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Northrop Grumman Delivers 50th Center Fuselage for F-35 Joint Strike FighterPalmdale CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2011 Northrop Grumman has marked the completion of the 50th center fuselage for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during a ceremony at the company's Palmdale Manufacturing Center. Company officials praised employees for delivering the center fuselages on time and on budget - achieving a significant milestone early in the program while maintaining high standards of performance and affordability. "Completing the 50th F-35 center fuselage is something to be proud of; it's a sign of a team that is commit ... read more |
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 Lockheed Martin to Provide Training Services for the USAF C-5 Program Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $5.8 million one-year contract from FlightSafety Services Corporation to manage C-5 aircrew training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and provide logistical supp ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Completes Improved Small Tactical Munition Lab Testing Raytheon has completed laboratory integration and testing of its Small Tactical Munition Phase II configuration, setting the stage for flight tests later this year. STM Phase II is a new 12-po ... more | .. |
  Space Command retires workhorse satellite Members of the 3rd Space Operations Squadron, along with their counterparts from the 53rd Signal Battalion, waved a fond farewell to a trusted old friend Aug. 12. Lt. Col. Kevin Mortensen, 3rd SOPS ... more | .. |
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 Raytheon Completes Fifth Small Diameter Bomb II Tri-Mode Seeker in New Factory Raytheon has built the fifth Small Diameter Bomb II seeker in its new factory expressly designed to assemble integrated tri-mode seekers. "Raytheon is the only company building integrated tri- ... more | .. |
  Boeing Communications Relay Links Radios with Multiple Unmanned Platforms Boeing has successfully demonstrated the company's newest narrowband communications relay aboard two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) - an Insitu ScanEagle and a portable AeroVironment Puma All Enviro ... more | .. |
 MEADS software completes BMC4I review The U.S.-European Medium Extended Air Defense System program has completed a BMC4I software design review in Huntsville, Ala. ... more | .. |
  Boeing ratchets up Brazil jet campaign Boeing is ratcheting up its campaign to win a multibillion-dollar deal to supply Brazil with advanced jet fighters, beating rival bids from France's Dassault and Sweden's Saab. ... more |
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  North Korea warns against Ulchi exercise North Korea said it would "deal a merciless counterblow" to South Korea if provoked by military exercises, including the ongoing Ulchi Freedom Guardian. ... more | .. |
  Iran's covert war with Israel in Caspian A senior Iranian general has warned zerbaijan about getting too close to Israel, underlining fears in Tehran that the Jewish state could use Iran's northern neighbor to launch pre-emptive strikes against Iran's nuclear program. ... more | .. |
  US, Egypt cancel military exercise The United States and Egypt have canceled a major military exercise this year to allow Egypt's generals to focus on governing the country, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Iraq's Sadr warns of 'war' if US presence extended A radical anti-US Shiite cleric warned of "war" if US forces stayed in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, in a brief statement viewed on Wednesday. ... more |
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Soldiers, village guard killed in Kurdish ambush: PM Kurdish rebels killed eight Turkish soldiers and a village guard on Wednesday in an ambush in the southeast of the country, Turkey's prime minister said, adding the government's patience had run out. ... more | .. |
N. Korea vows to bolster nuclear deterrent North Korea vowed Wednesday to bolster its nuclear deterrent, describing an exercise by United States and South Korean troops as preparation for a "war of aggression" against the communist state. ... more | .. |
Russia's Viktor Bout 'never sold weapons': lawyer Viktor Bout, a former Soviet air force officer accused in the United States of trafficking arms worldwide, never sold or had anything to do with the sale of weapons, his lawyer said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Biden to meet China's leader-in-waiting US Vice President Joe Biden meets the man widely expected to become China's next leader on Thursday, as he begins official talks in Beijing under a cloud of criticism over the US debt crisis. ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
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 Iran, Russia claim 'first step' to nuclear breakthrough Russia and Iran on Wednesday said a new Russian plan had a real chance of solving the standoff over the Iranian nuclear drive, despite the failure of past initiatives to end a decade of deadlock. ... more | .. |
Eight Turkish troops killed in Kurdish ambush: minister Kurdish rebels killed eight Turkish soldiers on Wednesday in an ambush in the southeast of the country, Turkey's defence minister said. ... more | .. |
Russia presents new nuclear plan to Iran The top diplomats of Russia and Iran sought a breakthrough Wednesday on a deal that could revive the stalled nuclear talks between the Islamic state and Western powers suspicious of its weapons drive. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea developing anti-ship missiles: report The South Korean military is developing anti-ship cruise missiles, a news report said Wednesday, after sea trials of China's first aircraft carrier sparked regional security concerns. ... more |
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 Biden heads to China under debt cloud Vice President Joe Biden arrives in China Wednesday under a cloud of criticism over the US debt, as he seeks to build a rapport with the man expected to be the rising Asian power's next leader. ... more | .. |
 DCGS Upgrades Help Reduce Costs for Image Processing of High-Altitude Missions Raytheon has upgraded the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) nodes for the Kansas and Indiana Air National Guard with the latest net-centric, cost-efficient and service-interoperable capabiliti ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Teams with Rafael to Market Iron Dome Weapon System Raytheon and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd have teamed to market the Iron Dome weapon system in the United States. Rafael developed the original Iron Dome to provide protection against rockets ... more | .. |
  USAF Second Missile Warning Satellite Completes Major Environmental Test Lockheed Martin has successfully completed acoustic testing of the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-2) spacecraft. The U.S. Air Force's SBIRS satellites provide t ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin Unveils Samarai Flyer at Unmanned Vehicle Conference Inspired by a maple seed, Lockheed Martin's Samarai handheld vehicle flew publically for the first time at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference. Weighing less ... more | .. |
 Block 30 Global Hawks Receive USAF Initial Operational Capability Declaration U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command has declared that the Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC)-built unmanned RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk has reached its initial operational capability (IOC). IOC is declar ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment Receives Order for Digital Puma Unmanned Aircraft Systems At the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North America Conference - AeroVironment, Inc. has received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued at $65,532,394 for ... more | .. |
US recently carried out two air strikes in Iraq: general US forces carried out two air strikes in June against militants targeting American troops, including one against an Iranian-backed militia, a spokesman for the military mission said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Panetta: Cuts could 'hollow out' defense A $350 billion cut in the U.S. Defense Department's budget and the threat of losing $500 billion more would "result in hollowing out the force" and weaken the country's ability to respond to threats, U.S. Defense Secretary Lean Panetta said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Egypt launches attack on Sinai jihadists Egypt's security forces, with Israel's consent, have mounted a major operation against Islamist cells, supposedly linked to al-Qaida, in the Sinai Peninsula that have flourished in the unruly region since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in February. ... more | .. |
  After Iran strike, Israel gets cyber unit Israel's military has set up a cyberdefense division, primarily against the Iranian threat, thus boosting the country's cyberwar capabilities after it allegedly attacked Tehran's nuclear program in 2010 with the Stuxnet virus and changed the face of warfare. ... more | .. |
 Iraq PM names interim defence minister: aide Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has named his current culture minister as interim defence minister, an aide said Tuesday, relinquishing the extra job he has held since December. ... more |
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