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| January 28, 2014 |
 Israelis urged to prepare for battlefields dominated by robots Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jan 27, 2013 - Israel's military planners and high-tech defense industry must accelerate development of robotic and unmanned systems that will dominate the future battlefield, eliminating the need for large armies with fighter jets, tanks and warships, a study recommends. That's a message the U.S. Department of Defense acknowledges it's already received with its recent technological vision of how wars ... more |  |
 Russia still relies on nuclear triad - Putin Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 28, 2014 - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said that the nuclear triad, a three-legged nuclear capability that is traditionally comprised of strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-based ballistic missiles, continues to be the bedrock of the country's military defense. The president today spoke before an assembly of physics and engineering students at a prominent Ru ... more |  |
 Oman orders NASAMS air defense system Tewksbury, Mass. (UPI) Jan 27, 2013 - An advanced surface-to-air missile system developed by Raytheon and Norway's Kongsberg Defense Systems is being purchased by the Sultanate of Oman. The purchase order - a direct sales contract - is valued at $1.28 billion and includes provisions for the supply of ground support equipment, training and technical assistance, Raytheon reported. "The Sultanate of Oman's competitive ... more |  |
 Russian arms agency intent to surpass US rival amid military spending boom Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 28, 2014 - A Russian state-run military research agency has reportedly set a goal of surpassing its US counterpart DARPA, the creator of the GPS and stealth technologies, by developing future generations of high-end weapons and armor. The Advanced Research Foundation, or ARF, said it is working to create the soldier of the future, as well as unmanned robots and exoskeletons, to replace the outdated c ... more |  |
 US Navy Accepts General Dynamics-built MUOS Ground Stations Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - The U.S. Navy has accepted three General Dynamics C4 Systems-built ground stations for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). General Dynamics C4 Systems led the development and delivery of the ground systems and MUOS communications waveform; Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor for the entire MUOS system. Navy personnel will now operate the stations. The MUOS ground stations are loca ... more |  |
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 Airbus Defence and Space wins ground segment contract for French Spysat Paris (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - Space Systems of Airbus Defence and Space has been selected by the French armament procurement agency DGA to build the user ground segment (UGS) of the MUSIS (MUltinational Space-based Imaging System for surveillance, reconnaissance and observation) observation satellite programme. This new deal includes providing through-life support for the user ground segment for 12 years. In 2010, Astr ... more |  |
 Both the US and Russia to further protect their informational safety Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 28, 2014 - It is expected that in 2014, the US will double its expenditures on cyber "weapons". In total, the US National Security Agency and the Pentagon are planning to spend more than $ 1.2 bln on means of cyber defense and cyber attacks. In Russia, the idea of creating cyber "military forces" is rather new. It is expected that the basis for these forces will be created not earlier than by the end ... more |  |
 Taiwan steps up security after truck breach Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Jan 27, 2013 - Taiwan stepped up security at its presidential office and the surrounding area after a driver rammed a 35-ton truck into the building's main gate. The state-run Central News Agency quoted Timothy Yang, head of the Presidential Office, as saying security around the office block will be improved as soon as possible. "I have asked that a security-enhancing special task force be imme ... more |  |
 Energy-dense sugar battery developed to power the world's gadgets Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable. The findings from Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engi ... more |  |
NATO concerned over new HQ cost overruns, delay Brussels (AFP) Jan 27, 2014 - The 28 members of the NATO military alliance are concerned by cost overruns and delays at its new high-tech headquarters in Brussels, NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. Rasmussen said the builders, Belgian-Dutch consortium BAM-Alliance, had asked for more money and more time beyond the current 2016 target date. The Belgian government, which is in charge of the proj ... more |  |
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 US to sell 24 Apache helicopters to Iraq Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2014 - The Pentagon informed Congress on Monday it plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq in a deal worth $4.8 billion, officials said, as Baghdad battles anti-government militants. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government has asked Washington for weapons and intelligence as it takes on Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Anbar province but it remains unclear if US lawmakers will approv ... more |  |
 VG Announces Test Firings Of New Liquid Rocket Engines Mojave CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Virgin Galactic has reached a significant milestone in the testing of a new family of liquid rocket engines for LauncherOne, the company's small satellite launch vehicle. As part of a rapid development program, Virgin Galactic has now hot-fired both a 3,500 lbf thrust rocket engine and a 47,500 lbf thrust rocket engine, called the "NewtonOne" and "NewtonTwo" respectively. Further, the Newt ... more |  |
 45th Space Wing Supports NASA Launch CApe Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for NASA's successful launch of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-L mission aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 here at 9:33 p.m. Jan. 23. The rocket flew in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper sta ... more |  |
 Israeli astronaut may go to ISS by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 27, 2014 - An Israeli cosmonaut may use a Russian 'Soyuz' launch vehicle to get to the International Space Station, but as part of the US launch quota. A source in the rocket and space industry told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday that NASA and Roskosmos are in fact negotiating the sending of an Israeli cosmonaut to the ISS in the long term, certainly not in the next two or three years. S ... more |  |
 Baikonur cosmodrome still most operational in the world Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 27, 2014 - The Baikonur Cosmodrome has again confirmed its title of the most operational space launch centre in the world. Last year 23 rocket carriers were launched from the launch pads of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is the first and, as it was mentioned before, the largest space centre in the world. The U.S. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station comes second. The Baikonur Cosmodrome was built in Kaza ... more |  |
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SNC Announces First Orbital Flight of Dream Chaser Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Sierra Nevada Corporation has confirmed that the first orbital flight of its Dream Chaser Space System will occur on November 1, 2016. Dream Chaser will be brought to orbit on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that is being built in Decatur, Alabama and will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. During SNC's press event at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), which was carrie ... more |  |
Constellation is Back Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Finally, just last Friday President Obama signed a new federal spending bill into law. This bill includes money to continue NASA's human space exploration program. Surprisingly, the exploration program being funded is a program long thought dead by the space community. It is basically the Project Constellation that was proposed by President Bush in 2004. If you recall, that was when he ann ... more |  |
 Abe calls for summit for 'inseparable' Japan and China Tokyo (AFP) Jan 24, 2014 - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan and China are "inseparable" and urged Beijing to come to the table for "vital" summit talks as he sought to move on from comparisons he drew with World War I. Abe told lawmakers he would not budge on the sovereignty of the Tokyo-administered islands that Beijing claims, but insisted the disagreement should not prevent a meeting between two clo ... more |  |
 Gulf Arabs pursue united military command again, allies skeptical Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jan 24, 2013 - Saudi Arabia and its five partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council say they're establishing a joint military command to coordinate their defenses, but it remains to be seen whether this will produce the coordinated military procurement for which their American protectors are pushing. The leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain announced the mov ... more |  |
 Xu Zhiyong: moderate activist who still tested China's limits Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2014 - Once he graced the pages of China's Esquire magazine, but lawyer Xu Zhiyong endured long harassment for his legal activism before he was sentenced to four years in prison on Sunday. "The power to govern should not come from the barrel of a gun but through votes," believes Xu, whose advocacy for reform ultimately crossed the limits set by the ruling Communist Party. Born in northern China ... more |  |
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