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  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 DARPA's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program aims to extend the capability of the U.S. military's existing unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in contested or denied battlespaces. Multiple CODE-equipped unmanned aircraft would navigate to their destinations and find, track, identify, and engage targets under established rules of engagement-all under the supervision of a single human mis ... read more |
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Iran warns world to prepare for US nuke deal withdrawalTehran (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Iran warned the world on Monday to prepare for the possible withdrawal of the United States from the landmark nuclear deal agreed in 2015. ... more 
North Korea says will attend Olympics in rival SouthSeoul (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 North Korea said it was willing to send athletes and a high-level delegation to the forthcoming Winter Olympics in the South on Tuesday as the rivals held their first official talks in more than two years after high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. ... more  
Lockheed to support AEGIS missile system on USS StoutWashington (UPI) Jan 8, 2018 Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense equipment in support of the USS Stout, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. ... more  
Israeli air strikes, rockets hit Syria: Syrian armyDamascus (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 The Israeli army overnight carried out air strikes and fired rockets at targets in Syria, causing damage near a "military position", the Syrian army said in a statement on Tuesday. ... more |
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US conveys 'concrete' steps for Pakistan: PentagonWashington (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 The United States has told Pakistan what it must do if it wants Washington to resume paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid, the Pentagon said Monday. ... more 
'Big family' but divided: North and South Koreans in ChinaShenyang, China (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 While North and South Korean officials hold rare talks this week, in a bustling Korea town in northeast China the rival communities have little to say to each other. ... more  
Navy awards Raytheon with $27M contract for SM-2 missilesWashington (UPI) Jan 8, 2018 Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon a contract to procure the Navy's Standard Missile-2, or SM-2, the primary surface-to-air defense weapon used by naval cruisers and destroyers. ... more  
Macron endorses China's Silk Road but warns against 'hegemony'Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe Monday to take part in China's massive Silk Road infrastructure project but warned against "hegemony", saying both sides should share the benefits. ... more 
Drone attack on Russian bases in Syria, no casualties: MoscowMoscow (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Pilotless drones carrying explosives attacked Russian bases in Syria over the weekend without causing any casualties or damage, Russia's defence ministry said Monday. ... more 
Eight children among 21 killed in Syria Idlib strikes: monitorBeirut (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Air strikes by regime and Russian aircraft on rebel positions in the northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians, including eight children, a monitor said Monday. ... more  
US troops stage #MeTooMilitary protest outside PentagonWashington (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 A group of active and retired US troops gathered in freezing temperatures outside the Pentagon on Monday to bring attention to sexual assault and harassment in the military. ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman to provide navigation services to Navy 
Syria regime takes on two rebel bastionsBeirut (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Regime forces upped the pressure on two of the last rebel bastions in Syria, with air strikes in Idlib province and a move to break a siege near Damascus Monday. ... more  
State Department approves potential weapons sale to MexicoWashington (UPI) Jan 8, 2018 The U.S. State Department has approved a potential foreign military sale of both RAM and Harpoon missiles to Mexico. ... more 
Italy acquits former Finmeccanica chief in corruption caseMilan (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 An Italian court on Monday acquitted the former chief of aerospace and defence group Finmeccanica of false accounting and corruption charges, as well as the head of one of its subsidiaries. ... more |
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US military chopper makes second emergency landing in OkinawaTokyo (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 An American military helicopter made an emergency landing in Okinawa on Monday, just two days after a similar incident on the southern Japanese island. ... more 
US military weighs supply options amid Pakistan spatWashington (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 Pentagon officials are watching for Pakistan's next moves after Washington froze security aid payments to Islamabad, saying it is not doing enough to target Afghan Taliban and Haqqani group bases. ... more 
More than 60 years of tensions between the two KoreasSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Tensions have remained high in the more than 60 years since North and South Korea fought a fierce war from 1950-53. ... more 
Trump says willing to talk with North Korean leaderCamp David (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would be willing to speak directly with Kim Jong-Un, voicing hope that rare talks between North and South Korea could help deescalate the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear drive. ... more 
Missile attack 'proves' Iran backing Yemen rebels: Saudi-led coalitionRiyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 A Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said a ballistic missile intercepted over southern Saudi Arabia on Friday served as proof Iran supported the Shiite Huthi rebels. ... more 
Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel ballistic missileRiyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 Saudi Arabia on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen into the kingdom's south, as Riyadh and its allies said the attack "proved" Iran's support for Yemen's Huthi rebels. ... more
N. Korea 'likely' to join Winter Games, says IOC officialBeijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 North Korea's Olympic representative said Saturday the reclusive nation was "likely to participate" in next month's Winter Games in South Korea, Kyodo news agency reported, in the latest sign of a thaw in Korean tensions. ... more |
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 NKorea must stop nuke testing before any talks with US: Haley 
Turkey commissions study for future missile defense systemWashington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018 Turkey reinforced its partnership with Eurosam, Aselsan and Roketsan to further the country's strategic cooperation in the development of its national security assets. ... more 
Spain king pays homage to father Juan Carlos in comebackMadrid (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 Spanish King Felipe VI on Saturday paid homage to his father Juan Carlos as the former monarch, fresh from celebrating his 80th birthday, made a public comeback after complaining bitterly of being left on the sidelines. ... more 
Macedonia PM sees solution to Greece name dispute by JulyAthens (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 Macedonia and Greece have a real chance to solve a festering quarter-century-old name dispute by July, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Sunday. ... more |
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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 ... moreWashington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018Turkey commissions study for future missile defense system Riyadh (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel ballistic missile Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2018Lockheed to support AEGIS missile system on USS Stout |
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Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon a contract to procure the Navy's Standard Missile-2, or SM-2, the primary surface-to-air defense weapon used by naval cruisers and destroyers.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $27.2 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement to provide Standard Missile-2 between fiscal year 2018 and 2022.
... more Washington (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  New Delhi (AFP) Jan 2, 2018India buys Israeli missiles ahead of Netanyahu visit |
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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 ... moreMoscow (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Drone attack on Russian bases in Syria, no casualties: Moscow  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018DARPA working on collaborative autonomy for UAVs and Drones  Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Northrop Grumman tapped to deliver three Triton UAVs |
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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 ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2018Orbital ATK awarded $23M to support penetrating weapons Washington (AFP) Jan 8, 2018US troops stage #MeTooMilitary protest outside Pentagon  Madrid (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Too fat to march: Spanish Legion soldiers put on diet |
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 Milan (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 
An Italian court on Monday acquitted the former chief of aerospace and defence group Finmeccanica of false accounting and corruption charges, as well as the head of one of its subsidiaries.
Finmeccanica's former chief Giuseppe Orsi and the former head of the AgustaWestland subsidiary, Bruno Spagnolini, had both originally been sentenced to two years in prison in October 2014 following an inv ... more Oslo (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Norway suspends arms exports to UAE over Yemen war Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2018State Department approves potential weapons sale to Mexico Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017Raytheon to support inventory management for Army |
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 Athens (AFP) Jan 7, 2018 
Macedonia and Greece have a real chance to solve a festering quarter-century-old name dispute by July, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Sunday.
"I believe it's possible to find a solution by the end of the first semester of 2018," Zaev told Greece's Alpha TV in an interview.
The quarrel between Skopje and Athens dates back to Macedonia's declaration of independence from Yugoslav ... moreBeijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Macron endorses China's Silk Road but warns against 'hegemony' Madrid (AFP) Jan 6, 2018Spain king pays homage to father Juan Carlos in comeback  Shanghai (AFP) Jan 5, 2018'Don't fear death': China's Xi urges blunt call to PLA |
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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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 Seoul (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
North Korea said it was willing to send athletes and a high-level delegation to the forthcoming Winter Olympics in the South on Tuesday as the rivals held their first official talks in more than two years after high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
Seoul urged that reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War - one of the most emotive legacies of the conflict - ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 7, 2018NKorea must stop nuke testing before any talks with US: Haley  Moscow (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 |
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 Xian, China (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday launched a state visit to China at the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, a nod to his Chinese counterpart's scheme to revive the famous trading route.
Along with his wife Brigitte, Macron visited the famous terracotta warriors in the northern city of Xian, a centuries-old Big Wild Goose Pagoda - a Buddhist site - as well as the city's mosqu ... more Xian, China (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Macron bets on horse diplomacy in China  Islamabad (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investment Paris (AFP) Jan 7, 2018Europe casts a wary eye on China's Silk Road plans |
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 Miami (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 
Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with a barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes that cost $306 billion, according to a US government report Monday.
In 2017, a total of 16 disasters cost $1 billion or more, and led to at least 362 deaths, said the report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The death toll could be substantia ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2018Blocks from White House, a freezing tent is home  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 9, 2018Teachers in Iraq's Mosul learn to cope with traumatised pupils  United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2017UN's Guterres issues year-end 'red alert' for a world divided |
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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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 08, 2018Scientist reveals what is so special about Chines's next moon mission  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology  Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
A Tibetan who has waged a campaign to preserve his region's ancestral language was put on trial in China for inciting separatism Thursday in a case Amnesty International denounced as "ludicrously unjust".
Tashi Wangchuk was featured in a New York Times documentary that followed him on a trip to Beijing, where he attempted to get Chinese state media and courts to address what he describes as ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Migrant worker evictions tear at Beijing's backbone  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018French President Macron to visit China next week |
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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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