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  Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 SES has announced its new government product Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), a SATCOM-enabled platform capable of providing high-speed connectivity and global communications services tailored to a broad range of commercial, civil, humanitarian and defence missions around the world. The Rapid Response Vehicle is the world's first mobile platform to offer collaborative communications technologies over multiple orbits and frequencies, including Ku-, Ka- and Military X- and Ka-bands, across SES's GEO fl ... read more |
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UN Security Council threatens new sanctions on N.KoreaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) April 20, 2017 The UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile test and threatened to impose new sanctions against Pyongyang for its "highly destabilizing behavior." ... more 
Trump: Iran not 'living up to spirit' of nuclear dealWashington (AFP) April 20, 2017 Iran is "not living up to the spirit" of the nuclear deal struck with world powers, US President Donald Trump said Thursday, warning America would set out its position on that soon. ... more  
EU hopeful UK vote will smooth Brexit pathBrussels (AFP) April 21, 2017 Britain's snap election has sparked hopes in Europe that Brexit negotiations could run more smoothly with a leader who has a big mandate, analysts and diplomats say. ... more 
Pentagon chief pledges support for Egypt's SisiCairo (AFP) April 20, 2017 US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top brass in Cairo on Thursday, pledging support for the American ally on his first regional tour. ... more |
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Boeing pulls out of 'unfair' Belgian F-16 fighter replacement bidWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 Boeing will not participate in Belgium's effort to replace its F-16 fleet, leaving rival Lockheed Martin and other European contractors in the competition, the company said this week. ... more  
UN, Russia set for Syria meet without USGeneva (AFP) April 20, 2017 The UN's Syria envoy said Thursday that he will hold talks with Russian officials next week but without the US present after previous plans for a trilateral meeting were "postponed". ... more  
Satellite dishes reconnect post-IS Mosul to worldMosul, Iraq (AFP) April 20, 2017 Satellite dishes have been sprouting on the rooftops of east Mosul since it was retaken from the Islamic State group, who punished anyone caught with a dish with the lash. ... more  
Russia's frigate Admiral Gorshkov proceeds with sea trialsWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 Admiral Gorshkov, the lead vessel in Russia's new class of frigates, is conducting sea trials ahead of formally entering service. ... more  
Australia receives new Hercules armored recovery vehiclesWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 The Australian military has received six new M88A2 Hercules armored recovery vehicles from the United States to support its fleet of Abrams main battle tanks. ... more 
Field trials underway for Russia's next-generation battle tankWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 Russia's next-generation main battle tank, the Armata, is undergoing field trials on schedule, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. ... more |
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Kazakhstan buys two more Airbus C295 aircraftWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 Airbus Defense and Space will sell two additional C295 military airlifters to the government of Kazakhstan, the aerospace contractor announced on Thursday. ... more 
Singapore's air force upgrading Apache warfare systemsWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 Singapore's Ministry of Defense announced plans to upgrade mission capabilities for its AH-64D Apache helicopters on Thursday. ... more 
BAE, Leonardo to support threat detection for U.S. Army aircraftWashington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017 BAE Systems and Leonardo signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on future threat detection projects for the U.S. Army's aircraft. ... more 
U.S., Canadian armies complete Exercise Warfighter trainingWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 U.S. Army soldiers and their Canadian counterparts recently completed a series of military training exercises during Exercise Warfighter in Washington. ... more |
  Seoul (AFP) April 17, 2017  The United States and South Korea agreed on the early deployment of a controversial US missile defence system in the region, the South's acting president said Monday after talks with visiting US Vice President Mike Pence.
"We have agreed to further strengthen the readiness posture of ROK-US alliance that matches the threats posed by North Korea through a swift deployment of THAAD (Terminal H ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017South Korean missile interceptor in final development  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017BAE Systems to develop U.S. space, missile defense tech  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Raytheon to upgrade U.S. ballistic missile defense radars |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017  Lockheed Martin received a $100 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to support efforts related for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.
Under the contract, the company will provide lifecycle support for the weapon and all of the variants operated by the service. These include the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile and the Extended Range variant.
The weapons will receive syst ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017U.S. Navy taps Raytheon for Standard Missile engineering  Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017Saab gets RBS15 MK3 maintenance order from Polish navy  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Orbital ATK contracted to support Sidewinder missile sale |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2017 
The MQ-8C Fire Scout, an unmanned helicopter being built for the U.S. Navy, took its first flight from a littoral combat ship earlier in April.
The sea trials took place off the coast of California aboard the Independence-class vessel USS Montgomery, and follows an earlier flight test aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunman. Manufacturer Northrop Grumman says the event puts the ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Swiss prisons getting drone-detection capability  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Radar warning receiver flies for first time in Predator drone |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017  Denmark and Thales have signed a framework agreement for the Nordic country to acquire the company's SOTAS communication system for military vehicles.
The deal between Thales and the Danish Defense and Logistic Organization is for seven years and includes a provision for company maintenance technologies to be transferred to Denmark from Thales operations in the Netherlands. Thales repor ... more Offutt AFB NB (AFNS) Apr 10, 2017US Strategic Command, Norway sign agreement to share space services, data  Washington (AFP) April 7, 2017Pentagon urges Russia not to hang up military hotline  Washington DC (AFNS) Apr 06, 2017AF announces major changes to space enterprise |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017  The Kremlin plans to modernize weaponry and equipment issued to Russian forces in Crimea and the Arctic regions.
Russian defense officials disclosed the move during a Defense Ministry Board meeting in Moscow on Wednesday. Discussions focused on an armament program set to take place from 2018 through 2025.
According to Russian Army General Sergei Shoigu, the program is necessary f ... moreWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Field trials underway for Russia's next-generation battle tank  Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017Russian tank becomes U.S. Army unmanned target vehicle Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Australia receives new Hercules armored recovery vehicles |
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 Ottawa (AFP) April 13, 2017  Canada introduced a bill Thursday opening the way for it to join a UN Arms Trade Treaty which effectively curbs some foreign weapons sales.
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced the legislation, saying it would formalize Canada's current system of export controls which already "meets most of the treaty's thresholds."
In recent years, Canada has faced criticism over the sale of li ... more New Delhi (AFP) April 7, 2017India inks weapons deal worth nearly $2 bn with Israel  Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017U.S. lawmakers push for Pentagon reforms  Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Brazil boosting defense industry exports |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 21, 2017 
Britain's snap election has sparked hopes in Europe that Brexit negotiations could run more smoothly with a leader who has a big mandate, analysts and diplomats say.
In Brussels, the belief is that if Prime Minister Theresa May wins a large majority as expected on June 8, she will no longer have to worry so much about upsetting hardliners in her Conservative Party.
That would give her sp ... more Washington (AFP) April 18, 2017Trump's threatened 'armada' still far from N. Korea: official  Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017Swedish government increases defense spending Cairo (AFP) April 20, 2017Pentagon chief pledges support for Egypt's Sisi |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
The nanotech industry is booming. Every year, several thousands of tonnes of man-made nanoparticles are produced worldwide; sooner or later, a certain part of them will end up in bodies of water or soil. But even experts find it difficult to say exactly what happens to them there. It is a complex question, not only because there are many different types of man-made (engineered) nanoparticles, bu ... more Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easy  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves  Lemont IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 20, 2017 
Iraq's foreign ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador over an interview in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described an Iraqi paramilitary organisation as "terrorist", officials said Thursday.
"The foreign ministry has decided to summon the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad to hand him a formal protest note regarding recent remarks by the Turkish president on the Hashed al-Sha ... more Washington (AFP) April 19, 2017Iraqi forces treated for chemical exposure: US  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) April 20, 2017Iraq forces retake more areas in west Mosul Mosul, Iraq (AFP) April 20, 2017Satellite dishes reconnect post-IS Mosul to world |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017  The U.S. Department of Defense will begin examining its nuclear weapon capabilities with its Nuclear Posture Review, the department announced this week.
President Donald Trump ordered the review on Jan. 27 shortly after assuming office with the stated goal of ensuring U.S. nuclear capabilities were still an effective deterrent to hostile forces. It was included in a memo regarding execu ... more Washington (AFP) April 17, 2017Analysts try to identify N.Korean failed missile type  Seoul (AFP) April 20, 2017Next S. Korea leader to rein in Trump over North: analysts  Washington (AFP) April 19, 2017US again puts faith in China to rein in North Korea |
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 Tokyo (AFP) April 20, 2017 
Japanese exports recorded their biggest gain in more than two years in March, official data showed Thursday, in a sign of optimism for the world's third-biggest economy.
The strong result, which came in better than expected, backs up the view that Japan's economic growth is picking up steam.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday boosted its economic forecast for Japan, proje ... more Washington (AFP) April 20, 2017Trump invokes national security to probe US steel imports  Kenosha, United States (AFP) April 18, 2017Trump seeks headway on 'Buy American, Hire American' pledge  Beijing (AFP) April 18, 2017IMF raises China growth forecast to 6.6% this year, 6.2% in 2018 |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 
SES has announced its new government product Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), a SATCOM-enabled platform capable of providing high-speed connectivity and global communications services tailored to a broad range of commercial, civil, humanitarian and defence missions around the world.
The Rapid Response Vehicle is the world's first mobile platform to offer collaborative communications technolog ... more Colombo (AFP) April 19, 2017Sri Lanka ends search for garbage survivors as toll hits 32  Port-Au-Prince (AFP) April 19, 2017Haiti to rebuild National Palace toppled in 2010 quake  Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2017Smoking to kill 200 million in China this century: WHO |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2017  Fairly soon, we can expect the launch of China's first cargo spaceship, Tianzhou 1. The Tianzhou module will fly from China's new spaceport on Hainan Island aboard a Long March 7 rocket. Tianzhou will dock with the uncrewed Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which is itself smaller than the cargo spacecraft that will soon visit it. Apart from testing the cargo spacecraft and its docking procedures, th ... more Wenchang, China (AFP) April 20, 2017China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1  Wenchang, China (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2017Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbit  Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017Yuanwang fleet to carry out 19 space tracking tasks in 2017 |
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 The Hague (AFP) April 12, 2017  Two giant pandas arrived by plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Wednesday after a marathon 8,000 kilometre journey from China, the first breeding pair on Dutch soil in three decades.
Female panda Wu Wen (Beautiful Powerful Cloud) and her male companion Xing Ya (Elegant Star) touched down at Schiphol at around 1730 GMT after leaving Chengdu in central China more than 10 hours earlier.
... more Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2017Beijing hutongs: village life in the city  Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2017Hong Kong's Carrie Lam officially accepts role as chief executive  Hong Kong (AFP) April 12, 2017Hong Kong lawmaker charged for upending Chinese flag |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2017  A mobile treatment system that destroys chemical warfare agents without producing hazardous waste has been announced by Southwest Research Institute.
The system it helped develop comes in two configurations, one wet and one dry.
The dry pollution control process, suited for arid or remote regions, uses a Dedicated EGR engine thermal destruction device developed by Southwest Resea ... more Baghdad (AFP) April 13, 2017Anti-IS strike rules unchanged under Trump: general  Baghdad (AFP) April 16, 2017IS attacked Iraq forces with chemical weapons: military Baghdad (AFP) April 11, 2017IS now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, military says |
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 Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017  A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies.
Lightsabers - the favored weapon of the Jedi in "Star Wars" films - will remain in the fictional realm for now, but after decades of development, laser weapons are now here and are being deployed on military vehicles and planes.
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Researchers create Star Wars 'superlaser' in the lab  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017German scientists focus radiation of 10,000 suns with new light array  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Scientists find out where laser energy goes when a beam is fired into plasma |
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