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| September 27, 2013 |
 Rouhani says Israel must declare nuclear bomb United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani Thursday called on Israel to admit it has a nuclear bomb ahead of a landmark meeting between Iranian and western foreign ministers. Rouhani also said he believed a deal could be struck with the international community on his own country's controversial nuclear drive within three to six months. The Iranian president spoke at a UN nuclear disarmament conferenc ... more |  |
Iran, atomic agency in first talks since Rouhani election Vienna, Austria (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - Following a diplomatic frenzy in New York, Iran on Friday went into talks with the UN atomic agency, their 11th such meeting but the first since President Hassan Rouhani's election. Iran's new envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency immediately downplayed the chances of an imminent breakthrough, however, saying an agreement would take time. "This is the first meeting so nobody I ... more |  |
Iran sees deal in year in historic US talks United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - Iran said Thursday it hoped to seal a deal on its nuclear program within a year as its foreign minister held historic talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry shook hands and met briefly one-on-one with a smiling Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of the United Nations in one of the foes' highest-level encounters since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The top US ... more |  |
 Kerry, Iranian FM in landmark brief encounter United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - In a historic move, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart met one-on-one Thursday, a thawing of ties that raised hopes of a breakthrough in the foes' nuclear stand-off. The brief encounter, one of the highest-level between the two foes since Iran's 1979 Revolution, came as world powers hailed a fresh impetus in nuclear talks with Iran, which have made little progress f ... more |  |
 Turkey picks Chinese firm for missile system Ankara (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Turkey said on Thursday it has chosen a Chinese company to build its first long-range air defence and anti-missile system. China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corp (CPMIEC) beat competition from a US partnership of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, Russia's Rosoboronexport, and the Italian-French consortium Eurosamrs in the tender, worth $4 billion according to Turkish media. Turkey has ... more |  |
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 US to upgrade Japan's early warning radar aircraft: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - The Pentagon notified the US Congress on Thursday of a proposed contract with Japan worth nearly $1 billion to upgrade the country's early warning radar aircraft. The planned $950 million deal would modernize Japan's fleet of four Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes, bolstering electronic systems used to identify other aircraft and providing new cryptographic computers, the De ... more |  |
US, China warn tough Korea sanctions must be kept up New York City (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - The United States and China on Thursday agreed to keep up a tough sanctions regime on North Korea amid warnings that the reclusive nation is still managing to pursue its nuclear program, a US official said. "Sanctions efforts in general were explicitly discussed" in talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the senior State Department official said. ... more |  |
 Taiwan's navy launches surface-to-air missile Aboard The Rocs Su Ao, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Taiwan's navy launched its premier surface-to-air missile from the deck of a warship Thursday, its first test of the weapon in six years, destroying a drone simulating a Chinese air attack. The US-made Standard II missile, fired from the Kidd-class Makung destroyer, soared into the skies over the ocean dozens of miles east off Hualien, eastern Taiwan, hitting the drone, according to the navy ... more |  |
Panama slaps $1 million fine on N.Korean ship Colon, Panama (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - The Panama Canal Authority announced Thursday that it slapped a $1 million fine on a North Korean cargo ship caught with an undeclared shipment of Cuban weapons in July. The canal administrator, Jorge Quijano, said the ship was sanctioned because "it put our canal and our people at risk to a certain point." The fine was delivered to the freighter's captain and owners, he said, adding tha ... more |  |
 Wildlife group says poaching funds Somalia's Shebab Johannesburg (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Somalia's Shebab militia, which carried out a bloody attack on Nairobi's Westgate mall, is in part funded by the poaching trade, wildlife activists said Thursday. "Over the last 18 months, we've been investigating the involvement of the Shebab in trafficking ivory through Kenya," Andrea Crosta, executive director of the Elephant Action League told AFP. The trade "could be supplying up to ... more |  |
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 NGC Completes Safety of Flight Testing on Common Infrared Countermeasure System Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Northrop Grumman has achieved another significant milestone on its Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) program by completing safety of flight testing on prototype hardware. The Northrop Grumman CIRCM system is a lightweight, low-cost, high-reliability laser-based countermeasure system. It is designed to integrate and operate with legacy and emerging missile warning systems for rotary wi ... more |  |
 UN Security Council passes first resolution on small arms trade United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - The UN Security Council passed its first resolution Thursday on restricting the trade in illicit small arms, but Russia refused to back the measure. Russia was the only member of the 15-nation body not to support the resolution drawn up by Australia, the council's current president. The measure calls on nations to consider signing a new treaty in conventional arms, as well as for strengt ... more |  |
 LockMart Contracts To Transition Long Range Land Attack Projectile To Production Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Lockheed Martin received an $18 million contract from the National Warhead and Energetic Consortium to transition the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) to production. The contract includes developing production line tooling, test equipment and manufacturing process plans for initial production of the advanced projectile. The guidance and control unit will be assembled at Lockheed M ... more |  |
 Northrop Grumman Readies MQ-8C Fire Scout for Flight Operations San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Northrop Grumman turned on the power to the U.S. Navy's first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter and rotated the aircraft's four blades for the first time during initial ground testing and engine runs at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Calif., Sept. 20. Conducting initial engine runs of the aircraft allows engineers to collect data to ensure that all the aircraft's systems are func ... more |  |
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes First Pilotless Flight Tyndall AFB FL (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next generation of combat training and testing. Two U.S. Air Force test pilots in a ground control station remotely flew the QF-16, which is a retired F-16 jet modified to be an aerial target. The QF-16 mission profile included auto takeoff, a series of simulated maneuve ... more |  |
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 Syrian Islamists' new alliance bad news for Western-backed rebels Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Sep 26, 2013 - Some of Syria's strongest Islamist rebel groups have joined forces to reject the Western-backed Syrian National Council and form a new alliance that could significantly alter the dynamics of the 2-1/2-year-old uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad. The Islamic Coalition, if it sticks together as a cohesive force amid the constant shifting of rebel loyalties, underlines t ... more |  |
Trident II D5 Missile Achieves a Total of 148 Successful Test Flights Since 1989 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - The U.S. Navy has conducted four successful test flights of the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles built by Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Navy launched the unarmed missiles Sept. 10 and 12 in the Atlantic Ocean from a submerged Ohio-class submarine home-ported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia. This event marked the 145th, 146th, 147th and 148th successful test flights of the D5 m ... more |  |
NGC and USAF Complete Warfighter Analysis Workshops McLean VA (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have completed the third in a series of warfighter analysis workshops for the Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System (WS) modernization program. The workshops are part of the AOC WS rapid development and prototyping process that incorporates early user feedback to help reduce development costs and ensure operational success. The Defense Department ... more |  |
Lockheed focused on South Korean jet re-tender Seoul (UPI) Sep 26, 2013 - Lockheed Martin said it will continue with its bid to land a major South Korean jet fighter contract when the deal is re-tendered. The deal, in which Seoul required a contractor to deliver 60 jets over five years beginning in 2017, was a race between the Boeing's F-15 Silent Eagle, Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and EADS' Eurofighter Typhoon. Lockheed, a ... more |  |
Syria arsenal largely 'unweaponized': report Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - Syria's stockpile of chemical agents is largely "unweaponized" and could be eradicated more quickly than initially thought, the Washington Post reported Thursday citing a confidential US and Russian assessment. The report said American and Russian officials now believe Syria's entire arsenal could be dismantled within a nine-month timeframe, and that the unweaponized state of the chemicals m ... more |  |
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