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  Trento, Italy (SPX) Feb 06, 2017 America's 6th generation fighter jets will probably be the real game changer over its predecessor, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), that in spite of repeated setbacks (often referred to as a "nightmare" with its unsavory "bug" list) stands as a strong portend for offensive and defensive platforms. Just a handful of countries have 6th generation fighter jet concepts. Fighters jets, just a single generation from now, will be hypersonic attacks aircraft, nuclear capable, able to achieve Mach 6, h ... read more |
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The Outer Space Treaty has been remarkably successful - but is it fit for the modern age?Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science Space exploration is governed by a complex series of international treaties and agreements which have been ... more  
Trump to meet NATO leaders in May: White HouseDonald Trump will meet fellow NATO leaders in May, the White House said Sunday after the president's call with the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. ... more  
VP Pence warns Iran against testing Trump's resolveUS Vice President Mike Pence in an interview airing Sunday warned Iran "not to test the resolve" of the Donald Trump administration, days after Washington slapped new sanctions on Tehran following a ballistic missile test launch. ... more 
Tensions flare between uneasy allies Greece and TurkeyTurkey is once again facing off against historic foe-turned-ally Greece in one of their fiercest rows in years, though the war of words is unlikely to spill over into military confrontation. ... more |
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York Space Systems announces Space Segment Enterprise ProgramYork Space Systems, an aerospace company specializing in complete space segment customer solutions and the manufacture of small and medium class spacecraft, has announced the launch of its Space Seg ... more  
Anatomy of a debris incidentA space debris avoidance manoeuvre planned for ESA's Swarm mission proved unnecessary last week, but the close encounter highlighted the growing risk from space debris. It's an increasingly common o ... more  
Iridium Adds Eighth Launch with SpaceX for Satellite RideshareIridium Communications has contracted with SpaceX for an eighth Falcon 9 launch. Along for the ride are the twin-satellites of the NASA/GFZ Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-F ... more 
New beam pattern yields more precise radar, ultrasound imagingUniversity of Rochester researchers have developed a novel beam pattern that promises to lend unprecedented sharpness to ultrasound and radar images. ... more  
India's Satnav Goes Out of Whack as Orbiting Atomic Clocks BreakIndian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) was launched as a more accurate navigation system compared to the US' GPS system. However, some as yet unexplained technical failures have put the ... more  
Saudi warship returns to port after Yemen rebel attackA Saudi warship targeted by Yemeni rebel "suicide" boats returned to its home port in Jeddah on Sunday, Saudi Arabia's national news agency said. ... more |
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Mosul residents outraged by IS 'hole fee'Cash-strapped jihadists punching holes in people's homes to move across west Mosul undetected are now asking victims to pay for the labour, several residents said Sunday. ... more 
Philippines' Duterte ends peace talks with Maoist rebelsPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte has angrily scrapped talks with communist insurgents aimed at ending their decades-long conflict after both the government and the rebels called off unilateral ceasefires. ... more 
NATO starts anti-IS bomb training in IraqNATO has begun training Iraqi soldiers on how to neutralise bombs planted by the Islamic State jihadist group, the alliance said Sunday, expanding a programme already in place in neighbouring Jordan. ... more  
Trump to visit Centcom, with sights on battling Islamic StatePresident Donald Trump travels to US Central Command on Monday, meeting officers who will form the tip of the spear in implementing his new strategy to defeat the Islamic State group. ... more |
  
Raytheon received a $202 million foreign military sales contract to provide engineering services for its Patriot weapon system.
The contract includes sales to various U.S. allies, including Germany, Israel, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Spain, Taiwan and the Netherlands. Bids for the contract were solicited via the internet with one received.
According to the U ... more Lockheed Martin to perform additional THAAD development MEADS team submits updated proposal for Poland's Wilsa program S. Korea, US defence chiefs back anti-missile system |
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Possible purchases of Sidewinder and Maverick missiles by South Korea from the United States have been approved by the U.S. State Department.
The two separate deals, reported to Congress by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, have a combined value of $140 million.
The proposed purchases under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program are vital to U.S. national interests, ... more Iran confirms missile test, denies breach of nuclear deal Raytheon, USAF developing new signal processor for AMRAAM White House 'aware' of Iran missile test |
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Syracuse Research Corporation, a non-profit research and development firm, has received a $65 million U.S. Army contract for an integrated counter-UAS system.
The contract was issued on an urgent basis.
Work on the counter-drone systems - engineering, production and sustainment - will mainly performed by SRC at a facility in New York State, with work also being performed by tea ... more NAVAIR completes spike missile test with UAV target New SkyGuardian variant of Predator B drone announced Germany extends Heron drone lease contract |
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This past weekend Intelsat 33e, the second of the Intelsat EpicNG high throughput satellites (HTS), successfully completed all in-orbit testing and entered service on 29 January 2017.
Launched in August of last year, Intelsat 33e is equipped with the most advanced digital payload on a commercial spacecraft. With this exceptionally flexible HTS payload design, Intelsat 33e, operating from 6 ... more Airbus provides satcom for EU security missions in Mali, Niger and Somalia Keeping Space Communications Reliable for an "Always On" World Flat-panel SATCOM for civilian-armored vehicles |
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Manned gun turrets on some U.S. Army Reserve Humvees are being replaced with common remotely operated weapon stations, the U.S. Army reports.
The first units to receive the CROWS in fiscal year 2017 will be military police and chemical companies.
The Army said that 27 company-sized Reserve units will eventually receive the weapons stations under a $39 million program.
"Eve ... more U.S. Army spotlights innovative ZH2 vehicle U.S. Army tests Stryker with 30mm cannon Rheinmetall, Steyr Mannlicher announce new assault rifle |
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday outlined initial plans to further grow America's vast military, after President Donald Trump vowed a "great rebuilding" of the US armed services.
In a short memo, Mattis highlighted critical areas where the Pentagon could immediately use some extra cash.
He proposed an amendment to this year's budget that would free up money to address shor ... more Russia to sell off stake in gun-maker Kalashnikov Rich man loses millions in scam by fake French defence staff In a bid for defense exports, India is giving contracts to the private sector |
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China warned the US Saturday it was risking instability in Asia after President Donald Trump's new defence secretary vowed to back Japan in any military clash with Beijing over a disputed island chain.
The Senkaku Islands, known in China as the Diaoyus, are at the centre of a festering row between Tokyo and Beijing, which claims they have been part of Chinese territory for centuries.
Wra ... more Tensions flare between uneasy allies Greece and Turkey NATO 'very closely' watching Russian influence in Balkans Ukraine leader says will hold referendum on joining NATO |
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The electronic data connections within and between microchips are increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the exponential growth of data traffic worldwide. Optical connections are the obvious successors but optical data transmission requires an adequate nanoscale light source, and this has been lacking.
Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) now have created a light source t ... more Three magnetic states for each hole Scientists determine precise 3-D location 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle NIST updates 'sweet' 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organisms |
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  Cash-strapped jihadists punching holes in people's homes to move across west Mosul undetected are now asking victims to pay for the labour, several residents said Sunday.
The fee is a modest 7,000 Iraqi dinars (around five US dollars) but adds insult to injury, said residents of Mosul's west bank, where the Islamic State group is digging in for a planned offensive by the Iraqi security force ... more NATO starts anti-IS bomb training in Iraq Iraq faces massive challenge in Mosul offensive: UN envoy Iraq family turned back by US says cleared for entry |
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Any nuclear attack by North Korea would trigger an "effective and overwhelming" response, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said Friday as he sought to reassure Asian allies rattled by President Donald Trump's isolationist rhetoric.
Mattis spoke in the South Korean capital of Seoul on the first overseas tour by a senior Trump administration official as concerns rise about the direction o ... more Defiant Iran in missile exercise day after US sanctions Trump slaps sanctions on Iran as tension mounts VP Pence warns Iran against testing Trump's resolve |
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It is a utopian idea, literally, but is enjoying a renaissance as politicians and policy wonks grapple with technology-driven changes that could redefine our very understanding of work.
If robots and machine intelligence threaten to render many white-collar jobs obsolete, then what will people do for money?
Enter the concept of a "universal basic income", a flat sum paid to all regardle ... more Chinese FM to visit Australia in wake of Trump tiff India's techies fear US crackdown on high-skilled visas China factory activity stabilises in January |
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If you ask yourself what the biggest threat to human existence is you'd probably think of nuclear war, global warming or a large-scale pandemic disease. But assuming we can overcome such challenges, are we really safe? Living on our blue little planet seems safe until you are aware of what lurks in space. The following cosmic disasters are just a few ways humanity could be severely endangered or ... more Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived Radiation level in Fukushima plant at record high Leidos receives CBRNE simulation task order |
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China's plans for deep-space exploration included two Mars missions and one Jupiter probe.
China plans its first Mars probe by 2020, said Wu Yanhua, vice director of the China National Space Administration.
A second Mars probe will bring back samples and conduct research on the planet's structure, composition and environment, Wu said.
Also on the agenda are an asteroid explorat ... more China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory China launches commercial rocket mission Kuaizhou-1A China Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size" |
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  The mystery over the reported abduction from Hong Kong of a Chinese billionaire deepened Wednesday after a newspaper advert appeared in his name pledging loyalty to China, in a case that has heightened fears over Beijing's meddling.
The whereabouts of financier Xiao Jianhua - one of China's richest men - are unclear after reports in overseas Chinese-language media that he was taken from Ho ... more Exile, jail, abduction: the hazardous lives of China's rich Missing Chinese billionaire targeted over stocks crash: reportHong Kong leadership favourite testifies in corruption trial |
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  A US commando raid in Yemen that was beset with problems triggered fresh controversy Friday after the Pentagon published a jihadist video meant to highlight the value of intel seized during the operation, only to pull it moments later.
The video, which US special operations forces seized from a computer, depicted a masked jihadist at a whiteboard delivering lessons on "How to Destroy The Cro ... more Trump to visit Centcom, with sights on battling Islamic State Jordan hits IS in Syria two years after pilot burned alive Tunisia gets 6 US combat helicopters to fight 'terror' |
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Britain's Ministry of Defense has awarded MBDA and other industry partners a $36 million contract to produce a Laser Directed Energy Weapon demonstrator.
The contract, which aims to allow Britain's first laser weapon to enter service by the mid-2020s, will task contractors to assess the technology's capabilities. Project leaders hope to demonstrate the system in 2019.
"The U.K. h ... more U.S. Air Force issues RFP for aircraft laser weaponsNorthrop Grumman to develop next-gen fighter laser system UK to start laser gun program |
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