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September 07, 2016

SpaceX scours data to try to pin down cause rocket explosion on launch pad
Washington DC (XNA) Sep 07, 2016
U.S. space firm SpaceX said Friday it has set up a team to investigate why its Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The California-based company said Thursday's incident, that also destroyed the satellite it was carrying, took place about eight minutes in advance of a scheduled rocket test firing at its Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At that time, the launch vehicle was in the process of being fueled for the test and the anomaly appeared to ... read more

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Three Turkish soldiers killed in IS attack in Syria Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four wounded on Tuesday in a rocket attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Syria, in the first deadly attack on Ankara's armed forces to be blamed on the jihadists in Turkey's cross-border incursion. ... more		Continental Electronics gets $11 million Fixed Submarine Broadcast System contract Continental Electronics Corp. has been awarded an $11 million U.S. Navy contract for work on the Fixed Submarine Broadcast System. ... more		Barred spiral galaxy spotted 11.5 billion years in the past China tallies record launch year as lunar and asteroid plans advance The electrifying science behind Martian dust		Rockwell Collins debuts helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System Rockwell Collins debuted its new combat helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System for troops on Tuesday. ... more
				Poland requests multi-billion-euro Patriot missile system Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz on Tuesday said he had approached the US defence firm Raytheon about buying the Patriot missile system. ... more		Zel Technologies gets $165 million counter IED contract Zel Technologies has been awarded a max $165 million Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency contract to research and develop counter-IED technologies. ... more

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China's newly-launched quantum communication satellite in good shape		Security Council to meet after latest NKorea missile test		Kim Jong-Un stresses need to bolster nuclear arms: KCNA		Russia launches major military drills set to rattle Kiev		China, Japan seek to improve ties as Xi, Abe meet
N. Korea leader hails missiles, calls for nuclear build-up		Tricky last G20 summit for Obama		US Army gives combat medics new type of tourniquet		PKL Services gets $495 million Saudi F-15 support contract		Saab supplying simulators for Polish military academy

Raytheon sued by former employee over Afghanistan fraud allegations

S. Korea hosts arms show after N. Korea missile tests

India gives Vietnam $500 mn for defence spending

Lithuania sends ammunition to Ukraine to fight rebels

EU army not 'any time soon': Mogherini

Over 10,000 sacked in new Turkey post-coup purge

Philippines concerned over Chinese boats near disputed shoal

EU, Turkey highlight ties, but coup differences remain

Airport tiff highlights US-China value gap: Obama

London lab recreates horrors of war with 3D technology

Selfies and silence as China shuts down G20 host city

Orion Jettison Motor Fires to Ensure Crew Safety for the Journey to Mars

CU Boulder's newest minor - in space - has lift off

Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite hit by space particle

Sky Muster II comes to French Guiana for launch on Ariane 5

Raytheon gets $24 million for Tomahawk radio and antenna

Qatar orders coastal defense system from MBDA

Lockheed Martin gets $204 million Aegis contract modification

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