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  Shanghai (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for China's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country, as geopolitical tensions mount in Asia. Xi's exhortation to the world's largest fighting force, parts of which were revealed only late Thursday, came during what state media characterised as a rare address by the Chinese leader to the country's entire military. Xi cemented his status as China's most powerful leader in decades during an October Communist Party congress, ... read more |
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SpaceX to Launch US Government Mystery Satellite SundayLos Angeles CA (Sputnik) Jan 04, 2018 Technology pioneer Elon Musk's aerospace firm, SpaceX, is preparing to launch a secretive spacecraft for an unnamed branch of the US government this weekend after postponing the event in November. ... more  
From Science Fiction to Reality: U.S. Navy Technology and InnovationWashington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 From the 1930s on, science fiction comics, books and movies had plenty of futuristic portrayals of "ray guns" shooting some kind of mysterious energy. Decades later, Star Wars and Star Trek he ... more 
SMC, Orbital ATK sign CRADA for next generation launcherLos Angeles AFB (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 The Space and Missile Systems Center and Orbital ATK have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) as part of the company's effort to certify its Next Generation Launcher for ... more  
Olive branch or booby trap? N. Korea's new tone divides analystsSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un could be laying a trap for the US and the South with his apparent olive branches towards Seoul, analysts say, warning that Pyongyang's ultimate goal is to divide their 70-year alliance. ... more |
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Taiwan demands immediate halt to new China flight routesTaipei (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 Taiwan on Thursday demanded China immediately close new flight routes launched close to the island, calling it a "reckless" and politically motivated move. ... more 
Suspension of S.Korea drills practical, not political: MattisWashington (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that the decision to delay joint military exercises with South Korea until after the Winter Olympics was made for practical reasons, rather than as a political gesture. ... more 
North Korea accepts South's offer of talks next weekSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Nuclear-armed North Korea on Friday accepted the South's offer of talks next week, hours after Seoul and Washington agreed to defer joint military exercises which always infuriate Pyongyang until after the Winter Olympics. ... more 
Russia says US 'looking for reasons' to pressure IranMoscow (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Friday said Washington is "looking for reasons" to pressure Iran on its nuclear programme. ... more 
US imposes sanctions on Iranian missile firmsWashington (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on five Iranian companies it alleges are working on part of the Islamic republic's illegal ballistic missile program. ... more  
Air Force to upgrade Reaper drone fleet as the Predator begins retirementWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 General Atomics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for Block 5 kits for the MQ-9 Reaper, just as the U.S. military begins to phase out the MQ-1 Predator drone. ... more 
Democratic senators question Trump's NKorea tweetsWashington (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 Two senior Democratic senators asked the country's intelligence chief Thursday to assess the national security risks of President Donald Trump's tweets on North Korea. ... more |
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Raytheon to support Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for U.S., NATO partnersWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 Naval Sea Systems Command has tapped Raytheon with a contract to support the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile design agent. ... more  
Triumph expands contract for Dream Chaser spacecraft landing gear systemBerwyn PA (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 Triumph Group, Inc. reports that its Integrated Systems business unit will provide the landing gear system for the Dream Chaser spacecraft, a reusable, lifting-body vehicle in support of NASA's Comm ... more 
Patria to overhaul Finland's Hamina class fast attack craftsWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 Finnish Defence Forces have signed a contract with Patria to overhaul the Hamina Class fast attack craft, the company announced on Thursday. ... more |
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Saudi-led strikes on Yemen kill dozens: medicsAden (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 Saudi-led air strikes have killed dozens of rebels and civilians in the past 24 hours in Yemen's flashpoint province of Hodeida, medical sources said on Thursday. ... more  
More than half of Iraq's displaced have returned home: IOMBaghdad (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 More than half of Iraqis displaced by conflict to other parts of the country have returned to their homes, the UN migration agency said on Thursday. ... more 
Israeli jets hit Gaza site after rocket fireJerusalem (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 Israeli air strikes targeted a site in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave, with no injuries reported, the military and Gazan security sources said on Thursday. ... more  
Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weaponsWashington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018 The U.S. Air Force and Orbital ATK has signed a full-rate production contract for the FMU-167/B Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze, the company announced on Wednesday. ... more 
Environmentally safe red glare rocket changes fireworks, soldier technologyWashington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018 Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany have developed an environmentally-friendly red light flare ... more  
Norway suspends arms exports to UAE over Yemen warOslo (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 Norway on Wednesday announced it has suspended arms and ammunition exports to the United Arab Emirates because of the nation's involvement in the Yemen war. ... more 
UN chief welcomes reopened Korean hotlineUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed the reopening of a hotline between North and South Korea, and voiced hope for more diplomatic initiatives to end the peninsula's nuclear standoff. ... more |
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3 Iran security force members killed in border clashTehran (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 Three members of the Iranian security forces were killed in clashes along the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Wednesday. ... more 
North Korea's chilling new weapon: ICBM made of iceSeoul (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 North Koreans attending Pyongyang's ice sculpture festival have been treated to a chilling glimpse of the country's latest weaponry - an ICBM in frozen form. ... more 
Boeing to produce 6,000 Small Diameter BombsWashington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a $193 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Increment 1, or GBU-39 SDB-1, to several foreign nations. ... more |
  Riyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 
Saudi Arabia on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile over the kingdom's south near the border with Yemen, state media reported, hours after Yemeni rebels said they had launched an attack.
The Huthi rebels, locked in a war against Yemen's Saudi-backed government, said they had fired a missile at the kingdom's southwestern province of Najran in a statement tweeted by their Al-Masirah televis ... more Moscow (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Russia accuses US of breaking treaty over defence system sale to Japan  Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Lockheed awarded contract for AEGIS upgrades  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Lockheed awarded $102.5M for support of Navy's AEGIS system |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 
India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Barak missiles made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are to be used for India's first aircraft carrier which is under construction.
Netanyahu will lead a business delegation to India on a four day trip e ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018Raytheon to support Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for U.S., NATO partners  Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Raytheon awarded contracts for missiles in support of foreign countries  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Navy contracts Raytheon for changes to Sidewinder missiles |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 
General Atomics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for Block 5 kits for the MQ-9 Reaper, just as the U.S. military begins to phase out the MQ-1 Predator drone.
The contract was announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, tapping General Atomics for Block 5 kits, in addition to other services worth more than $14.1 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-pr ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Northrop Grumman tapped to deliver three Triton UAVs  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017General Atomics receives more than $328.8M for drone systems  Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017Boeing unveils entry in unmanned aerial tanker competition for the Navy |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 
With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 6, 2017Harris contracted by Army for radios for security force assistance brigades  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests  McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2018  Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany have developed an environmentally-friendly red light flare popular in fireworks displays and among Soldiers who use them in training and battlefield operations as signaling devices.
The formula is a lithium-based red-light-emitting pyrotechnic compositi ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weapons Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Boeing to produce 6,000 Small Diameter Bombs  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017Oshkosh receives $40M for heavy tactical vehicles |
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 Oslo (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 
Norway on Wednesday announced it has suspended arms and ammunition exports to the United Arab Emirates because of the nation's involvement in the Yemen war.
"The development of the armed conflict in Yemen in the autumn of 2017 has been serious and there are severe concerns for the humanitarian situation," the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The UAE is part of a Saudi Ar ... moreWashington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017Raytheon to support inventory management for Army  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Department of Defense seeks to speed up acquisition process  Brussels (AFP) Dec 11, 2017EU launches defence pact with submarine drones |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 
President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for China's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country, as geopolitical tensions mount in Asia.
Xi's exhortation to the world's largest fighting force, parts of which were revealed only late Thursday, came during what state media characterised as a rare address by the Chinese leader to the country's entire military.
... more Colombo (AFP) Jan 2, 2018China boosts investment in Sri Lankan mega-project  Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2017China's Xi vows to support UN, boost living standards  Montreal (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Canada's G7 presidency: a 'progressive agenda' at risk |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 
As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a technique that leverages the scattering of laser light to identify molecules, has a limited capacity to detect molecules in diluted samples because of low signal yield.
A team of researchers from the University of Hyderab ... more Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Researchers find simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide onto gold nanorods  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Discovery sets new world standard in nano generators  Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
More than half of Iraqis displaced by conflict to other parts of the country have returned to their homes, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.
At the end of December, more than 3.2 million displaced Iraqis had gone home while 2.6 millions still lived away, the International Organization for Migration said.
Iraqi forces have regained large swathes of the country from the Islamic Sta ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Crossing the river a major challenge in devastated Mosul  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Iraq faces 'new war' - on corruption  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 27, 2017HRW accuses Yazidi fighters in Iraq of executing civilians |
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 (UPI) Jan 2, 2018 
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $33.6 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to extend support for South Korea's tactical reconnaissance aircraft and mission support equipment.
The terms of the deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, enlists Lockheed to provide prime missions equipment and technical manuals in support of the Republic of Korea's Peace Krypton reconnaissance ai ... moreMoscow (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Russia says US 'looking for reasons' to pressure Iran Seoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018North Korea accepts South's offer of talks next week Seoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Olive branch or booby trap? N. Korea's new tone divides analysts |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2017 
China has tightened rules on how much cash cardholders can withdraw overseas in a bid to clamp down on money laundering, terrorist financing and tax evasion, authorities said Saturday.
The annual limit will be set at 100,000 yuan ($15,355) per person from Monday - no matter how many cards a person has.
Currently, there is an annual ATM cap of 100,000 yuan for each separate card, but t ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2018China's Ant Financial drops MoneyGram deal as US approval fails  Islamabad (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investment  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018China factory activity accelerated in December: Caixin |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2017 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday issued a year-end "red alert" to a world he said faces the perils of inequality, nationalism, xenophobia and possibly even nuclear war unless it works to resolve its differences.
"When I took office one year ago, I appealed for 2017 to be a year for peace," he said in his New Year's message. "Unfortunately, in fundamental ways, the world has go ... more Freetown (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Sierra Leone mudslide survivors living back in danger zone  Ain Issa, Syria (AFP) Dec 26, 2017Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold  Miami (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet in 2017 |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Jan 02, 2018 
China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time, in the first half of 2018, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).
The preparation work for the launch has been completed, and the rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, said Zhang Di, an official with CASIC.
... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology  Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China for three days starting January 8, the Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday, after the young leader declared the need for a stronger Europe to "face China".
This will be Macron's first state visit to the country, and the first by a European Union nation leader since the ruling Communist Party's 19th national congress in October.
Presiden ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018Tech icon ordered back to China sends wife instead  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong  Shanghai (AFP) Dec 26, 2017Tattooed and proud: Chinese women peel away stigmas |
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 Lima (AFP) Jan 3, 2018 
Peru's defense minister resigned on Wednesday, becoming the second cabinet member to step down after President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski controversially pardoned former leader Alberto Fujimori, who had been incarcerated for murder and other rights abuses.
Diego Nieto's departure, confirmed to AFP by a ministry official, comes after the culture minister Salvador del Solar resigned. The head of th ... more San Francisco (AFP) Dec 23, 2017Authorities probe ex-Marine held in San Francisco terror plot: FBI  Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 25, 2017Nigerian army thwarts Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri  Sydney (AFP) Dec 22, 2017Australia ends air strike campaign in Iraq and Syria |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development and production of a high power fiber laser. AFRL plans to test the laser on a tactical fighter jet by 2021.
The contract is part of AFRL's Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program, and is a major step forward in the maturation of protective airborne laser systems. ... more Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Lockheed Martin developing technology to intercept missile threats with Directed Energy  White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones |
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