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  Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Department of Defense have reached a "handshake agreement" on a $34 billion contract to produce three future lots of F-35 Lightning II fighter planes at the lowest cost in the program's history. In the largest F-35 procurement yet, Lockheed Martin will produce 478 F-35s, with the company estimating that the F-35A expected to eventually cost less than $80 million per jet, according to a company news release Monday. Of the 478 F-35s in the agreement, 157 will b ... read more |
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Iran unveils homegrown surface-to-air missile defense systemWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 Iran formally delivered a new new surface-to-air missile system, called Khordad 15th, to the Air Defense Force of its army in a ceremony in Tehran. ... more  
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of 24 satellites now targeting June 24Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch June 24 from Florida with 24 satellites aboard - the first time the U.S. government has used the big rocket for such a mission. "The choice ... more  
Huawei executive's extradition hearings set for 2020 in VancouverMontreal (AFP) June 6, 2019 Hearings on whether a top official with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei should be extradited to the United States to face accusations of violating Iran sanctions will begin on January 20, 2020, a Vancouver judge decided Thursday. ... more  
Directed Energy Outlook: Preparing for Full DeploymentNew York NY (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 Harry Sinsheimer serves as the Deputy Director to the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (DE JTO) since February 2017. Harry's experience, knowledge, skills and understanding of laser technolog ... more |
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Regime, Russia fire kills 25 civilians in northwest Syria: monitorBeirut (AFP) June 10, 2019 Air strikes and rocket fire by Syria's regime and its ally Russia on Monday killed 25 civilians, including seven children, in a northwestern region beyond government control, a monitor said. ... more  
Polish president eyes increased US troops in Trump meetingWashington (AFP) June 11, 2019 Polish president Andrzej Duda will discuss increasing the American military presence in Poland during an upcoming meeting with Donald Trump, representatives for the two countries said Tuesday. ... more 
UN hears calls to enforce Libya arms embargowUnited Nations, United States (AFP) June 10, 2019 The UN Security Council on Monday renewed its authorization of a European Union mission to combat arms smuggling off Libya's coast amid calls for tougher action to cut the flow of weapons. ... more  
Cousins in command seal family rule over Iraq Kurds: analystsBaghdad (AFP) June 11, 2019 The succession of two powerful cousins to the top government posts in Iraqi Kurdistan has sealed the Barzani family's "monarchic" rule over the autonomous region, analysts say. ... more  
NZealand calls time on mission in Iraq, Pope wants to visit Iraq in 2020Wellington (AFP) June 10, 2019 New Zealand will begin scaling back its non-combat mission in Iraq next month and bring home the last of its troops by mid-2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. ... more |
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 Iran press slams German FM's defence of EU on nuclear deal  
Dashing the dream of ideal 'invisibility' cloaks for stress wavesAtlanta GA (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 Whether Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, which perfectly steers light waves around objects to make them invisible, will ever become reality remains to be seen, but perfecting a more crucial cloak ... more  |
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Unveiling technologies for future launch vehiclesParis (ESA) Jun 10, 2019 ESA safeguards Europe's guaranteed access to space through its Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, FLPP. FLPP weighs up the opportunities and risks of different launch vehicle concepts and asso ... more  
Study of hawks' pursuit of prey could help scientists capture rogue dronesWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 The tracking strategy utilized by hawks could be used to capture rogue drones, according to a new study. ... more 
Recommit to peace, US tells Kosovo, SerbiaWashington (AFP) June 11, 2019 Kosovo and Serbia must put aside extremist rhetoric and recommit to peace, the White House said Monday, 20 years after the end of a NATO bombing campaign against a Serbian crackdown. ... more  
Offensive War in SpaceBethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 A new arms race is unfolding among spacefaring nations. Space experts have been telling us about contested space for the last several years. Today, there are about 1,300 active satellites in a crowd ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Opens State-of-the-Art Rocket Propulsion Facility in HuntsvilleHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 Senior Alabama officials joined Aerojet Rocketdyne's CEO Eileen Drake and Executive Chairman Warren Lichtenstein at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company's newest state-of-the-art rocket propuls ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 30, 2019 
A top Pentagon official said on Thursday the consequences would be "devastating" for Turkey's joint F-35 fighter program and its cooperation with NATO if the country bought a Russian missile defense system.
Kathryn Wheelbarger, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, said that Ankara's planned purchase of the S-400 system would damage Turkey's ability to wo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 
Iran formally delivered a new new surface-to-air missile system, called Khordad 15th, to the Air Defense Force of its army in a ceremony in Tehran.
Built in Iran, the system - named after the third month of the Iranian calendar - is capable of detecting six targets within a range of 93 miles at a
maximum height of 17 miles and hit them in a range of 75 miles, Defense Minister B ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 
The tracking strategy utilized by hawks could be used to capture rogue drones, according to a new study.
Falcons track their prey a lot like a heat-seeking missiles honing in on a target - they follow a streamlined trajectory, capturing airborne prey. But hawks must navigate more crowded environs and follow small targets that zig and zag across the ground.
Researchers at the Uni ... more |
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 Starfire Optical Range, NM (SPX) May 27, 2019 
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Starfire Optical Range (SOR) recently demonstrated quantum communication in daylight under conditions representative of space-to-Earth satellite links.
"This is the world's first such demonstration, integrating quantum communication with a novel filtering technique enabled by adaptive optics (AO), a technology pioneered at the SOR," said Dr. Kelly H ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2019  The U.S. Army announced it will reallocate its marketing, advertising and recruiting funds following an internal audit.
A letter last week from Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the Army, sent to leaders of the Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve, said in part that "this reassignment includes transfer of authorities and responsibilities, personnel, and resources (funding, equipment, an ... more |
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 New York (AFP) June 10, 2019 
Executives from United Technologies and Raytheon said Monday their merger would benefit the Pentagon and other customers but the proposed deal garnered immediate skepticism from President Donald Trump.
The two companies, which unveiled a "merger of equals" on Sunday, said combining would boost development of faster weapons systems, connected aircraft and other envelope-pushing products, whil ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 11, 2019 
Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan sent a memorandum to all Department of Defense employees Tuesday requesting that they remain politically neutral, following a controversy over a warship bearing the name of senator John McCain.
"All DoD personnel, service members, and civilian employees alike, swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," Shanahan said in t ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) June 10, 2019  New Zealand will begin scaling back its non-combat mission in Iraq next month and bring home the last of its troops by mid-2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
Wellington deployed troops on a "behind-the-wire" training mission in 2015 to boost the ability of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to fight the Islamic State group.
Ardern said the small contingent of troops, currently ... more |
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 Saint Petersburg (AFP) June 6, 2019 
President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia was prepared to drop a nuclear weapons treaty with the US and warned of "global catastrophe" if Washington keeps dismantling an international arms control regime.
Speaking to heads of international news agencies at an economic forum in the city of Saint Petersburg, Putin said Washington showed no genuine interest in conducting talks on extending ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 9, 2019 
EU members Hungary, Poland, Portugal and soon Austria are strengthening ties with China by issuing attractive "panda bonds" that help Beijing raise its profile on international financial markets.
Italy might join the trend as well, despite EU concerns that China may be seeking a way to increase its influence on the continent.
On May 30, Portugal became the first eurozone nation to issue ... more |
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 Bogota (AFP) June 11, 2019 
A former Marxist rebel leader wanted by the United States for drug-trafficking was sworn in Tuesday as a member of Colombia's Congress.
Jesus Santrich, 52, hailed it as "a new step in the fight and defense of peace for Colombia," in comments to reporters after taking the oath of office.
He assumed his position in Colombia's lower house as one of 10 former guerrillas guaranteed a seat in ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 10, 2019 
China on Monday strongly backed the Hong Kong government on a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to the mainland, and voiced opposition to "outside interference" following a massive protest against the legislation.
Organisers said more than a million people marched against the law, bringing central Hong Kong to a standstill at the weekend as the semi-autonomous city's pro-Beiji ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 6, 2019 
Iraqi authorities will begin identifying the remains of 141 people exhumed from mass graves in the Yazidi region of Sinjar, the head of Baghdad's forensic office said Thursday.
"The remains will first be examined, and then DNA samples will be taken to compare with samples gathered from families," Zaid al-Yousef told AFP.
The efforts are part of an investigation by the Iraqi government an ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
Harry Sinsheimer serves as the Deputy Director to the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (DE JTO) since February 2017. Harry's experience, knowledge, skills and understanding of laser technology, directed energy weapons, test and evaluation, financial management, logistics, program analysis, organizational and force structure is helping advocate, develop and execute a DE JTO investment stra ... more |
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