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October 01, 2015

DoD report: defense spending expected to decline
Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2015
The U.S. Department of Defense issued it's report on Fiscal Year 2014, and says U.S. government spending for defense purposes is expected to decline, the department announced on Monday. According to the report, defense spending will fall 28 percent from FY 2015 to 2019, which followed a significant rise in defense spending by over 65 percent between FY 2000 and FY 2010. Cuts can be traced back to sequestration, which went into effect in March 2014, and mandated spending cuts for both defense an ... read more

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CIA pulled officers from China after govt hack: report The United States withdrew several CIA officers from its embassy in Beijing to protect them from being uncovered through a hack of US federal employee records, The Washington Post has reported. ... more		DHS taps Raytheon for network contract The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has selected Raytheon to be the prime contractor and integrator of the agency's Network Security Development Division, the company announced Monday. ... more		Russian strikes hit Syria opposition, not IS: US official Russia's air strikes in Syria on Wednesday targeted opposition forces and not Islamic State jihadists, a US defense official said, contradicting Russian claims. ... more
				Russian strikes again expose US disarray Russia's dramatic entry Wednesday into the Syrian war put the United States on the back foot once again and left Washington struggling to regain the military and diplomatic initiative. ... more		Russia carries out first Syria air strikes Russia launched air strikes in war-torn Syria on Wednesday, its first military engagement outside the former Soviet Union since the occupation of Afghanistan in 1979. ... more

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U.S. Navy orders nuclear reactor components BWX Technologies Inc. is to manufacture components for nuclear reactors aboard U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers under $34.5 million in new contracts. ... more		Ukraine, rebels give initial backing to small arms withdrawal Kiev said on Wednesday it had struck an initial agreement with pro-Russian insurgents to withdraw smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel lands from the rest of Ukraine. ... more		A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands GMV to deliver new UK launch monitoring algorithms for NSpOC PLD Space lands 180m euro boost to advance global launch services		Taliban takeover in Kunduz echoes IS rout of Mosul The Taliban takeover of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan this week dealt a stinging blow to the country's security forces, in some ways mirroring an offensive in the Iraqi city of Mosul last year. ... more
				Raytheon fires new naval variant of combat-proven Excalibur Raytheon successfully fired its new Excalibur N5 during a recent field test at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the company announced Wednesday. ... more		N. Korea threatens to scrap family reunion with South North Korea has threatened to cancel a reunion for families separated by the Korean War, after "reckless" remarks by South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme and human rights record. ... more

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Coalition says it seized Iran boat with arms for Yemen rebels The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea loaded with weapons destined for Shiite rebels it is fighting in Yemen. ... more		Harris supplying tactical radios to Special Operations Forces U.S. Special Operations Forces has given the Harris Corporation an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for specialized handheld tactical radios. ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		China says two Japanese arrested on suspicion of spying China said Wednesday it has arrested two Japanese citizens for suspected spying, a move likely to strain already tense ties between Asia's two largest economies. ... more
Latvia orders Sentinel 3-D radars Latvia has ordered mobile three-dimensional phased-array radar systems from ThalesRaytheonSystems for detecting, identifying and tracking airborne threats. ... more		Afghan forces struggle to retake Kunduz city from Taliban Taliban insurgents who seized the Afghan city of Kunduz have defied a counter-offensive and advanced on the airport where government forces retreated after the fall of the strategic northern gateway. ... more		16 Turkish hostages freed in Iraq arrive back home Sixteen Turkish workers who had been kidnapped in Iraq nearly a month ago were freed on Wednesday and flew back home where they were welcomed by their tearful families. ... more		Iraq Kurds take back land from IS jihadists A ground offensive led by 3,500 Iraqi Kurdish forces Wednesday recaptured several villages west of the city of Kirkuk from the Islamic State group, officials said. ... more

	Israeli air raids hit Gaza after rocket fire Israeli air raids have hit the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave that was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system, officials said Wednesday. ... more		Seven killed by multiple China letter bombs: state media Seven people were killed on Wednesday when 15 letter bombs exploded in southern China, state media said, with blasts reported in multiple locations including government offices. ... more

AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners

Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

The First Meeting of the U.S.-China Space Dialogue		Lockheed Martin moves forward with Space Fence program		U.S. bomber fleets re-aligned under single command		US gathers great Asian democracies to its side		Report: Marine Corps may expand training in Ukraine
Leidos and Boundless Enter Strategic Relationship		After Astrosat success, India set to launch 23 foreign satellites		Forty years of European space tracking		France to hold crunch talks in India on Rafale deal: official		Gilat to supply dual Ku/Ka-band terminals to major ISP

AgustaWestland partners for Czech military contract

Lithuania buys self-propelled howitzers from German Army

Finland eyes building new combat vessels

Textron supplies armored vehicles to Afghanistan

USS Cowpens holds cruiser modernization induction

China possibly building its own aircraft carrier

Future USS Milwaukee completes final acceptance testing

Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group conducts training

Egypt to purchase French Mistral ships built for Russia

Sperry Marine, Terma team for naval business

New U.S. Navy aircraft carrier delayed for more testing

Navy demos submarine mine-deployment capability

India seeking technology to build MCMVs

France sells warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped

ULA Selects Orbital ATK to Provide Solid Boosters for Atlas V and Vulcan Launch Vehicles

Innovations in Satellite Payloads - An interview with David Jungkind of SEAKR

China village defenceless against North Korean intruders

DRS Technologies providing new soldier vision system

U.S. Airmen keep combat hospital operating in Afghanistan

Monsoon mission: A better way to predict Indian weather

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