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  Washington DC (UPI) Feb 03, 2020 Lockheed Martin Space was awarded a $473.8 million contract for the U.S. Navy's Trident II life extension program, the Pentagon announced Friday. The Trident II (D5) Life Extension 2 Strategic Systems Programs Alteration Advanced Development Program is involved in modernization of subsystems of the submarine-based ballistic missiles, first deployed in 1990. The improvement of the missiles' subsystems - launcher, navigation, fire control guidance, missile and re-entry - are under constant impr ... read more |
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Northrop Grumman breaks ground for expanded satellite manufacturing facilities in Gilbert, ArizonaGilbert AZ (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Northrop Grumman held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday to highlight its expansion of the company's satellite engineering and manufacturing operations in Arizona. The expansion includes a 100,000 ... more  
India plans to send 50 satellite launch vehicles into orbit within next 5 yearsNew Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 03, 2020 India's government space expenditure still lags behind that of the major players in the sector, such as the US, which spent about 13 times more than India in 2018, according to a report presented to ... more 
Rocket Lab successfully launches U.S. spy satelliteWashington DC (UPI) Feb 03, 2020 U.S. launch company Rocket Lab launched a U.S. spy satellite from New Zealand on Thursday. "Successful Electron lift-off!" RocketLab tweeted on Friday afternoon in New Zealand. The compa ... more 
Space science investment generates income and creates jobsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Every pound invested in the design and development of space science missions like Solar Orbiter results in between 2.50 pounds and 4 pounds in returns, a new report shows. The study found that ... more |
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Russia not target in US army's massive Europe deployment: NATOBrussels (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg insisted Monday that a massive transfer of US and allied troops to Eastern Europe as part of a military exercise was not aimed at Russia. ... more  
Northrop Grumman to integrate sonar system onto L3Harris unmanned undersea vehicleAnnapolis MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Northrop Grumman Corporation's uSASTM (pronounced "micro-sas") will be integrated onto L3Harris Technologies' Iver4 Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) for a 12-month test period for the Defense Innovat ... more  
US arrests Arizona man over alleged ties to Al-QaedaWashington (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 The United States has arrested a man on allegations that he was the leader of a group of Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq, which has requested his extradition. ... more  
Pakistan bucks trend and resumes flights to virus-hit ChinaIslamabad (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 Airlines in Pakistan resumed flights to and from China Monday after health authorities said they were confident they had systems in place to keep the deadly coronavirus out of the country. ... more  
Iraq's Moqtada Sadr: cleric and kingmakerBaghdad (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 Whether in protests, elections, secret negotiations or government formations, one man always seems to have the last word in Iraq's tumultuous political scene: sharp-tongued cleric Moqtada Sadr. ... more |
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Iraq protest camps splinter over cleric's backing of new PMBaghdad (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 Protest camps across Iraq began fracturing on Monday over whether to back premier-designate Mohammad Allawi or continue opposing the government, marking a pivotal point for the four-month-old movement. ... more  |
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QinetiQ to play key role in maximising European capabilities in operational earth observationLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 QinetiQ's space business has confirmed it has secured a major new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to extend Europe's capabilities in operational Earth Observation. The new euro 75m co ... more  
Bringing the High Ground view of the total fire fight to a single AppCanberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 26, 2020 Where are the Australian bushfires burning? Will I be in their way? Over an Australian summer, the majority of people can answer the first question with a rough degree of confidence thanks to the ma ... more  
Current model for storing nuclear waste is incompleteColumbus OH (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 The materials the United States and other countries plan to use to store high-level nuclear waste will likely degrade faster than anyone previously knew because of the way those materials interact, ... more  
Enhancing stability operations in under-governed regionsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 U.S. forces operating in remote, under-governed regions around the world often find that an area's distinct cultural and societal practices are opaque to outsiders, but are obvious to locals. Comman ... more  
Ukraine says Iran 'knew from start' missile downed planeKiev (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 Kiev on Monday accused Tehran of knowing from the start that an Iranian missile had downed a Ukrainian airliner last month, after leaked recordings emerged from Iranian air traffic control. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2020 
The United States is awaiting a green light from the Iraqi government to deploy Patriot missile defense systems to protect US troops from Iranian missile attacks, Pentagon chief Mark Esper said Thursday.
Iran launched 11 missiles at a US air base at Ain al-Assad and another at a base in Erbil on January 8 in retaliation for the killing days earlier of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a US ... more |
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 Kiev (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 
Kiev on Monday accused Tehran of knowing from the start that an Iranian missile had downed a Ukrainian airliner last month, after leaked recordings emerged from Iranian air traffic control.
The recordings, aired on Ukraine's 1+1 TV channel on Sunday, feature a conversation between an air traffic controller and the pilot of another plane at the time the Ukrainian airliner was hit on January 8 ... more |
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 Catonsville MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 
Consumers want what they want, and they want it now. Drone delivery has long been talked about as an option to satisfy consumer delivery demands, but how realistic is it? New research in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science looks at how possible and desirable it is to use drones for delivery for e-retailers considering cost and effectiveness in certain population areas and in certain locat ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 
On Jan. 22, 2020, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) flight payload was delivered to Northrop Grumman's facility in Sterling, Virginia. There the payload will be integrated onto the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6) and prepared for launch.
LCRD will be NASA's first end-to-end optical relay, sending and receiving data from missions in space to miss ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 
US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday lifted US restrictions on landmines, saying new technology made them safer, outraging campaigners for the abolition of the explosives that maim thousands of civilians each year.
In the latest reversal of a policy of his predecessor Barack Obama, Trump gave the green light to a new generation of "non-persistent" landmines that can be switch ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 
The UN Security Council on Friday approved a slight relaxation of the arms embargo on the Central African Republic, an issue that has been a source of friction between France and Russia.
A resolution drafted by France that extends the embargo by only six months to July 31 was approved by 13 votes with Russia and China abstaining.
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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 3, 2020 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg insisted Monday that a massive transfer of US and allied troops to Eastern Europe as part of a military exercise was not aimed at Russia.
About 37,000 soldiers from 18 countries are to participate in the US-run manoeuvre dubbed Defender Europe 2020.
This is "the largest deployment of US troops to Europe in more than 25 years," Stoltenberg told AFP.
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Feb 3, 2020  Protest camps across Iraq began fracturing on Monday over whether to back premier-designate Mohammad Allawi or continue opposing the government, marking a pivotal point for the four-month-old movement.
One demonstrator was killed in southern Iraq, medics and security sources said, after men in blue caps, the signature headgear of followers of cleric Moqtada Sadr, attacked an anti-regime rall ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 
New American sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme will have "no effect", Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Friday.
Washington announced new sanctions on Thursday against the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran and its head Ali Akbar Salehi.
Brian Hook, the US pointman on Iran, accused them of playing "a big role in Iran breaching its key nuclear commitments" and ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) Jan 31, 2020  For years, he criss-crossed the globe almost weekly, travelling on a British passport without a second thought, raising funds for international non-profit organisations and working for the likes of Elton John and Nelson Mandela.
But when Britain voted to leave the European Union, something changed inside Daryl Upsall, a 59-year-old businessman who has spent decades living and working in Euro ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 
U.S. forces operating in remote, under-governed regions around the world often find that an area's distinct cultural and societal practices are opaque to outsiders, but are obvious to locals. Commanders can be hindered from making optimal decisions because they lack knowledge of how local socio-economic, political, religious, health, and infrastructure factors interact to shape a specific commun ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 
China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere.
Four new missions include the Gravitation ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2020  Beijing slammed the United States on Wednesday over Tibet-related legislation that would authorise sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the process of determining the Dalai Lama's successor.
The bill, passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, proposes freezing any US assets and banning travel to the US by Chinese officials found to be involved in "identifying or i ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2020 
The United States has arrested a man on allegations that he was the leader of a group of Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq, which has requested his extradition.
Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, a 42 year-old resident of Phoenix in the southwestern state of Arizona, appeared before a federal judge on Friday and is wanted in Iraq on premeditated murder charges over the death of two policemen in Fallujah i ... more |
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 Kirtland NM (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a unique directed energy weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES, that completed field testing in 2019."HADES technology was designed with the warfighter in mind," said the AFRL program manager Dan Marker. "The system works by combining a large number of high power fiber lasers in a fashion that corrects ... more |
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