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  Moscow (AFP) June 1, 2022 The Kremlin on Wednesday accused Washington of "adding fuel to the fire" by planning to supply Ukraine with advanced missile systems. "We believe that the United States is adding fuel to the fire deliberately and on purpose," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "Such supplies" do not encourage Kyiv to resume peace talks, Peskov said, adding that Washington wanted to "fight Russia to the last Ukrainian." On Tuesday, Washington said it would be supplying Ukraine with advanced mis ... read more |
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Vacuum soak for satellite brainNoordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) May 31, 2022 A spacecraft computer is not much use if it cannot keep on running in space conditions - so this qualification model of QinetiQ Space's new onboard computer design has just spent two weeks in a ther ... more  
Kleos executes agreement with US Navy for maritime domain awareness exerciseDenver CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 Kleos Space Inc., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service provider (MaaS), announces successful execution of a Cooperative Research and Devel ... more  
ai solutions to support US Space Force for Prototype Operations I ContractLanham, MD (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 a.i. solutions announces that it has been awarded a Small Business Set-Aside Prime Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) wi ... more  
Iran's enriched uranium stockpile 18 times over 2015 deal limit: IAEAVienna (AFP) May 30, 2022 The UN nuclear watchdog said Monday that it estimated Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to more than 18 times the limit laid down in Tehran's 2015 deal with world powers. ... more |
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Danes begin voting on joining EU's common defence policyCopenhagen (AFP) June 1, 2022 Traditionally eurosceptic Denmark began voting Wednesday in a referendum on whether to overturn its opt-out on the EU's common defence policy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more  
Germany to deliver air defence system to Ukraine: ScholzBerlin (AFP) June 1, 2022 Germany will deliver to Ukraine an air defence system capable of shielding a "large city from Russian air raids", Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, rejecting accusations that his government was slow to arm Kyiv. ... more  
China says not competing for influence in South PacificPort Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) June 1, 2022 China has insisted it has "no intention to compete" for influence in the South Pacific as foreign minister Wang Yi and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong again jetted around the region Wednesday on duelling diplomatic charm offensives. ... more 
US warns of new UN sanctions bid if North Korea tests nukesUnited Nations, United States (AFP) May 31, 2022 The United States warned Tuesday that it will try again to toughen UN sanctions if North Korea tests a nuclear weapon, after a bid last week was vetoed by China and Russia. ... more |
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Iran says IAEA report on undeclared sites 'not fair'Tehran (AFP) May 31, 2022 Iran condemned as "not fair" Tuesday a report by the UN nuclear watchdog on traces of nuclear material found at three undeclared sites. ... more 
Israel accuses Iran of stealing documents from UN nuclear watchdogJerusalem (AFP) May 31, 2022 Israel on Tuesday accused its arch-foe Iran of stealing classified documents from the International Atomic Energy Agency to help it hide evidence of its nuclear programme. ... more 
Space Systems Command Issues Launch Task Orders for FY22 NSS MissionsLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) May 29, 2022 Space Systems Command (SSC) ordered eight National Security Space (NSS) launch services under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract Friday; five to Un ... more  
ICEYE completes its largest satellite launch ever with SpaceXHelsinki, Finland (SPX) May 26, 2022 ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with radar satellite imaging and an expert in flood and natural catastrophe (NatCat) solutions, has successfully launched five new SAR satellites. A ... more |
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AFRL sponsorship recipient wins NASA space manufacturing contractWright Patterson AFB OH (SPX) May 29, 2022 Air Force Research Laboratory research sponsorship recipient, United Semiconductors, LLC (USLLC), is one of eight companies selected to work on a three-year, $21 million NASA contract to manufacture ... more 
Sustainable connectivity in spaceParis (ESA) May 29, 2022 The world's first mission to remove several small telecommunications satellites from orbit once they reach the end of their operational service is about to start building and testing its prototype s ... more  
Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robotChicago IL (SPX) May 27, 2022 Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot - and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab. Just a half-millimeter wide, th ... more 
US rockets for Ukraine: a game-changerWashington (AFP) June 1, 2022 The United States announced Tuesday it is sending advanced missile systems to Ukraine, but the jury is out on whether they will be the game-changer hoped for in Kyiv's war with Russia. ... more  
Danish supreme court rejects Iraqi torture compensationCopenhagen (AFP) May 31, 2022 Denmark's supreme court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling ordering the government to compensate 18 civilians tortured during the Iraq war in a joint operation by Iraqi forces and a Danish battalion. ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 19, 2022 
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.
The announcement came on the 85th day of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, with thousands killed. Belarus, Moscow's main ally, has allowed Russian troops to use the country bordering Ukraine as a rear base.
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 29, 2022 
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $624 million U.S. Army contract to produce 1,300 Stinger missiles. The contract includes provisions for engineering support, as well as the test equipment and support needed to address obsolescence, modernize key components, and accelerate production.
"We're aligned with the U.S. Army on a plan that ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) May 28, 2022 
Iranian state television on Saturday broadcast footage of an air force base for drones under the Zagros mountain range in the west of the country.
The exact location of the base was not revealed, although the TV reporter said he travelled on a helicopter for nearly 40 minutes from the city of Kermanshah to reach it.
Iran started developing drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in t ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2022 
DARPA has selected three teams for the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) program. MINC's objective is to ensure that critical data finds a path to the right user at the right time in highly contested, highly dynamic communication environments using secure control of any available communications or networking resources.
The three teams, comprising industry and university researchers ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) May 30, 2022 
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called for increased military spending in light of the security threat posed by Russia as Spain marked 40 years since joining NATO.
"The war in Ukraine has opened the eyes of European society, including in Spain," said Sanchez at a commemorative event at Madrid's Teatro Real attended by King Felipe VI and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
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 Prague (AFP) May 18, 2022 
The Czech Republic will receive 15 Leopard 2 A4 tanks from Germany in exchange for military equipment it sent Ukraine, its defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Prague will also start talks on the purchase of another 50 Leopard 2 A7+ tanks, ministry spokesman Jakub Fajnor said in a statement.
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 Manila (AFP) May 31, 2022 
Manila revealed on Tuesday that it had summoned a senior Beijing diplomat to protest the alleged harassment of a marine research vessel by a Chinese coast guard ship in Philippine territorial waters.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was also reviewing reports on the "presence of foreign coast guard vessels around Reed Bank", site of the 2019 sinking of a Filipino fishing vessel that ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. The device - an ultrathin silicon nanowire - could enable smaller, faster microelectronics with a heat-transfer-efficiency that surpasses current technologies.
Electronic devices powered by microchips that efficiently dissipate heat would in t ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) May 31, 2022 
Denmark's supreme court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling ordering the government to compensate 18 civilians tortured during the Iraq war in a joint operation by Iraqi forces and a Danish battalion.
A total of 23 Iraqi plaintiffs had sued Denmark after they were arrested and subjected to "torture and inhumane treatment" in 2004 during operation "Green Desert" near Iraq's main port c ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) May 30, 2022 
The UN nuclear watchdog said Monday that it estimated Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to more than 18 times the limit laid down in Tehran's 2015 deal with world powers.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in its latest report on Iran's nuclear programme that it "estimated that, as of May 15, 2022, Iran's total enriched stockpile was 3,809.3 kilograms."
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 Frankfurt (AFP) May 27, 2022 
Germany has refused investment guarantees in China due to human rights issues in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Friday.
The decision was the "first time an investment guarantee has not been given on human rights grounds", the minister told Welt am Sonntag weekly.
Habeck did not name the company but Der Spiegel magazine said the the refusal relat ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 31, 2022 
President Joe Biden asked New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for advice Tuesday after the latest US mass shooting but the White House also acknowledged the limitations it faces on gun control compared to its close allies.
Meeting in the Oval Office with Ardern, Biden referred to the 2019 Christchurch slaying of 51 people in mass shootings targeting Muslims.
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 29, 2022 
China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 Thursday set sail for its first voyage this year from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province. The vessel will carry out its 100th maritime mission during this voyage.
Yuanwang-3 has become the first ship of China's Yuanwang fleet to embrace its 100th mission.
Commissioned on May 18, 1995, Yuanwang-3 is a second-generation Chinese space tracking ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 30, 2022  Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Hong Kong's next leader in Beijing, telling John Lee he has the full trust of the central government, state media said Monday.
Lee travelled to the capital on Saturday to receive Beijing's blessing as he prepares to take office in a month.
The 64-year-old former security chief, who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, was chosen ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) May 27, 2022  A leading member of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Turkey, a top official said Friday, refusing to confirm that it was the jihadist group's leader.
Turkey had "no clear information" yet whether the suspect was - as media reports had claimed - IS leader Abu Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the official told AFP, who was speaking on condition of anonymity.
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 26, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate recently signed a five-year Strategic Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces that extends the loan of a laser diode system NMSU will use in testing novel cooling solutions for directed energy laser and high power microwave systems.
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