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April 01, 2015

Pentagon needs to adapt to recruit top talent: Carter
Washington (AFP) March 31, 2015
The US military needs to give its troops and new recruits better career options due to increasing competition for talent from private companies, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday. The Pentagon chief called for a more innovative approach that could include easing enlistment standards for cyber-related jobs, allowing troops to take a break from service to get a degree, expanding retirement benefits to more personnel and paying off debt for university graduates. To ensure the military re ... read more

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Raytheon modernizing South Korean Patriot system The Patriot Air and Missile Defense system of South Korea is to be upgraded by Raytheon, which will also provide the country with UAV ground stations. ... more		KAI preferred bidder for new Korean Air Force jet Korea Aerospace Industries, partnered with Lockheed Martin, is the preferred bidder to build a new jet fighter for the country. ... more		Deadline abandoned in marathon Iran nuclear talks The US abandoned late Tuesday a midnight deadline to agree the outlines of a nuclear deal with Iran but insisted that "enough progress" merited extending marathon talks into Wednesday. ... more
				Bikes, bowties and schnitzel: the main players at Iran talks They were brought together on what looked like mission impossible to seal a landmark deal with Iran on its suspect nuclear programme. ... more		S. Korea creates cyber-security post to counter North's threat Concerned by the growing threat of cyber-attacks from North Korea, South Korea's cabinet on Tuesday approved the creation of a new presidential post handling cyber-security. ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference Mat 5-7 2015 - Washington DC

Nuclear Decommissioning Conference Europe May 2015

Falcon 9 Evolves SpaceX developed the two-stage Falcon 9, a family of launch vehicles that consists of the Falcon 9 v1.0, Falcon 9 v1.1, and the partially-reusable Falcon 9-R. Both stages of each vehicle emplo ... more		Chinese scientists mull power station in space The battle to dispel smog, cut greenhouse gases and solve the energy crisis is moving to space. Chinese scientists are mulling the construction of a solar power station 36,000 kilometers above groun ... more		NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad ahead of Artemis 2 mission GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes		NASA Announces New Partnerships with Industry for Deep-Space Skills Building on the success of NASA's partnerships with commercial industry to date, NASA has selected 12 Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) to advance concept studies and t ... more
				Cluster satellite catches up One of the four Cluster satellites has shifted its orbit to ensure a safe reentry when the time comes, as well as providing a rare opportunity to study how a satellite's exhaust plume interacts with ... more		Scuttling satellites to save space It takes a lot of ingenuity - not to mention a massive quantity of sheer force - to get satellites into orbit. Now space engineers are applying comparable ingenuity to the challenge of getting their ... more

Lausanne deal would pave way for nuclear-armed Iran: Netanyahu The deal being hammered out between world powers and Iran on its nuclear programme would "pave the way" to a nuclear-armed Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. ... more		India Launches Fourth Satellite in Effort to Develop Own Navigation System The IRNSS-1D navigation satellite was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the Sriharikota Island in the southern part of the country. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee congratulate ... more		China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt Hundreds in London protest against Beijing 'mega embassy'		Russia, US to Jointly Prepare Mars, Moon Flight Road Map Russia and the United States will work together on a roadmap to send humans to Mars and the Moon, according to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and its U ... more
Squeeze to remove heat with elastocaloric materials Move over, vapor compression cooling technology. Emerging "elastocaloric" refrigeration is potentially much more efficient and, unlike vapor compression, relies on environmentally-friendly refrigera ... more		Iraq PM says Tikrit 'liberated' after month-long battle Iraq said security and allied forces backed by US-led coalition aircraft "liberated" the city of Tikrit on Tuesday, its biggest victory yet in the fight against Islamic State jihadists. ... more		UN rights chief warns Yemen on verge of 'total collapse' The UN rights chief expressed alarm Tuesday at the situation in Yemen as Arab warplanes pounded the country for a sixth day, warning it appeared about to collapse. ... more		Future US Navy: robotic sub-hunters, deepsea pods The robotic revolution that transformed warfare in the skies will soon extend to the deep sea, with underwater spy "satellites," drone-launching pods on the ocean floor and unmanned ships hunting submarines. ... more

	Superfast computers a step closer as a silicon chip's quantum capabilities are improved The team demonstrated a quantum on/off switching time of about a millionth of a millionth of a second - the fastest-ever quantum switch to be achieved with silicon and over a thousand times faster t ... more		Automation offers big solution to big data in astronomy It's almost a rite of passage in physics and astronomy. Scientists spend years scrounging up money to build a fantastic new instrument. Then, when the long-awaited device finally approaches completi ... more

Trump offers Egypt to mediate on Ethiopia dam

US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know

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'Yes or no' time as Iran nuclear talks near deadline		China suspected as software site GitHub hit by attack		Air strike kills at least 15 at Yemen displaced camp		Iran talks stretch into the night hours before deadline		US drone killed two Iranian troops in Iraq: state media
Sri Lanka says no deal to restart Chinese port project		Uzbek strongman re-elected in landslide, OSCE dubious		First of four C-27J Spartans delivered to Peru		Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe		Australia commissions MH-60R Seahawk training simulator

Saudi-made parts for T-165 Hawk jet trainers

Russia continues Asian pivot

Let a hundred flowers bloom: China, Korea, Japan in cherry trifle

Air Force orders more bomb fuzes

China's jailing of man who grew beard 'absurd': group

Raytheon UK, Home Office settle contract dispute

Iran nuclear talks race towards deadline

Europe resumes Galileo satnav deployment

What an Iran nuclear deal could look like

When SWU met LEU: The Iran nuclear talks jargon A-to-Z

Philippines hits back at Beijing over South China Sea

Taiwan leader backs joining China-led infrastructure bank

Sensor cable monitors all fences - even detects drone fly-bys

'Major sacrifices' required to retake Tikrit: Iraq officer

Taiwan protesters pelt eggs over China flight route

Chinese court jails Uighur for 6 years for growing beardw/

Arab leaders agree joint military force

Arab strikes on rebels hit Yemen's main airport

S. Korea opts for KAI-Lockheed in $7.8 bn fighter deal

Good luck and the Chinese reverse global forest loss

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