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The US government has endorsed a plan to build a new generation of spy satellites, although funding to boost the Pentagon's imaging capacity still needs congressional approval. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said Tuesday that his agency and the Department of Defense had finalized a plan to modernize the fleet of US observation satellites. "Imagery is a core component of ... read more 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2009NATO celebrated its 60th anniversary last weekend as the oldest and most successful military alliance in the world, and it's bigger than ever. But will it be good for another 60 years of success? Probably not. Under the NATO shield, the nations of Europe have enjoyed their longest period of uninterrupted peace and prosperity since the time of the great emperor Charlemagne 1,200 years ag ... more
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Washington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2009Israel's Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile may be one of the first victims of U.S. President Barack Obama's defense spending cuts. Ynet, the Web site of the respected Tel Aviv daily Yediot Aharonot, reported Monday that U.S. funding for the Arrow-3 program is likely to be eliminated. However, in compensation, the Obama administration is prepared to help Israel buy the U.S. Navy's ... more 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2009Liberal and conservative critics alike are raging at Defense Secretary Robert Gates's defense cuts: For liberals, he only nibbled at the Pentagon's enormous annual budget by cutting a number of high-profile programs. Conservatives are raging that he cut any at all. However, Gates's cuts were not radical. And only one of them -- stopping production of the expensive F-22 Raptor air-super ... more  
Manipal, India (UPI) Apr 10, 2009At the risk of some repetition, it is worth mentioning two facts that seem unknown to policymakers such as U.S. envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke. The first is that the Asia of the 21st century is a tad different from that of the 19th; hence dredging up stored wisdom on how European colonial powers handled situations on the continent during that era may not be an entirely acc ... more  
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2009In 2007 a U.S. Computer Science and Telecommunications Board research report titled "Toward A Safer and More Secure Cyberspace" concluded that the U.S. research and development program to ensure national cybersecurity was still wholly inadequate. "Both traditional and unorthodox approaches will be necessary," the report warned. "Traditional research is problem-specific, and there are ma ... more |
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Italy challenges EU over key climate toolRome (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 Italy is once again challenging the EU's green transition, pushing for an overhaul of the bloc's carbon trading scheme and changing the way the tool operates to try to cut electricity bills. ... more  
Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund'Geneva (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to create a multibillion-dollar climate fund aimed at combating global warming and its consequences, voting against it by a large margin. ... more 
AI giants promise Trump to pay for increased energy needsNew York (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Seven US tech giants at the forefront of artificial intelligence committed Wednesday to offset the costs of their increased electricity needs through investments in energy infrastructure. ... more 
  
CesiumAstro buys Vidrovr to embed AI across satellite communicationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 CesiumAstro has acquired Vidrovr in a move to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its space communications systems, payloads, and satellite platforms, extending AI-driven analytics and r ... more 
Behind Space Innovation The Growing Role of Outsourcing ServicesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 Explore the reasons outsourcing has become the norm in space innovation. Discover how it helps teams reduce turnaround times, lower costs and improve results within a short time. ... more 
After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan mineralsCaracas (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. ... more
  
Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP saysWalldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more 
Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikesParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more
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Isfahan, Iran (AFP) April 9, 2009Iran declared on Thursday major advances in its controversial atomic drive as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened a nuclear fuel plant and announced the testing of two high capacity centrifuges. Ahmadinejad's announcements at a function in Isfahan province marking national nuclear day are likely to trigger fresh concerns among world powers, who fear Iran's nuclear programme is aimed at maki ... more 
Paris (AFP) April 10, 2009France said Friday it had begun to reduce its own arsenal long before US President Barack Obama called for a "world without nuclear weapons", as a leaked memo showed Paris unimpressed by his speech. According to the daily Le Figaro, President Nicolas Sarkozy's foreign policy advisers were dismissive of Obama's call for an end to the arms race, which he made to a cheering crowd of supporters ... more  
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2009This is my final Dogs of War column. Since starting in January 2008, I have covered many different aspects of private military and security contracting, but they have been only a small portion of the total number of issues worth examining. Like any other issue, there is good and bad news when it comes to contractors doing work that once upon a time people could only conceive of the gove ... more  
Madrid (AFP) April 12, 2009The armed Basque separatist group ETA plotted to blow up a helicopter or airplane carrying Spanish King Juan Carlos with a surface-to-air missile, a newspaper reported Sunday. Details of the plot were outlined in several CDs which allegedly belonged to ETA and were discovered in 2004, the online edition of Basque newspaper El Correo Digital reported. It said French anti-terrorism services we ... more |
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Northrop Grumman moves to boost B-21 Raider outputLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are ramping up production capacity for the B-21 Raider to field the new bomber more quickly. The company describes the program as a demonstration of its perfo ... more 
Dubai airport briefly suspends operations after interceptionDubai (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, suspended operations Saturday before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran. ... more 
France's Dassault accuses Airbus of sabotaging European aircraft projectSaint-Cloud, France (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 France's Dassault Aviation on Wednesday accused Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain in the multibillion-euro FCAS warplane programme, of seeking to sabotage the project. ... more
  
Water emerges as a dangerous new war targetParis, France (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants - critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. ... more 
Hydromea and Equinor prove subsea wireless link from seabed to cloudLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Hydromea and Equinor have completed what they describe as the world's first real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data link from the seabed directly to a cloud environment, demonstrating a subsea-to-sa ... more 
Warming El Nino may return later this year: UNGeneva (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 The warming El Nino weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Nina fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more
  
Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floodsSydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more 
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rocketsJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more 
Children must not be 'collateral damage' in Mideast war: UN expertsGeneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East, highlighting an alleged air strike on an Iranian school. ... more |
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