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  Ankara (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said another meeting on Sweden's NATO membership bid would be held later this month after hosting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara on Tuesday. Kristersson was hoping to persuade Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden joining the US-led military alliance, with Ankara accusing Stockholm and Finland of harbouring outlawed Kurdish militants. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Nordic neighbours abandoned their long-held policy of non- ... read more |
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US-China rivalry, N. Korea to dominate ASEAN summitPhnom Penh (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 The US-China rivalry and growing fears of a new North Korean nuclear test will loom over a meeting this week of Southeast Asian leaders attended by US President Joe Biden. ... more  
Arianespace to launch EAGLE-1 for Europe's Quantum Cryptography programLuxembourg (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 The EAGLE-1 satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe, will be launched for SES by Arianespace on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as ear ... more  
Seoul's military says it salvaged North Korean missile debrisSeoul (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 South Korea's military said Wednesday it had retrieved and analysed debris from a missile the North fired across the two countries' de facto maritime border during a recent blitz of launches. ... more  
Northrop Grumman's IBCS ready for fielding, connecting the battlespaceHuntsville AL (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) completed the final, demanding assessment, during its recent Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E). Completion of ... more |
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Northrop Grumman to build additional Battlefield Airborne Communications Node GatewaysSan Diego CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a contract for the purchase and integration of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payload on two additio ... more 
US-Russia meeting expected soon on resumption of nuclear inspectionsWashington (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 The United States and Russia are expected to meet soon to discuss the possible resumption of inspections under New START, a key nuclear disarmament treaty between the two countries, the State Department said Tuesday. ... more 
North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul's military saysSeoul (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile Wednesday, Seoul's military said, the latest launch from Pyongyang following a record-breaking testing blitz earlier this month. ... more 
UK to remain 'bedrock' of NATO, Sunak declaresLondon (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday that the UK will continue to play a vital role in NATO for generations, ahead of a visit by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. ... more |
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Phase Four achieves electric thruster operation on Air Force Green Propellant ASCENTLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster (RF thruster) for satellite propulsion, has successfully demonstrated operation of its RF thruster using the Air Force Research Laboratory's g ... more  
PCX Aerosystems acquires Timken Aerospace Drive SystemsNewington CT (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 PCX Aerostructures, a leading manufacturer of highly engineered, precision, Flight Critical aerospace components and complex assemblies for rotorcraft and fixed wing aerospace platforms, has complet ... more  
First geostationary navigation receiver from Beyond Gravity will be sent to orbitWashington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) delivered a geostationary navigation receiver, called GEORIX, and an antenna to Maxar in 2021. The receiver precisely determines a satellite's position in orbit. ... more  
Intelsat chooses SWISSto12 to build Intelsat 45McLean VA (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), has announced that scale-up manufacturer SWISSto12 ... more |
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Swedish MPs to vote next week on beefing up anti-terror lawsStockholm (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 Sweden's parliament said Tuesday it would vote next week on a constitutional amendment that would make it possible to beef up anti-terror laws, a key demand from Turkey to approve Stockholm's NATO membership bid. ... more  
Little respite for Ukrainian artillery fighters near BakhmutBakhmut, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 From the woods at the edge of Bakhmut, a besieged Ukrainian city in the Donbas region, a soldier shouts: "Postril!" ... more  
Spire Global unveils solution for dark shipping detectionVienna VA (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has unveiled a dark shipping detection solution to track vessels that manipulate their reported position in order to conceal nefarious activities. The Automatic ... more  
G7 denounces 'brutal' Iran protest crackdownMunster, Germany (AFP) Nov 4, 2022 Foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations on Friday condemned Tehran's response to a wave of protests in Iran sparked by the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini. ... more  
Ukraine hails arrival of Western air defence systemsKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 Ukraine announced on Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, saying the weapons would help defend against Russian attacks that have recently targeted energy infrastructure. ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 
Ukraine announced on Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, saying the weapons would help defend against Russian attacks that have recently targeted energy infrastructure.
"NASAMS and Aspide air defence systems arrived in Ukraine! These weapons will significantly strengthen the Ukrainian army and will make our skies safer," Defence Minister Oleksiy Rezn ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 3, 2022 
A North Korean missile did not fly over Japan on Thursday, despite authorities issuing warnings to residents in several areas, the country's defence minister said.
Early on Thursday, the country's J-Alert system was activated and residents in the northern Miyagi, Niigata and Yamagata regions were sent warnings to take shelter or stay indoors, with television stations breaking into regular pr ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 
RDARS Inc. (CSE: RDRS) (OTCQB: RDRSF), an autonomous robotics and drone technology company developing advanced systems for alarm system augmentation and surveillance, is pleased to announce its successful integration of the SpaceX Starlink High Speed internet services into its Eagle Nest Drone-in-a-Box product.
This achievement provides RDARS with a unique Eagle Watch data transmission pla ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 
The EAGLE-1 satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe, will be launched for SES by Arianespace on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as early as Q4 2024.
The satellite will be placed into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The EAGLE-1 project comprising satellite and ground infrastructure, is developed by SES and its consortium of 20 European ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2022 
The United States will fund the refurbishment of T-72 tanks and HAWK surface-to-air missiles as part of a roughly $400 million security assistance package for Ukraine, the Pentagon announced Friday.
Air defense and armor capabilities are both high on the list of assistance desired by Ukraine, but the T-72s fall short of more modern tanks such as the German Leopard or US Abrams that have been ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 
North Korea said Tuesday that claims by the United States that Pyongyang is supplying artillery ammunition to Moscow for its war in Ukraine were groundless, state media KCNA reported.
The rebuke comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula after a spate of North Korean weapons tests last week - including an intercontinental ballistic missile - as the United States and South Kore ... more |
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 London (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday that the UK will continue to play a vital role in NATO for generations, ahead of a visit by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
The NATO chief will be the first international leader Sunak has met in Downing Street since he took office last month.
Wednesday's talks will centre on UK support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion in February, an ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 
Computer chips are packed with billions of microscopic transistors that enable powerful computation, but also generate a great deal of heat. A buildup of heat can slow a computer processor and make it less efficient and reliable. Engineers employ heat sinks to keep chips cool, sometimes along with fans or liquid cooling systems; however, these methods often require a lot of energy to operate. ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 6, 2022 
Iraqi lawmakers were due Sunday to examine a bill seeking to reestablish military conscription in the country, before the first reading was postponed.
Service in the armed forces was mandatory in Iraq from 1935 up until 2003, when a US-led invasion toppled former dictator Saddam Hussein.
A first reading of the bill was scheduled to be held Sunday but was postponed to Tuesday, the parliam ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
The United States and Russia are expected to meet soon to discuss the possible resumption of inspections under New START, a key nuclear disarmament treaty between the two countries, the State Department said Tuesday.
"We have agreed that the BCC (bilateral coordinating committee) will meet in the near future under the terms of the New START treaty," State Department spokesman Ned Price told ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
China's foreign minister called for the "rebuilding of mutual trust" in a phone conversation with his Australian counterpart Tuesday, Beijing said, in a sign of easing tensions after years of difficult ties between the countries.
Australia and China maintained virtually no high-level communication during the Covid-19 pandemic, when Beijing slapped a trade embargo on billions of dollars worth ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
The metropolis of Mumbai, one of India's biggest, grew by some eight million people in the past 30 years - the rough equivalent of the whole of New York City - to a population of 20 million, and is forecast to ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 04, 2022 
Chinese astronauts onboard the nation's Tiangong space station entered the Mengtian lab module on Thursday afternoon, several hours after the completion of the station's in-orbit assembly.
Crew members of the Shenzhou XIV mission - mission commander Senior Colonel Chen Dong, Senior Colonel Liu Yang and Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe - opened Mengtian's hatch and entered the lab component at 3:12 ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2022 
Canada's public broadcaster said it has closed its China news bureau after more than 40 years of operating in the country, saying their journalist's "repeated requests" for a work visa had been ignored.
CBC News Editor-in-Chief Brodie Fenlon wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the China correspondent for French-language counterpart Radio-Canada had not received a visa since applying in O ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
Sweden's parliament said Tuesday it would vote next week on a constitutional amendment that would make it possible to beef up anti-terror laws, a key demand from Turkey to approve Stockholm's NATO membership bid.
The proposed amendment would make it possible to introduce new laws to "limit freedom of association of groups involved in terrorism", parliament said in a statement.
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering OUSD (R&E) a new benchmark: a tactically-relevant electric 300 kW-class laser, the most powerful laser that Lockheed Martin has produced to date. This 300 kW-class laser is ready to integrate with the DOD demonstration efforts including the U.S. Army's Indirect Fires Protection Capa ... more |
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