Ukraine army wrests control of part of MH17 crash site: rebels
Donetsk, Ukraine (AFP) July 28, 2014 -
The Ukrainian army has seized control of part of the vast crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the east of the country, pro-Russia rebels said on Monday.
"The Ukrainians have taken over a part of the crash site," said Vladimir Antyufeev, self-styled first deputy prime minister of the "Donetsk People's Republic".
Ukraine's military said its troops are battling separatist fighter ...
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RF detector for law enforcement, intel purposes in the wings
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jul 28, 2013 -
A real-time radio frequency signal detector and analysis capability is being launched by information solutions firm CACI International Inc.
The STC Portable Spectrum Analyzer will enhance situational awareness for law enforcement and intelligence community users, the company said, and will be shown at next week's National Technical Investigators' Association Annual Training Conference a ...
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SES Awarded Hosted Payload Solutions ID/IQ Contract
Mclean VA (SPX) Jul 28, 2014 -
Global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) is one of fourteen awardees granted a share of a contract worth in total a maximum of $494,900,000 under the Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) Program.
This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract will provide a streamlined method for the U.S. Government to host government payloads on SES spacecraft.
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Beyond GPS: 5 Next-Generation Technologies
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2014 -
It is difficult to imagine the modern world without the Global Positioning System (GPS), which provides real-time positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data for countless military and civilian uses. Thanks in part to early investments that DARPA made to miniaturize GPS technology, GPS today is ubiquitous.
It's in cars, boats, planes, trains, smartphones and wristwatches, and has enabled ...
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China's Xi approaches Mao in state media mentions: study
Beijing (AFP) July 28, 2014 -
Chinese President Xi Jinping's name has graced the pages of the Communist Party's flagship newspaper more frequently than any other leader since founding father Mao Zedong, according to researchers.
The report by the University of Hong Kong's China Media Project comes amid a much-publicised anti-graft crackdown which some analysts say Xi has used to root out political enemies and solidify hi ...
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N. Korea threatens nuclear strike on White House
Seoul (AFP) July 28, 2014 -
A top-ranking North Korean military official has threatened a nuclear strike on the White House and Pentagon after accusing Washington of raising military tensions on the Korean peninsula.
The threat came from Hwang Pyong-So, director of the military's General Political Bureau, during a speech to a large military rally in Pyongyang Sunday on the anniversary of the armistice that ended the 19 ...
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Putin defiant in face of new EU arms sanctions
Moscow (AFP) July 28, 2014 -
President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged Russia's defence industry to swiftly cut imports as the EU looks set to impose a ban on the sale of weapons and technology over Ukraine.
Putin said that Russia's arms industry is "definitely" capable of producing everything the country needs at a meeting on how to combat the sanctions at his residence outside Moscow.
Russia will focus "on speeding ...
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