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  Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2017 Russia's Aerospace Forces in 2017 are planning to launch 15 carrier rockets into space, during which over 20 spacecraft will be placed into orbit," the forces' commander, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, said Wednesday. Additionally, three radar stations of missile warning system will start operating, he added. "In order to increase the orbital grouping of spacecraft, 15 space launches of carrier rockets have been planned in order to place more than 20 spacecraft into orbit," Col. Gen. Bondarev sa ... read more |
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IAI unveils radar that detects targets in dense forestsWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 Israel Aerospace Industries on Tuesday revealed a new radar capable of identifying targets traveling through heavily wooded areas. ... more 
Mikros contracted for U.S. Navy radar support systemsWashington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 The U.S. Navy awarded Mikros Systems Corporation with an $11.5 million contract to perform engineering and technical support services for radar support systems. ... more  
NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbitersWashington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years. ... more  
Kelvin Hughes launching counter-drone systemLondon (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 Britain's Kelvin Hughes is launching a drone detection and tracking system based on its SharpEye X-Band radar receiver technology. ... more |
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Space surveillance radar system fully operationalCanberra (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 A C-band space surveillance radar system jointly operated by the United States and Australia has reached Full Operational Capability, the Australian Department of Defense reports. ... more
Raytheon gets $1 billion radar contract for QatarWashington (UPI) Feb 27, 2017 Raytheon received a $1 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide an early warning radar system for the government of Qatar. ... more 
Schiebel taps Leonardo for radar system for unmanned helicopterGeelong, Australia (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 Leonardo reports it is to supply its active electronically-scanned array radar to Austria's Schiebel for use on a Camcopter S-100 aircraft. ... more  
Australia receives its first Boeing EA-18G GrowlerCanberra, Australia (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 The first of 12 EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft has been received by Australia, making the country the first non-U.S. customer to operate the Boeing fighter. ... more 
Two radar eyes are better than oneParis (ESA) Feb 28, 2017 A novel airborne experiment over the flat agricultural landscape of the Netherlands recently simulated, for the first time, images that could be taken by radar satellites orbiting in tandem. Involvi ... more
Kelvin Hughes to provide SharpEye radars for U.K. OPVsLondon (UPI) Feb 21, 2017 Britain's Royal Navy has selected Kelvin Hughes to supply its SharpEye radar systems for its new Batch 2 offshore patrol vessels. ... more |
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 Raytheon gets contract for Silent Knight radar systems 
Terma partner wins Indian radar contractNew Delhi (UPI) Feb 23, 2017 India's Nova Integrated Systems, in partnership with Terma AS, has signed an Indian Ministry of Defense contract to provide naval surface surveillance radar. ... more 
Leonardo supplying radars for Patroller dronesRome (UPI) Feb 21, 2017 Leonardo is to supply its PicoSAR AESA radars for integration aboard Patroller unmanned aerial vehicles being supplied by Safran Electronics & Defense to the French army. ... more 
Saab offering sensor package for Indian Tejas fightersLinkoping, Sweden (UPI) Feb 15, 2017 Saab reports that it is offering a sensor package for India's s LCA-Tejas Mk1A fighter aircraft in partnership with Indian industry. ... more  
Arecibo Observatory captures revealing images of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-PajdusakovaColumbia, MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 Though not visible to the naked eye or even with binoculars, the green-tailed Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (HMP) did not escape the gaze of the world-renowned Arecibo Observatory. Scientists fr ... more |
  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017  Lockheed Martin has received a $40 million contract modification to sustain the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor fleet.
Under the agreement, the company will strip and recoat F-22 coatings reverting earlier than initially expected.
Work on the contract will be performed at various locations in California, Georgia, Utah and Texas. The U.S. Department of Defense expects the work to be ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Boeing gets $3.2B for Apache sales to Saudi Arabia  Stockholm (AFP) March 15, 2017Sweden wants new tax on airline tickets  Hong Kong (AFP) March 15, 2017Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific sees first loss in 8 years |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
Two decommissioned U.S. Navy frigates were reportedly signed over to Taiwan this month and will soon enter service with the Taiwanese navy.
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were handed over at a low-key ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, attended by Commander of the Taiwanese Navy, Adm. Huang Shu-kuang, Taiwan's Representative to the United States Stanley Kao, and unidentifie ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017BAE Systems to modernize U.S. Navy cruiser  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Northrop Grumman tapped for littoral combat ship gun support  Kaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) March 21, 2017Taiwan launches submarine project in face of China threat |
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 London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 
Scientists studying the Northern Lights say they think their research will lead to new technology to reduce outages from satellite navigation systems.
Researchers at the University of Bath in England found for the first time that turbulence does not take place within the Northern Lights and instead that unknown mechanisms are responsible for the outages of Global Navigation Satellite Sy ... more Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017DevOps process reduces GPS OCX development time for Raytheon  Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS  New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2017 
Some of the most wonderful pictures taken by astronauts from space are of aurora dancing over our planet. Now the photos are more than just pretty pictures thanks to an ESA project that makes them scientifically usable.
Aurora offer a visual means to study space weather, the conditions in the upper regions of our atmosphere. These colourful displays are produced when electrically charged p ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017SAGE III Achieves First Light from Space Station Perch  Los Alamos NM (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Less radiation in inner Van Allen belt than previously believed  Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2017Glitter helps to monitor ocean waves |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Mar 19, 2017 
A Delta IV rocket, carrying a $445 million U.S. military satellite, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday after a 34-minute delay.
The 22-story rocket, built and flown by United Launch Alliance, took off at from Launch Complex 37 at 8:18 p.m. EDT on Saturday evening, powered by a thrust of 1.7 million pounds. The delay was due to a problem with ULA ground support equipment. ... more Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 21, 20179th Wideband Global SATCOM satellite expands military communications capabilities of US and Allies  Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Harris radio system gains NSA certification  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Intelsat General becomes Airbus channel partner for military satellite communications |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
Orbital ATK is to supply its Bushmaster M44 Chain Gun to Lithuania to arm the Lithuanian Army's new Vilkas 8X8 infantry fighting vehicles.
The contract from the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense calls for 90 guns, which will be integrated with a Rafael's Samson MKII Remote Weapons Station on the vehicles, the company said.
Deliveries will begin this year but details of the ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017FNSS beings production for Turkish KORKUT armored vehicle  Ashburn VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Curtiss-Wright Expands Secure Manufacturing Capabilities for Sensitive U.S. DoD Aerospace and Defense Programs  Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2017BAE Systems enlists Czech firm for armored vehicle parts |
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 Washington (AFP) March 16, 2017 
President Donald Trump's 2018 budget outline includes an almost 10 percent hike in defense spending, which already surpasses that of the next seven countries combined.
Overall Pentagon funding would swell from about $583 billion budgeted for fiscal year 2017 to $639 billion next year, and would be paid for by deep cuts to other agencies and the scrapping of a plethora of programs.
Trump ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Trump to press Congress for defense spending boost  London (AFP) Feb 23, 2017BAE Systems eyes defence spending by Trump  Abu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 23, 2017UAE signs over $5 bln in deals at arms fair |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 20, 2017 
A senior army officer said Monday that Israel had fired its Arrow missile at a Syrian rocket which posed a "ballistic threat" during clashes over the weekend.
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria on Friday, drawing retaliatory missile fire, in the most serious incident between the two countries since the start of the Syrian war six years ago.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah ... more Riyadh (AFP) March 18, 2017Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile as camp toll rises  Tokyo (AFP) March 20, 2017Russia takes swipe at US missile defence in South Korea  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017Raytheon developing next-gen missile defense communications |
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 Taipei (AFP) March 20, 2017  China is aiming advanced medium-range ballistic missiles at Taiwan as part of a growing military threat towards the island, Taipei's defence minister said Monday.
The announcement came after Taiwan said for the first time last week that it is capable of launching missiles at China as it warned of an increased invasion risk.
China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be brought b ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017State Dept. approves possible sale of Hellfire missiles to Britain  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Pakistan test fires land-based anti-ship missile  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Russia's Baltic Fleet trains with S-400 air defense systems |
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 Washington (AFP) March 16, 2017  US charges that Russia's FSB security service was behind the hacking of Yahoo underscored a worrisome run of successes in Moscow's cyber-efforts against its longtime rival.
Coming after Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly masterminded an effort to shape the US presidential election last year, the accusations add to concerns that the Kremlin is besting Washington on multiple fronts, fr ... more Washington (AFP) March 19, 2017Secrets from smart devices find path to legal system  Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2017China blocks Pinterest: censorship watchdogs Washington (AFP) March 20, 2017Hacked websites on the rise: Google |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2017  The US and China pledged on Saturday to work together in addressing the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear programme, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned regional tensions had reached a "dangerous level."
The language from Tillerson and his Chinese counterpart after talks in Beijing was notably conciliatory after a run-up in which US President Donald Trump accused China of doing ... more Seoul (AFP) March 21, 2017North Korea nuclear programme in 'new phase': IAEA  Jerusalem (AFP) March 20, 2017Israeli nuclear whistleblower says state hounding him  Fuling, China (AFP) March 17, 2017China re-brands Cold War nuclear bunker as tourist draw |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2017 
The first Russian next-generation manned spacecraft called the Federation, which is 80 percent built of composite materials, will be manufactured by 2021, Russia's Energia space corporation said Friday.
"It will be 80 percent composite...the spacecraft will be made of composite materials while the reusable landing capsule will be built from traditional materials," Energia General Director ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2017NASA Selects New Research Teams to Further Solar System Research  Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2017Two more spacewalks for Thomas Pesquet  Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017Trump's budget would cut NASA asteroid mission, earth science |
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 Washington (SPX) March 20, 2017  A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts on the International Space Station, the company said.
The Dragon capsule - the only such vessel capable of returning research samples and other material to Earth - remained docked with the ISS for nearly a month after delivering more than two tonnes of food, water and sci ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Hitting the brakes at Alpha Centauri  Seoul (AFP) March 19, 2017N. Korea's Kim hails engine test as 'new birth' for rocket industry  Seoul (AFP) March 20, 2017N.Korea rocket test shows 'meaningful progress': South |
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 Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2017 
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said Russia can play an important role in the crisis following Syria's firing missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes in the conflict-torn country.
"Russia can play a role so that Israel no longer attacks Syria," Assad told Russian journalists.
"I think Russia can play an important role in this regard."
Russia's foreign ministry o ... more Damascus (AFP) March 20, 2017Strikes pound east Damascus after rebel assault Jerusalem (AFP) March 19, 2017Israel threatens to 'destroy' Syrian air defence systems  United Nations, United States (AFP) March 17, 2017China, Russia block UN statement on Myanmar |
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 Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Physicists at Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) have entered new territory with regard to the pulsing of electron beams. Their method could soon be used to develop electron microscopes suitable for ultra-short time scales such as needed for observing the motion of atoms.
Electron microscopes have opened up a whole new world to researchers: state-of-the-art scanning an ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017The strangeness of slow dynamics  Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Ecosystem For Near-Earth Space Control  Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Airbus ships first high-power all-electric EUTELSAT 172B satellite to Kourou for Eutelsat |
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Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2017
The first Russian next-generation manned spacecraft called the Federation, which is 80 percent built of composite materials, will be manufactured by 2021, Russia's Energia space corporation said Friday.
"It will be 80 percent composite...the spacecraft will be made of composite materials while the reusable landing capsule will be built from traditional materials," Energia General Director ... moreMoffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2017NASA Selects New Research Teams to Further Solar System Research Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2017Two more spacewalks for Thomas Pesquet Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017Trump's budget would cut NASA asteroid mission, earth science |
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