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  Stockholm (AFP) Dec 05, 2025 Sales by the world's top 100 arms makers reached a record $679 billion last year, as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza boosted demand, researchers said Monday, but production issues hampered deliveries. The figure was 5.9 percent higher than the year before, and, over the 2015-2024 period, revenues for the top 100 arms makers have risen 26 percent according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). "Last year global arms revenues reached the highest level ever recor ... read more |
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Iridium wins five year US Space Force contract to upgrade EMSS infrastructureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Iridium Communications Inc. has secured a five year indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract from the US Space Force Space Systems Command Commercial Space Office worth up to 85.8 millio ... more  
LEO internet satellites bolster navigation where GPS is weakColumbus, OH (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 As intentional and unintentional interference with GPS grows worldwide, researchers have shown that radio signals from commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) internet constellations such as Starlink and O ... more  
Lockheed Martin trial shows AI system rerouting UAV mission during fuel contingencyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has run a live trial of an artificial intelligence driven mission contingency management system on a Stalker XE Block 25 unmanned aerial vehicle and a modified Alta X 2.0 ... more 
Northrop Grumman debuts Project Talon autonomous combat wingmanLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 MOJAVE, Calif. - Dec. 4, 2025 - Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) unveiled Project Talon, an autonomous aircraft built to fly alongside crewed fighters as a collaborative teammate for combat missions. ... more |
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Top lawmaker says US forces killed 'shipwrecked sailors'; Hegseth says US has 'only just begun'Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 A top Democratic lawmaker said Thursday that video footage played during a classified hearing showed a US strike killing "shipwrecked sailors" who survived an initial attack on an alleged drug-trafficking boat. ... more  
UK, Norway to jointly 'hunt Russian submarines' under new pactLondon (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Britain and Norway on Thursday unveiled a new defence pact that will see their navies jointly operate a warship fleet to "hunt Russian submarines" in the North Atlantic. ... more 
Putin visits India for defence, trade talksNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 President Vladimir Putin is set to begin a two-day visit to India on Thursday, seeking to deepen defence ties even as New Delhi faces growing US pressure to stop buying Russian oil. ... more  
US opens new mega consulate in Iraq's KurdistanErbil, Iraq (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 The United States inaugurated a new mega consulate on Wednesday in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. ... more |
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Germany puts ballistic missile defence shield into serviceBerlin (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Germany's military put into service Wednesday the first part of a roughly $4 billion ballistic missile defence system, to better protect Europe at a time of high tensions with Russia. ... more |
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How anti-China disinformation shaped South Korea's year of crisisSeoul (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Yoon Suk Yeol's botched attempt to impose martial law last year plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, providing fertile ground for disinformation to grow. ... more 
Taiwan says China simulates 'attacks' on foreign navy shipsTaipei (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Taiwan's intelligence chief said Wednesday that Chinese military aircraft have "simulated attacks" on foreign warships passing through sensitive waters separating China and Taiwan. ... more 
South Korea shouldn't take sides in China, Japan spat: presidentSeoul (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 South Korea's leader said Wednesday that his country wouldn't take sides in an escalating war of words between Japan and China, calling for the two sides to "coexist". ... more 
S. Korea leader says 'extremely difficult' to make nuclear subs in USeoul (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 South Korea's leader said Wednesday it would be "extremely difficult" to build its nuclear-powered submarines in the United States under a deal with Washington. ... more |
 
Israel to deploy 'Iron Beam' laser defence by end 2025Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Israel's defence ministry announced on Monday the completion of a laser air defence system known as "Iron Beam", which will be deployed by the end of December. ... more  |
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Taiwan says test flights of US fighter jets to start this monthTaipei (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Test flights of US F-16V fighter jets built for Taiwan will start this month, a Taiwanese Air Force official said Monday, but warned of "very serious delays" in delivery. ... more 
Taiwan's first domestically-built submarine misses delivery deadlineTaipei (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corp has missed the deadline for completing Taiwan's first domestically-made submarine, the defence minister said Monday. ... more 
Tajikistan says two Chinese citizens killed in latest attacks on Afghan borderDushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Tajikistan on Monday said two more Chinese citizens died in new attacks on the border with Afghanistan last week, as it urged Kabul to ensure security in the region. ... more 
'We chose it': PKK fighters cherish life in Iraq's mountains; PKK urges Turkey to free Ocalan to advance peace processQandil Mountains, Iraq (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden bunker that they are about to have company. ... more |
 
European rocket puts S.Korean satellite in orbitKourou (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 The European Vega C rocket blasted off into space on Monday, successfully putting a South Korean Kompsat-7 satellite into the Earth's orbit. ... more  
Lodestar Space wins SECP support to advance AI satellite awareness systemLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 Lodestar Space has secured funding through the UK Space Agency's Space Ecosystem Commercialisation Programme, delivered by Space South Central, to accelerate work on its on-orbit sensing system Mith ... more 
Sea based rocket net recovery platform enters service for Chinese reusable launchersTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 China has taken delivery of its first sea based platform designed to recover rockets using a net system, adding a key element to national plans for reusable launch vehicles. The vessel, named ... more 
LandSpace reviews booster loss after Zhuque-3 reusable rocket testTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 LandSpace has begun a detailed analysis of its first Zhuque-3 (ZQ 3) orbital test after the reusable rocket's booster was lost during an attempted landing, even as the mission's upper stage reached ... more |
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Robotic welding project to prepare UK for in orbit repairsLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Researchers at the University of Leicester are leading work to develop what they describe as the UKs first in space robotic welding capability, supported by new funding from the UK Space Agencys Nat ... more  
Space operators urged to share costs of clearing orbital debrisLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 High above Earth, millions of artificial objects travel through orbit at speeds exceeding 15,000 miles per hour, ranging from inactive satellites to fragments produced by explosions or collisions of ... more 
SLI and AscendArc agree on 200 million GEO satellite leasing frameworkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 Aerospace asset finance firm SLI has signed heads of agreement to acquire two of AscendArc's next-generation Ka-band geostationary satellites, in a transaction valued at more than $200 million. The ... more  
NASA Cost-Saving Technology Demo is Ready for LaunchVandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Teams encapsulated NASA's R5-S7 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft 7) CubeSat, along with three other NASA funded CubeSats, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing ... more |
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Canadian radar satellite contract positions MDA Space for RADARSAT replenishment roleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 MDA Space has secured a $44.7 million contract from Public Services and Procurement Canada, acting for the Canadian Space Agency, to procure and deliver critical long lead parts in support of the RA ... more |
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AI eXpress 1 Plus completes first generation in orbit AI satellite trioParis, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Planetek Italia has placed the AI eXpress 1 Plus (AIX-1+) satellite in orbit, completing the first generation of its AI eXpress constellation for in-orbit artificial intelligence processing of Earth ... more 
Sidus Space to host MobLobSpace radar payload on LizzieSat for NASA debris tracking studyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Sidus Space Inc has been selected as a subcontractor to MobLobSpace Inc under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to support a mission concept hosting a space-based 4D radar system on th ... more 
Leaf Space scales support for multi-satellite rideshare missionsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Leaf Space is providing ground segment services for 31 satellites on a single upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission, the largest number of spacecraft it has supported on one launch to date and represent ... more 
EIB launches Space TechEU finance program for European space sectorBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched Space TechEU, its first financing programme dedicated to companies in Europe's space sector, under its wider TechEU initiative. The bank presented the facility at the European Space Agency (ESA) Council of Ministers meeting in Bremen. ... more |
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