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  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 The Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program is a cutting-edge initiative that aims to develop virtual task guidance assistants for military personnel. These assistants will be able to work with various sensor platforms to help military personnel perform complex physical tasks and expand their skillsets. Unlike the AI assistants that are currently available, PTG technology will be able to see and hear what the user sees and hears. This will be achieved by integrating with a microphone, a h ... read more |
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Finnish FM hopes for NATO ratification by JulyRiga (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Finland's foreign minister said Wednesday he hoped Finland's and Sweden's NATO ratification process would be completed ahead of the alliance's Vilnius summit in July, despite a row with Turkey. ... more  
Ukraine leader says wants long-range missiles, jets from WestKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he wants the West to send long-range missiles and jets to his war-torn country to help repel Russian troops. ... more  
New Galileo service set to deliver 20 cm accuracyParis (ESA) Jan 25, 2023 Galileo's capabilities have grown with the addition of a new High Accuracy Service, freely available worldwide to anyone with a suitably equipped receiver. Delivering horizontal accuracy down to 20 ... more  
NASA, DARPA will test nuclear engine for future Mars missionsWashington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missi ... more |
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NASA goes live with surrogate eVTOL flight tests in TexasEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 On a rainy October day, a Bell Textron 407GXi helicopter lifted off from the Hillwood Alliance Texas Flight Test Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and began making its way to the University of North Texa ... more  
Finland approves military sales to Turkey amid NATO rowHelsinki (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Finland's defence ministry said Wednesday the country had issued the first commercial export licence for military materiel to Turkey since 2019 - a key demand for Ankara to approve Helsinki's NATO bid. ... more 
Western tanks: political and military boost for UkraineParis (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 The decisions by Germany and the United States to deliver battle tanks to Ukraine represent a weighty show of Western political support for Kyiv that could also help its military breach Russian invaders' lines. ... more 
Isar Aerospace and Spaceflight Inc sign launch agreement to service global marketMunich, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 European launch service company Isar Aerospace, and U.S.-based Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, announced they have signed a multi-launch services agreement. Under the ... more |
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Leopard tanks to arrive in Ukraine around late March: GermanyM�ckern, Germany (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Leopard tanks pledged by Germany to help Ukraine repel Russia's invasion will arrive in "late March, early April", Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday. ... more 
MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory prepares to jet into the futureBoston MA (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 In 1941, the National Academy of Sciences appointed a committee to assess the use of gas turbine engines - which use heat released during fuel combustion to produce thrust for propulsion - in aviati ... more 
Rocket Lab launches first Electron mission from USWallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has launched its 33rd Electron rocket and first mission from Virginia. The "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission lifted off at 18:00 EST on January 24th from Rocket Lab Launch ... more 
Driving mobility into the third dimensionParis, France (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 After selecting all partners for structural elements of its eVTOL prototype, Airbus is now focusing on two major features of CityAirbus NextGen: the electrical power distribution system (EPDS) and t ... more |
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Israel military integrates soldiers with autismTel Aviv (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Israeli soldier Nathan Saada is busy at his computer on an army base in Tel Aviv, where he is part of a specialised programme designed for military personnel with autism. ... more  
Chinese engineer gets eight year sentence in US for spyingWashington (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 A Chinese engineer was sentenced to eight years in a US prison Wednesday for providing Beijing with information on possible recruitment targets. ... more  
Ukraine toughens punishment for disobedience, desertion in the armyKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed a controversial law toughening punishments for disobedience or desertion from the armed forces amid Russia's invasion. ... more  
Lockheed Martin achieves first light in latest laser lab demonstrationBothell WA (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 Lockheed Martin achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser's optical performance parameters ... more 
Norway will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine; Sweden reviewing optionsOslo (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Norway will send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine as part of Western aid, its defence minister announced Wednesday, joining other European countries. ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
The Kremlin refused to say Friday whether Russia was preparing for strikes on the capital after images of missile defence systems on several Moscow rooftops circulated on social media.
The pictures appeared to show a Pantsir anti-aircraft system installed on the defence ministry building along the Moskva River, which was visible Friday on the main ministry building in the capital.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he wants the West to send long-range missiles and jets to his war-torn country to help repel Russian troops.
Zelensky, who turned 45 on Wednesday, thanked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US leader Joe Biden for their decision to send heavy tanks to Ukraine.
But Zelensky, who looked exhausted but determined, said Ukraine nee ... more |
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 San Clemente CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2023 
Swift Engineering announced its Japanese Subsidiary, Swift Xi, signed an agreement with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in a project called "Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Digital Transformation of Industries: Research and development on 3D spatial information infrastructures." Both Swift Tactical Systems and Swift Engineering will sup ... more |
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 Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, has announced it was awarded a contract to provide end-to-end satellite communications (SATCOM) support through a fully managed service to the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The contract is an extension following a successful pilot and follow-on service program in the government's FY22 through which Viasat delivered a fully managed ... more |
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 Tel Aviv (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
Israeli soldier Nathan Saada is busy at his computer on an army base in Tel Aviv, where he is part of a specialised programme designed for military personnel with autism.
Around 200 people with high-functioning autism have joined the ranks since the scheme - Titkadmu (Move Forwards) - was launched in July 2021.
"I wanted to enlist because, in Israel, military service is important. It's ... more |
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 Mont-De-Marsan, France (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday announced plans to increase France's defence budget by a third for the next seven years, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year rattled Europe.
The announcement came a day after more than a million people protested in France against a proposed reform to cut pensions deficits.
Macron said he would ask parliament to approve a new budget of more tha ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Jan 21, 2023  Turkey on Saturday cancelled a visit by the Swedish defence minister over a demonstration by an anti-Islamic extremist in Stockholm, sparking a fresh crisis as Sweden tries to convince Ankara not to block its bid to join the NATO military alliance.
Turkish officials denounced the permission granted to Rasmus Paludan, a right-wing Swedish-Danish politician, to stage a protest Saturday in fron ... 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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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 
Iraq has repatriated 580 residents of Syria's Al-Hol displacement camp which houses relatives of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, the US army and an Iraqi official said.
The US military's Central Command said in a statement Wednesday that "142 Iraqi families comprising 580 people" were transferred to Iraq's Jadaa facility on January 14.
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2023 
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo wrote in a book published Tuesday that India and Pakistan came close to nuclear war in 2019 and that US intervention prevented escalation.
"I do not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to spilling over into a nuclear conflagration in February 2019," the likely future presidential contender wrote in "Never Give ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) Jan 21, 2023 
Just weeks after taking office and the major violence that ensued in the capital Brasilia, leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is making his first trip abroad Sunday, swiftly putting in action his plan to return Brazil to the international stage.
Lula will head to Argentina, the customary first stop for Brazilian presidents. Beyond tradition, however, the trip will also allow him to ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 
In 2022, NASA-developed Search and Rescue technologies enabled rescue personnel to save 397 lives in the U.S. region. Since 1979, NASA has provided technical expertise to the Cospas-Sarsat program, the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort. This technical expertise has led to the development of multiple emergency location beacon types.
The international search and rescue e ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2023 
The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on New Year's Eve.
The trio, dressed in blue jumpsuits with dark red patterns, each held a sticker showing their own calligraphy. Two of the stickers were written with the Chinese character "f ... more |
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 On The Shanghai-Wuhan Train, China (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
Piling onto a packed train, factory owner Wang Chunfeng was among millions of Chinese looking to make up for lost time this Lunar New Year after years of pandemic-enforced separation from his family.
China will this weekend usher in the Year of the Rabbit, kicking off "Spring Festival" and the most important annual family gathering.
With health controls finally lifted, on Friday passenge ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Jan 24, 2023 
A group of people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing their country's military of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, a rights organisation said Tuesday.
The case was lodged with Germany's Federal Public Prosecutor General under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows the prosecution of certain grave crimes regardless of where they too ... more |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Jan 24, 2023 
Lockheed Martin achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser's optical performance parameters align with the system design parameters.
Lockheed Martin's 50 kW-class DEIMOS system is a ruggedized, tactical laser weapon system that can be integrated into the Stryker combat vehicle to deliv ... more |
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