted Rajapaksa clan's closeness to Beijing will finally open this week, its operator said Monday.
The 350-metre (1,155-feet) Lotus Tower - visible from all over Colombo and built for an estimated $113 million - has been plagued by corruption claims since construction began ... more |
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 Amman (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 
The head of the US armed forces' Central Command Monday urged countries from around the world to repatriate their nationals from a northeast Syrian camp housing jihadists' wives and children.
Al-Hol camp holds around 56,000 people - mostly Syrians and Iraqis, but also around 10,000 who consist largely of wives and children of Islamic State (IS) fighters originating from further afield.
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the U.S. Navy a 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS), the first tactical laser weapon system to be integrated into existing ships and provide directed energy capability to the fleet.
Integrated and scalable by design, the multi-mission HELIOS system will provide tactically relevant laser weapon sys ... more |
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