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An important and high visibility mission of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) is Space Situational Awareness (SSA). Space Surveillance, a key component of SSA, involves using the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) of telescopes and radars to detect, track, identify and catalog all man-made objects orbiting the earth. Knowing where orbiting objects are located in space is key ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for a crackdown on graft and extravagance in the military, kicking off a campaign to bring discipline to the world's largest army, state press said Monday. In a recent circular he ordered the end to "prominent problems" in the military and reiterated the need to maintain a clean and honest defence force, the People's Liberation Army Daily reported. ... more
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Iran FM says 'good progress' in talks with US
Press Release from Business Wire: Proxima Fusion USS Gerald Ford leaves Crete as Iran talks begin: AFP Iran says US talks to focus solely on nuclear programme Iran insists not seeking nuclear weapon ahead of US talks Snake-like robot unveiled for Fukushima debris removal Iran president says ahead of US talks not seeking nuclear weapon 'at all' North Korea's Kim shuns South but could 'get along' with US North Korea's Kim says could 'get along' with US but shuns South Rubio says Iran not negotiating on missiles a 'big problem' 
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Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2009China said Monday it hoped the new US ambassador would help develop a "new era" of relations between the two nations, two days after President Barack Obama unveiled his pick to the critical post. Obama revealed Saturday he had chosen Jon Huntsman, the current governor of Utah, a rising Republican star and a fluent Mandarin speaker, to take up the posting in Beijing -- one of the most importa ... more  
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2009 Barely born, AFPAK, the acronym for Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single theater of operations, has already been displaced. Pakistan is now the most dangerous of the two theaters, or PAKAF. The heart of Islamic extremism lies in Pakistan. Almost all terrorist trails in Britain track back to Pakistan. From independence in 1947 to the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan in 1989, Pakista ... more  
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 19, 2009Boeing was awarded a $38 million contract April 27 to develop and test a nonlethal, high power microwave (HPM) airborne demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Counter-electronics High power microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP). The CHAMP Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program will be the first to demonstrate a counter-electronics HPM aerial ... more  
Hunt Valley MD (SPX) May 19, 2009AAI has announced that it has flown three of its small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) simultaneously at the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range. This demonstration with Flint Hills Solutions LLC took place in conjunction with the 2009 Kansas Unmanned Systems Symposium. AAI's Aerosonde Mark 4-series aircraft completed a fully autonomous flight from takeoff to landing, operating at 4,500 ... more |
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Tethered orbital data centers aim to power AI with solar energyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Penn Engineers have proposed a solar-powered orbital data center architecture that could scale to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence computing without drawing electricity from terrestri ... more  
Organic devices bring light emission and solar power togetherTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Organic semiconductors are thin, flexible materials that already underpin many consumer displays, and researchers now report a strategy that lets these materials both emit light efficiently and harv ... more 
Physicists predict significant growth for cadmium telluride photovoltaicsToledo OH (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 A solar energy generation technology once considered limited in its potential is poised for significant growth in the United States. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists who analyzed ... more
  
MoSi2 material points to new route for turning waste heat into powerTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Thermoelectric conversion devices offer a promising way to turn waste heat into usable electrical energy, improving the overall efficiency of engines and industrial systems that currently lose betwe ... more 
Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion ratesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 A new theoretical study shows that intense laser fields could greatly enhance nuclear fusion reactions by reshaping the collision energies of interacting nuclei before they tunnel through the Coulom ... more 
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion componentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is joining with Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop a world class high heat flux facility to test fusion en ... more |
Brussels (AFP) May 18, 2009EU defence ministers on Monday launched a 100-million-euro (135-million-dollar) project to counter the threat against biological weapons. The programme baptised "Bio-Edep" is an initiative of five EU nations -- the Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. "Other (EU) member states have expreessed their intention to join," the European Defence Agency said in a statement ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 18, 2009Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel reserves its right of self-defense against Iran, which the West suspects of harboring a nuclear military program. "Israel reserves its right to defend itself," said Netanyahu, speaking to reporters after a White House meeting with US President Barack Obama. While he said he welcomed US diplomatic efforts to rein in Tehran ... more 
Washington (AFP) May 18, 2009US President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their first meeting on Monday as discord over Mideast peace and Iran's nuclear bid clouds ties between the close allies. The meeting marks Obama's most testing diplomatic challenge yet after he vowed to vigorously engage in attaining an elusive regional peace as part of a comprehensive strategy to peacefully re ... more |
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Leonardo DRS infrared payloads selected for SDA Tracking Layer Tranche 3Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Leonardo DRS has been awarded a subcontract to deliver advanced infrared mission payloads for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 3, expanding space-based support for the U.S. miss ... more 
AST SpaceMobile secures role on MDA SHIELD defense architectureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 AST SpaceMobile has been selected for a prime contract position on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, program, placing its space-base ... more 
Greenland is helpful, but not vital, for US missile defenseParis, France (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 President Donald Trump has said US control of Greenland is vital for his planned Golden Dome missile defense system, but not all experts are convinced. ... more
  
Hungary starts long-delayed nuclear plant expansionPaks, Hungary (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Workers poured concrete for a new reactor near Hungary's sole nuclear plant Thursday, beginning a contentious expansion project led by Russia's Rosatom following a decade of delays. ... more 
Japan to restart world's biggest nuclear plantTokyo (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. ... more 
Microbes join forces to quickly clean up uranium pollutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Chinese scientists have discovered a quick and effective way to remove toxic uranium from water using helpful bacteria that work together. These bacteria can change uranium from a dangerous form tha ... more
  
IAEA board meets over Ukraine nuclear safety concernsVienna (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors will meet Friday to discuss nuclear safety in Ukraine, with several countries expressing "growing concern" over volatile conditions at Ukrainian power plants. ... more 
Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add upParis, France (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path? ... more 
Hong Kong ferry disaster ruled 'unlawful killing' after 13 yearsHong Kong (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 A Hong Kong ferry collision in which 39 people died more than a decade ago was an unlawful killing, according to a long-awaited court ruling on Wednesday. ... more |
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