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  Palmdale CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 In support of the U.S. Air Force's vision for seamless integration across its aircraft, ground and space systems, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Skunk Works participated in the Northern Edge military exercise to show how open systems architecture enables unprecedented battlespace awareness to reduce the data-to-decision timeline for the warfighter. Reducing the data-to-decision timeline is important to the warfighter as the complexity of the battlespace continues to increase. Gone are the days of one ... read more |
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N. Korean group demands US be turned to 'ashes and darkness'Seoul (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 A North Korean organisation demanded Thursday that the United States be "beaten to death" like a "rabid dog" for spearheading fresh UN sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest nuclear test, adding ally Japan should be "sunken into the sea". ... more  
Navy chiefs see difficulties but improvement with aircraft readinessWashington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017 Senior Navy leaders said naval aviation readiness is gradually improving, but acknowledged that the pace has been frustrating and slow. ... more 
Harris Corp. developing F-35 missile release systemWashington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017 Harris Corporation is to develop a carriage and release system for the new MBDA Spear missile for Britain's F-35B aircraft and other fighters. ... more  
Russia launches war games on NATO's eastern flankMoscow (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 Russia on Thursday began major joint military exercises with Belarus along the European Union's eastern flank - a show of strength that has rattled nervous NATO members. ... more |
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Leonardo, Thales integrating missile-protection systems in BritainWashington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017 Leonardo and Thales will continue efforts to integrate and demonstrate their respective threat-warning and missile infrared counter-measure systems. ... more
Sales deals for TOW missiles, boats for Bahrain in worksWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 The U.S. State Department has approved proposed sales of patrol boats and TOW missiles to Bahrain through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. ... more  
Ultrathin spacecraft will collect, deposit orbital debrisLos Angeles CA (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017 A new design gaining the interest of NASA could see the inexpensive and efficient removal of Earth's orbiting space debris. A proposed design for a space trash collector has received a second ... more  
SES selects Arianespace for launch of SES-17Paris (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 SES has selected Arianespace to launch its high-power, high-throughput satellite SES-17 on an Ariane 5 in 2021 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This was announced by SES and Ar ... more 
SES selects Arianespace and Soyuz for its fifth MEO launchParis (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 SES has selected Arianespace for its fifth launch of four O3b satellites joining the O3b Medium Earth Orbit fleet. The mission on a Soyuz rocket will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kou ... more 
192 Indian space objects currently in orbitChennai, India (IANS) Sep 12, 2017 A total of 192 Indian objects are orbiting in space as of April 1, 2017, catalogued by US Space Surveillance Network, said a retired Indian scientist. He was citing the August 2017 issue of "O ... more |
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Proton-M Rocket Launches Spanish Satellite Amazonas-5 Into OrbitMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017 A heavy Proton-M carrier rocket with the Breeze-M booster launched the Spanish Amazonas-5 telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit on Tuesday, a representative of the Russian Federal Sp ... more 
EUMETSAT signs with Arianespace for first Metop-SG satellite launchParis (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Arianespace and EUMETSAT announce the signature of a contract entrusting Arianespace with the launch of the first two Metop-SG satellites of the EUMETSAT Polar System of Second Generation (EPS-SG), ... more 
Arianespace announces a new contract, bringing its order book to 53 launches across three rocketsParis (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Arianespace is once again participating in the World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) conference, being held this year from September 11 to 15 in Paris, and already has confirmed its commercial dynami ... more 
MD Helicopter contracted for 150 Cayuse Warriors for Afghan air forceWashington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017 MD Helicopters has received $1.39 billion contract for the procurement of an estimated 150 MD 530F light utility helicopters for the government of Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced on Tuesday. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017  A simultaneous air and ballistic missile defense test using the Navy tests AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar has been conducted by the U.S. Navy.
The event took place off the west coast of Hawaii on Sept. 7, involving a short-range ballistic missile target and a number of air-to-surface cruise missile targets, according to U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command.
The Raytheon AN/S ... more Seoul (AFP) Sept 7, 2017S. Korea, US deploy missile defence amid China protest Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S.Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defences: Seoul  Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S. Korea launches missile drill after North's nuclear test |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017 
Leonardo and Thales will continue efforts to integrate and demonstrate their respective threat-warning and missile infrared counter-measure systems.
The continued work is being commissioned by Britain's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory and will lead to evaluation of the resultant system during trials next year, Leonardo said in a news release Wednesday.
The companies are ... moreWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017Sales deals for TOW missiles, boats for Bahrain in works  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Atlantic Diving Supply receives $17.6 million contract for rocket launchers  (UPI) Aug 29, 2017Raytheon receives $614.5M for SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors |
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 Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
Atlas Dynamics will display its new fixed wing UAV, the Atlas Blue-J, at InterDrone 2017. The Blue-J features a 3.5-meter wing span, four to six hours of flight time and a 150-kilometer operational range.
Ideally suited for large-scale security and inspection missions, the fixed wing UAV can be operated in autonomous and semi-autonomous modes, including takeoff and landing. Made fully of c ... more Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Unveils NEST Smart Protective Charging Station for Enhanced Performance of Atlas Pro Platform  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017X-37B Flies Again In First SpaceX Launch  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Insitu receives $21M order for RQ-21A Blackjack drone parts |
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 Paris (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 
Airbus has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to produce a demonstrator for the future European Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) programme. Supported by the European Commission, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and ESA, GOVSATCOM aims to provide key European countries, organisations and operators with secured satellite communication services. The programme shoul ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 201782nd Airborne tests in-flight communication system for paratroopers  McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017North Dakota UAS Training Center Depends on IGC Satellite Connectivity  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Northrop awarded contract for support of Air Force communications system |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 
The U.S. Army announced on Wednesday that it is rapidly procuring more than 1,000 shoulder-fired 84mm recoilless rifles from Saab for deployment as soon as possible.
The weapon is the Carl-Gustaf M4, known as the M3E1 in the United States.
Through the use of titanium, the Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, or MAAWS, is more than six pounds lighter than its earlie ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Australia developing wearable 'Fight Recorder' for soldiers  Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Marines use freeze-dried plasma to save foreign ally  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Mobile Camouflage System displayed at DSEI 17 |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017 
L3 Technologies has expanded its presence in the undersea products market with the acquisition of Adaptive Methods Inc., a systems engineering firm.
Under the acquisition announced Tuesday, Adaptive Methods will be called L3 Adaptive Methods, integrated into L3's Sensor Systems business segment.
The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Adaptive Methods is ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2017Trump pushes hardware to allies -- and ups pressure on N.Korea  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017United Technologies buying Rockwell Collins for $30 billion Sofia (AFP) Aug 31, 2017Middle East conflicts boost Bulgarian arms exports |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 14, 2017  Russia on Thursday began major joint military exercises with Belarus along the European Union's eastern flank - a show of strength that has rattled nervous NATO members.
Named Zapad-2017 (West-2017), the manoeuvres, scheduled to last until September 20, are taking place on the territory of Moscow's closest ally Belarus, in Russia's European exclave of Kaliningrad and in its frontier Pskov a ... more Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Turkey signs landmark Russian weapons deal  Warsaw (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Poland's defence chief to hold talks in Paris on Wednesday  Kiev (AFP) Sept 11, 2017Joint military drills begin in Ukraine as Russian war games loom |
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 Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
In Nature an international team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and the University of California - Santa Barbara presents an advanced quantum chip that will be able to provide definitive proof of the mysterious Majorana particles. These particles, first demonstrated in 2012, are their own antiparticle at one and the same time. The chip, whic ... more Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017UMass Amherst environmental chemist flashes warning light on new nanoparticle  Bethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017A more complete picture of the nano world  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals |
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 Al-Sagra, Irak (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 
Iraqi forces backed by tribal fighters are manoeuvring into position in the western desert bordering Syria to launch an offensive against one of the last bastions of the Islamic State group.
The jihadist group has suffered a string of defeats on the battlefield that have left in tatters its "caliphate", three years after it was declared.
After driving IS out of Nineveh province earlier t ... more Baghdad (AFP) Sept 11, 2017Iraq holds 1,300 IS women, children: security official  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Slow recovery for Iraq's Mosul after IS ouster  Baghdad (AFP) Sept 10, 2017On the banks of the Tigris, a refuge for Iraqi readers |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 12, 2017  The European Union will enforce new UN sanctions over North Korea's nuclear programme while pressing ahead with work on fresh measures of its own, the bloc's diplomatic chief said Tuesday.
The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously backed new sanctions against Kim Jong-Un's regime, including restrictions on shipments of oil products, drawing an angry response from Pyongyang.
The move ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 12, 2017North Korea says will make US suffer over 'vicious' UN sanctions  Buenos Aires (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Cancel Iran nuclear deal, Netanyahu says in Argentina  Seoul (AFP) Sept 13, 2017N. Korea vows to boost weapons programmes after sanctions |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker declared in a flagship speech Wednesday that "wind is back in Europe's sails" after last year's shock Brexit vote, an act he warned Britain would regret.
In his annual State of the Union address, Juncker urged the bloc to seize a "window of opportunity" and use the momentum from its recent economic recovery to become more deeply integrated th ... more New York (AFP) Sept 6, 2017Goldman Sachs halts advising work on HNA unit: source  Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2017China export growth slows in August but imports pick up  Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Juncker says 'wind back in Europe's sails' |
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 London (AFP) Sept 13, 2017  Britain on Wednesday announced an extra Pounds 25 million ($33.2 million, 27.2 million euros) in aid for its Caribbean territories devastated by Hurricane Irma, but lawmakers warned reconstruction efforts could be hampered by Brexit.
The self-governing territories of Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands were hard hit by the mega-storm that swept through the region last week, and London is deplo ... more Cox'S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown  Geneva (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Thousands need shelter, healthcare in Caribbean after Irma: UN  Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017US environmental regulators probe Arkema after explosions |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 
China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday.
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... more Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration  Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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 Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017 
The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were buried at sea on Saturday, depriving his supporters of a place to pay tribute to the pro-democracy dissident.
Officials showed a video in which his wife, Liu Xia, and relatives lowered a white round urn into the water off the northeastern coastal city of Dalian, two days after the democracy advocate died of liver cancer aged 61 while i ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Student backlash in Hong Kong independence row  Shanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2017Hanergy tycoon gets 8-year ban in Hong Kong |
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 Moscow (AFP) July 17, 2017 
Moscow on Monday said it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead or alive, a month after reporting his possible demise.
The Russian army said in June that it was trying to verify information that its jets killed Baghdadi during a bombing raid near the IS stronghold of Raqa in Syria.
But over a month after the announcement Kremlin s ... more Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2017Russia claims killing of IS 'minister of war' in Syria  Damascus (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Israel hits Syria site reportedly used for chemical weapons  Brussels (AFP) Sept 7, 2017EU warns of 'real risk' of new funds for terror attacks |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 
The Department of Defense is investing $17 million in directed energy laser weapons, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced at the Boeing facility in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday.
"With our state's unique expertise in directed energy work, this funding will jump start the deployment of this critical technology and bring more high-paying jobs to the state," said Heinrich, a member of ... more Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Raytheon successfully fires high-energy laser from helicopter  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone |
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