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  Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017 The United States, Japan and India have started a week-long series of joint naval exercises involving ships and aircraft from all three nations, the U.S. Navy announced Friday. the U.S., Japan and India will run from Jul. 7-14 in the Bay of Bengal. Malabar 2017, running from July 7 to 14, is the latest in a series of yearly exercises that have grown in scope and complexity in recent years to confront potential threats in the Indo-Asian maritime theater. Malabar 2017 involves both ... read more |
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Sweden orders aluminum fast attack combat boatsWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 Sweden's Defense Materiel Administration, FMV, has contracted boat-builder Dockstavarvet for 18 combat boats, with deliveries starting in late 2018, the company announced last week. ... more  
Mosul victory marks win for Pentagon training planWashington (AFP) July 10, 2017 The Iraqi military's hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for them. It is also a key win for the US doctrine behind it. ... more  
45th Space Wing cuts into a new era of space explorationPatrick AFB FL (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Col. Burton Catledge, 45th Operations Group commander and Lt. Col. Jason Havel, Detachment 3 commander, cut the ribbon to the recently renovated Human Spaceflight Support Operations Center (SOC), to ... more 
Saab, Lockheed win Army training simulation contactWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 Saab, in cooperation with Lockheed Martin, has won a U.S. Army contract for a combat vehicle training system. ... more |
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Rheinmetall supplying Bundeswehr with 2,000-plus trucksWashington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles is to supply Germany's armed forces with more than 2,000 logistics vehicles in a number of variants, the company said on Thursday. ... more 
Bahrain signs contract with Lockheed for sniper targeting podsWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 Bahrain has signed a $22.5 million contract with Lockheed Martin for Sniper Advanced Targetin Pod systems for its defense forces' F-16 Fighting Falcon jets. ... more 
Belgium to acquire troop transport vehiclesWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 Belgium's Council of Ministers have approved a request by Minister of Defense Steven Vandeput to acquire 199 Light Troop Transport Vehicles. ... more 
OSI acquires Morpho explosive trace detection businessWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 Electronics company OSI Systems announced Monday the completion of its acquisition of Morpho global explosive trace detection business from Smiths Group PLC. ... more 
Orbital ATK shows ammo development for MK44 gunWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017 Orbital ATK has demonstrated its MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun firing a variety of 30mm and 40mm ammunition at an event in Arizona for customers. ... more  
Northrop Grumman awarded contracts for P-8 radar systemsWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 Northrop Grumman has received a pair of contracts with a cumulative worth of nearly $30 million for the AN/ALQ-240 Electronic Support Measures system on the P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. ... more |
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 USS Gabrielle Giffords completes maiden voyage 
Navy christens littoral combat ship USS BillingsWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 The Navy has christened its latest Freedom-class littoral combat ship the USS Billings at a ceremony Saturday in Marinette, Wis. ... more 
Saab receives contract to upgrade Swedish patrol vesselsWashington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017 Saab has received a contract from the Swedish Defense Material Administration for upgrades and modifications to the Swedish Marine's Goteborg-class light corvette vessels. ... more 
Future Navy LPD USS Portland completes Builder's TrialsWashington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017 The U.S. Navy's future amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland, is back at its shipyard in Mississippi after successfully completing Builder's Trials. ... more 
Rostec reveals Pantsir-ME naval point-defense systemWashington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017 Rostec has revealed its Pantsir-ME naval anti-missile and anti-aircraft weapons system at the International Maritime Defense show in St. Petersburg. ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) July 6, 2017  It is every Alaskan's nightmare: finding themselves within range of a North Korean missile. As that fear came one step closer to reality this week, America's ability to block an incoming attack is under scrutiny.
On Tuesday the northwestern US state awoke to the news that Pyongyang had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile which - though it came crashing down in the Sea of Japan ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017Polish Ministry of Defense announces PAC-3 missile defense acquisition  Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017Lockheed Martin receives Australian Hobart-class destroyer Aegis contract  Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017Lockheed Martin receives contract modification for UAE THAAD |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017  MBDA has completed its first test of the Anglo-French Sea Venom/ANL at a firing range in France, the weapons manufacturer has announced.
The missile, which will replace the British-developed Sea Skua and the French-developed AS15TT missiles on helicopters, was tested late last month using a Dauphin test bed helicopter from DGA, the French defense procurement agency.
Britain will ... more (UPI) Jul 7, 2017Poland in talks with Lockheed for inidigenous HIMARS rocket system Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017US to test anti-missile system amid N Korea tensions  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017Lockheed Martin receives $73.8 million long-range precision fires contract |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017 
The U.S. Air Force reported Thursday that its new Block 5 variant of the MQ-9 Reaper drone has performed its first combat mission against Islamist terrorists.
The recent 16-hour sortie, flown June 23 in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, involved the unmanned aerial vehicle dropping a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions bomb and firing two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles in support of gr ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system  Shenzhen, China (AFP) June 25, 2017China drone king turns to farming |
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 McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
No military operation is as remote as a single destroyer operating on the open ocean, hundreds if not thousands of miles from the nearest port. Forty years ago, a U.S. Navy ship crossing the Pacific communicated by teletype machine using radio signals. Now satellite connections have forever changed life aboard that ship.
Today, ship captains participate in video conferences with commanders ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017DISA extends Comtech satellite services to Marines  Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2017Harris Corp. awarded Special Forces radio contract  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Airbus provides German troops with support communications at 15 sites worldwide |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 
Belgium's Council of Ministers have approved a request by Minister of Defense Steven Vandeput to acquire 199 Light Troop Transport Vehicles.
The purchase, approved on Friday, was part of an urgent renewal of vehicles operated by the country's Special Operations Forces and obtained in the early 1990s.
The Ministry of Defense said special operation forces act with speed, autonomy a ... moreWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017OSI acquires Morpho explosive trace detection business Washington (AFP) July 10, 2017Mosul victory marks win for Pentagon training plan Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017Bahrain signs contract with Lockheed for sniper targeting pods |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017 
Britain's Kelvin Hughes, a maker of radar sensors, security and navigation products, is being acquired by Hensoldt, an Airbus spinoff company.
ECI Partners, parent company of Kelvin Hughes, said completion of the transaction remains subject to regulatory clearances.
"Following the buyout from Smiths Group, ECI has been a consistent and supportive partner as we have consolidated o ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017Defense spending by European NATO countries to rise in 2017  Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017House Appropriations defense subcommittee bill could mean more ships, planes  Riyadh (AFP) June 19, 2017Weapons found after shots fired in oil field: Saudi |
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 Kiev (AFP) July 10, 2017 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg pledged support for Ukraine during a visit to Kiev on Monday, as the ex-Soviet republic battles a bloody insurgency by pro-Russian separatists in the east.
More than 10,000 people have been killed since a Russian-backed rebellion against the pro-EU government in Kiev erupted in April 2014.
Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of smuggling weapons and troops acro ... more Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017US warplanes fly over disputed South China Sea  Hamburg (AFP) July 7, 2017Trump, Putin hold first meeting at protest-marred G20 summit  New Delhi (AFP) July 10, 2017India holds naval exercises with US, Japan |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies - nanophotonics, which manipulates light at the nanoscale, and thermoelectrics, which translates temperature differences directly into electron voltage - to distinguish different wavelengths (colors) of light, including both visible and infrared wavelengths, at high resolution.
... more Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors  Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 10, 2017  Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the premier visited the devastated city to congratulate troops on securing victory.
With the jihadists surrounded in a sliver of territory in Mosul's Old City, attention was turning to the huge task of rebuilding the city and of helping civilians, with aid groups warning that Iraq's h ... more Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017US judge again puts off deportations of Iraqis  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 8, 2017Mosul victory imminent, US says, as Iraqi forces celebrate  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 6, 2017Civilians trapped as Iraq forces battle IS in Mosul |
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 Seoul (AFP) July 6, 2017 
Newly equipped with an intercontinental ballistic missile, North Korea is looking to put itself in the "driver's seat" for any future negotiations with Washington, analysts say - but may at the same time be pushing such talks further away.
The weapon, tested on the United States' Independence Day, can reach Alaska, and could go even further.
It brings within reach Pyongyang's long-held ... more Jerusalem (AFP) July 10, 2017Israeli nuclear whistleblower spared jail over 2013 meeting  United Nations, United States (AFP) July 7, 2017122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear weapons  Seoul (AFP) July 8, 2017US bombers drill near Korea DMZ in show of force |
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 Hamburg (AFP) July 8, 2017 
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies.
In a departure from final summit declarations that tend to outline consensus on issues that range from fighting terrorism to financial governa ... more Hong Kong (AFP) July 10, 2017China's COSCO in multi-billion buyout of Hong Kong rival  Brussels (AFP) July 6, 2017Japan, EU seal landmark trade deal in challenge to Trump  Shanghai (AFP) July 10, 2017China's Wanda agrees to mammoth asset sale to slash debt |
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 Beirut (AFP) July 8, 2017 
Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water.
The northern city has been without steady running water for several weeks after damage to pipelines by heavy bombardment, including suspected strikes by the US-led coalition.
Civilians dehydrated by ... more Tallinn (AFP) July 6, 2017EU ministers pledge steps to tackle migrant flood  Washington (AFP) July 5, 2017Holiday weekend leaves more than 100 gunfire victims in Chicago  Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Ex-bosses stand trial over 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold  Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017  China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said Monday, raising fears about his life after Western doctors said there was time to take him abroad.
The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu's tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problems.
The hospital said in a statement ... more Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer  Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy  Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital |
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 Baghdad (AFP) July 9, 2017  Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly and patiently to become global jihad's undisputed supremo.
The reclusive jihadist chief made his only known public appearance as "caliph" at Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, where on Sunday Iraq declared victory over Baghdadi's Islamic State group af ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 8, 2017Mosul becomes 'graveyard' for foreign jihadists  Niamey (AFP) July 6, 2017Niger air strike kills 14 civilians mistaken for jihadists  Washington (AFP) July 5, 2017US conducts air strikes on Shabaab militants in Somalia |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017 
A high-energy laser system has been fired for the first time from a helicopter at a variety of targets from differing altitudes, air speeds and flight regimes.
Raytheon announced Monday it conducted the flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office in collaboration with the U.S. Special Operations Command.
All primary a ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone  Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017Laser weapons edge toward use in US military  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Researchers create Star Wars 'superlaser' in the lab |
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