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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 Japan will announce its sixth-generation fighter, the Mitsubishi F-X air superiority stealth fighter, in December as part of its deepening security engagement with Western nations and the militarization begun under the previous Abe administration. The F-X programme is one of the costliest national undertakings in recent decades, with an estimated total price of about 1 trillion yen ($7.5 billion). Japan's announcement in December will be a significant step toward the eventual development and deplo ... read more |
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US to unveil high-tech B-21 stealth bomberWashington (AFP) Dec 2, 2022 The US Air Force on Friday will unveil its new B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a crew on board. ... more  
US, South Korea and Japan impose fresh sanctions on North KoreaWashington (AFP) Dec 2, 2022 The United States, Japan and South Korea have imposed fresh sanctions on North Korean individuals and entities in response to Pyongyang's recent slew of missile tests. ... more  
Rocket Lab introduces dedicated national security subsidiaryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has created a U.S.-based wholly owned subsidiary to serve the defense and intelligence community. Rocket Lab National Security LLC (RLNS) will deliver reliable la ... more  
Biden, Macron close ranks on Russia, China during state visitWashington (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from White House talks Thursday pledging to close ranks in helping Ukraine defend itself from Russia and in facing the "challenge" posed by China. ... more |
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Kleos partners with UP42Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 Kleos Space has partnered with leading geospatial developer platform and marketplace, UP42, to offer Kleos' RF geolocation data to their platform users. Under the partnership, Kleos' geospatia ... more  
US approves $380 mn anti-air missile sale to FinlandWashington (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 The US government on Thursday announced the approval of a $380 million sale of Stinger portable anti-air missiles and other equipment to Finland. ... more  
Chinese ambassador summoned over police stations in CanadaOttawa (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Beijing's ambassador in Ottawa has been summoned to explain reports of China setting up what amount to rogue police stations in the Toronto area to harass Chinese ex-pats, lawmakers have been told. ... more  
Spanish PM, US embassy targeted in wave of letter bombsMadrid (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Spanish police were investigating Thursday a series of letter bombs sent to targets including the prime minister and the US embassy, similar to one which went off at the Ukrainian embassy, hurting a staff member. ... more |
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Arianespace supporting the European Union's Copernicus program with Vega CParis (ESA) Dec 01, 2022 On November 29, 2022, Arianespace announced having signed with the European Commission (Directorate General for Defence, Industry and Space), a contract for the procurement of five launch services w ... more  
Communications system achieves fastest laser link from space yetBoston MA (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 In May 2022, the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload onboard a small CubeSat satellite was launched into orbit 300 miles above Earth's surface. Since then, TBIRD has delivered terabytes of da ... more 
Kayhan Space awarded grant to develop autonomous collision avoidance capabilities in spaceLafayette CO (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 Kayhan Space, a leading provider of spaceflight safety solutions, has been awarded the largest in the latest series of advanced industry grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and I ... more 
Eutelsat selects Thales Alenia Space to build a new flexible software-defined satelliteParis, France (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) (Paris:ETL) has selected Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67 % and Leonardo 33 %) to build a next-generation highly flexible, software-defined satellite (SDS ... more |
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AWS successfully runs AWS compute and machine learning services on an orbiting satelliteNew York NY (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 at AWS re:Invent 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it successfully ran a suite of AWS compute and machine learning (ML) software on an orbiting satellite, in a first-of-its-kind space e ... more  
Outside of Syria, IS 'brand' survives leader's deathParis (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 The death of the Islamic State group's second leader in under a year shows the once powerful jihadists have lost their ability to operate a global network from Syria, analysts say. ... more  
Mali lifts suspension of major news channelBamako (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Mali's communications authority said Thursday it had lifted the suspension of one of the Sahel country's main news channels, taken off the air a month ago over criticism of the junta. ... more 
DR Congo army accuses M23 rebels of civilian massacreKinshasa (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 The Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Thursday accused a notorious rebel group of killing 50 civilians and of breaching a truce in fighting with the armed forces. ... more 
Burkina Faso seeks French arms for anti-jihadist volunteersOuagadougou (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Burkina Faso has asked France, its former colonial power and ally, to provide "weapons and ammunition" for a civilian volunteer force battling a bloody jihadist insurgency. ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 25, 2022 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday it was up to Germany to decide if it wants to supply Patriot missile defences to Ukraine, after Poland urged Berlin to send them.
Germany has offered to deploy the advanced US-made Patriot system to Poland after a deadly blast believed to be from a stray Ukrainian air defence missile hit a Polish village last week.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 
Raytheon Intelligence and Space's sensor payload, for the U.S. Space Force's Missile Track Custody (MTC) program, recently passed the tailored mission payload critical design review on schedule. The MTC program seeks to deploy initial warfighter capability for missile tracking at medium Earth orbit (MEO).
"Our country faces new and diverse missile threats that require a layered approach to ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 29, 2022 
The US government on Tuesday announced the approval of a $1 billion sale of FS-LIDS counter-drone systems and other equipment to Qatar.
"The proposed sale will improve Qatar's capability to meet current and future threats by providing electronic and kinetic defeat capabilities against Unmanned Aircraft Systems," the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement.
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 Duluth GA (SPX) Nov 21, 2022 
DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of advanced and secure communications solutions and technical support services, has announced the delivery of its transformative more mobile Deployable Ku Band Earth Terminal (DKET) satellite communications terminal to the U.S. Space Force. The technological enhancement, along with the greatly improved transportability of this third generation DKET, has made th ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
The EU on Tuesday gave the green light for Britain to join a project to speed the movement of troops around Europe, as the West frets about the threat from Russia.
"Russia's war against Ukraine has further demonstrated that being able to move troops and military equipment swiftly across Europe and beyond is essential for our security," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2022 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told his cabinet to increase defence spending to two percent of GDP by 2027, up from a longstanding level of around one percent.
Kishida announced the plan to his defence and finance ministers late Monday, as Japan overhauls its defence and security strategies to address growing threats from China as well as the changing geopolitical landscape after ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 
Turkey said on Wednesday Sweden's new government was more determined to address Ankara's security concerns in return for NATO membership but called for "concrete steps".
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his Swedish and Finnish counterparts on the sidelines of a NATO gathering in Bucharest on Tuesday.
Ankara has accused the two Nordic nations - especially Stockholm - of provi ... 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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 Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 
A machine gun attack on a remote northern Iraqi military post killed four soldiers on Saturday, a military source said, the latest unrest in the troubled region.
The source said the pre-dawn assault targeted the desert post near Kirkuk, where remnants of the Islamic State group are active, as well as Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels waging an insurgency against Turkey.
Both Baghdad' ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 29, 2022  China's nuclear arsenal is likely to more than triple to 1,500 warheads by 2035, the Pentagon said in a Tuesday report that also highlighted the increasing sophistication of the country's air force.
Washington has identified Beijing as the most consequential challenge to the United States, and the annual report on China's military emphasized improvements to both its nuclear and conventional ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 
With hammer and saw, Nour al-Janabi is building her latest creation, a candy-pink sofa, in the carpentry workshop she runs in male-dominated and conservative Iraq.
"At the start, relatives criticised me," said the 29-year-old carpenter and furniture-maker, who is also a mother of four.
"They would say: 'But you're a woman... You're an amateur... It's a men's trade'."
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 Geneva (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 
Natural and man-made catastrophes have caused $268 billion of economic losses so far in 2022, chiefly driven by Hurricane Ian and other extreme weather disasters, reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated Thursday.
Insured losses covered $122 billion - less than half - of the total economic losses to date this year, said the Zurich-based group, which acts as an insurer for insurers.
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 01, 2022  The six Chinese astronauts from the Shenzhou XIV and Shenzhou XV missions marked a historic moment on Wednesday as they met inside the country's Tiangong space station.
It was the first time that six Chinese were in a space station at the same time and the first in-orbit gathering of two Chinese crews.
After about two hours of preparatory work following the docking of the Shenzhou XV ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Nov 29, 2022 
Canadian federal police are investigating widespread interference by China in Canadian affairs, including its "democratic processes," the nation's top cop has said in a letter to a parliamentary committee but without detailing the allegations.
The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs is looking into possible foreign interference in Canadian elections.
The letter obtained by ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 
From the 2014 proclamation of the now-eradicated Islamic State group's "caliphate" in Syria and Iran to Wednesday's announcement of the death of its leader, here is a timeline.
- 'Caliphate' declared -
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), declared in June 2014 that they had set up a caliphate, under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Raqa, in Syria, and Mosul, in Ira ... more |
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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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