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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been awarded two contracts worth a total of $14 million to provide satellite separation systems for companies building Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) satellites. Rocket Lab will supply more than 80 total Lightband Separation Systems (Lightbands) to prime contractor Lockheed Martin and another undisclosed customer, both of whom are manufacturing satellites for the SDA's Tranche 1 Transport Layer. Lightbands are separation sy ... read more |
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Chinese incursions into India are increasing, strategically plannedEvanston IL (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 Chinese incursions across India's west and central borders are not independent, random incidents that happen by mistake. Instead, these incursions are part of a strategically planned, coordinated ef ... more 
White House says Biden, Xi to meet at G20 summit as Putin stays homeWashington (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 Joe Biden will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on November 14 on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the White House said Thursday, in their first face-to-face talks since the US leader became president. ... more 
Turkey seeks Central Asia inroads with Russia distractedAnkara, Turkey (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 Turkey on Friday will lead a summit of Central Asian countries, aiming to strengthen economic ties with the region's resource-rich ex-Soviet states while Moscow is distracted by war in Ukraine. ... more  
Ukraine says dozens of villages recaptured amid Russian retreatKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 Kyiv forces have recaptured over 40 towns and villages in southern Ukraine, President Zelensky said Thursday, as Moscow signaled its army had begun retreating from the strategic city of Kherson. ... more |
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'We can't survive on our own': locals help out neighbours in BakhmutBakhmut, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 In a supermarket car park in Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city at the centre of the fighting for the Donbas region, Anatoliy is rushing to load up his truck with coal for him and his neighbours, d ... more  
Apple limits file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users after anti-govt protestBeijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 Apple limited file-sharing for Chinese iPhone users Thursday, a month after reports that anti-government protesters were using the function to share digital leaflets with strangers. ... more  
'No progress' in discussions with Iran: UN nuclear watchdogVienna (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 The UN nuclear watchdog said Thursday it had seen no progress in discussions with Iran over undeclared nuclear material at three sites, but a new visit to Tehran was planned this month. ... more  
Iran hypersonic missile claim raises nuclear watchdog concernTehran (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 An Iranian general claimed Thursday that the Islamic republic had developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, raising concerns from the UN nuclear watchdog. ... more |
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Radar used for detecting satellites put on marketNanjing. China (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 In modern military operations, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance have become major determinants of outcomes in combat. Great powers are unprecedentedly reliant on space-based assets, m ... more 
Chinese spyware targets Uyghurs through apps: reportSan Francisco (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 Cybersecurity researchers said they have found evidence of Chinese spyware in Uyghur-language apps that can track the location and harvest the data of Uyghurs living in China and abroad. ... more  
Private jets at COP27 spark conflicting claimsSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 Numerous posts on social media criticised delegates for travelling by private jet to the COP27 in Egypt - the latest in a series of recurrent claims targeting the UN climate summit. ... more  
Flowery facelift for heart of revolt in Iraqi capitalBaghdad (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 Three years ago, Fadel Abbas marched with tens of thousands of fellow Iraqis chanting for the "fall of the regime" in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, meaning "liberation" in Arabic. ... more |
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Climate change escalates risk of conflict, demands on US forcesWashington (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 The fallout from climate change threatens to fuel conflicts around the world, adding to the suffering caused by the direct effects of a rapidly warming planet. ... more  
US announces $400 million in security assistance for UkraineWashington (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 The United States will provide air defense systems and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine as part of a new $400 million security assistance package, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. ... more 
Russian Kherson retreat would be Ukraine's victory: NATO chiefRome (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he was waiting to see how Russia's withdrawal from Kherson played out, but if confirmed, it would be "another victory for Ukraine". ... more 
Swedish foreign minister to go to Turkey 'shortly' in NATO bidBerlin (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Thursday he would go to the Turkish capital Ankara "shortly" to push forward the Scandinavian country's NATO accession bid. ... more 
Lithuania to buy 8 HIMARS rocket launchers from USVilnius (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 Lithuania is set to buy eight HIMARS rocket systems from the United States for $495 million (euros), officials said on Thursday. ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 
Ukraine announced on Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, saying the weapons would help defend against Russian attacks that have recently targeted energy infrastructure.
"NASAMS and Aspide air defence systems arrived in Ukraine! These weapons will significantly strengthen the Ukrainian army and will make our skies safer," Defence Minister Oleksiy Rezn ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
Hypersonic missiles, like traditional ballistic missiles which can deliver nuclear weapons, can fly more than five times the speed of sound.
"This hypersonic ballistic missile was developed to count ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 
RDARS Inc. (CSE: RDRS) (OTCQB: RDRSF), an autonomous robotics and drone technology company developing advanced systems for alarm system augmentation and surveillance, is pleased to announce its successful integration of the SpaceX Starlink High Speed internet services into its Eagle Nest Drone-in-a-Box product.
This achievement provides RDARS with a unique Eagle Watch data transmission pla ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 
The EAGLE-1 satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe, will be launched for SES by Arianespace on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as early as Q4 2024.
The satellite will be placed into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The EAGLE-1 project comprising satellite and ground infrastructure, is developed by SES and its consortium of 20 European ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 
The fallout from climate change threatens to fuel conflicts around the world, adding to the suffering caused by the direct effects of a rapidly warming planet.
Competition will grow as droughts make food and water increasingly scarce, people will flee hard-hit areas, and melting Arctic ice is opening up new areas for countries to vie for resources and influence - all factors that expand the ... more |
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 Toulon, France (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 
Britain and France will hold a summit in the first quarter of 2023 aimed at reinforcing their military and defence cooperation, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday.
Macron unveiled the summit while laying out his strategic defence priorities for France and Europe in the coming years, not least in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a growing international assertiven ... more |
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 Ankara, Turkey (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 
Turkey on Friday will lead a summit of Central Asian countries, aiming to strengthen economic ties with the region's resource-rich ex-Soviet states while Moscow is distracted by war in Ukraine.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will preside over the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit in Uzbekistan's historic city of Samarkand.
Erdogan has for several years been pushing f ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 
Computer chips are packed with billions of microscopic transistors that enable powerful computation, but also generate a great deal of heat. A buildup of heat can slow a computer processor and make it less efficient and reliable. Engineers employ heat sinks to keep chips cool, sometimes along with fans or liquid cooling systems; however, these methods often require a lot of energy to operate. ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Nov 11, 2022 
Three years ago, Fadel Abbas marched with tens of thousands of fellow Iraqis chanting for the "fall of the regime" in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, meaning "liberation" in Arabic.
The epicentre of the October 2019 anti-government protest movement, the square is now transformed and boasts a renovated park section, and Abbas sells coffee where he once shouted slogans.
"Here, many people were wo ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
The United States and Russia are expected to meet soon to discuss the possible resumption of inspections under New START, a key nuclear disarmament treaty between the two countries, the State Department said Tuesday.
"We have agreed that the BCC (bilateral coordinating committee) will meet in the near future under the terms of the New START treaty," State Department spokesman Ned Price told ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
China's foreign minister called for the "rebuilding of mutual trust" in a phone conversation with his Australian counterpart Tuesday, Beijing said, in a sign of easing tensions after years of difficult ties between the countries.
Australia and China maintained virtually no high-level communication during the Covid-19 pandemic, when Beijing slapped a trade embargo on billions of dollars worth ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
The metropolis of Mumbai, one of India's biggest, grew by some eight million people in the past 30 years - the rough equivalent of the whole of New York City - to a population of 20 million, and is forecast to ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 09, 2022 
China's next-generation rocket to carry humans is expected to make its maiden flight around 2027, said a project manager.
Zhao Xinguo, a senior rocket designer and head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology's rocket development department, said the new rocket, which has yet to be named, is an important backbone in China's ambitious plan to place its astronauts on the moon.
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
Chinese dissident Bao Tong, a top Communist Party official imprisoned in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who became a vocal critic of Beijing, has died at 90 years old, his son said on Twitter.
Bao had spent much of the past three decades under home surveillance or in prison following the Chinese military's violent crackdown on the student movement, which called for democratic ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
Sweden's parliament said Tuesday it would vote next week on a constitutional amendment that would make it possible to beef up anti-terror laws, a key demand from Turkey to approve Stockholm's NATO membership bid.
The proposed amendment would make it possible to introduce new laws to "limit freedom of association of groups involved in terrorism", parliament said in a statement.
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering OUSD (R&E) a new benchmark: a tactically-relevant electric 300 kW-class laser, the most powerful laser that Lockheed Martin has produced to date. This 300 kW-class laser is ready to integrate with the DOD demonstration efforts including the U.S. Army's Indirect Fires Protection Capa ... more |
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