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  Washington (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 US bombers are no longer conducting flights over South Korea after Seoul asked for such missions to be paused, a US general said Monday. General Charles Brown, who heads US Pacific Air Forces, told Pentagon reporters that the break was to help create space for ongoing diplomatic efforts to address North Korea's nuclear activities. "As we're going through the diplomatic aspect, we don't want to actually do something that's going to derail the diplomatic negotiations," Brown said. "So that's ... read more |
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Japan mulling purchase of 100 US stealth fighters: reportTokyo (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Japan is considering buying up to 100 F-35 stealth fighters from the US for more than $8.8 billion as it seeks to counter China's growing military presence in the region, a newspaper reported Tuesday. ... more 
Army Corps issues $100M contract for South Korea military constructionWashington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 Tetra Tech announced Monday that it is receiving a five year $100 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District for architectural and engineering services in the Republic of Korea. ... more  
Bolsonaro makes another military appointment to Brazil cabinetRio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named a fourth member of the military to his cabinet on Monday with general Carlos dos Santos Cruz named as government secretary. ... more 
NATO demands Russia free seized Ukrainian shipsBrussels (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday demanded Russia free Ukrainian ships and sailors held after clashes off Crimea, warning Moscow that "its actions have consequences". ... more |
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USS John C. Stennis carrier strike group docks in SingaporeWashington (UPI) Nov 26, 2018 The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and surface combatants from it's carrier strike group docked at Changi Naval Base in Singapore Nov. 24th for a scheduled port visit. ... more 
Saab, BAE, Lockheed partner for Australia's Hunter-class frigates(UPI) Nov 26, 2018 Saab Australia has been selected by BAE Systems to be part of a joint project including Lockheed Martin Australia for the Hunter-class frigate combat system integration. ... more 
Four soldiers dead in Turkish helicopter crashAnkara (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 Four Turkish soldiers were killed on Monday when a military helicopter crashed in a residential area of Istanbul, the province's governor said. ... more 
Boeing taps Lockheed for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet IRST sensorsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 Lockheed Martin has received a contract for the second phase of development and testing for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II Infrared Search and Track program for the U.S. Navy. ... more 
Ukraine says Russia rams navy tugboat off CrimeaKiev (AFP) Nov 25, 2018 Ukraine's navy said that Russia's border guards rammed one of its tugboats in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea on Sunday in "openly aggressive actions." ... more |
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Brazil's diplomacy at risk of rupture with Araujo appointmentBrasilia (AFP) Nov 23, 2018 Brazilian diplomacy is set to perform an abrupt 180-degree turn under new Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, chosen by far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro for his views favoring the US while turning away from China as part of a fierce opposition to multilateralism. ... more  |
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China president to visit Panama after Taiwan snubPanama City (AFP) Nov 23, 2018 China's President Xi Jinping will in December make his first visit to Panama since the Central American country switched diplomatic ties last year from Taiwan. ... more  
Special Operations Command awards Insitu $18M for continued drone operationsWashington (UPI) Nov 23, 2018 U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Insitu $18 million for mid-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance under the MEUAS 1.5B program. ... more  
USS Abraham Lincoln CSG surface combatants conduct live fire SM-2 missile exerciseWashington (UPI) Nov 23, 2018 Surface combatants from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including a cruiser and three destroyers, participated in a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise Sunday with SM-2 Block III surface-to-air missiles. ... more  
A job and a half for first Eurostar Neo missionParis (ESA) Nov 20, 2018 ESA's Neosat platform developed with Airbus - Eurostar Neo - has found its first mission; supplying two satellites for a role currently being performed by three. Eurostar Neo's first home in s ... more  
Airbus to build new generation broadcast satellites to renew Eutelsat HOTBIRD fleetToulouse, France (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellites operators, to build two HOTBIRD new generation telecommunication satellites that will replace the current spacecraft and e ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
U.S. Army has signed a deal to supply the Romanian government with three Raytheon defense systems.
Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems - the country's second order of the systems in the last two years - to deter any any threats to its borders.
The Patriot is a surface-to-air missile provides the "backbone" to the missile defense capabilities used by ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 23, 2018  Surface combatants from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including a cruiser and three destroyers, participated in a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise Sunday with SM-2 Block III surface-to-air missiles.
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Leyte Gulf and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Bainbridge, USS Mason and USS Nitze all engaged in the LFWAP, which is more intensive and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018  DARPA has conducted a demonstration test series at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., showcasing its Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program for autonomous drone operations in the face of enemy jamming and area-denial efforts.
In the test, deployed CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems adapted to unexpected threats in an anti-access area denial environment. The drones shared inf ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 19, 2018 
A U.S. Navy ultra-high frequency nanosatellite designed for polar communications scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base was delayed Monday for further inspection, SpaceX said.
The delayed launch is part of the Integrated Communications Extension Capability program under the Navy's Program Executive Office Space Systems and the Space and Naval Warfare Command Systems Center ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018  The U.S. Army has placed a $66 million order to Saab for delivery of the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System for ground troops and vehicles.
The deliveries are expected to start in 2019 and will run through 2020. ULCANS is designed as a fold-out desert or woodland camouflage netting to conceal vehicles, equipment and troops from visual, infrared and radar scanning.
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 Helsinki (AFP) Nov 23, 2018 
Finland announced late on Thursday it will block new arms export licences to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing the murder of a Saudi journalist and the countries' role in Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
The suspension mirrors earlier decisions by Denmark, Norway and Germany to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia for the time being over the killing and over the kingdom's part in Yemen's war which has ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) Nov 23, 2018 
Brazilian diplomacy is set to perform an abrupt 180-degree turn under new Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, chosen by far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro for his views favoring the US while turning away from China as part of a fierce opposition to multilateralism.
A little-known career diplomat who's never even held an ambassadorial role, the 51-year-old Araujo shares his new boss's pass ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2018 
A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University Australia, has succeeded in significantly increasing the stability and biocompatibility of special light-transducing nanoparticles.
The team has developed the so-called "upconverting" nanoparticles that not only convert infrared light into UV-visible light, bu ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 25, 2018 
The partial reopening of Baghdad's high-security Green Zone to through traffic, planned for Sunday, has been postponed for several days, a government official said.
The enclave has been home to Iraq's parliament, government offices, United Nations agencies and western embassies since the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Earlier this week, Iraqi authorities be ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 19, 2018 
Lockheed Martin Space is being awarded two contract modifications worth a combined $90.4 million for Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile production and support of already deployed systems.
The work will take place in both domestic and overseas locations and is expected to run through Sep. 2023. Navy fiscal weapons procurement and research and development funding totaling $90 ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 
US President Donald Trump said Monday he expected to raise the punitive tariff rates on hundreds of billions in Chinese imports as scheduled next year.
Just days ahead of a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump also vowed to put tariffs on all remaining imports from China if the two sides failed to reach a deal, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 
A car drove onto a sidewalk in southwest China on Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring another four, police said, days after another driver deliberately rammed into schoolchildren in the country's northeast.
The driver has been detained and the cause of the incident in Leshan, a city in Sichuan province, is under investigation, police said in a statement.
The injured have been take ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 23, 2018  According to Euroconsult's latest report, China Space Industry 2018, the China space value chain had an estimated size of more than $16 billion in 2017, with the downstream market accounting for just over 85%. Satellite Navigation, one of the key satellite applications in China, was the main revenue generator in 2017, ahead of Satellite Communications and Earth Observation.
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2018 
China on Monday said that it has barred three reported US citizens - a woman and her two grown children - from leaving the country because they are suspected of "economic crimes".
According to the New York Times, Chinese-born mother Sandra Han and her children, Cynthia and Victor Liu, were prevented from leaving the country after they arrived in June.
The children say police are preve ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) Nov 25, 2018  Syria's regime has accused armed groups of carrying out a "toxic gas" attack that left dozens of people struggling to breathe and prompted government ally Russia to launch retaliatory air strikes on Sunday.
Around 100 Syrians were hospitalised with breathing difficulties after the alleged chemical attack in the regime-held city of Aleppo on Saturday, state media and a monitor said.
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine month, $25.5 million contract extension to continue development of its Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept. This program, awarded Aug. 31, builds on a 2017 contract to develop an initial LPLD concept.
Lockheed Martin's LPLD concept consists of a fiber laser system on a high-performing, high-altitude airbo ... more |
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