Testing facility paves way for more radio connections to MUOS satellites
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 05, 2014 -
The number of end users connecting to the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) will grow as radio terminal providers begin using a testing facility that simulates the satellite network.
A team from Harris recently used the lab to connect the AN/PRC-117G Falcon III radio to MUOS systems developed by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]. It's one of several terminals that are well under wa ...
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Costa Rica warns Russia is arming Nicaragua
San Jose, Costa Rica (AFP) May 04, 2014 -
Costa Rica's top diplomat voiced alarm Sunday that Nicaragua is boosting its military ties to Russia, in his view to the point of dependency.
"Russia is facilitating the arming of Nicaragua - ships - and they have spoken about buying jets and other weapons. I fear problems are in store," Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo told La Nacion daily.
The two Central American nations have borde ...
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France scrambles military plane after jetliner loses radio contact
Bordeaux (AFP) May 04, 2014 -
France scrambled a fighter aircraft Sunday after a jetliner slightly veered from its course and lost radio contact with the ground over western France, military officials said.
The Washington-bound United Airlines Boeing had taken off in Rome, the air force information service SIRPA said.
Airline officials declined to confirm or deny the incident when contacted by AFP.
The Rafale fig ...
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Kurds say Iraq presidency their 'right'
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) May 04, 2014 -
Iraqi Kurds have a "right" to the federal presidency, the country's autonomous Kurdish region said on Sunday, signalling the start of public jockeying for positions following parliamentary polls.
President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, has held the position since 2006, but his term is at an end, leaving the question of who will succeed him in doubt.
In recent years, a de facto agreement has em ...
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Blood and gunfire in Ukraine army attack on rebel checkpoint
Near Slavyansk, Ukraine (AFP) May 03, 2014 -
Blood flowing from a bullet wound, the grey-haired man lies in the middle of the roadblock waving weakly for help as shots ring out nearby and thick black smoke from burning tyres curls into the sky.
"I've called an ambulance. They have to come, they have to come," a man screams, ducking for cover behind a concrete breezeblock.
A hundred metres (yards) away, a column of Ukrainian army a ...
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NKorean arms freighter passes through Panama Canal
Panama City (AFP) May 03, 2014 -
The North Korean freighter Chong Chon Gang exited the Panama Canal on its way home Saturday, more than nine months after it was seized with an undeclared cargo of Cuban arms.
"The Chong Chon Gang passed through the Panama Canal early this morning bound for Pyongyang with 10,200 tons of sugar," the lawyer for its crew, Julio Berrios told AFP.
Panama Canal administrator Jorge Quijano confi ...
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US-Philippines launch war games after Obama pledge
Manila (AFP) May 05, 2014 -
Thousands of American and Philippine troops launched large annual exercises on Monday after US President Barack Obama vowed "ironclad" backing for its Asian ally, locked in a tense maritime row with China.
Filipino Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said the 10-day drills were necessary to deal with the challenge of "aggressive" neighbours intent on "changing the status quo".
He did n ...
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